This event was played in July/August and organised by the Downpatrick Chess Club in the years 1980 to 1987.
1980
1. Tony Doyle 5.0/6
2=3. Eamonn Martin, Tom Clarke 4.5
(28 competitors)
1981
1. D. Houston
1982
1-2. A. Doyle, M. Smyth 5.0/6
1983
29-31 July
1. P. Whitehead 5.5/6
2=3. E. O’Reilly, D. Houston 4.5
4=6. N. Carton, D. Blair, G. McDonnell 4.0
7=10. E. Curtin, W. Collins, R. Devenney, T. McCarthy 3.5
11=19. K. Allen, J. Kennedy, M. Smyth, D. Artt, K. Hynes, A. Pinkerton, H. Tsang, C. McDowell, W. Ginn 3.0
20=21. T. Clarke, J. McDonnell 2.5
22=26. J. Mearns, R. Frew, G. Matthews, K. Greer, T. Brown 2.0
27. A. Waterman 1.5
28. W. White 1.0
1984
1=4. T.Clarke, J. Kennedy, K. Hynes, J. Stewart 4.5/6
(Stewart won on tie-break)
5=7. W. Collins, K. Greer, A. Pinkerton 4.0
8. J. O’Doherty 3.5
9=15. E. McMahon, E. O’Connor, C. O’Sullivan, R. Devenney, T. Brown, W. Ginn, R. Duke 3.0
16=20. F. Coll, T. O’Sullivan, J. Flynn, A. Gilmore, A. Cootes 2.5
21=22. A. Skelton, G. Matthews 2.0
23. R. Beckett 1.0
1985
1. K. Hynes 5.0/6
2. K. Allen 4.5
3=6. P. Carton, W. Collins, N. Carton, J. Ryan 4.0
7=9. T. Clarke, H. Beckett, A. Skelton 3.5
10=19. T. Brown, J. Stewart, R. Devenney, D. Simpson, W. Ginn, T. McCarthy, A. Pinkerton, K. McCann, J. McLean, T. O’Sullivan 3.0
20=22. M. Crowe, F. MacDonald, V. Hinchcliffe 2.0
23=25. E. O’Connor, B. Ryan, A. Gilmore 1.5
1986
1. K. Greer 5.0/6
2=4. D. Simpson, D. McGill, C. Bracken 4.5
5. J. Buckley 4.0
6=7. R. Devenney, J. Cairns 3.5
8=14. T. Brown, W. Collins, J. Stewart, H. Beckett, T. McCarthy, D. Fanning, J. McLean 3.0
15=16. A. Pinkerton, P. McKeown 2.5
17=21. W. Ginn, B. Buckley, P. Carton, J. O’Doherty, D. Robb 2.0
1987
1. K. Allen 5.5/6
2. T. Brown 4.5
3=4. K. McCann, R. Beckett 4.0
5=10. K. Greer, H. Scarry, P. Moclair, A. Skelton, D. Blair, W. Taylor 3.0
11-12. G. McIlroy, V. Hinchcliffe 2.0
13. D. Robb 1.5