May 28th-1st June. Morecambe. English Open.

This was won by Tom Watson (Scotland). World Champion Ron King missed the last 2 rounds of the competition due to other commitments
1st Tom Watson
2nd Ron King
3rd D Harwood
As the highest placed Englishman, D Harwood earns the right to challenge R.Pask for the English Matchplay Championship.This will be held at Patchway, Bristol in Nov 2002.

July16th-20th. Thurso. Scottish Open.

This again was won by Tom Watson, an excellent performance.
1st Tom Watson
2nd Pat McCarthy
3rd D Oliphant

August 18th-27th London. British & Irish Open Freestyle

1st Mustafa Durdyev
2nd Terry Thomas
3rd Ben Cameron
This event was held during the 5th Mindsports Olympiad., an annual event which attracts thousands of players from all over the world to play various mind competitions and board games such as draughts ,chess,go ,backgammon,scrabble etc.Winner of the British & Irish freestyle championship was Mustafa Durdyev from Turkmenistan,a master at russian 8x8 and also the youngest ever grandmaster at 10x10. This was his first tournament at the Anglo American game.His performance and excellent crossboard skills mark him out as a player to be watched.

October 8th -12th Morecambe. GB & Ireland V United States 7th International Match

This event was again won by the American team with a score of 62 wins to 24 with 114 draws.

Nov 24th. Longbridge. Samuel Cohen Memorial / Birmingham Cup.

1st F.Buckby
2nd/3rd D Harwood ,A Boyle
There was a three way tie for first place but Fred Buckby with more honour points emerged the winner ,with Harwood and Boyle on equal honour points sharing 2nd/3rd positions.As the highest placed Birmingham player Tony Boyle was the winner of the Birmingham Cup.