Devon reached the final but lost 12.5-3.5 to a strong
Sussex team, not helped by 2 players defaulting and the distraction of
the football World Cup England game.
WECU Senior Jamboree – Bristol Cup
Somerset and Devon were the only entries and Devon won
the cup 10-2.
2006/07 COUNTY MATCH RESULTS
HAROLD MEEK COMPETITION
COUNTY
C
D
G
H
S
Points
CORNWALL
xxx
6½
7½
7½
8½
3
DEVON
9½
xxx
12
12
9½
8
GLOUCESTER
8½
4
xxx
11
8½
6
HAMPSHIRE
7½
4
5
xxx
8
2
SOMERSET
7½
6½
7½
8
xxx
1
WAYLING CUP COMPETITION
COUNTY
De
Do
H
S
Points
DEVON
xxx
13
5½
13
6
DORSET
3
xxx
6½
5½
0
HAMPSHIRE
2½
9½
xxx
3½
4
SOMERSET
3
10½
2½
xxx
2
N.B.
Hampshire 2nd team played 6 boards v Somerset, 8 boards v
Devon and 16 boards v Dorset.
Devon
won both cups.
Gloucestershire lost 5-11 to Bedfordshire in the quarter final stage of
the Minor Competition and I understand Hampshire lost 5-11 to Yorkshire
in the Under 125 competition.
Devon
lost by the same 5-11 to Middlesex in the Quarter Final of U175 on 19th
May in a keenly fought match where Devon was significantly outgraded.
Unfortunately I was in Cyprus and 4 other top boards were unavailable. I
am very grateful to Bob Jones who gallantly stood in as acting captain,
from 9th May and for the match.
Comments
I
continue to have had good support from the players but this season
there have been more withdrawals than usual. John Wheeler has been
very helpful again by arranging the Hampshire fixture at Wincanton
and helping set up and put away.
Credit should also go to those who travel the most distance to
matches.
The
opposition continues to be weak.
We
had defaulted 2 boards when Oleg Kirsanov failed to tell me he
wasn’t playing against Somerset and Oskar Hall’s car broke down
stranding him in Bristol for the Hampshire match.
I
would like some help pre match to collect match fees.
I
have managed to get £25 compensation, at last, for the late
withdrawal of Lancashire in the Semi Final last year.
The
Match Captain’s "Best Board" award was between John Wheeler 4/5, Charlie
Howard 4/5 and Bill Ingham 5/7. I chose John Wheeler because of the
extra help he has given me and the commitment to Devon, especially
living so far away. I presented John with the shield at the WECU AGM.
The full table of individual scores is on a separate sheet.
The
treasurer and Alan Crickmore will be relieved that there will not be a
trip to Leicester this year!
Fixtures
23rd
Sept 2007 WECU Jamboree at Tacchi-Morris Centre, Taunton (12 boards)
20th
Oct 2007 Dorset 2nd v Devon 2nd (16 boards)
1st Dec
2007 Cornwall v Devon (16 boards)
19th
Jan 2008 Devon v Hants (1st team 16 boards & 2nd
team 8 boards)
9th
Feb 2008 Devon v Somerset (1st & 2nd team
both 16 boards)
8th
Mar 2008 Gloucester v Devon (16 boards)
Devon
has entered the U175 competition at the National Stages again.
B W R
Hewson (DCCA Match Captain) 8.6.07
Devon v Middlesex U-175 Quarter-Final.
Devon
met Middlesex in the Quarter-Final of the English U-175 Inter-County
Championship at the foot of Old Sarum, outside Salisbury on Saturday 19th
May 2007.
Middlesex outgraded their opponents by an average of almost 10 points
per board, and while in any one game, ten grading points may not count
for much, over a whole team of 16 players it will almost certainly prove
decisive.
The
early signs, however, were not unfavourable. Devon won the toss, took an
early lead after a quick win from Mark Abbott, and stood at 3 - 3 after
the first 6 results, but it was clear, even at this stage, that Devon
were struggling in many of the other games. Later wins from Alan Brusey
and Simon Waters were the only bright spots as 9 Devon players, after
spirited rearguard actions, were forced to concede to the inevitable.
It was
a bad weekend all round for Devon teams. Even the invasion of 30,000
Devonians to Middlesex (Wembley) the following morning did nothing to
lift the gloom.
R. H.
Jones.
Ron Barnwell U175 Quarter-Final
Board
DEVON
Grade
Score
MIDDLESEX
Grade
Score
1
C. Bellers
170
0
J. Quinn
174
1
2
T. Seymour
168
0
A. Compton
174
1
3
A. W. Brusey
166
1
R. Gruettnex
173
0
4
D.
Regis
163
0
P. McKeown
171
1
5
M. V.
Abbott
161
1
A. Fulton
170
0
6
T. F.
Thynne
160
½
M. Tasker
169
½
7
E. T.
A. Walton
158
0
C. Pedersen
168
1
8
M.
Ozanne
155
0
N. Chan
168
1
9
M. H.
Stinton-Brownridge
155
½
D. I. Calvert
165
½
10
B. G.
E. Gosling
153
0
J. Reid
161
1
11
J. K. F. Stevens
150
0
A. Hayler
161
1
12
J. Underwood
149
0
A. Solomon
161
1
13
P.
Brooks
149
½
M. Crichton
160
½
14
S. Waters
148
1
I. M. Jamieson
157
0
15
W. H.
Ingham
145
½
L. Finchham
154
½
16
C. V. Howard
145
0
J. Falzarano
152
1
5
11
The Scofield Cup for the aeason
23006/2007 has been won by Exmouth and they have achieved almost a clean
sweep of the DCCA League competitions.
The Exmouth Club is to be
congratulated on this achievement but sadly so few clubs are entering
the County competitions. Only Teignmouth and Exmouth entered this
particular competition. It is quite possible that if this
disinterest continues into another season, some of our long standing
tournaments will disappear. Hopefully all Devon Clubs will rally
around and help to keep these events on the DCCA Calendar.
Over the Easter a squad of England's
Juniors, including Robert Thompson of the Newton Abbot club took part in
the above tournament.
Robert's result was quite exceptional.
In a competition where he was severely out-graded he finished 9th from
the 54 competitors, winning 6 of the nine games he played.
Also taking part were Oliver Schofield and
Angus Plumply from Somerset.
The full crosstable can be seen
and Robert Thompson's games
