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Pat Burkey of Englewood, Florida, was a 52-year-old aquatic director when she did a back dive off the low board and felt her feet tingling as she climbed out of the pool.

The low board from which competitors push off is the hack.

Six of the eight games were halved, and the England No1 Michael Adams's win in a 69-move rook ending was neutralised by a Guildford success on a low board.

There!” she gasped, as she almost fell over the low board that outlined the edge, “one more like that, and I will be mixed up with the gutter.”

Beneath is a cross launder closed by a low board.