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Stijn De Kerpel
03-25-2009, 06:58 AM
Hi Everyone,

Here are the details for the McIntosh Open

Date: April 4-5, 2009 Place: McIntosh Country Inn and Conference Centre 12495 County Road 2 Morrisburg On (www.mcintoshcountryinn.com)
Rds: 5 Type: Regular Swiss, One Section tournament with prizes by rating group
Times: 9/2/7, 9:30/2:30
EF: $40, $50 at site, $20 amateur option (not eligible for prizes)
Prizes: $$BEN$$ TC: Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move
How to Register: 8:00-8:45 on site, register in person at the RA Chess Club April 2 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm (CASH ONLY), or cheques to Au Diapason Inc, c/o Raymond Lacroix 41 Kingslea Cres, Cornwall On K6H 2J2
Org: Raymond Lacroix/Stijn De Kerpel
TD Stijn De Kerpel
Misc: Bring your clocks, no computers, no smoking, byes available Rds 1-4 if requested in advance before the start of the tournament. An EOCA Grand Prix event. Registration for the tournament ends at 8:45 SHARP. Players arriving after 8:45 am may register late and receive a half point bye in Rd 1.

Directions to the Inn:

The McIntosh Country Inn and Conference Centre is conveniently located at the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 31 in the Town of Morrisburg, Ontario. The Inn is only a half hour drive from Cornwall and Brockville, one hour from Ottawa, three and a half hours from Toronto, one and a half hours from Montreal and twenty five minutes from U.S. border crossings.
From Toronto or Montreal
Take Highway 401 to Exit 750 and proceed south to County Road 2. Turn left and travel one kilometre where you will find the Inn on the north side of the road.
From Ottawa
Take Bank Street (Highway 31) south to County Road 2. Turn left and travel one kilometre where you will find the Inn on the north side of the road.
From Upper Canada Village or Golf Course
Take County Road 2 west to Morrisburg. You will find the Inn on the north side of the road near the junction of Highway 31.
From the United States
There are three points of entry into Canada from New York State:
• Massena, N.Y. into Cornwall, Ontario - 25 minutes via Country Road 2 West. Ogdensburg, N.Y. into Prescott, Ontario - 25 minutes via Hwy. 401 East. Alexandria Bay, N.Y. into Lansdowne, Ontario - 40 minutes via Hwy 401 East.