PRIZE NIGHT TOURNAMENT

Every year (going back at least as far as 1993) a Handicap Lightning Tournament is held on the club’s prize night at which trophies for the previous year are awarded. This is a unique tournament in the club calendar.

The format of the tournament in recent years has been to divide the entrants into two groups with the top two players progressing to semi-finals and a final. When the numbers are less than 12 it has been run as a round-robin.

Entry to this tournament is not restricted to club members and it has often been the case that players from other clubs, or former players have been invited to participate.

The system of handicaps used in each year is described in the pages linked to below.

No player has managed to win a Prize night tournament without at least conceding a draw.

A full list of the top four in years where the results are known is contained below.

Year	Date of tournament	Winner	Runner-Up	Semi-Finalists (Third & Fourth)
2011	18-02-12	Martin Laizans	Andrew Mather	Andrew Robinson Tony Howes
2010	28-01-11	Kieran Lyons	Debbie Jenkins	Tony Howes Nathan Shaw
2009	19-02-10	Andrew Robinson	Tony Howes	Nathan Shaw Greg Colwell
2008	20-02-09	Brendan Griffen	Ray Adams	Nathan Shaw Andrew Robinson
2007	15-02-08	Brendan Griffen	Andrew Robinson	Nathan Shaw Jonathan Bester
2006	09-02-07	Andrew Robinson	Brian Thomas	Garvin Gray Ernesto Dobson
2005	27-01-06	Debbie Jenkins	Andrew Robinson	Phillip Kirkman Harvey Quaresmini
2004	28-01-05	Stuart Holt	Tony Howes	Debbie Jenkins Dan Beamish
2003	23-01-04	George Flitcroft Smith	Harvey Quaresmini	Andrew Robinson Stuart Holt
2002	24-01-03	Andrew Robinson	Gabriel Boross	Brian Willcock Paul Evans
2001	25-01-02	Andrew Robinson	Chris Yu	Kieran Lyons Harvey Quaresmini
2000	19-01-01	Luke Murray	Dusan Smrek	Brian Thomas Andrew Robinson
1999	20-01-00	Nathan Davidson	Sam Constantin	Andrew Robinson Harvey Quaresmini
1998	22-01-99	David Mills	Carl Maresch	Andrew Robinson Brian Thomas
1997	12-12-97	Harvey Quaresmini	Joe Tarnawski	Mark Winn Andrew Robinson
1996	13-12-96	unknown	unknown	unknown
1995	15-12-95	Joe Tarnawski	Doug Foster	Nathan Davidson Colin Schofield
1994	24-06-95	unknown	unknown	unknown
1993	18-06-94	unknown	unknown	unknown

A taste of what earlier prize nights were like may be found by following this link: 1983 Prize Night (includes photos).

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