Report on the December 9, 2001, B.C. Junior Speed and Siamese tournaments.

On December 9, 2001, over thirty players took part in the B.C. Junior Speed Championship and the B.C. Junior Siamese Championship qualifying tournaments, which were held concurrently with a Christmas party.

The provinces two top junior players, Andrew Ho and Roman Jiganchine, were unable to participate because of university exams.  However, both have agreed to take part in a Championship playoff on January 13, 2002, to be held along with the new year's first junior open at the Vancouver Bridge Centre.

The B.C. Junior Speed Championship will be a four-person multi-round robin, to be held on the morning of January 13, 2002.  The four participants are:

Andrew Ho

Roman Jiganchine

Bobby Fanhao Meng

Jason Lee

The B.C. Junior Siamese Championship will be a four-person multi-round robin, to be held on the afternoon of January 13, 2002.  The four participants are:

Andrew Ho

Roman Jiganchine

Gavin Atkinson

Graham Sadoway

The December 9, 2001, event did give us winners in the various age categories.  The following names will be engraved on the Dives, Grauer and Harper B.C. Junior Speed Championship perpetual trophy, which was generously donated by the law firm of Dives, Grauer and Harper:

15-16  Gavin Atkinson

13-14  Bobby Fanhao Meng

11-12  Brad Wong

9-10    Bryan Young

0-8            Thomas Chow

The age category winners for the B.C. Junior Siamese tournament, whose names will be similarly immortalized on the Siamese perpetual trophy, were:

15-16  Gavin Atkinson

13-14            Graham Sadoway

11-12  Lesley Cheng

9-10    Noam Davies

0-8            Edward Stevenson