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Major league news items in 2016-7

13 Aug. Keith Arkell (Halesowen) wins MCCU Midlands Championship held at West Bromwich.

18 Apr. Halesowen 1 league champions. Halesowen clinch the league championship with a win over Olton.

5 Apr. Halesowen 2B Division II champions. An adjourned game puts Halesowen 2B into the top spot.

26 Mar. Nick Arkell (Halesowen) shared second place in the Birmingham rapidplay Open tournament.

4 Jan. The first result for 2017 is in. Halesowen 2B beat Greenlands in Division 2.

1 Jan. Worcester City lead Division 1 by a whisker with Halesowen 1 on the same number of match points and a match in hand.

19 Aug. New team for 2016-7. Halesowen 1 increased their presence by entering two teams into Div 2. Olton, last season's Div 2 champions, took promotion to Division 1 with a new captain Mark Cundy.

Halesowen 1 are 2017 league champions
Olton are runners-up

Worcestershire League Division I: Season 2016-7
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Halesowen 1	8	5	3	0	29	19	13
Olton	8	4	1	3	25	23	9
Malvern	8	3	3	2	24½	23½	9
Kidderminster A	8	2	1	5	21	27	7
Worcester City	8	1	2	5	20½	27½	4

2016-7 Division One news

27 Apr. The last game result is in. Game on board 4 adjudicated a draw in the Olton-Halesowen match.

25 Apr. Olton win the final match of the season against Kidderminster.

18 Apr. Halesowen confirm League championship title. Playing at home, Halesowen turned out a strong team to defeat Olton.

18 Apr. Halesowen and Olton have agreed results of two of the games from 11 April and the match result can still go either way, or be a draw.

11 Apr. Three games to decide the champions? Olton are 2-1 up against Halesowen I, and there are there are three games to be decided.

30 Mar. Olton beat Worcester City and it’s beginning to look as if the Halesowen-Olton fixture will determine the destination of the league championship.

28 Mar. Halesowen I had a convincing win at home against Malvern reclaiming in a matter of hours the top slot from Malvern, but they had to find a GM to do so.

24 Mar. Malvern beat an attenuated Worcester City after Highways England unhelpfully, from Worcester's prspective, closed the M6 making it impossible for their captain to get to Malvern for the start of the match.

2 Mar. Halesowen beat Worcester City

21 Feb. Halesowen 1 beat Kidderminster I to top the league and are the only team not to have conceded a lost match.

15 Feb. Kidderminster draw with Malvern and manage the feat of going from bottom to top of the division joining Kidderminster.

2 Feb. Worcester draw at home with Malvern so that all teams are on 4 match points

24 Jan. Olton and Malvern fight an inconclusive match at Greenlands with two games going into a second session.

21 Jan. Halesowen catch up with Kidderminster at the top after a draw with Malvern.

18 Jan. Kidderminster A go top over former leaders Worcester City in a close match.

22 Dec. The season is shaping up to be highly competitive with all teams having scored a win. Halesowen and Malvern are so far undefeated and Halesowen join Worcester at the top.

14 Sep. The first league match result is in - a draw.

19 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Olton, winners of Division II last year, took promotion and Kidderminster A remain in division I because new teams have joined Division II. Team representatives agreed to play a double round against each team in the Division.There was an informal discussion of players' preferences for adjournment or adjudication - current league practice - over quickplay finishes as practised in the Worcester & District League. Club representatives said that their players were divided on this issue and only one team had a clear preference.

Worcestershire League Division 1 Fixtures 2016-7
2016	Fixture	Result
Tue 13 Sep	Halesowen 1 - Worcester City	3 - 3
Tue 4 Oct	Olton - Worcester City	2½ - 3½
Fri 28 Oct	Malvern - Kidderminster A	5 - 1
Thu 17 Nov	Worcester City - Kidderminster A	1½ - 4½
Wed 14 Dec	Kidderminster A - Olton	2 - 4
Wed 21 Dec	Kidderminster A - Halesowen 1	2½ - 3½
2017
Wed 18 Jan	Kidderminster A - Worcester City	3½ - 2½
Fri 20 Jan	Malvern - Halesowen 1	3 - 3
Tue 24 Jan	Olton - Malvern (at Greenlands)	4 - 2
Thu 2 Feb	Worcester City - Malvern	3 - 3
Wed 15 Feb	Kidderminster A - Malvern	3 - 3
Tue 21 Feb	Halesowen 1 - Kidderminster A	3½ - 2½
Thu 2 Mar	Worcester City - Halesowen 1	2½ - 3½
Fri 3 Mar	Malvern - Olton	3½ - 2½
Fri 24 Mar	Malvern - Worcester City	4 - 2
Tue 28 Mar	Halesowen 1 - Malvern	5 - 1
Thu 30 Mar	Worcester City - Olton	2½ - 3½
Tue 11 Apr	Olton - Halesowen 1	3 - 3
Tue 18 Apr	Halesowen 1 - Olton	4½ - 1½
Tue 25 Apr	Olton - Kidderminster A	4 - 2

Division I detailed match scores 2016-7 season

Halesowen 1 - Worcester City			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishburne Nick Arkell Dale Jackson Adrian Priest A (Tony) Stokes Bob Grimes	½ -½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Peter Kitson Nick Harris Stephen Mellor Ray Collett Alaric Stephen Colin Vernon
	Result	3 - 3	Played 13 Sep
Match reported by Ray Collett. The away team thought they had done well to draw this match against higher graded opponents.

Olton - Worcester City			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Marco Ho Mark Cundy Gary Evans Steve Chadaway Ken Allen Jim Gillespie	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 -1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Peter Kitson Stephen Mellor Jime Keene Ray Collett Alaric Stephen Rob Sutton
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 4 Oct
Match reported by Mark Cundy. Unfinished game was resumed on 25 October, but continued only three moves until there was a third repetition of the position.

Malvern - Kidderminster I			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Dominic Goodwin Lee Davis Geoff Marchant Brian Turer Ian Clarke Geoffrey Herbert	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Joseph Friar Maurice Bissell John Varilone David Spowart Alan Preece David Waud
	Result	5 - 1	Played 28 Oct
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert. Two games were adjourned at the end of the first session of play. A draw was agreed on board 2 without resumption and Marchant won on board 3 at the second session played on 4 November.

Worcester- Kidderminster I			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Nick Harris Stephen Mellor Jim Keene Ray Collett Alaric Stephen	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Joseph Friar John Wrench Maurice Bissell John Varilone John Chester David Waud
	Result	1½ - 4½	Played 17 Nov
Match reported by Ray Collett

Kidderminster A - Olton			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Joseph Friar John Wrench Joe Watson Maurice Bissell John Varilone John Chester	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Phil Holt Mark Cundy Richard Smith Gary Hope Robert Reynolds Ken Allen
	Result	2 - 4	Played 14-12-16
Match reported by John Wrench

Kidderminster A - Halesowen 1			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Joseph Friar Joe Watson John Wrench Maurice Bissell Alan Preece Dave Spowart	1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Nick Arkell John Edge Mike Hadley Andy Ambrose
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 21 Dec
Match reported by John Edge

Kidderminster A - Worcester City			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Joseph Friar John Wrench Joe Watson Maurice Bissell John Varilone John Chester	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Peter Kitson Stephen Mellor Jim Keene Ray Collett Phil Smith Colin Vernon
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 18 Jan
Match reported by Ray Collett

Malvern - Halesowen 1			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Dominic Goodwin Geoff Marchant Brian Turner Ian Clarke Geoffrey Herbert Matthew Jordan	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ -½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Nick Arkell John Edge Dale Jackson Mike Hadley
	Result	3 - 3	Played 20 Jan
Match reported by John Edge. The match outcome was decided by a time scramble in a complicated position between Turner and Arkell. The former had 10 minutes and the latter 2 for the last 20 moves before the time control, with all other participants looking on having completed their games. After a very tense finish with many ups and downs, a draw was agreed at adjournment time.

Olton - Malvern			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Phil Holt Marco Ho Mark Cundy Richard Smith Gary Hope Gary Evans	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1	Lee Davis Geoff Marchant Brian Turner Ian Clarke Geoffrey Herbert John Knee
	Result	4 - 2	Played 24 Jan
Match reported by Mark Cundy. Board 5 game resigned by Herbert 28 Jan. Board 1 was also concluded without further play.

Worcester City - Malvern			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Nick Harris Stephen Mellor Jim Keene Ray Collett Phil Smith	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Lee Davis Geoff Marchant Brian Turner Ian Clarke John Knee Matthew Jordan
	Result	3 - 3	Played 2 Feb
Match reported by Stephen Mellor and John Knee. Board 1 saw an early queen exchange and Davis emerged with B+N against R+P. In the quickplay endgame the rooks' counter attack came too late and Davis won. Geoff Marchant quickly gained the exchange on board 2 and finished early to put Malvern in the lead. Fine defence by Mellor against his opponent's attack left him ahead on material and a won game at the end. Keene sacrificed a piece for three pawns but counterplay from Clarke's queen secured a draw. On Board 5 was an early draw after the centre became blocked. A slow opening on Board 6 led to a position where both players had attacking chances, but Smith won a piece after his opponent made a mistake.

Kidderminster A - Malvern			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Joseph Friar Joe Watson John Wrench Maurice Bissell John Varilone David Waud	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Lee Davis Ian Clarke Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Matthew Jordan
	Result	3 - 3	Played 15 Feb
Match reported by David Waud and John Knee. Although Davis got a Q-side initiative on board 1,exchanges soon produced an equal position and a draw. Facing an unusual opening line, Clarke got king-side pressure. Watson defended carefully and a slip in time-trouble gave Watson a decisive counter-attack. Board 3 reached an ending with rooks and opposite-coloured bishops, but a mistake led to forced mate and win for Turner. After an even game on board 4 players decided the heavy piece ending was easily defensible and agreed a draw. Knee faced an unusual couter-attacking defence and players agreed the draw when Varilone's isolated pawn was seen to insufficient handicap to give White hope of a win. On board 6, the centre became blocked and there was no clear way to make progress.

Worcester City - Halesowen 1			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Stephen Mellor Jim Keene Ray Collett Joe Rastall Colin Vernon	1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	Stewart Fishburne John Edge Mike Hadley Dale jackson Mark Bethel Paul Evans
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 2 Mar
Match reported by John Edge

Halesowen 1 - Kidderminster A			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Nick Arkell John Edge Mike Hadley Dale Jackson	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Maurice Bissell John Varilone John Chester Dave Spowart Alan Preece David Waud
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 21 Feb
Match reported by John Edge

Malvern - Olton			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Dominic Goodwin Lee Davis Geoffrey Marchant Ian Clarke Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert	1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Alan Lloyd Mark Cundy Gary Hope Robert Wallman Robert Reynolds Paul Hodgskin
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 3 Mar
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert.

Malvern - Worcester City			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Lee Davis Geoff Marchant Briaqn Turner John Knee Michael Chester Michael Butcher	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Jim Keene Ray Collett Robert Smolka Phil Smith Roger Yates default
	Result	4 - 2	Played 24 Mar
Match reported by Brain Turner and Ray Collett. Closure of the M6 prevented Worcester's board 1 getting to the match from Manchester. In the adjourned game, where Worcester's new player aquitted himself well against the county champion, but resigned after analysing the adjourned position overninght. Malvern's new signing did better and won his game on board 5

Halesowen I - Malvern			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Keith Arkell Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Nick Arkell John Edge Mike Hadley	1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Lee Davis Geoff Marchant Brian Turner Ian Clarke Leigh Canham Matthew Jordan
	Result	5 - 1	Played 28 Mar
Match reported by Brian Turner

Worcester City - Olton			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Stephen Mellor Jim Keene Ray Collett Phil Smith Roger Yates	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Alan Lloyd Mark Cundy Gary Hope Robert Wallman Ken Allen Karol Grzywaczewski
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 30 Mar
Match reported by Ray Collett.

Olton - Halesowen I			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Alan Lloyd Mark Cundy Richard Smith Gary Hope Rob Reynolds Paul Hodgskin	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Nick Papathanasopolous Mike Hadley Dale Jackson Don Curry
	Result	3 - 3	Played 11 Apr
Match reported by Mark Cundy. Boards 1 and 2 results were agreed without further play on 19 April. Board 4 has been submitted for adjudication. The tournament controller's decision was that the game was drawn.

Halesowen I - Olton			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Keth Arkell Stewart Fishburne Malcolm Hunt Nick Arkell John Edge Dale Jackson	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Alan Lloyd Mark Cundy Gary Hope Rob Wallman Ken Allen Paul Hodgskin
	Result	4½ - 1½	Played 18 Apr
Match reported by Mark Cundy. The adjourned game on board 5 was conceded by Olton on 21 Apr without resuming play.

Olton - Kidderminster A			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Alan Lloyd Mark Cundy Richard Smith Gary Hope Rob Wallman Karol Grzywaczewski	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	John Varilone Dave Spowart David Close Dave Waud Mark Riley Alan Preece
	Result	4 - 2	Played 25 Apr
Match reported by Mark Cundy

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Halesowen 2B are 2017 Division 2 winners
Halesowen 2A are runners-up

Worcestershire League Division II: Season 2016-7
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Halesowen 2B	10	6	1	3	28	22	13
Halesowen 2A	10	5	3	2	27	23	13
Kidderminster B	9	5	1	4	27	23	11
Stourbridge	10	4	3	3	27½*	23½	11
Greenlands	10*	3*	1	5	21½ * ‡	27½	7
Droitwich	10*	1	3	6*	19	29* ‡	5
* includes defaulted match and boards; ‡one match with 4 boards only because of a double default.

2016-7 Division Two news

10 Apr. Full score of Stourbridge-Kidderminster now received.

5 Apr. If the report about Stourbridge winning on 3 April is correct, then the adjourned game between John Chester and Nick Papathanasopoulos may have decided the division 2 champions

4 Apr. Kidderminster B.beat Halesowen 2B to go second in the table and have a chance to catch up Stourbridge

3 Apr. It is believed that Stourbridge beat Kidderminster B, but details are awaited.

21 Mar. Halesowen 2B beat Droitwich.

16 Mar. Halesowen 2A stretch their lead with a win against Droitwich at home.

15 Mar. Kidderminster are level 2-2 with a game adjourned against Halesowen 2B

6 Mar. Halesowen 2B leap up the table just below Halesowen 2A with a win over Stourbridge.

15 Feb. In possibly the decisive match of the Division, leaders Halesowen 2A beat Kidderminster B.

6 & 13 Feb. Stourbridge must have felt ambushed at home when they lost to a 4-man Droitwich team. In the second fixture away at Droitwich the home team was again a man down and duly lost. Droitwich, struggling to fill team places have recruited a new player who has now made his mark with two wins from his first games in this league.

11 Jan. Kidderminster with two matches in hand put themselves just behind Halesowen 2A with a win against

Droitwich.

4 Jan. Kidderminster join the pack snapping at Halesowen A's heals with a win against Greenlands.

3 Jan. Halesowen B continue in style with a New Year's win against Greenlands.

20 Dec. Halesowen B lift themselves off the bottom with a draw against Stourbridge.

13 Dec. Leaders Halesowen A were humbled by Kidderminster throwing the competition open.

12 Dec. Greenlands close the gap with Halesowen A with a win against Droitwich where both teams defaulted a board.

8 Dec. Halesowen B beat the A team to throw the competition open.

30 Nov. Kidderminster B score their first win.

21 Nov. After defaulting their last match, Droitwich notch up their first win.

15 Nov. Greenlands clashed with leaders Halesowen A and the result was a draw leaving Halesowen A ahead.

7 Nov. Halesowen A go further into the lead with a victory away against Stourbridge.

1 Nov. Illnesses forced Droitwict to default their match against Greenlands.

13 Oct. All teams have now been in action. Halesowen A are leading having won both their opening matches.

19 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Halesowen decided to field two teams in the division this season (Halesowen 2A and Halesowen 2B) while Stourbridge have also entered and last year's winners Olton leave Division II to take promotion.

Team representatives agreed to play a double round against each team in the Division. There was an informal discussion of players' preferences for adjournment or adjudication - current league practice - over quickplay finishes as practised in the Worcester & District League. Club representatives said that their members were divided on this issue

Worcestershire League Division II: Season 2016-7
2016 Dates	Dates of Fixtures	Result
Mon 26 Sep	Droitwich - Kidderminster B	2½ - 2½
Tue 4 Oct	Halesowen 2A - Halesowen 2B	3½ - 1½
Tue 11 Oct	Greenlands - Halesowen 2A	1½ - 3½
Wed 12 Oct	Kidderminster B - Stourbridge	2 - 3
Mon 24 Oct	Droitwich - Halesowen 2A	2½ - 2½
Wed 26 Oct	Stourbridge - Greenlands	2 - 3
Tue 1 Nov	Greenlands - Droitwich	5 - 0 def
Mon 7 Nov	Stourbridge - Halesowen 2A	2 - 3
Tue 8 Nov	Halesowen 2B - Greenlands	3½ - 1½
Tue 15 Nov	Halesowen 2A - Greenlands	2½ - 2½
Mon 21 Nov	Droitwich - Halesowen 2B	4 - 1
Tue 29 Nov	Greenlands - Kidderminster B	2 - 3
Thu 8 Dec	Halesowen 2B - Halesowen 2A	4 - 1
Mon 12 Dec	Droitwich - Greenlands	1 - 3 †
Tue 13 Dec	Halesowen 2A - Kidderminster B	2 - 3
Tue 13 Dec	Greenlands - Stourbridge	1 - 4
Tue 20 Dec	Halesowen 2B - Stourbridge	2½ - 2½
2017 Dates
Tue 3 Jan	Greenlands - Halesowen 2B	½ - 4½
Wed 4 Jan	Kidderminster B - Greenlands	3½ - 1½
Tue 10 Jan	Halesowen 2A - Stourbridge	2½ - 2½
Wed 11 Jan	Kidderminster B - Droitwich	4½ - ½
Mon 6 Feb	Stourbridge - Droitwich	2½ - 2½
Mon 13 Feb	Droitwich - Stourbridge	2 - 3
Wed 15 Feb	Kidderminster B - Halesowen 2A	1½ - 3½
Mon 6 Mar	Stourbridge - Halesowen 2B	2 - 3
Wed 15 Mar	Kidderminster B - Halesowen 2B	2 - 3
Thu 16 Mar	Halesowen 2A - Droitwich	3 - 2
Tue 21 Mar	Halesowen 2B - Droitwich	3 - 2
Mon 3 Apr	Stourbridge - Kidderminster B	3 - 2
Tue 4 Apr	Halesowen 2B - Kidderminster B	2 - 3
† Both teams defaulted board 5.

Division II detailed match scores 2016-7 season

Droitwich - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson Terry Radford David Cleak	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Alan Preece John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 26 Sep
Match reported by Ray Collett. It looked at first as if the visiting team would go away with the first Division 2 win of the season, but dogged defence and peristent play got Droitwich a draw and their first points on the table. Kidderminster were the first to score, on board 3. At this stage, Collett had landed himself a very passive position, John Whitehead was pressing hard with an advanced pawn, and other games looked even. Preece misjudged exchanges into the ending and found a completely equal position and offered the draw. Kirkland, seemingly tied up survived and Cleak entered a rook and pawn ending a pawn up. There were faint drawing chances especially after Cleak's king retreated from his dominating position, but Pountney allowed his opponents king to get to the queensite and capture pawns allowing Cleak to notch up a deserved victory. Droitwich board 2 player's surname corrected 28 Sep.

Halesowen 2A - Halesowen 2B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Tony Stokes Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans Finlay Bowcott-Terry Stephen Larden	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose John Davis Richard Wooley David Etheridge
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 4 Oct
Match reported by David Etheridge.

Greenlands - Halesowen 2A			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	David Pugh Ian Truscott Geoff Harris Gary Mason Frank Cassidy	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	A (Tony) Stokes Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans Finlay Bowcott-Terry Paul Taylor
	Result	1½ - 3½	Played 11 Oct
Match reported by Joyce Evans.

Kidderminster B - Stourbridge			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Chester Alan Preece John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Ron Evans Jeremy Humphries Colin Woodall Martin Berridge Chris Cox
	Result	2 - 3	Played 12 Oct
Match reported by Colin Woodall

Droitwich - Halesowen 2A			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Tom Parkes default	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1	Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans John Southcote Silas Bowcott-Terry Joyce Evans
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 24 Oct
Match reported by Ray Collett: Droitwich went into this match a man down and expecting to lose to the Division 2 leaders, but Halesowen also lacked their best division 2 players. Board 1 was a feisty affair with both players thinking they had a winning middlegame position. Both kings were vulnerable to fierce attacks but Collett's knight pillaged the white position and later forked the king and rook. Kirkland was ahead at one stage but then slipped up. Young Silas Bowcott-Terry went the full distance with his experienced opponent, but was finally overwhelmed with pawns in the ending.

Stourbridge - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Sam Bradley Gathsara Seekkuge Tony Shaw Jeremy Humphries Richard Wilkinson	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	Dave Pugh Roy Peters Richard Collett Gary Mason Frank Cassidy
	Result	2 - 3	Played 26 Oct
Match reported by Richard Collett.

Stourbridge - Halesowen 2A			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Sam Bradley Jeremy Humphries Colin Woodall Richard Wilkinson Chris Cox	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	Mike Hadley Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans Finlay Bowcott-Terry John Southcote
	Result	2 - 3	Played 7 Nov
Match reported by Joyce Evans.

Halesowen 2B - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Adrian Priest Don Curry Andy Ambrose Jon asbury David Etheridge	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Roy Peters Steve Crees Richard Collett Geoff Harris Gary Mason
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 8 Nov
Match reported by David Etheridge and Richard Collett

Halesowen 2A - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Tony Stokes Paul Evans John Southgcote Stephen Larden Joyce Evans	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	David Pugh Roy Peters Steve Crees Richard Collett Brian Allsop
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 15 Nov
Match reported by Richard Collett. Score of game on bard 3 corrected 17-11-16

Droitwich - Halesowen 2B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford David Cleak Tom Perks	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Andy Ambrose John Davis Mark Vile Dave Etheridge Daniel Arkell
	Result	4 - 1	Played 21 Nov
Match reported by Dave Etheridge.

Greenlands - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	David Pugh Roy Peters Steve Crees Brian Allsop Geoff Harris	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	John Chester Alan Preece John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas
	Result	2 - 3	Played 29 Nov
Match reported by Richard Collett

Halesowen 2B - Halesowen 2A			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Andy Ambrose Don Curry John Davis Jon Asbury Logan Gregory	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	Dustin Bowcott Finalay Bowcott-Terry John Southcote Steve Larden Joyce Evans
	Result	4 - 1	Played 8 Dec
Match reported by John Southcote

Droitwich - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland Tery Radford David Cleak default	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0	David Pugh Steve Crees Gary Mason Richard Collett default
	Result	1 - 3	Played 12 Dec
Match reported by Richard Collett and Arnold Kirkland

Greenlands - Stourbridge			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	David Pugh Roy Peters Brian Allsop Geoff Harris Frank Cassidy	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Dave Scriven Paul Sharratt Sam Bradley Jeremy Humphries Richard Wilkinson
	Result	1 - 4	Played 13 Dec
Match reported by Richard Collett

Halesowen 2A - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans Finaly Bowcott-Terry John Southcote Steve Larden	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	John Chester Alan Preece Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	2 - 3	Played 13 Dec
Match reported by Joyce Evans

Halesowen 2B - Stourbridge			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose Don Curry John Davis Dave Etheridge	½ -½ ½ -½ ½ -½ 1 - 0 0 - 1	Paul Sharratt Eric Horwill Sam Bradley Jeremy Humphries Richard Wilkinson
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 20 Dec
Match reported by Dave Etheridge

Greenlands - Halesowen 2B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	David Pugh S Grayland Brian Allsop Geoff Harris Frank Cassidy	½ -½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose Nick Papathanasopoulos Jon Asbury Dave Etheridge
	Result	½ - 4½	Played 3 Jan
Match reported by Dave Etheridge

Kidderminster B - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Chester Dave Close John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	David Pugh Roy Peters Steve Crees Gary Mason Richard Collett
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 4 Jan
Match reported by Richard Collett

Halesowen 2A - Stourbridge			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Mike Hadley Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans Finlay Bowcott-Terry John Southcote	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	Julie Wilson Tony Shaw Jeremy Humphrey Colin Woodall Chris Cox
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 10 Jan
Match reported by Tony Shaw

Kidderminster B - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Chester Alan Preece David Close John Whitehead A Player	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson Terry Radford Default
	Result	4½ - ½	Played 11 Jan
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Stourbridge - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Jeremy Humphries Colin Woodall Richard Wilkinson Chris Cox -	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Ian Mcmillan Arnold Kirkland david Cleak Terry Radford Notified default
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 6 Feb
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Droitwich - Stourbridge			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ian Mcmillam Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford Tom Perkes Notified default	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Sam Bradley Tony Shaw Jeremy Humphries Colin Woodall -
	Result	2 - 3	Played 13 Feb
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Kidderminster B - Halesowen 2A			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Chester Alan Preece John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Mike Hadley Dustin Bowcott Peter Evans Finlay Bowcott-Terry John Southcote
	Result	1½ - 3½	Played 15 Feb
Match reported by Joyce Evans

Stourbridge - Halesowen 2B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ron Evans Jeremy Humphries Colin Woodhall Chris Cox Martin Borley	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Nick Papathanasopoulos John Davis Jon Asbury Mark Vile Dave Etheridge
	Result	2 - 3	Played 6 Mar
Match reported by David Etheridge

Kidderminster B - Halesowen 2B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Chester David Close Alan Preece Paul Thomas Terry Pountney	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	Nick Papathanasopoulos Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose Jon Asbury Mark Vile
	Result	2 - 3	Played 15 Mar
Match reported by Dave Etheridge. Adjourned game was played 5 Apr and its result has probably determined the Division 2 champions

Halesowen 2A - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Mike Hadley Finlay Bowcott-Terry Dustin Bowcott Paul Evans John Southcote	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	Ian McMillan Ray Collett David Cleak Terry Radford Tom Parkes
	Result	3 - 2	Played 16 Mar
Match reported by Paul Sharratt.

Halesowen 2B - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Nick Papathanasopoulos Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose Jon Asbury Mark Vile	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	Ian McMillan Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford David Cleak
	Result	3 - 2	Played 21 Mar
Match reported by David Ethridge

Stourbridge - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Julie Wilson Eric Horwill Tony Shaw Richard Wilkinson Chris Cox	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	John Varilone Alan Preece Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	3 - 2	Played 3 Apr
Match reported by Eric Horwill

Halesowen 2B - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Nick Papathanasopoulos Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose Don Curry Jon Asbury	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½	John Varilone David Close Alan Preece Clive Billinge Paul Thomas
	Result	2 - 3	Played 4 Apr
Match reported by David Etheridge

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Team KO competition 2016-7 season: Redditch win Wheatley Cup

Published 2 June 2017

Winning Redditch team captain Michele (right) lifts the KO cup with controller Laurence (left)

Final

Redditch - Kidderminster				Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	152 125 116 101 99 593	Nigel Towers Rob Bricknell David Smith Michele Clack Antonia Reed Handicap	1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.3	David Waud John Gittus Mike Kitchen Terry Pountney James Furtado .	133 115 113 87 80 528
	Redditch won		3.5 - 2.8	Played 30 May
Match reported by David Waud, Michele Clack and Laurence Wheatley. It was a very close match with Redditch taking an early lead when Bricknell won his game. Michele Clack and Terry Pountney fought to a bishop and pawn ending. Nigel Tower's win for redditch on board 1 used techniques learned at the recent endgame workshop led by Jon Speelman. On board 3, David Smith was a piece up in a tricky position and had to defend a strong attack before landing the point to decide the match.

Semi-final matches

Droitwich - Redditch				Semi Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	170 124 104 99 79 576	Ian McMillan Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford David Cleak Tom Parkes Handicap	0.5 - 0.5 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 1.0 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 0.0	Nigel Towers Rob Bricknell David Smith Antonia Reed Harry Sargent .	152 125 116 99 86 578
	Redditch won		1.5 - 3.5	Played 8 May
Match reported by MIchele Clack.

Malvern - Kidderminster				Semi Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	169 145 137 120 118 689	Brian Turner John Knee Matthew Jordan Michael Chester Michael Butcher Handicap	1.0 - 0.0 0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 3.2	David Waud John Gittus Mike Kitchen Terry Pountney James Furtado .	134 115 113 87 80 529
	Kidderminster won on handicap		4.0 - 4.2	Played 5 Apr
Match reported by Brian Turner and David Waud. Sterling endgame defences by Kidderminster players Terry Pountney and John Gittus see Kidderminster through to the finals.

Quarter Final matches

Droitwich - Worcester				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	170 124 104 99 73 570	Ian McMillan Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford David Cleak Tom Perkes Handicap	1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0	Stephen Mellor Rob Sutton Colin Vernon Roger Yates John Hesketh .	166 127 106 95 80 574
	Win for Droitwich		4.1 - 1.0	Played 28 Feb
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland and Colin Vernon.

Mercia - Redditch				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	148 117 116 99 97 577	Derek Perks Barry Smith Dave Hodkinson Peter Hodkinson Kevan Ward Handicap	0.0 - 1.0 0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.7 - 0.0	Nigel Towers Giles Stanton Rob Bricknell Steve Crockett Harry Sargent .	152 128 125 121 86 612
	Win for Redditch		2.2 - 3.5	Played 7 Feb
Match reported by Kevan Ward.

Shirley & Wythall - Malvern				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	122 120 108 94 85 529	Chris Pitt Kim Gilbert Ken Maycock Richard Simpson Barry Knee Handicap	0.0 - 1.0 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 3.9 - 0.0	Brian Turner Leigh Canham John Knee Matthew Jordan Michael Butcher .	169 156 145 137 118 725
	Malvern won		4.4 - 4.5	Played 6 Feb
Match reported by Brian Turner.

Greenlands - Kidderminster				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team		Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	147 139 113 91 61 551	Laurence Wheatley David Pugh Gary Mason Brian Allsop Frank Cassidy Handicap	0.0 - 1.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 2.4	David Waud Tim Yates James Furtado Emma Knight James Knight .	131 112 80 50 50 423
	Kidderminster won on handicap		3.0 - 4.4	Played 1 Feb
Match reported by Laurence Wheatley and David Waud

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2016-7 season