Gerardo wins April blitz (plus recap of results)

Our Winter League winner Gerardo Artola Pola showed that he is indeed a true champion by winning the April blitz with a perfect score of six wins out of six.  Second was Padraic O’Tuathail, with 5/6.  The grading prize was won by Andrew Barber, with 3 points.

To recap the winners for this year’s blitzes have been as follows:

September      Jonathan Melling, Jason Rawlinson, Brendan Buckley, Alex Drimbarean, and Pete Morriss (all first equal)

October           Brendan Buckley (second: Conall Hegarty and Pete Morriss)

November        Pete Morriss and Jason Rawlinson

December        Brendan Buckley (second: Alex Drimbarean)

January            Pete Morriss (second: Alex Drimbarean)

February           Brendan Buckley  (second: Alex Drimbarean)

March               Pete Morriss (second: Jason Rawlinson)

April                  Gerardo Artola Pola (second: Padraic O’Tuathail)

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