THE WEST OF ENGLAND CHESS UNION

2006/2007

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12/03/2008 20:29  

 

 

FROME 2007 RESULTS

 

On May 11th to 13th the Eighteenth Frome Chess Congress was held at Selwood Middle School. 180 players entered and winners were:

Open :-

First prize was won by Chris Beaumont (Bristol & Clifton) with 4.5/5. Mark Lyell (West London) and Jim Sherwin (Bath) came second on 4/5. Chris Beaumont qualified for the 2007 British Championships with Mark Lyell as reserve. The under 175 grading prize was won by Daniel Hall (Brown Jack) on 3 points.

Major (U155):-

First place was shared between Carl Bicknell (London) and Paul Stephenson (Merseyside) on 4.5/5. Third place went to Raymond Gamble (Spondon) on 4 points. The Under 130 grading prize was won by Joseph Quinn (Horsham) on 3 points.

Intermediate  (U125):-

First place was won by James Galloway (Andover) on 4.5/5 ahead of John Latham (Weston-super-Mare), David Weston (Trowbridge) and Mike Redman (Wiltshire) on 4/5. The Under 100 grading prize was shared between Roy Ludlow (Trowbridge), Oliver Schofield (Bath), John Carr (Portsmouth), Mike Kaye (Weymouth) and Keith Spooner (Highcliffe) all on 2.5 points.

Minor (U100):-

First place was shared by Cameron Lange (Frome & Trowbridge) and Phil Foley (Upminster) on 4.5/5. Third place was shared by John Constable (Coulsdon) and Patrick Sartain (Keynsham) on 4 points. The  Under 80 grading prize was shared between Joe Haines (Weston-super-Mare) and Paul Smith (Rolls-Royce).

Somerset trophies were won by: Jim Sherwin in the Open (Somerset Champion / Denys Bonner Trophy), Andrew Gregory in the Major (Leon York Memorial Trophy), John Latham in the Intermediate (Roy Hossell Trophy), Cameron Lange in the Minor (Cyril Chapman Trophy) and Christian Brown in the Minor (Jean Mackereth Trophy for best performance by an ungraded player).

Cameron Lange won the Cuprinol Junior Trophy (Highest scoring West of England Junior in any section). Trowbridge won the team competition.

 

 

West of England Championship & Congress

Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth.

6th - 9th April 2007

Open Section:

1st Matthew Turner (229) Street 6/7 £300

2nd Russell James (190) S. Birmingham 5 £150

3rd= Daniel Hall (174) Thamesdown Juniors 4½ £25

Alan Minnican (190) Wandering Dragons

Ian Ponter (170) Bristol

Grading prize: (U-170)

Mark Abbott (161) Exmouth 4 £60

Matthew Turner received the Championship Cup.

Ian Ponter was offered the British Championship Qualifying Place.

Major Section (U-160)

1st C. Watson (152) Bristol 5½ £180

2nd= M. Page (141) insurance 5 £50

B. P. Andrews (144) Bank of England

M. Harris (141) Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Grading prize (U-135)

S. Foster (131) Worcester 5 £50

Colin Watson won the Jon Wilkinson Cup.

Minor Section (U-125)

1st M. Worrall (112) Taunton 5½ £150

2nd= A. Bullock (109) Poole 5 £32

C. Gardiner (116) Falmouth

D. Teague (106) Burnley Farthing

Martin Worrall received the Roger Neat Cup.

Grading prize (U-102)

1st= J. Constable (96) Coulsden £14

W. Davies (98) Hereford

G. Hammond (98) Scraptoft Valley

Ladies Championship:

Hazel Welch of Seaton received the Elizabeth Walker Cup.

Book Prize Lottery.

As the 2007 congress was the 60th event in the current series, the Congress Secretary, Alan Crickmore, thought it would a good idea to commemorate the fact with a novel idea.

Each player was given a unique number, and at the start of each round a name was drawn out of a bag, and was awarded a book token to the value of £20, to be exchanged at the bookstall. There was one winner for each section for each round, 21 in all.

These were the lucky few.

Rnd.

Open

Major

Minor

1

Geoff Taylor

Malcolm Roberts

Paul Errington

2

Dave Littlejohns

Richard Allen

Marian Warner

3

Joshua Hall

John Gorodi

John Bradley

4

Ed Freeman

Stephen Foster

David Tout

5

Steve Dilleigh

Peter Andrews

Grant Hammond

6

John Bass

Arthur Hibbitt

Hazel Welch

7

John Stephens

Simon Bartlett

Wreford Davies

CLICK HERE FOR ALL GAMES PLAYED IN THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

 

WECU Open Championship 2007

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
1 Turner,M. + 1/9 - 1/10 + 1/3 - 1/13 + ½/2 - 1/4 + ½/5 6
2 James,R. - 1/12 + ½/4 - ½/13 + 1/15 - ½/1 + 1/8 - ½/3 5
3 Hall,D. - 1/15 + 1/11 - 0/1 + ½/8 - ½/4 + 1/14 + ½/2 4½
4 Ponter,I. + 1/19 - ½/2 + 1/14 - ½/9 + ½/3 + 0/1 - 1/8 4½
5 Minnican,A. + ½/14 - ½/6 + 0/8 - 1/18 + 1/16 - 1/13 - ½/1 4½
6 Dilleigh,S. - ½/7 + ½/5 - ½/12 + ½/17 - ½/15 + ½/11 - 1/9 4
7 Abbott,M. + ½/6 - 0/14 - ½/11 + ½/Bye + ½/10 - 1/18 + 1/13 4
8 Hall,J. - 0/13 + 1/17 - 1/5 - ½/3 + 1/9 - 0/2 + 0/4 3½
9 Brusey,A.W. - 0/1 + 1/18 - 1/16 + ½/4 - 0/8 + 1/15 + 0/6 3½
10 Shire,D. - 1/18 + 0/1 + 0/15 - ½/11 - ½/7 + 1/16 - ½/12 3½
11 Littlejohns,D. + ½/Bye - 0/3 + ½/7 + ½/10 - ½/14 - ½/6 + 1/17 3½
12 Stephens,J. + 0/2 - 1/19 + ½/6 - ½/14 + ½/13 - ½/17 + ½/10 3½
13 Roberts,D.L. + 1/8 - 1/16 + ½/2 + 0/1 - ½/12 + 0/5 - 0/7 3
14 Bass,J. - ½/5 + 1/7 - 0/4 + ½/12 + ½/11 - 0/3 - ½/15 3
15 Taylor,G.P. + 0/3 + 1/24 - 1/10 - 0/2 + ½/6 - 0/9 + ½/14 3
16 Wright,A. - 1/17 + 0/13 + 0/9 + 1/Bye - 0/5 - 0/10 + 1/18 3
17 Freeman,E. + 0/16 - 0/8 + 1/18 - ½/6 + ½/Bye + ½/12 - 0/11 2½
18 Hamilton,S. + 0/10 - 0/9 - 0/17 + 0/5 + ½/Bye + 0/7 - 0/16 ½
19 Greely,S. - 0/4 + 0/12 Withdrawn 0

 

21st Wiltshire & West of England Junior Open 2007

New College, Swindon 24th/25th February

Best Overall Girl Irene Mathias

Major – 38 players

1st Yan-Fan Zhou

=2nd Peter Roberson

=2nd Saravanan Sathyanandha

West of England U18 Champion

Peter Roberson

West of England U18 Girls Champion

Sarah Hegarty

West of England U16 Champion

Lewis Martin

West of England U14 Champion

Sharan Soni

Wiltshire U18

Lewis Martin

Wiltshire U16 Champion

Lewis Martin

U18 Girls Champion

Nicola Thomas

Controllers Prizes
Sarah Hegarty

Lewis Martin

Akash Jain

George Tunstall

Dashiell Shaw

Alex Galliano

Minor – 20 players

1st Ashley Littlewood

=2nd Adrian Archer-Lock

=2nd Thomas Clements

Wiltshire Minor Champion

Sam Turner

Best Girl

Samantha Musgrave

Controllers Prize

Ben Kennedy

U12 Championship – 75 players

=1st Charlie Hierons

=1st Zi-yuan Qu

=3rd Victor Jones

=3rd Joe Kidson

Best Girl

Maria Wang

Best U11
Ram Mohan

Shyan Mohan

Maria Wang

West of England U12 Champion

Megan Owens

West of England U12 Girls Champion

Megan Owens

Wiltshire U12 Champion

Megan Owens

Wiltshire U12 Girls Champion

Megan Owens

Wiltshire U11 Champion

Adam Burroughs

U12 Challengers – 19 Players

Winner Aneesh Aggarwal

2nd Gavin Cowie

=3rd Alex Gould

=3rd Sam Head

=3rd Ned Tidmarsh

Best Girl

Philomena Lip

Controllers Prize

Mark Garnett

Under 10 Championship – 19 players

=1st Megan Cleeves

=1st Katherine Shepherd

=3rd Daniel Sutton

=3rd Matthew Wadsworth

Best Girl
Megan Cleeves

Katherine Shepherd

West of England U10 Champion

Megan Cleeves

West of England U10 Girls Champion

Megan Cleeves

Wiltshire U10 Champion

Megan Cleeves

Controllers Prize

Calon Watson

Anna Wang

Nathaniel Cleland

U9 Championship – 19 players

=1st Charles Keen

=1st Joris Gerlagh

3rd Otto Pyper

Best Girl

Louise Head

Wiltshire U9 Champion

Simon Garnett

Controllers Prize
Aditya Shah

Charlie Basham

Amy Sivakumar

U8 Championship – 19 players

Winner Irene Mathias

2nd Cosima Keen

=3rd Oliver Carter

=3rd James Coleburn

West of England U8 Champion

Oliver Carter

Wiltshire U8 Champion

Arthur Copping

Wiltshire U7 Champion

Pranav Satish

Best Girl

Irene Mathias

Best U7

James Coleburn

Saturday Intermediate – 15 players

1st Cosima Keen

=2nd Alex Harper

=2nd Neil Tanna

=4th Aloyius Lip

=4th Oliver Carter

Best Girl

Cosima Keen

Controller Prize
Calum Martin

Andrew McCready

Beginners – 14 players

1st Dominic Booth

2nd Matthew Nixon

3rd Arran Taylor

Best Girl

Eili Topham

Controllers Prize
Mackenzie Steadman

Pranav Satish

John James Daley

Sunday Intermediate – 21 players

1st Alaric Stephen

=2nd Maya Haria

=2nd Zoe Goodwin

Best Girl
Zoe Goodwin

Maya Haria

Controllers Prize
Eili Topham

Michael Fielding

WECU COUNTY MATCH RESULTS 2006/2007

Our thanks to Frank Kingdom.

HAROLD MEEK COMPETITION as at 15/2/07½
COUNTY C  D G H S Points
CORNWALL   6½ 7½ 7½ 8½ 3
DEVON 9½   12 12 9½ 8
GLOUCESTER 8½ 4   11   4
HAMPSHIRE 7½ 4 5   8 2
SOMERSET 7½ 6½   8   1

WAYLING CUP COMPETITION as at 15/2/07
COUNTY De Do H S Points
DEVON   13 5½ 13 6
DORSET 3   6½ 5½ 0
HAMPSHIRE 2½ 9½   3½ 4
SOMERSET 3 10½ 2½   2

 

 

HAMPSHIRE v CORNWALL  Rockbeare 10/2/07
Board Cornwall Grade Score Hampshire Grade Score
1 J. Menadue 177 ½ D. Tunks 173 ½
2 I. George 163 ½ M. Krawczuk 169 ½
3 R. Grime 162 1 K. Esmat 165 0
4 S. Bartlett 150 ½ M. Newbury 157 ½
5 P. Hutchings 147 1 S. Smith 155 0
6 J. Kneebone 147 1 C. Priest 146 0
7 G. Trudeau 143 0 J. Watts 144 1
8 C. Selwood 142 0 S. Dean 138 1
9 V Weetasinha 138 ½ P. Barber 134 ½
10 E. Webb 124 ½ G. Moore 133 ½
11 M.Hill 113 ½ S. Le Fevre 133 ½
12 I. Scott 113 ½ J. Young 114 ½
13 B. Hardwick 107 ½ A Syed 114 ½
14 A. Barkhuysen 105 ½ T. Summers 98 ½
15 C.Webb 104 0 S. Murphy 95 1
16 Default   0 Default   0
      7½     7½

 

CORNWALL v SOMERSET    -   Exminster  27/1/07
Board Cornwall Grade Score Somerset Grade Score
1 J. Menadue 177 0 J. Rudd 214 1
2 I. George 163 ½ A. Footner 171 ½
3 L. Retallick 163 0 D. Littlejohns 168 1
4 R. Grime 162 0 B. Edgfield 157 1
5. M. Hassall 158 1 A. Bamford 155 0
6 S. Bartlett 150 ½ J. Jervis 153 ½
7 P. Hutchings 147 0 G. Jepps 147 1
8 G. T. Rudeau 143 1 J.Fewkes 140 0
9 C. Sellwood 142 ½ C. Purry 140 ½
10 V. Wettesinha 138 1 P. Chapman 139 0
11 E. Webb 124 1 C. McKinley 134 0
12 C. Gardiner 117 1 C. Winch 130 0
13 C.Reeves 114 ½ C. Barratt 128 ½
14 J. Scott 113 0 W. Taylor 125 1
15 A. Barkuysen 105 1 A. Byrne 126 0
16 C. Webb 104 ½ R. Jervis 106 ½
      8½     7½

 

WECU Inter-County Championships

 

Gloucestershire v Cornwall

 

Exminster  14.10.2006

 

 

Gloucestershire

Grd.

 

 

Cornwall

Grd.

1

N. Hosken

172

½

½

J. Menadue

177

2

I. Ponter

170

1

0

I. M. George

163

3

D. Buchanan

167

½

½

R. Grime

162

4

P. Dodwell

163

0

1

M. Hassall

156

5

P. J. Meade

160

½

½

S. Bartlett

150

6

G. Taylor

151

1

0

P.Hutchings

147

7

B. Whitelaw

127

0

1

J. Kneebone

147

8

M. Guy

127

0

1

G. Trudeau

143

9

A. Bentley

124

1

0

C. Sellwood

142

10

A. Richards

124

1

0

V.Wettesinaa