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18 Mar. Halesowen I League Champions. Halesowen I draw against Malvern to make certain of the 2016 League championship. No other team can catch them and they have a further match in-hand.
14 Mar. Olton Division II Champions. Olton brushed aside Droitwich to clinch the Division II title at their first attempt.
27 Aug 2015. Fixtures meeting. Kidderminster were promoted to Division 1 and Olton join Division 2. There were no representatives from Hagley or Redditch and they have confirmed that they are unable to participate in the League this season. Club secretaries and captains arranged most of the dates for the 2015-6 season. Ray Collett (Worcester) took over the vacancy for the honorary secretary's post. Worcestershire League Controller and Grading Officer was Paul Sharratt (Stourbridge).
1 Aug 2015. 2015-6 grading list. The league's highest rated player was Stewart Fishburne (Halesowen) at 194 in the ECF July 2016 grading list.
15 May 2015. Olton Chess Club join County League. At the annual meeting of Worcestershire Chess Association Olton were admitted to the county league. The League trophy was presented to John Southall for Halesowen I's League Championship victory.
| Worcestershire League Division I: table for 2015-6 season | |||||||
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
| Halesowen I | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 9 |
| Malvern | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17½ | 18½ | 6 |
| Worcester City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 5 |
| Kidderminster A | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14½ | 21½ | 4 |
12 Apr. Halesowen celebrated their championship season with a 6 nil victory. The last 6 nil win in Division 1 other than defaulted matches in was 5 years ago when Halesowen I beat Worcester.
18 Mar. Malvern fielded their strongest team in the crucial fixture against Halesowen, but achieved a draw leaving Halesowen I in the lead with one match in hand. Halesowen have a postponed match against bottom-of-table Kidderrminster A.
13 Feb. At last the smog of adjourned games has blown away. Halesowen are unbeaten and favourites for the title, but Malvern are only a point behind.
30 Jan. With four matches to be decided at second sessions, there is all to play for.
6 Oct. First result in: a draw!
27 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Kidderminster A took promotion to Division I and Hagley withdrew from the league. Division I teams play each other home and away. Halesowen I were 2014-5 League Champions.
| Worcestershire League Division I: fixtures in 2015-6 | ||
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| 2015 | Fixture | Result |
| Tue 6 Oct | Halesowen I - Malvern | 3 - 3 |
| Thu 15 Oct | Worcester City - Kidderminster A | 1½ - 4½ |
| Fri 13 Nov | Malvern - Kidderminster A | 3 - 3 |
| Thu 26 Nov | Worcester City - Halesowen I | 3 - 3 |
| Wed 2 Dec | Kidderminster A - Halesowen I | 2 - 4 |
| Thu 3 Dec | Worcester City - Malvern | 4½ - 1½ |
| 2016 | ||
| Fri 15 Jan | Malvern - Worcester City | 3 - 3 |
| Tue 26 Jan | Halesowen I - Worcester City | 4 - 2 |
| Wed 27 Jan | Kidderminster A - Malvern | 2 - 4 |
| Wed 17 Feb | Kidderminster A - Worcester City | 3 - 3 |
| Fri 18 Mar | Malvern - Halesowen I | 3 - 3 |
| Tue 12 Apr | Halesowen I - Kidderminster A | 6 - 0 |
| Halesowen I - Malvern | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Stewart Fishburne John Edge Malcolm Hunt Dale Jackson Mike Hadley Jon Asbury |
0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 |
Lee Davis Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Leigh Canham Matthew Jordan |
| Result | 3 - 3 | Played 6 Oct | |
| Match reported by John Edge and Geoffrey Herbert. | |||
| Worcester City - Kidderminster A | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Nick Harris David L Roberts Ray Collett Rob Sutton Alaric Stephen Phil Smith |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 |
Jim Friar snr Joe Watson John Wrench Joseph Friar Maurice Bissell Dave Waud |
| Result | 1½ - 4½ | Played 14 Oct | |
| Match reported by Ray Collett. Board 5 finished first and after the time control Kidderminster were two points ahead. Kidderminster soon recorded another two victories and on Board 1 Jim Friar denied a win for Harris in tenacious defence of a rook and pawn ending a pawn down. By this stage, what had been a promising attack for Wrench had been neutralised by Collett who then took advantage of a blunder allowing exchanges into a clearly won bishop and pawn ending. Collett sealed the last move of the session, but Wrench resigned without resuming play. | |||
| Malvern - Kiddermister A | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Lee Davis Ian Clarke Brian Turner John Knee Leigh Canham Matthew Jordan |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ |
Jim Friar John Wrench Joe Watson Joseph Friar Maurice Bissell David Waud |
| Result | 3 - 3 | Played 13 Nov | |
| Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert. The second session of the board 1 game is to be played on 12 February. | |||
| Worcester City - Halesowen I | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Stephen Mellor Peter Kitson Nick Harris David L Roberts Ray Collett Rob Sutton |
½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ |
Stewart Fishburne John Edge Dale Jackson Mike Hadley Mark Bethel Andy Ambrose |
| Result | 3 - 3 | Played 26 Nov | |
| Match reported by Ray Collett and John Edge. The top board adjourned in a position that appeared to defy calculation at the board. Mellor, the exchange down had a protected passed pawn on the 6th rank. There blocked chains of pawns in the centre of the board and both players were attacking exposed kings from the side. Although Mellor had a powerful discovered check available for the sealed move, it was not clear whether Fishburne could not force a purpetual. After reflection both players decided that a purpetual check finish was inevitable with both kings exposed to attack from major pieces. | |||
| Kidderminster - Halesowen | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Brian Sharp Jim Friar Joe Watson John Wrench Maurice Bissell Mark Riley |
½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ |
Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Dale Jackson Mike Hadley Andy Ambrose Mark Bethel |
| Result | 2 - 4 | Played 2 Dec | |
| Match reported by Stewart Fishburne and John Wrench | |||
| Worcester City - Malvern | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Stephen Mellor Peter Kitson Nick Harris David L Roberts Rob Sutton Alaric Stephen |
1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 |
Lee Davis Ian Clarke Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Matthew Jordan |
| Result | 4½ - 1½ | Played 3 Dec | |
| Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert and Rob Sutton. Players' names transposed in original posting and corrected on 9 Dec. | |||
| Malvern - Worcester City | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Lee Davis ian Clarke Geoff Marchant Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert Matthew Jordan |
½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
Stephen Mellor Nick Harris Jim Keene David L Roberts Rob Sutton Colin Vernon |
| Result | 3 - 3 | Played 15 Jan | |
| Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert. Geoff Marchant conceded overnight his adjourned position on board 3. The board 1 game was finally agreed a draw without resumption on 6 Feb. | |||
| Kidderminster A - Malvern | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Jim Friar Joe Watson Joseph Friar John Wrench Maurice Bissell John Gittus |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ |
Lee Davis Ian Clarke Geoff Marchant Brian Turner Leigh Canham John Knee |
| Result | 2 - 4 | Played 27 Jan | |
| Match reported by Brian Turner. Board 5 agreed drawn 3 Feb. Score for board 5 altered 3 Feb and score for board 1, erroneously reported as adjourned was a draw and altered on 8 February. | |||
| Halesowen I - Worcester City | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Stewart Fishburne John Edge Dale Jackson Mike Hadley Andy Ambrose Jon Asbury |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 |
Default Peter Kitson Nick Harris Jim Keene David L Roberts Rob Sutton |
| Result | 4 - 2 | Played 26 Jan | |
| Match reported by John Edge and Jim Keene. Board 4 second session was played on 11 Feb and resulted in a draw. | |||
| Kidderminster A - Worcester City | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Joseph Friar Jim Friar snr Joe Watson John Varilone Maurice Bissell Mark Riley |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 |
Peter Kitson Nick Harris Jim Keene David L Roberts Ray Collett Rob Sutton |
| Result | 3 - 3 | Played 17 Feb | |
| Match reported by Jim Friar. | |||
| Malvern - Halesowen I | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Lee Davis Geoff Marchant Ian Clarke Brian Turner John Knee Geoffrey Herbert |
0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ |
Stewart Fishburne John Edge Malcolm Humt Mike Hadley Jon Asbury Peter Banks |
| Result | 3 - 3 | Played 18 March | |
| Match reported by John Edge | |||
| Halesowen I - Kidderminster I | Div 1 | ||
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| Board | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Stewart Fishburne John Edge Malcolm Hunt Dale Jackson Mike Hadley Andy Ambrose |
1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
John Wrench Maurice bissell Alan Preece David Spowart Mark Riley John Gittus |
| Result | 6 - 0 | 12 Apr | |
| Match reported by John Edge | |||
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| Worcestershire League Division II: Season 2015-6 | |||||||
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| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points |
| Olton | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 15 |
| Halesowen II | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 8 |
| Kidderminster B | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 7 |
| Greenlands | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 6 |
| Droitwich | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 3 |
11 May. The last result is in, an adjourned game from the last match which saw David Waud of Kidderminster snatch a rare game point off the champions Olton.
28 Apr. Olton complete their fixtures with another win and we await the result of the adjourned game on board 2 to complete the season’s play.
14 Mar. Olton sweep away Droitwich to make certain of the 2016 Division II title and have a further matches in-hand.
1 Mar. As if to prove your webmaster is out of order, Halesowen win 5-0 in their next home match.
2 Feb. Halesowen draw again and again!
20 Oct. Olton confirm their sumpremacy in Division 2 with a win against second placed Kidderminster B
27 Oct. Olton claim first Worcestershire scalp with home win against Greenlands
12 Oct. First result in: a draw.
27 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Kidderminster I took promotion to Division I and Olton join the league. Division II teams play each other home and away. Kidderminster A were 2014-5 Division 2 champions.
| 2015 Dates | Dates of Fixtures | Result |
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| Mon 12 Oct | Droitwich - Halesowen II | 2½ - 2½ |
| Tue 27 Oct | Olton - Greenlands | 4 - 1 |
| Tue 3 Nov | Olton - Halesowen II | 3½ - 1½ |
| Tue 10 Nov | Greenlands -Droitwich | 3½ - 1½ |
| Wed 11 Nov | Kidderminster B - Droitwich * | 3 - 2 |
| Tue 24 Nov | Greenlands - Kidderminster B | 1½ - 3½ |
| Tue 8 Dec | Olton - Droitwich | 4 - 1 |
| Tue 15 Dec | Greenlands - Halesowen II | 2½ - 2½ |
| 2016 Dates | ||
| Tue 5 Jan | Halesowen II - Olton | 2½ - 2½ |
| Wed 20 Jan | Kidderminster B - Olton | 1½ - 3½ |
| Tue 26 Jan | Halesowen II - Droitwich | 2½ - 2½ |
| Tue 2 Feb | Halesowen II - Kidderminster B | 2½ - 2½ |
| Wed 3 Feb | Kidderminster B - Greenlands | 2½ - 2½ |
| Mon 15 Feb | Droitwich - Greenlands | 2 - 3 |
| Wed 17 Feb | Kidderminster B- Halesowen II | 1 - 4 |
| Tue 1 Mar | Halesowen II - Greenlands | 5 - 0 |
| Mon 7 Mar | Droitwich - Kidderminster B | 2½ - 2½ |
| Mon 14 Mar | Droitwich - Olton | 0 - 5 |
| Tue 5 Apr | Greenlands - Olton | 1 - 4 |
| Tue 26 Apr | Olton - Kidderminster B | 3½ - 1½ |
| * Kidderminster B-Droitwich result amended 17 Nov. | ||
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20 Aug. Mercia were presented with the Wheatley Cup at the County Executive and Fixtures meeting at Droitwich.
24 May. Mercia beat Worcester B on handicap in the final at Greenlands
28 Apr. In the second semi-final, Worcester B defeated Redditch.
11 Apr. In the first semi-final new team Mercia beat current trophy holders, Shirley & Wythall, on handicap. The second semi-final between Worcester & Redditch is to be played on 28 April.
15 Mar. Redditch, at home, beat a higher graded Worcester A team
25 Feb. Mercia decisively beat Greenlands overcoming the handicap.
18 Feb. Worcester B drew their match with Droitwich, but application of the board count rules for equally graded teams sees Worcester B go through.
12 Feb. Shirley & Wythall triumphed with a clear win over Malvern in the first match to kick off their campaign to retain the trophy.
| Match | Quarter final fixtures | QF match dates |
Quarter Final winners |
SF match dates |
Semi-final winners |
Date for final |
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| QF1 | Mercia (H) - Greenlands (A) | 25 Feb | Mercia | 11 Apr | Mercia | Tues 24 May @ Greenlands |
| QF2 | Malvern (H) - Shirley & Wythall (A) | 12Feb | Shirley & Wythall | |||
| QF3 | Worcester B (H) - Droitwich (A) | 18 Feb | Worcester B | 28 Apr | Worcester B | |
| QF4 | Redditch (H) - Worcester A (A) | 15 Mar | Redditch |
| Worcester B - Mercia | Final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
177 134 101 92 87 591 |
Stephen Mellor Rob Sutton Colin Vernon Roger Yates John Hesketh Handicap |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - ¾ |
Derek Perks Chris Cox David Hodkinson Kevan Ward Stuart Deeley . |
148 117 112 97 84 556 |
| Mercia won on handicap | 2½ - 3¼ | Played 24 May | |||
| Match reported by Colin Vernon. | |||||
| Worcester B - Redditch | Semi-final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
134 130 111 101 92 568 |
Rob Sutton Alaric Stephen Phil Smith Colin Vernon Roger Yates Handicap |
½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - ¾ |
Andrew Wiggins Giles Stanton David Smith Michele Clack Antonia Reed . |
132 113 121 95 74 535 |
| Worcester B won | 3½ - 2¼ | Played 28 Apr | |||
| Match reported by Ray Collett. In spite of the overall score-line, this was an evenly contested match. After nearly 90 minutes' play only Redditch's board 3 had a winning advantage. Stephen also had a clear advantage but this was balanced Reed's advantage for Redditch on board 5. After a further half hour, Sutton found his minor piece trapped, but was able to gain pawns in exchange. On board 3, the position got more complicated and after the fireworks David Smith gained a rook. Yates was gifted an attack which netted at least a piece on board 5. The first two games to finish were the wins for Yates and Vernon got a sudden mate. Stephen steadily increased his advantage both in position and on the clock until his opponent lost on time. David Smith forced home his advantage skewering his opponent's queen leaving a complex knight and six pawns against knight, bishop and two pawns ending on board 1. In the end the pawns crashed through, but the result was indoubt until nearly the end. | |||||
| Shirley & Wythall - Mercia | Semi-final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
149 142 126 123 121 661 |
Jonathan Dale Gordon Christie Frank Jiminez Kim Gilbert Roger Ball Handicap |
1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2 |
Derek Perks Chris Cox Dave Hodkinson Kevan Ward Stuart Deeley . |
148 117 112 97 84 558 |
| Mercia won on handicap | 3 - 4 | Played 11 Apr | |||
| Match reported by Gordon Christie. | |||||
| Redditch - Worcester A | Quarter Final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
132 121 117 113 74 557 |
Andrew Wiggins Dave Smith Rob Bricknell Giles Stanton Antonia Reed Handicap |
0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 2¼ - 0 |
Peter Kitson David L Roberts Ray Collett Rob Walkowiak Will Fry . |
175 149 135 115e 100e 674 |
| Redditch won | 4¼ - 3 | Played 16 Mar | |||
| Match reported by Ray Collett. | |||||
| Mercia - Greenlands | Quarter Final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
148 117 112 117 97 591 |
Derek Perks Barry Smith David Hodkinson Chris Cox Kevan Ward handicap |
½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - ¾ |
David Pugh Laurence Wheatley Peter Hughes Richard Collett Frank Cassidy . |
142 137 103 107 55 544 |
| Mercia won | 4 - 1¾ | Played 25 Feb | |||
| Match reported by Kevan Ward. | |||||
| Worcester B - Droitwich | Quarter Final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
130 111 101 92 87 521 |
Alaric Stephen Phil Smith Colin Vernon Roger Yates John Hesketh handicap |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 |
Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson Terry Radford David Cleak Tom Parkes . |
118 119 105 90 85 517 |
| Worcester B won 10-5 under rule 4e(1) |
2½ - 2½ | Played 18 Feb | |||
| Match reported by Ray Collett. | |||||
| Malvern - Shirley & Wythall | Quarter Final | ||||
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| Board | Grades | Home team | Away Team | Grades | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 Sum |
162 155 151 143 103 714 |
Geoffrey Herbert Leigh Canham John Knee Matthew Jordan Mike Butcher handicap |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1¼ |
Gordon Christie Jon Asbury Frank Jiminez Kim Gilbert Roger Ball . |
142 135 126 123 121 647 |
| Shirley & Wythall won | 1½ - 4¾ | Played 12 Feb | |||
| Match reported by Brian Turner. | |||||
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