Category Archives: Drogheda Congresses

Drogheda (Thomson Masters) 2023

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Sean Coffey

The Drogheda Congress was held over the June Bank Holiday weekend, comprising four sections with 131 players in all. Very admirably, essentially all games in all sections were broadcast. A full report on the Thomson Masters has been posted to … Continue reading →

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Drogheda 2015

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Sean Coffey

Drogheda 2015 was held over the weekend before last, May 30-June 1. The top section, which was won convincingly by Colm Daly–by far the highest-rated player–on 6/6, had two live boards in each round. I missed round 1 but the … Continue reading →

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Wexford June Congress 1974

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Sean Coffey

As mentioned previously, there appear to be very few games available from the Wexford/Drogheda June Congresses. If any reader has any they can send in, please do so! The only games I’m aware of are the five games of Bernard … Continue reading →

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Wexford/Drogheda June Congress

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The Drogheda June Congress is on this weekend. This competition has a unique structure of 6-player all-play-alls and a long history: this is the 24th of the series in Drogheda, in an unbroken sequence from 1990, and it had previously … Continue reading →

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