9 May 2018 - Under 1500 Cup

Grangemouth v Stirling
Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon Crawford Welsh Scott Dickson Alasdair Sandham	1499 1351 1335 1014 978	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1469 1455 1428 1386 1284	Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie Tom Wallace Gordon Allcock
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Congratulations to the Under 1500 team, winning this competition for the fourth season in a row, and for the ninth time in the last eleven years - a tremondous achievement!

l-r: Tom Wallace, Gordon Allcock, Brad Duthie, Tony Pitson, Craig Manson

Thanks to Tom for providing the game below, where he had White against Scott Dickson.

[Event "Under 1500 Cup - Grangemouth v Stirling"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2018.05.09"] [Round "F"] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Dickson, S"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ba3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ Bxc6 9. d4 Nh6 10. O-O f6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 c4 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Qe2 b5 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nf7 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Qxe5 Rf6 21. Nf5+ { Black resigns. 21 ... Rxf5 22 Qxc7+ Kf8 23 Qxc6 g6 24 Rd7 Re8 25 Rxe6 Rd8 26 Ree7 Rf7 27 Rxf7+ Kg8 28 Qf6 Rxd7 29 Rf8# } 1-0