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The Leinster Chess League season concluded on 14th March 2010.
The following are the final standings on the Elm Mount teams:-
- Division 1 - Armstrong Cup: A team 1st (57 points out of 88), winners!
- Division 1 - Armstrong Cup: B team 11th (30/88), relegated
- Division 3 - Ennis Shield: 3rd (35.5/66)
- Division 4 - O'Hanlon Cup: 8th (31/66)
- Division 5 - BEA Cup: 4th (29.5/50)
You can see the full set of league tables on the Leinster Chess League site here.
Elm Mount have won the Armstrong Cup for the first time in 2009/10!
Elm Mount won the Armstrong Cup, the first division of the Leinster chess league, for the first time on March 14th 2010 when the Armstrong A team beat St. Benildus 6-2.
The teams were joint leaders on 51 points going into the last round.
Kilkenny who were 1.5 points behind going into the last round won 7-1 to come second by half a point.
The team was
- David Fitzsimons
- Zygis Jakubauskas
- Adam Spírek
- Gerard MacElligott
- Ciaran Quinn
- Oliver Dunne
- Bernard Boyle
- Alan McDonagh
- (sub) Terry Creighton
Adam won a board prize with 8.5/10.
The Elm Mount Armstrong Cup winning team from 2009/10.
Standing (from left): Alan, Gerry, Adam and Zygis.
Seated (from left): Oliver, Terry, David, Ciaran and Bernard'
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