2006 Canadian Open Checker Tournament Results
Friday, October 20 - Sunday, October 22 in Hamilton, Ontario at the Ramada
A great time was had by the six players who competed in the
Canadian Open Checker Tournament on Friday and Saturday October 20 and 21, at
the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Hamilton Ontario. Ed Bruch who was unable to
commit to the two day tournament because of the uncertainty of the weather
in his area, paid a surprise brief visit on Saturday. So that there would be
no bye round Ken Shoesmith, tournament director, played, and though over his
head in the Master class, had the checker time of his life. Since there were only 6 players the tournament became a round
robin event and was completed in 5 rounds. Each round was 1 opening, 2 games;
thus the total possible points was 20. Following are the results including
the prize money awarded:
| Finish | Player | City/State | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | $ Prize |
Comments |
| 1 | Alex Moiseyev (OH) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | $700.00 | ||
| 2 | Richard Beckwith (OH) | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | $500.00 | ||
| 3 | Earl Morrison (QUE) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | $375.00 |
New Canadian Champion |
|
| 4 | Leroy Adams (MAN) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | $175.00 | ||
| 5 | Alan Millhone (OH) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | $150.00 | ||
| 6 | Ken Shoesmith (ONT) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | $100.00 | ||
| $2,000.00 | ||||||||
Earl Morrison by virtue of being the Canadian with the highest score
becomes the Canadian Open Champion. He is also the Canadian Match
Champion and has thus established himself as the best Canadian Checker Player.
Leroy Adams is now the President of the Canadian Checker Association.
The next Canadian Open will be held in his home city of Winnipeg, Manitoba in
2008. Leroy has a great desire to build Canadian checkers, has
much community support, and plans to get sponsors to build a large prize fund
for the 2008 tournament. Leroy wants the Canadian Open to be near
Canada Day (July 1); therefore, the tentative dates--Leroy is pretty firm
about them--will be: Sunday, June 29, Monday, June 30, and the morning of
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 -- i.e. 7 rounds. This will leave the rest
of Canada Day to enjoy the Winnipeg festivities. Put it in your
calendar and plan to attend to go after the first prize of $2000 which Leroy
announced on Friday morning will be the top prize. It has been fun and a lot
of work at times being president. I now look forward to supporting
and helping Leroy in any way I can. Bulletin editors -- please report results in the next issue
of you bulletin or newsletter. Thank you for your support and encouragement. Ken Shoesmith
Official Score Sheet
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2006 Canadian Open Tournament
October 20 & 21, 2006
3-move
Round Robin, by game
30 moves per hour (by clock)
ACF
WCDF
vs.
opponent
Player
City/State
ID
ID
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
$ Prize
1
Alex Moiseyev (OH)
3059
101001
--
S2
S4
S4
S4
S3
17
$700.00
2
Richard Beckwith (OH)
2580
101008
S2
--
S3
S2
S1
S3
11
$500.00
3
Earl Morrison (QUE)
2330
102001
S0
S1
--
S3
S3
S3
10
$375.00
4
Leroy Adams (MAN)
2404
102002
S0
S2
S1
--
S3
S3
9
$175.00
5
Alan Millhone (OH)
3215
101032
S0
S3
S1
S1
--
S3
8
$150.00
6
Ken Shoesmith (ONT)
----
----
S1
S1
S1
S1
S1
--
5
$100.00
2 points for win; 1 for draw
$2,000.00
Congrats to Mr. Alex for a convincing victory! Thanks goes to the Canadian Checker Association and the local Thunderbids for putting together a ~$2000 prize fund, as well as giving each participant a fine pen & watch set ($100 value!). I enjoyed the fall colors and the trip to Niagara Falls on the way back. Leroy Adams is already aggressively planning ahead for the next Canadian Open in Winnipeg to be held in early July of 2008. - Richard Beckwith ACF Player Rep.
Reprint from ACF forum 10/27/2006
As the new President of the Canadian
Checker Association, I would like to thank all those who participated in the
Canadian Open Tournament 2006 in Hamilton.
In the past fours years, the CCA was able to establish a fund of over $1200
through a combination of membership dues, fundraising and entry fees. A $1000
sponsorship came from the Thunderbird Baseball Association in Hamilton, bringing
the total monies to $2204.70. After expenses ($204.70 paid for the playing
room), $2000.00 went to the prize funds. Pen/watch/booklight sets were also
given out. In my term as the new president, my goals are:
1. to work in my own community to improve knowledge of and stimulate interest in
the game of checkers
2. to work on improving knowledge of checkers and stimulating interest in the
game of checkers across Canada
3. to work with established checker/draughts organizations to improve knowledge
and raise the profile of the game of checkers/draughts.
In 2008, the Canadian Open Tournament will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I will
focus my efforts to continue to make the Canadian Open Checker Tournament a
premiere event.
Sincerely,
Leroy Adams
President, Canadian Checker Association
“All are winners in Canadian checkers.”