Category: National

The Scottish Cup took place in Letham on 22 May. Thirteen players competed in four groups with the winners of each group qualifying for the semi-finals. Meanwhile eight players who did not qualify competed for the League Cup. Group winners were Gareth Christie, Tom Burns, John Halpin and Steve Bennett.

Round 1	A1	A4	F McKenzie	0	3	S Fleming
	A2	A3	Christie	2	1	Micheletti
	B2	B3	Burns	4	0	Minty
Round 2	C1	C3	Halpin	3	0	Nicol
	D1	D3	Gladman	0	4	Bennett
	A1	A3	F McKenzie	0	2	Micheletti
	A2	A4	Christie	3	0	S Fleming
Round 3	B1	B3	Baxter	4	1	Minty
	C2	C3	Spoors	3	0	Nicol
	D2	D3	Bevilacqua	1	1	Bennett
Round 4	A1	A2	F McKenzie	1	1	Christie
	A3	A4	Micheletti	2	0	S Fleming
	C1	C2	Halpin	4	0	Spoors
Round 5	B1	B2	Baxter	1	2	Burns
	D1	D2	Gladman	0	0	Bevilacqua
Scottish Cup
Semi 1			Bennett	3	2	Burns
Semi 2			Christie	2	2	Halpin
			Christie wins on shots 1-0
Final			Bennett	3	0	Christie
League Cup
QF 1			F McKenzie	3	0	Nicol
QF 2			Spoors	0	4	Bevilacqua
QF 3			Minty	0	1	Gladman
QF 4			Micheletti	0	2	Baxter
Semi 1			Gladman	2	0	F McKenzie
Semi 2			Bevilacqua	3	1	Baxter
Final			Gladman	0	0	Bevilacqua
						Bevilacqua wins shots 1-0

Congratulations to Steve Bennett who beat Gareth Christie in the Scottish Cup final and to Marco Bevilacqua who won on shots against Dave Gladman in the League Cup final.

The fourth and final Championship event took place in Glasgow on Sunday 20 March. Only 11 players took part and although Steve Bennett dropped points for the first time in the four events, he still came top of the table. In fact Tom Burns led Bennett 4-1 with only 6 minutes remaining but a remarkable come-back saw Bennett draw 4-4. Gareth Christie missed out on the event and so fell back to 5th spot. Tom Burns had missed Event 3 and so had to settle for 7th. Top GTSA player was Malcolm Lees who finished 2nd whilst Baver Bari was 4th. Final placings will determine who can take part in the World Cup in Rome in September.

The final Championship table looks like this:

		F	A	Pts
1	Bennett	78	19	46
2	Lees	42	25	29
3	Beskaby	36	31	28
4	Bari	32	36	25
5	Christie	36	16	24
6	Baxter	33	22	20
7	Burns	33	21	19
8	Gladman	19	21	19
9	Spoors	13	44	19
10	Bevilacqua	28	22	18
11	Halpin	13	14	15
12	Stewart	18	42	14
13	R McKenzie	15	21	12
14	S Fleming	15	20	11
15	Thom	6	14	5
16	Nicol	4	54	4
17	Minty	4	7	3

All the results:

Round 1	1	R McKenzie	2	0	Lees
	2	Nicol	0	7	Bennett
	3	Beskaby	1	2	Minty
	4	Stewart	1	0	Spoors
	5	Bari	2	5	Burns
	6	Gladman
Round 2	1	Bennett	4	4	Burns
	2	R McKenzie	2	1	Minty
	3	Stewart	2	2	Gladman
	4	Gladman	0	2	Beskaby
	5	Spoors	0	8	Lees
	6	Bari	6	0	Nicol
Round 3	1	R McKenzie	0	7	Bennett
	2	Burns	5	1	Stewart
	3	Lees	6	1	Bari
	4	Beskaby	5	0	Nicol
	5	Minty	0	2	Gladman
	6	Spoors
Round 4	1	Bennett	7	1	Lees
	2	Burns	1	2	Beskaby
	3	Minty	1	2	Spoors
	4	Spoors	2	0	Nicol
	5	R McKenzie	2	2	Gladman
	6	Stewart	0	1	Bari

Event 4 Table:

		F	A	Pts
1	Bennett	25	5	10
2	Beskaby	10	3	9
3	Burns	15	9	7
4	R McKenzie	6	10	7
5	Lees	15	10	6
6	Bari	10	11	6
7	Spoors	4	10	6
8	Gladman	6	6	5
9	Stewart	4	8	4
10	Minty	4	7	3
11	Nicol	0	20	0

League Champion Dave Butler remains undefeated but now has three draws against the top three in the league. The league is now well underway with 12 players participating so far.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Halpin	10	6	2	2	13	7	20
Burns	8	6	1	1	22	3	19
Fleming	7	3	3	1	6	3	12
Corr	4	3	1	0	9	1	10
Gladman	8	3	1	4	10	15	10
Houston	8	2	3	3	3	8	9
Bari	9	2	3	4	8	15	9
Butler	4	1	3	0	6	4	6
Berry	7	1	2	4	6	10	5
McKenzie R	2	1	0	1	5	2	3
McKenzie F	1	1	0	1	3	3	3
Spoors	9	0	2	7	5	24	2

This took place at the Legion in Glasgow on Sunday 28 November. The format used was a four-round Swiss system. Matches were played without referees. Fifteen players took part and the competition was won by Steve Bennett who recorded victories in all of his matches. It was not a good day for Glasgow players with Malcolm Lees finishing fifth and John Halpin, Baver Bari and Ronnie McKenzie filling the next three spots.

After two events the National Championship looks like this:

		F	A	Pts
1	Bennett	39	10	24
2	Christie	23	7	17
3	Lees	22	12	16
4	Bevilacqua	25	14	13
5	Baxter	22	19	13
6	Bari	19	16	13
7	Burns	18	12	12
8	Halpin	8	6	12
9	S Fleming	15	20	11
10	Beskaby	13	19	10
11	Gladman	10	12	9
12	Spoors	6	25	9
13	R McKenzie	9	11	6
14	Thom	4	5	4
15	Stewart	10	26	4
16	Nicol	3	26	3

The second event in the Scottish championship takes place this Sunday at the Legion in Glasgow. These are the current standings after Event 1 in Letham

		F	A	Pts
1	Bennett	22	7	12
2	Christie	10	1	10
3	Lees	12	5	9
4	Bari	12	9	7
5	Burns	9	6	7
6	Halpin	4	4	6
7	Spoors	5	7	6
8	S Fleming	8	16	6
9	Gladman	3	5	5
10	Bevilacqua	12	10	4
11	Beskaby	5	6	4
12	Thom	4	5	4
13	Baxter	10	12	4
14	Stewart	7	11	4
15	Nicol	3	11	3

GTSA’s Malcolm Lees has become the Scottish National Champion for season 2019/20. He fought off the challenges of Tom Burns and Steve Bennett to secure the title. The third and final championship event took place in Letham on Sunday 19 January.

After two events Tom Burns led Malcolm Lees on goal difference but after three rounds of play in the third event Lees was now ahead, again on goal difference. As they started the final games Steve Bennett was also in a position to take the title. Bennett lined up against Lees, Burns against Andy Beskaby. To win Bennett needed to beat Lees and hope that Burns lost to Beskaby. Lees needed to beat Bennett and Burns needed to better Lees’ result. Everyone expected Bennett to defeat Lees, in which case Burns would only need a draw against Beskaby. Burns was definitely the favourite going into the final game.

Burns did get a draw against Beskaby, enough to put him ahead of Bennett. Burns went ahead but was pegged back. It was a close match and a fair result. It wasn’t a surprise when Lees took a first half lead against Bennett. He’d done that before. It’s just that he’d never kept that lead – ever. But today would be different. Bennett peppered the Lees goal with shots but could not make the breakthrough. Lees held on and the championship was his.

Final Table

.	F	A	Pts
Lees	30	14	27
Burns	30	15	25
Bennett	43	9	21
Bari	21	41	18
Bevilacqua	18	12	14
Gladman	13	17	13
Beskaby	21	11	11
Baxter	7	2	7
Halpin	6	5	7
Berry	9	9	6
Mathieson	3	7	6
Minty	3	4	3
Thom	5	9	3
Spoors	9	62	0

Results from the day

Round 1	.
Gladman	0	1	Burns
Spoors	0	8	Beskaby
Bennett	10	0	Bari
Lees	2	1	Bevilacqua
Round 2	.
Bennett	3	1	Beskaby
Lees	0	3	Burns
Bevilacqua	0	4	Gladman
Spoors	4	3	Bari
Round 3	.
Bennett	4	1	Burns
Beskaby	0	1	Gladman
Lees	9	0	Spoors
Bevilacqua	0	1	Bari
Round 4	.
Bennett	0	1	Lees
Gladman	1	3	Bari
Burns	1	1	Beskaby
Spoors	0	4	Bevilacqua

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The second event of the National Championship took place in Letham on a cold Sunday 1st December. Steve Bennett returned to action, winning all four of his matches and moving straight up to third place in the National table. Tom Burns win over Malcolm Lees put him joint top of the table with Lees. Marco Bevilacqua surprised many with his third place finish on the day.

Round 1
Lees	1	0	Baxter
Bennett	10	0	Spoors
Gladman	0	0	Bevilacqua
Minty	1	2	Bari
Thom	0	4	Burns
Round 2
Bennett	3	1	Burns
Bari	0	5	Lees
Gladman	1	0	Minty
Bevilacqua	1	1	Baxter
Thom	4	3	Spoors
Round 3
Bennett	5	2	Lees
Gladman	1	3	Burns
Thom	1	2	Bari
Bevilacqua	1	0	Minty
Baxter	5	0	Spoors
Round 4
Bennett	8	3	Bari
Lees	1	4	Burns
Bevilacqua	3	0	Thom
Baxter	1	0	Gladman
Minty	2	0	Spoors

The National Table after 2 events:

	F	A
Burns	24	10	18
Lees	20	10	18
Bennett	26	6	12
Bari	14	26	12
Bevilacqua	13	6	11
Baxter	7	2	7
Beskaby	11	7	7
Halpin	6	5	7
Gladman	7	13	7
Berry	9	9	6
Mathieson	3	7	6
Minty	3	4	3
Thom	5	9	3
Spoors	6	38	0

Fourteen players took part in this Scottish Circuit competition. The event was won by Gareth Christie who defeated Greg Dand on shots in the final. This consolidates Christie’s position at the top of the Scottish Championship leaderboard. Glasgow’s John Halpin finished third after a win over Tom Burns in the 3rd/4th place play-off. The final event will take place in Letham on Sunday 19th March. Players’ best three scores count towards the Championship.

Current Standings

Place		Points
1	Gareth Christie	142
2	Tom Burns	123
3	John Halpin	115
3	Malcolm Lees	115
5	Dave Baxter	108
6	Rob Conway	107
7	Andy Beskaby	104
8	Baver Bari	99
9	John Mathieson	97
10	Craig Thom	94
11	Steve Bennett	92
12	Dave Minty	89
13	Greg Dand	83
14	Dave Gladman	72
15	Colin Berry	40
16	Ronnie McKenzie	34

 

Pictures from the day

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Fourteen players took part in the third Scottish Circuit Event of the season. A group stage was followed by knock-out matches to determine a ranking order of players. despite the home venue only six Glasgow players took part. Tom Burns was best placed finishing fourth but four players, Barry Corr, John Halpin, Malcolm Lees and Fraser McKenzie were runners-up in their groups. The competition was a breakthrough for Fraser McKenzie who was happy with his eighth placed finish.

The final match was a repeat of the last circuit event with Gareth Christie and Steve Bennett fighting it out. Christie was again victorious although this time he had to score an extra-time golden goal to seal the win. Christie now leads the table where only two points separate the top three. With a player’s best three events counting Christie is strong favourite since he will surely better his seventh place in circuit 1.

 

More pictures from the day:

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Full results:

SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT 3 of 4 – Glasgow, 21st February, 2016
Group 1	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Steve Bennett	7	v	0	Barry Corr
Steve Bennett	2	2	0	0	10	0	3			Drew Orr	2	v	6	Barry Corr
Barry Corr	2	1	0	1	6	9	3			Steve Bennett	3	v	0	Drew Orr
Drew Orr	2	0	0	2	2	9	0
Group 2	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Greg Dand	3	v	2	Malcolm Lees
Greg Dand	2	2	0	0	5	2	6			Dave Gladman	0	v	0	Malcolm Lees
Malcolm Lees	2	0	1	1	2	3	1			Greg Dand	2	v	0	Dave Gladman
Dave Gladman	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
Group 3	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Tom Burns	2	v	3	John Halpin
Tom Burns	3	2	0	1	9	4	6			Rob Conway	0	v	2	Andy Beskaby
John Halpin	3	1	2	0	5	4	5			Tom Burns	4	v	0	Andy Beskaby
Andy Beskaby	3	1	1	1	3	5	4			Rob Conway	1	v	1	John Halpin
Rob Conway	3	0	1	2	2	6	1			Tom Burns	3	v	1	Rob Conway
										Andy Beskaby	1	v	1	John Halpin
Group 4	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Gareth Christie	1	v	0	Fraser McKenzie
Gareth Christie	3	3	0	0	10	0	9			Dave Baxter	1	v	0	Craig Thom
Fraser McKenzie	3	1	1	1	4	2	4			Gareth Christie	5	v	0	Craig Thom
Dave Baxter	3	1	1	1	2	5	4			Dave Baxter	1	v	1	Fraser McKenzie
Craig Thom	3	0	0	3	0	9	0			Gareth Christie	4	v	0	Dave Baxter
										Craig Thom	0	v	3	Fraser McKenzie
								Semi-finals		Tom Burns	0	v	6	Steve Bennett
										Greg Dand	1	v	3	Gareth Christie
								Final		Gareth Christie	1	v	0	Steve Bennett	sd
								3rd/4th		Greg Dand	3	v	2	Tom Burns	sd
								5th-8th		Barry Corr	0	v	0	John Halpin	3-0 shots
										Malcolm Lees	6	v	0	Fraser McKenzie
								5th/6th		Malcolm Lees	1	v	0	Barry Corr
								7th/8th		John Halpin	2	v	1	Fraser McKenzie
								9th-12th		Drew Orr	0	v	0	Andy Beskaby	0-1 shots
										Dave Gladman	2	v	1	Dave Baxter
								9th-10th		Andy Beskaby	1	v	0	Dave Gladman
								11th		Dave Baxter	1	v	0	Drew Orr
								12th-13th		Rob Conway	2	v	1	Drew Orr	sd
								13th-14th		Rob Conway	2	v	0	Craig Thom

 

Leaderboard

1	Gareth Christie	136
2	Steve Bennett	135
3	Greg Dand	134
4	Andy Beskaby	110
5	Rob Conway	109
6	John Halpin	100
7	Drew Orr	94
8	Craig Thom	90
9	Tom Burns	82
10	Malcolm Lees	73
11	Dave Gladman	70
12	Fraser McKenzie	67
13	Dave Baxter	65
14	Dave JC Baxter	38
15	Baver Bari	37
16	Barry Corr	37
17	Ronnie McKenzie	34
18	Martin Campbell	32
19	Colin Day	31

 

 

 

 

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The second Scottish Circuit Event took place in Arbroath on Sunday 15th November. Only two GTSA players made the journey north. Dave Gladman finished 6th and John Halpin 9th. The event also saw the return to Scotland from Canada of Dave JC Baxter.

The competition was won by Gareth Christie with Steve Bennett taking second. After two events Greg Dand remains in the lead.

Full results can be found here.

Leaderboard

1. Greg Dand 92
2. Steve Bennett 90
3. Gareth Christie 86
4. Rob Conway 78
5. Andy Beskaby 76
6. John Halpin 64
7. Drew Orr 64
8. Craig Thom 61
9. Tom Burns 42
10. Dave JC Baxter 38
11. Baver Bari 37
12. Dave Gladman 37
13. Malcolm Lees 35
14. Ronnie McKenzie 34
15. Dave Baxter 33
16. Martin Campbell 32
17. Fraser McKenzie 32
18. Colin Day 31

Pictures from the day:

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