South Wales Winter Congress, Newport. (games to follow) The Newport Congress took place over 2 days 8th-9th Jan 2005 at the Riverside Centre in Newport. Overall numbers were down with 76 players in 3 sections. The results were as follows Open 1st Suan Evans-Quek (Morriston) 5/5 2nd J Sherwin 4/5 3rd = RS Jones (Nidum), A Spice (Cardiff), IG White (Pontypool), E White (Downend & Fishponds)3½/5 Grading Prizes CS Purry(Southborne/Frome), P Spiller (Downend & Fishponds) 3/5 Major 1st P Khanna (Cardiff) 4½/5 2nd B Tonks (Morriston) 4/5 3rd = P Bridges (Nelson), J Grant (Manchester Uni) 3½/5 Grading Prizes M Parry (Cardiff), R Williams (Caerleon) 3½/5 Minor 1st C Davies (C Nedd) 4½/5 2nd = PA Brain, A Fisher (Bridgend) 4 Grading Prize A Bucknell (Monmouth) 3½/5 | 
