2007 New England - District 1 and States Open

The New England District 1 and States Open will be held at the home of Freeman Frank, 22 Floral Avenue, Malden, Massachusetts 02148, Saturday, June 30th, 2007.

Register 10:30 a.m. play starts at 11:00 a.m. - Over by 5-6 p.m.
Highest finishing N.E. resident will be the District One champion; the highest finishing player from each N.E. state will be the champion of that State.
Round Robin - GAYP - no First Move Limitations.
Directions: Find the Mobil Gas on Main Street, Melrose, Mass. and head toward Malden. At 3rd set of lights take left (at World Gas) onto Forest Street. Floral Avenue is 3/4 mile on right. #22 is a greenish cottage, 4th on left.
Contact Freeman Frank by 7 p.m. June 29th if you plan to attend.
Phone 781-324-9648 or email: Frank87spa@comcast.net
A $5.00 entry fee gets you register and includes a nice lunch buffet, sandwiches, salad, donuts, cake, coffee, soda, peanuts, grapes etc.

14 hours - 780 miles from Greensboro to Malden, MA. - See MapQuest

These One-Day Weekend Tournaments (Saturday) are designed for the busy working players. So make plans to attend, enjoy Checkers, and you don't use up your vacation/sick time or days off !

Results:

NECF 2007 CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY (New England States & District One) at Malden, Massachusetts, 30 June 2007

	30-Jun-07		New England States & District 1
		Malden, MA at home of Freeman Frank

	GAYP	by game	round-robin		1-game rounds, 30-minute per game

Pos			Points	Comment
1	Mike Magnelli - Providence, RI **		22	New England / District 1 & Rhode Island Champ
2	Joe Margolin - Westwood, MA *		21	Massachusetts Champ
3	Steve Kelly - Medford, MA		20
T4	Rick White - Dover, MA*		19
T4	Al Darrow - Vernon, CT *		18	Connecticut Champ
6	Gordon Sharp - Old Orchard Beach, MA		16
7	Bill Wheeler - S. Easton, MA*		12
8	Jim Bracnaro - Shelton, CT *		10
T9	Fred Follis - Chelsea, MA		9
T9	Carl Gainer - Lincoln, MA		9
11	Eric Reid - Wakefield, MA		8
T12	Mike Festa - Melrose, MA		7
T12	Ed McDuffee - Hollis, NH		7	New Hampshire Champ
14	Mark Gainer - Lincoln, MA		5
	Wheeler, White, Margolin, Darrow, and Bracnaro are also former New England / District 1 Champions

* Former New England - District 1 Champions
** New England - District 1 Champion 7 of last 8 years
GAYP Round Robin (30 minutes per game) at the home of Freeman Frank, # 22 Floral Avenue, Malden, MA

NECF 2007 CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY (New England States & District One)
at Malden, Massachusetts, 30 June 2007

Class B:

Finish No
Player
Town, State Rated
R
R R R R R R R Pts Comments

1 7 Magnelli, Mike Providence, RI 10/20 2/2 1/0 22
2007 New England/D1 & Rhode Island

2 11 Margolin, Joe Westwood, MA 9/18 3/3 1/0 21
2007 Massachusetts State Champion

3 6 Kelly, Steve Medford, MA 9/18 2/2 2/0 20

T4 10
White, Richard
Dover, MA 7/14 5/5 1/0 19

T4 14 Darrow, Al Vernon, CT 6/12 6/6 1/0 18
2007 Connecticut State Champ

6 13
Sharp, Gordon
Old Orchard Beach, MA 5/10 6/6 2/0 16

7 3
Wheeler, Bill
S. Easton, MA 4/8 4/4 5/0 12

8 12 Bracnarro, Jim Shelton, CT 4/8 2/2 7/0 10

T9 9
Follis, Fred
Chelsea, MA 3/6 3/3 7/0 9

T9 2 Gainer, Carl Lincoln, MA 3/6 3/3 7/0 9

11 5
Reid, Eric
Wakefield, MA 1/2 6/6 6/0 8

T12 8
Festa, Mike
Melrose, MA 2/4 3/3 8/0 7

T12 4 McDuffee, Ed Hollis, NH 2/4 3/3 8/0 7
2007 New Hampshire Champ

14 1
Gainer, Mark
Lincoln, MA 2/4 1/1 10/0 5

14 players participated in one division, with 4 States represented.
Tournament was a GAYP, 7 rounds of Round Robin, of one 30 minute game per round, scored by game.

Congratulations to Mike Magnelli of Providence, RI as winner of the 2007 New England/District 1 and Rhode Island State Championship.

2007 Tournament Dates