29 Aug, Paul Sharratt reports. Three teams in Midlands inter-counties competitions. Worcestershire have entered teams into the Midlands Championship, the under-140 and under 120 Midlands' counties team championships. All teams are under new management. Father and son Stephen and Monty (Greenlands) skipper the First and u120 teams respectively. Tony Shaw (Worcester) is the new u140 captain and his vice-captain is Sam Bradley (Stourbridge).

23 Aug. League fixtures and Executive Meeting. The Worcestershire Chess League set-up is very similar to last year with the exception that Halesowen 1B was demoted to Division 2 and Halesowen 2 promoted to Duivision 1. In other respects teams are the same as last season. At the start of the meeting Teresa Friar presented Ray Collett with the Jim Friar award for services to Worcestershire Chess.

 

22 Aug, Steve Alcock reports. Hossam Aboushady winner at Stourbridge's Lightning tournament. In a seven-round event with 14 players, Hossam escaped on time in his game against Jeremy Humphries. The top finishers were: Hossam Aboushady 6½ points, Nic Followfield 5 points with Martin Berridge and Richard Wilkinson sharing 3-4th places on 4½ points. The Highest ungraded player was Ethan Chan Smith on 4 points.

 

19 Aug. Lee Davis new Worcestershire champion. Two former British Championship Contenders Steve Mellor (Worcester) and Lee Davis (Malvern) were the front-runners throughout the competition held at The King's School Worcester. Mellor and Davis were leading the tournament and paired in the 3rd round. In that game, Mellor won pawns in the ending, but was so short of time he had to settle for a draw. In the final round, Davis beat Kitson with a powerful queenside attack and Mellor beat Joseph Friar (Kidderminster). At the end, with both leaders on 4 points, Davis won on tie-break by half a point. Other winners at the tournament were: Julie Wilson (Stourbridge, Women's champion), Peter Kitson (Worcester, Senior champion), Brian Turner (Malvern, Veteran champion), Arnold Kirkland (Droitwich, Minor champion), Finlay Bowcott-Terry (Junior champion, Halesowen) and Phillip Austin (Worcester), playing his first tournament for 20 years, won the prize for the highest scoring ungraded player. The tournament was controlled by Andrew Farthing and his chess bookstall in aid of St Richard's Hospice made nearly £150.

Lee in play against Peter in the final round

15 Aug, John Wrench reports. John Wrench Kidderminster Champion. John beat Joe Watson in the final of the club's championship to win the Kidderminster title for the 10th time. Players have competed for the trophy since 1901 and this beats Maurice Bissell's nine championship successes to make John the most successful club player in Kidderminster's history.

12 Aug. Bewdley Quickplay raises over £600 for Prostate Cancer Appeal. Thirty nine players, including eleven juniors competed at the fifth Bewdley Quickplay. The Overall winner of the 6-round event was Michael Ashworth (Wotton Hall Sch) on tie-break from James Friar (Kidderminster) who won the Bewdley Mayor's Shield. Four players ended on 5 points. Runners-up were Ian Clarke (Malvern) and John Varilone (Kidderminster). The best ungraded players’ prizes went to Remi Harris (Kidderminster) and Mark Wrench (Stratford-on-Avon). Best junior was 11-year old Jamie Ashworth (Wotton Hall Sch) on 4 points who won the Jim Friar Trophy. The event raised over £90 for St Anne’s Church as well as over £600 - for Rory the Robot Prostate Cancer Appeal.

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10 Aug, Brian Turner reports. Lee Davis wins Bennett Cup in Worcester & District League.

 

7 Aug, John Wrench reports. Remi Harris new star at Kidderminster. Local musician Remi was the first ungraded player to win the Kidderminster Shuttle Shield. Remi upset the old order with wins against tough opposition to reach the final. The a "wildcard" won against five-times-winner John Wrench taking advantage of his opponent's miscalculation in the middle game. Thereafter Harris took full advantage and bagged the game and shield. Entry for the shield competition was 32 ranging from an 8-year old to an 84-year old.

 

26 Jul. Worcestershire players at the British Championships. GM Keith Arkell (Halesowen) is the only Worcestershire player in the championship. Nigel Towers (Redditch) plays in the Over-50 tournament, Nick Fallowfield (Stourbridge) in the u2050 and Atkins, Colin Vernon (Worcester) in the u100. Live games are in the championship are broadcast by chess24.com and results are on Chess-Results.com

 

26 Jun, Halesowen CC reports. Manvith Sandhu, Worcestershire’s junior champion shared grading and junior prizes in the North Wales Major tournament at Llandudno

 

19 Jun, Halesowen CC reports. GM Keith Arkell won all 14 simulaneous games at Halesowen Chess Club. Keith said his toughest opponent was Worcestershire’s junior champion Manvith Sandhu.

 

15 Jun, John Southcote reports. Windsor Peck. Windsor passed away peacefully on 15 June aged 80 years. Windsor was a member of Halesowen CC and for many years captained their 4NCL Division 3 team. He represented Worcestershire before moving to Madeley, Shrops. In 2006 he captained Shropshire’s Open team to their second Midland Counties Team Championship win. He competed in many weekend tournaments and some of his most recent wins included Birmingham Rapid Minor tournament in 2017 and an under-120 grading prize at the 2018 Shropshire Congress. You can see a fine 2006 win of Windsor's on the Halesowen CC website. John Southcote wrote Windsor was "A true gentleman, he was a well known figure in Midlands chess and will be missed by all who knew him".

 

9 Jun. Worcestershire under-140 team lost 6½ - 9½ to Yorkshire in the national semi final match at Selston, Notts.

 

27 May, Halesowen CC reports. Nick Arkell won the Wolverhampton League Rock Cup.

 

21 May. Alistair Macnaughton is 2018 Worcester City Champion.

 

19 May. Worcestershire beat Hampshire. Worcestershire won 11½-4½ in a national quarter final under 140 match at Watchfield, Wilts. Winning Worcestershire players were Eric Horwill (Stourbridge), David Spowart (Halesowen), Giles Stanton (Redditch), Paul Furniss (Greenlands), Kevin Day (Kidderminster), Harry Evans (Kidderminster), Joe Bombardini (Stourbridge), David Cleak (Droitwich), and Arnold Kirkland (Droitwich).

 

15 May, John Wrench reports. Kidderminster win Pittaway Cup. In the Wolverhampton & District league final Kidderminster beat Wolverhampton 6¼-4. In the Wolverhampton League, Kidderminster A gained promotion back into Division 1, and Kidderminster B avoided relegation by winning their last match of the season.

 

14 May, Halesowen CC reports. Halesowen juniors score in Warwickshire. Finlay Bowcott-Terry won the under-13 section of the Warwickshire Megafinal of the UK Schools Chess Challenge. Manvith Sandhu won the under-10 tournament at the same event.

 

12 May. Worcestershire lose to Devon. In the Minor Counties national quarter final played at Banwell near Weston-super-Mare Somerset, Worcestershire lost 6½-9½. Kevin Hurney (Greenlands), Peter Kitson (Worcester), John Wrench (Kidderminster) and Ben Fuller (Worcester) won their games. John's win culminated in a splendid queen sacrifice for a winning king-side attack.

3 May, Laurence Wheatley reports. Shirley & Wythall win KO Cup for second time. In a hard fought match Shirley overcame a small handicap winning over-the-board 3½-1½ and 3.0-1.8 on handicap.

23 Apr. Halesowen A League Champions. Halesowen A have completed their fixtures in Division 1 of the League winning their last adjourned game to draw their final fixture against Worcester. They completed the season without losing a match and eased off only in the last two matches when they conceded draws to Olton and Worcester City.

20 Apr. Andrew McCumiskey reports. Two Worcestershire teams gain promotion to Division 1 in the Wolverhampton & District League. Stourbridge are Division 2 champions three points ahead of runners-up Kidderminster A are runners-up. Both were promoted.

 

20 Apr. Team KO final agreed for 3 May. The finalists Redditch and Shirley & Wythall, have agreed to play at Wythall on Thursday 3 May.

 

16 Apr, Dan Lambourne reports. Redditch gain promotion to Div 1 in the Birmingham League.

11 Apr, Dan Lambourne reports. Stourbridge win the Terrill Cup in the Birmingham League.

8 Apr, Dan Lambourne reports. Redditch win Intermediate Plate National Club title. Redditch tied on 5 points with Telford, but lost out on the tie-break for the Intermediate Championship.

 

7 Apr Alex Holowczak reports, Worcestershire Junior champion wins Warks Junior tournament. Talented 10-year-old Warwickshire youngster Manvith Sandhu from Hallfield School, Birmingham was first on 4½ points in the A tournament for players graded over 75. Over fifty players took part.

 

29 Mar, Dave Scriven reports. Stourbridge have reached the finals of the Birmingham League Terrill trophy.

24 & 25 Mar. Two Worcestershire teams in the national stages. Worcestershire first team won against a higher graded Nottinghamshire side playing on Sunday at Olton. There was a parallel u140 match at the same venue, but Worcestershire came off worse while still qualifying for the national stages. The weekend had started inauspiciously with the u120 team losing heavily to Staffs at Norton Kanes.

 

13 Mar. Redditch are are finalists in the KO team tournament for the Wheatley Cup. Worcester play Shirley after Easter.

24 Feb. Worcestershire u120 crash against Derbyshire. Derbyshire coasted to a 10½-1½ victory with only Jeremy Humphries (Stourbridge), David Cleak and Arnold Kirkland (both Droitwich) managing to draw games.

 

18 Feb. Worcestershire players at Midlands Rapidplay. GM Keith Arkell (Halesowen) was 2nd on 7½ points. Don Curry, also Halesowen, was placed second in the under-2000 tournament, which Steve Crockett picked up a best performance prize in the under-1750 competition.

7 Feb, John Wrench reports. Worcs clubs in Wolverhampton League Div 2 latest. Stourbridge A lead Kidderminster A in the top two places of Division 2 and Halesowen B is in third place. Kidderminster A play Halesowen B later in the month and the winner will probably be on course for promotion to Div 1. Stourbridge B are mid-table and Kidderminster B is lower in the same division and hoping to stave off relegation.

3 Feb. Worcestershire u120 team defeated Nottinghamshire in a home match at Redditch. Seven Worcestershire players achieved wins.
24 Jan. Kidderminster beat Telford 7.25 - 3 in quarter final of the Pittaway Cup handicap team tournament of Wolverhampton & District League.

 

23 Jan. Redditch beat Droitwich in the KO team tournament.

20 Jan. Worcs beat Leics in the Midland counties' team championship.

6 Jan. Worcs u120 team lose to Lincolnshire. In a tight match, Worcs were pipped by 5½-6½.

 

5 Jan. Kidderminster beat Malvern in the team KO competition for the Wheatley Cup. The fixture was postponed from December because of snow.

5 Jan 2018. GM Keith Arkell at the Hastings International Masters Congress. Keith scored 6 points and shared 6th prize with six others.

 

27 Dec. John Wrench awarded the Jim Frair plaque for services to Worcestershire Chess. At a presentation ceremony held a Kidderminster Club HQ, county secretary Ray Collett presented John with the Jim Friar award for ‘services to Worcestershire chess’. John is secretary for Kidderminster Club, captain of the county first team, was a promoter of the Bewdley St Annes' community club and is a volunteer tutor for Chess in Schools and Communities. Jim's family donated the award to the association after Jim's untimely death and it is fitting that John should be the first recipient because like Jim he is a stalwart of Kidderminster and encourages juniors to take up the game. See also report in the Kidderminster Shuttle

 

17 Dec. Worcestershire lose to Warwickshire. In a double county fixture at Olton Chess Club in Tyseley, the first team, missing several senior players, lost 6-10 and the under-120 team lost 5½-6½. Geoff Marchant (Malvern) was the only winner in the senior match, but the team should take heart from young players' results with Joseph Friar (Kidderminster, board 4) and Finlay Bowcott-Terry (Halesowen, board 14) both drawing games against higher graded opponents. In the under-120 match, Peter Hodkinson (Mercia) Brian Allsop and Stan Grayland (both Greenlands) won their games.

 

6 Dec. Shirley & Wythall beat Greenlands in the Team KO handicap competition to earn their place in the semi-finals.

15 Oct. GM Keith Arkell (Halesowen) was second in the Birmingham & District Chess league Rapidplay with 5½ from 7 games. Other Halesowen players also scored well: John Edge 4½ (shared third prize), Dustin Bowcott and Finlay Bowcott-Terry 3½ in the Major, Manvith Sandhu and Don Curry 4 in the Minor and Tony Taylor and Silas Bowcott-Terry 3½ in the Minor.

30 Sep. Dr Brian Dudley (Stourbridge), former president of Worcestershire Chess Association and captain of the first team died aged 86 after a short illness. He was Worcestershire Individual Champion on four occasions, the first in 1961 and the most recent in 1972. Brian captained Worcestershire in the only post-war appearance of Worcestershire in the national county semi-finals against Sussex in the 1970s. The association's members extend condolences to his wife Sheila, daughter Fiona, son Michael, and grandchildren Annie and Finn. The funeral was held on Friday 20 October at Stourbridge. See also report in Stourbridge News.

 

29 Sep. Timman's Titans ECF book of the year. Portraits of world champions told partly through Timman's encounters with them.
21 Sep. Halesowen Club wins national award. The English Chess Federation selected Halesowen from six other nominated clubs as 2017 Chess Club of the Year. Read the club's submission from the link in the news column of their home page.

 

20 Sep. Worcester & District League Fixtures. At the annual meeting, Kidderminster Rooks were relegated to Division 2 and Stourbridge promoted to replace them. Stourbridge also entered a second team in Division 2. The first Division plays home and away while Division 2 teams play each other once. Most fixtures have now been arranged and are on the District website.

 

9 Sep. GM Keith Arkell wins again at Paignton. Keith shared first place.

 

22 Aug, Stewart Fishburne reports. Halesowen Simul. John Edge played nine members of Halesowen club in a simul and scored +6 =2 -1. The winning member was Peter Banks.

 

20 Aug. Kevin Hurney 2017 County champion. Hurney scored 4½ points. Kevin is a member of Greenlands and South Birmingham clubs and regularly turns out for Worcestershire first team. Other prize winners were: Lee Davis (Malvern, 3½ points) Senior champion; Rob Bricknell (Redditch, 3 points) Minor champion; Philip Smith (Worcester, 2½ points) Veteran champion; Manvith Sandhu (Halesowen, 2½ points) Junior champion; and Ravi Sandhu (Halesowen, 1½ points) best ungraded player. Manvith is 9 years old and attends Hallfield School Edgbaston. He proved a very worthy winner of the junior title by beating or holding his own against established county team players. See also report in Bromsgrove Advertiser.   Picture shows Kevin Hurneyreceiving trophy from tournament controller Andrew Farthing

 

13 Aug. GM Keith Arkell wins the MCCU@West Brom congress. Worcestershire and Halesowen GM Keith Arkell scored 4½ points from his five games. The decisive game was in round 4 when he beat Leicestershire's GM Mark Hebden. In the final round, a quick draw against FIDE master Peter Sowray secured first place. Other Worcestershire players in the Open were Malcolm Hunt (Halesowen) and Lee Davis (Malvern). Alan Ruffle played in the Major and three juniors who have won honours at Worcester - Arjun Pyda, Chandrahas Nalabotu, and Viswameda Nalabotu - scored well in the Minor tournament.

 

6 Aug 2017, John Wrench reports. Bewdley 2017 Charity Chess Tournament. Joseph Friar retained the Mayor's Shield after another convincing performance with 5 wins and 1 draw. Twelve-year-old Finlay Boycott-Terry won the Jim Friar 'Highest Junior' Trophy scoring an amazing 5 out of 6 losing only to the winner. Runners-up were Dustin Boycott-Terry and James Friar with Dustin getting second place on tie-break. Rachael Moore on 3 points won the highest scoring woman's prize on tie-break from Catherine Nimmo. Jay Haycock won the highest ungraded player prize. The tournament was organised bu John Wrench and prizes sponsored by several local businesses. Prizes were presented by Bewdley Mayor, Councillor Anna Coleman and just under £300 was raised for St Anne's Church, Bewdley.

 

See old WCA site for stories before August 2017

 

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Halesowen A are 2018 league champions
Malvern are runners-up

Worcestershire League Division I: Season 2017-8
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Halesowen 1A	10	8	2	0	41	18	19
Malvern	10	6	1	3	33½	26½	13
Worcester City	10	4	3	3	31	29	11
Olton	10	3	4	3	31½	28½	10
Kidderminster A	10	2	1	7	23	37	5
Halesowen 1B	10	1	1	8	20	40	3

 

3 May. The last game result, a game adjourned on 8 Mar, was received and the final table is shown above.
1 May. Worcester finshed on a high note with a 5-1 victory at home.
24 Apr. Olton beat Kidderminster
17 Apr. Halesowen A dropped their second match point in a home fixture against Worcester. Board 3 was adjourned with advantage to the Halesowen player who had to win to draw the match. In a blocked position both sides had all their major pieces. Hunt had control of the open h-file and had just checked the white king. After adjournment, silicon brains took a couple of microseconds to see that white had a forcing rook sac for a pawn to bust open the white position on the second move of the main variation. It would have been a really nice move to have seen played even if one was on the losing end of the combination and I am sure none of the spectators saw it. The white resigned without further play.
12 Apr. Olton playing away snatch a match point from Halesowen A to deny the top team a 100% record. Malvern were the last team to win every match of a season and that was in 2013-4 [Thanks to Geoff Herbert for this info].
8 Apr. Olton, at home, beat Halesowen B and one game was adjourned, but the Halesowen player resigned without further play
20 Mar. Worcester, a man down, draw with Olton.
14 Mar. Kidderminster beat Halesowen B to go level with Worcester City
8 Mar. Worcester beat Kidderminster, but one game still to be decided. The adjourned game in the Kidderminster-Malvern match on 28 Feb was resigned by the Kidderminster player without resumption to make Malvern the winners. Malvern have now completed their fixtures and only Worcester, if they won the next four matches including one against Halesowen A, could equal their score.
7 Mar. The final game in the Malvern-Olton match started on 30 Jan (!) and was completed after adjournement on 6 Mar. The game and the match were drawn.
4 Mar.Two weeks after the match, results of adjourned games between Malvern and Halesowen A have been agreed..
27 Feb. Halesowen A beat Kidderminster to stretch their lead.
18 Feb. Malvern and Halesowen 1A have three games adjourned. Resumption of the games will be on 1st, 2nd and 13th March.
13 Feb. Halesowen 1B gain a home draw against Kidderminster.
6 Feb. Halesowen 1B get first match points with a home win against Malvern.
30 Jan. Olton and Malvern are tied with a game to be completed on 6 Mar. The Olton player holds an advantage.
16 Jan. The second match between the two Halesowen team has predicatably given another match win to the A team. One game was unfinished, but conceded 6 days later without resumption.
12 Jan. Malvern at a home match trounce Worcester and catch up with Halesowen 1A.
11 Jan. Halesowen 1A kicked off play in the new year withan away win at Kidderminster. Halesowen 1A retain their 100% record and go clear first in the league.
24 Dec. Malvern resigned the game from 19 Dec to give Halesowen 1A a 5 -1 victory and Halesowen 1A go into the New year looking on track to retain their title, possibly with a 100% record.
19 Dec. Halesowen A demonstrate who's boss with home win against Malvern, but one game is adjourned.
7 Dec. Malvern beat Worcester to become clear leaders and maintain their 100% record.
6 Dec. Kidderminster gain their first match points with a win at home against Olton.
1 Dec. Malvern, at home beat Kidderminster putting them level with Halesowen 1A on match points and half a game point ahead. These two teams do not meet until February 2018.
28 Nov. Halesowen 1B are still without match points after losing at home to Worcester
15 Nov. After a week's cogitation players agreed a draw without resumption in the unfinished Halesowen B-Olton fixture to give Olton a win.
10 Nov. Malvern beat Olton
2 Nov. An adjudication, a second session and a resignation complete the card for the match on 17 Oct.
18 Oct. Worcester City gain match points with an away win against Kidderminster.
17 Oct. Halesowen 1A are two points up in a match against Olton
13 Oct. After several years, two come along at once. Malvern and Halesowen 1A have submitted a game for adjudictaion.
21 Sep. First match result is a draw.
4 Sep. All fixture dates have now been agreed.
24 Aug. For the first time in many years a club is fielding two teams in Division One. Halesowen 2B, Division II champions accepted promotion at the fixtures meeting and joint colleagues in Halesowen 1A in Division One. Worcester City were permitted to continue in Division One so now there are six teams: Halesowen 1A, Halesowen 1B, Kidderminster A, Olton, Malvern and Worcester City.

 

Worcestershire League Division 1 Fixtures 2017-8
2017	Fixture	Result
Thu 21 Sep	Worcester City - Olton	3 - 3
Tue 26 Sep	Halesowen 1A - Halesowen 1B	4 - 2
Thu 12 Oct	Worcester City - Halesowen 1A	1 - 5
Fri 13 Oct	Malvern - Halesowen 1B	5 - 1
Tue 17 Oct	Olton - Halesowen 1A	2½ - 3½
Wed 18 Oct	Kidderminster A - Worcester City	2 - 4
Thu 2 Nov	Halesowen 1B - Olton	2½ - 3½
Fri 10 Nov	Malvern - Olton	3½ - 2½
Tue 28 Nov	Halesowen 1B - Worcester City	2 - 4
Fri 1 Dec	Malvern - Kidderminster A	4½ - 1½
Wed 6 Dec	Kidderminster A - Olton	3½ - 2½
Thu 7 Dec	Worcester City - Malvern	2½ - 3½
Tue 19 Dec	Halesowen 1A - Malvern	5 - 1
2018	New Year
Wed 10 Jan	Kidderminster A - Halesowen 1A	2 - 4
Fri 12 Jan	Malvern - Worcester City	5 - 1
Tue 16 Jan	Halesowen 1B - Halesowen 1A	1½ - 4½
Tue 30 Jan	Olton - Malvern at Greenlands	3 - 3
Tue 6 Feb	Halesowen 1B - Malvern	3½ - 2½
Tue 13 Feb	Halesowen 1B - Kidderminster A	3 - 3
Fri 16 Feb	Malvern - Halesowen 1A	2 - 4
Tue 27 Feb	Halesowen 1A - Kidderminster A	5 - 1
Wed 28 Feb	Kidderminster A - Malvern	2½ - 3½
Thu 8 Mar	Worcester City - Kidderminster A	4½ - 1½
Wed 14 Mar	Kidderminster A - Halesowen 1B	3½ - 2½
Tue 20 Mar	Olton - Worcester City	3 - 3
Easter	-------	-----------
Tue 3 Apr	Olton - Halesowen 1B	5 - 1
Thu 12 Apr	Halesowen 1A - Olton	3 - 3
Tue 17 Apr	Halesowen 1A - Worcester City	3 - 3
Tue 24 Apr	Olton - Kidderminster A	3½ - 2½
Thu 26 Apr	Worcester City - Halesowen 1B	5 - 1

Division 1 Team captains for 2017-8 season: Halesowen 1A - John Edge; Halesowen 1B - Dustin Bowcott; Kidderminster A - David Waud; Malvern - Captn, John Knee; Olton - Mark Cundy; Worcester City - Stephen Mellor

 

Division I

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Worcestershire League Division II: Season 2017-8
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Halesowen 2	8	5	2	1	23½	16½	12
Stourbridge B	8	5	2	1	22½	17½	12
Kidderminster B	8	4	1	3	21	19	9
Greenlands	8	2	0	6	19½	20½	4
Droitwich	8	1	1	6	18	22	3

 

18 Apr. A win for Stourbridge against mid-table Kidderminster enabled them to equal Halesowen 2's match points, but Halesowen take the Division championship because of a better game score: 23½ against Stourbridge's 22½ points.

10 Apr. In the battle not to be last, Droitwich lost to Greenlands. Droitwich were again disadvantaged by being player short, this time because of an unexpected hospital appointment.

6 Apr. Kidderminster beat Droitwich who were two men down.

5 Mar. Kidderminster beat Droitwich. Halesowen beat Stourbridge B, and the unfinished game was agreed drawn the next day. Halesowen are now just a point behind Stourbridge in the table.

21 Feb. Halesowen beat Kidderminster to go second in the table.

13 Feb. Stourbridge extend their lead at the top with an away win against Greenlands.

9 Jan. Droitwich win first match of their season and lift themselves off the bottom place.

17 Jan. Stourbridge beat Kidderminster at home to stay top of the table.

15 Jan. Droitwich, a man down, lose to Halesowen.

4 Dec. Stourbridge B go to the top with a home win against Greenlands.

21 Nov. Halesowen draw with Kidderminster B to put Kidderminster clear at the top.

20 Nov. The adjourned game from the Halesowen-Stourbridge fixture was agreed drawn to draw the match.

15 Nov. Kidderminster beat Greenlands and go into the lead.

14 Oct. Halesowen and Stourbridge are deadlocked with a game unfinished.

31 Oct. Greenlands score their first match win of the season and all teams are now off the mark.

24 Oct. Halesown get a home win against Droitwich.

2 Oct. First match result is in. Droitwich avoided a loss against Stourbridge in spite of being a man down.

24 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Five teams compete and teams decided to play home and away as last year.

 

2017 Dates	Dates of Fixtures	Result
Mon 2 Oct	Stourbridge B - Droitwich	2½ - 2½
Mon 16 Oct	Droitwich - Stourbridge B	2 - 3
Tue 24 Oct	Halesowen 2 - Droitwich	3 - 2
Tue 24 Oct	Greenlands - Kidderminster B	1½ - 3½
Tue 31 Oct	Halesowen 2 - Greenlands	2 - 3
Tue 14 Nov	Halesowen 2 - Stourbridge B	2½ - 2½
Wed 15 Nov	Kidderminster B - Greenlands	3½ - 1½
Tue 21 Nov	Halesowen 2 - Kidderminster B	2½ - 2½
Wed 22 Nov	Stourbridge B - Greenlands	3½ - 1½
2018 Dates
Mon 15 Jan	Droitwich - Halesowen 2	2 - 3
Wed 17 Jan	Stourbridge B - Kidderminster B	3 - 2
Mon 29 Jan	Droitwich - Greenlands	4 - 1
Tue 13 Feb	Greenlands - Stourbridge B	1 - 4
Wed 21 Feb	Kidderminster B - Halesowen 2	1½ - 3½
Mon 5 Mar	Stourbridge B - Halesowen 2	1 - 4
Mon 5 Mar	Droitwich - Kidderminster B	2 - 3
Tue 13 Mar	Greenlands - Halesowen 2	2 - 3
30 Mar	Good Friday	------
Wed 4 Apr	Kidderminster B - Droitwich	3 - 2
Tue 10 Apr	Greenlands - Droitwich	3½ - 1½
Wed 18 Apr	Kidderminster B - Stourbridge B	2 - 3

 

Team captains Droitwich - Arnold Kirkland; Greenlands - Richard Collett; Halesowen 2 - Dave Etheridge; Kidderminster B - Terry Pountney; Stourbridge - Paul Sharratt

Division II

Stourbridge B - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Paul Sharratt Eric Horwill Jeremy Humphries Steve Alcock Stourbridge	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Ian McMillan Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Notified default
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 2 Oct
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Droitwich - Stourbridge B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ian McMillan Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Tom Perkes	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Paul Sharratt Richard Wilkinson Jeremy Humphries Colin Woodall Steve Alcock
	Result	2 - 3	Played 16 Oct
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland & Paul Sharratt

Halesowen 2 - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Jon Asbury Don Curry Tony (A) Taylor Martin Hathaway Halesowen	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	Ian McMillan Rat Collett Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford Notified default
	Result	3 - 2	Played 24 Oct
Match reported by David Etheridge & Arnold Kirkland

Greenlands - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Laurence Wheatley Paul Furniss Richard Collett Brian Allsop P (Spike) Bignall	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	David Spowart John Whitehead Clive Billinge John Gittus Paul Thomas
	Result	1½ - 3½	Played 24 Oct
Match reported by Richard Collett

Halesowen 2 - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Andy Ambrose Jon Asbury Tony (A) Taylor Dave Etheridge Joyce Evans	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Ian Truscott Paul Furniss Richard Collett Brian Allsop Geoff Harris
	Result	2 - 3	Played 31 Oct
Match reported by Richard Collett and Dave Etheridge.

Halesowen 2 - Stourbridge			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose John Davies Don Curry Paul Evans	½ -½ ½ -½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Paul Sharratt Julie Wilson Sam Bradley Richard Wilkinson Colin Woodall
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 14 Nov
Match reported by Paul Sharratt. The adjourned game on board 4 was agreed drawn on 15 Nov.

Kidderminster B - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Alan Preece John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney	½ -½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	Laurence Wheatley Paul Furniss Richard Collett Brian Allsop P (Spike) Bignall
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 15 Nov
Match reported by Richard Collett

Halesowen 2 - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose John Davis Don Curry David Etheridge	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	Alan Preece John Whitehead Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 21 Nov
Match reported by David Etheridge

Stourbridge B - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Dave Scriven Julie Wilson Sam Bradley Jeremy Humphries Joe Bombardini	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Paul Furniss Richard Collett Steve Crees Frank Cassidy P (Spike) Bignall
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 4 Dec
Match reported by Richard Collett

Droitwich - Halesowen 2			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Terry Radford def	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1	Andy Ambrose Jon Asbury John Davis A (Tony) Taylor David Etheridge
	Result	2 - 3	Played 16 Jan
Match reported by Tony Taylor. Droitwich's board 4 player's name was entered incorrectly by the webmaster and corrected 9 Feb.

Stourbridge B - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Julie Wilson Ron Evans Eric Horwill Richard Wilkinson Jeremy Humphries	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 1	Alan Preece Dave Spowart John Whitehead Clive Billinge Terry Pountney
	Result	3 - 2	Played 17 Jan
Match reported by Paul Sharratt. First name of Kidderminster's board 1 player corrected 29 Mar.

Droitwich - Greenlands			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett David Cleak Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford Tom Parkes	1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Ian Truscott Paul Furniss Steve Crees Richard Collett P (Spike) Bignall
	Result	4 - 1	Played 29 Jan
Match reported by Richard Collett

Greenlands - Stourbridge B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Kevin Hurney David Grant Ian Truscott Paul Furniss Brian Allsop	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	Paul Sharratt Julie Wilson Hossameldin Aboushady Tony Shaw Jeremy Humphries
	Result	1 - 4	Played 13 Feb
Match reported by Steve Crees

Kidderminster B - Halesowen 2			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Alan Preece John Varilone Clive Billinge John Whitehead Paul Thomas	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Don Curry John Davis Paul Evans Richard Woolley A (Tony) Taylor
	Result	1½ - 3½	Played 22 Feb
Match reported by Tony Taylor

Stourbridge B - Halesowen 2			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Tony Shaw Jeremy Humphries Steve Alcock Joe Bombardini Trevor Tennant	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose John Davis Jon Asbury Paul Evans
	Result	1 - 4	Played 5 Mar
Match reported by David Etheridge. The board 2 game was adjourned but agreed drawn the following day.

Droitwich - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Terry Radford Tom Parkes	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	John Varilone David Spowart Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	2 - 3	Played 5 Mar
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Greenlands - Halesowen 2			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ian Truscott Brian Allsopp Geoff Harris Frank Cassidy Paul Bignall	½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	Adrian Priest Andy Ambrose John Davis Paul Evans David Etheridge
	Result	2 - 3	Played 13 Mar
Match reported by David Etheridge and Richard Collett

Stourbridge B - Kidderminster B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Julie Wilson Ron Evans Eric Horwill Richard Wilkinson Jeremy Humphries	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Alan Preece Dave Spowart John Whitehead Clive Billinge Terry Pountney
	Result	3 - 2	Played 26 Mar
Match reported by Paul Sharratt

Kidderminster B - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Alan Preece Clive Billinge John Whitehead Paul Thomas Terry Pountney	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	default Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Tom Perkes default
	Result	3 - 2	Played 3 Apr
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Greenlands - Droitwich			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Stephen Woodhouse Ian Truscott Stan Grayling Geoff Harris Frank Cassidy	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Ray Collett Arnold Kirkland David Cleak Simon Berry default
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 10 Apr
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland

Kidderminster B - Stourbridge B			Div II
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Dave Close Clive Billinge John Whitehead Paul Thomas Terry Pountney	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	Paul Sharratt Julie Wilson Richard Wilkinson Colin Woodall Trevor Tennant
	Result	2 - 3	Played 18 Apr
Match reported by Paul Sharratt

 

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Archived results for Team KO competition 2017-8 season: Shirley & Wythall win Wheatley Cup

Published 3 May 2018

 

Final

Shirley & Wythall - Redditch				Final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	161 152 144 139 117 713	Jonathan Dale Gordon Christie John Freeman Ken Mycock Roger Ball Handicap	0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.5 - 0.5 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 0.3	Nigel Towers David Smith Rob Bricknell Giles Stanton Kevin Day .	162 142 132 127 119 682
	Win for Shirley & Wythall		3.5 - 1.8	Played 3 May
Match reported by Laurence Wheatley.

 

Semi-final matches

Shirley & Wythall - Worcester				Semi-final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	154 145 128 127 118 672	Gordon Christie Frank Jiminez Arnold Peace Kim Gilbert Roger Ball Handicap	0.0 - 1.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 2.5	Ed Osbourne Phil Smith Roger Yates John Hesketh Steve Nicholls .	187 120 93 77 70 547
	Win for Shirley & Wythall		4.0 - 3.5	Played 9 Apr
Match reported by Gordon Christie.

 

Kidderminster - Redditch				Semi-final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	137 108 105 97 90 537	David Waud John Gittus Tim Yates Paul Thomas Terry Pountney handicap	0.5 - 0.5 0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.5 - 0.5 1.8 - 0.0	Nigel Towers Giles Stanton Rob Bricknell Michele Clack Derek Abrahams .	162 127 132 106 98 625
	Win for Redditch		3.3 - 3.5	Played 12 Mar
Match reported by David Waud and Michele Clack. On board 4 Thomas had all the pressure with a ferocious queenside attack, but Clack threaded her way to an equal position. She then found a combination threatening mate leading to a forced loss of the queen to put Redditch one up.  Bricknell played well for a solid victory on board 3. Kitchen and Stanton exchanged down to a pawn and bishop ending with neither player able to progress for their draw. Pountney and Abrahams drew in a complicated but level looking position. The game on board 1 was last to complete when Towers accepted a draw. It was a hard fought match. Kidderminster board 2 player's name corrected 3 May.

Quarter Final matches

Greenlands - Shirley & Wythall				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away Team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	144 119 99 93 90 545	Laurence Wheatley Paul Furniss Steve Crees Brian Allsop P (Spike) Bignall handicap	0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.5 - 0.5 2.2 - 0.0	Frank Jimenez Jon Asbury Arnold Peace Kim Gilburt Roger Ball .	145 135 128 127 118 653
	Win for Shirley & Wythall		2.7 - 4.5	Played 5 Dec
Match reported by Laurence Wheatley.

Malvern - Kidderminster				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	170 158 139 125 115 705	Brian Turner Leigh Canham Matthew Jordan Michael Butcher Michael Chester Handicap	0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 3.4	David Waud Mike Kitchen Tim Yates Paul Thomas Terry Pountney .	137 110 106 99 85 537
	Win for Kidderminster		3.0 - 5.4	Played 5 Jan
Match reported by David Waud

 

Redditch - Droitwich				Quarter Final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	132 127 126 108 102 595	Giles Stanton Peter Seeley Rob Bricknell Michele Clack Ian Clack Handicap	1.0 - 0.0 0.5 - 0.5 0.5 - 0.5 0.5 - 0.5 1.0 - 0.0 0.5 - 0.0	Ian McMillan Ray Collett David Cleak Arnold Kirkland Terry Radford .	165 145 106 104 98 618
	Win for Redditch		4.1 - 1.5	Played 24 Jan
Match reported by Michele Clack

Mercia - Worcester				Quarter final
Board	Grades	Home team	Results	Away team	Grades
1 2 3 4 5 Sum	191 136 116 95 97 635	Peter Thompson Derek Perks David Hodkinson Peter Hodkinson Stuart Deeley Handicap	0.5 - 0.5 0.0 - 1.0 1.0 - 0.0 1.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 0.0 - 0.7	Ed Osbourn Rob Sutton Rob Walkowiak Roger Yates John Hesketh .	187 126 115 93 77 598
	Win for Worcester on handicap		2.5 - 3.2	Played 22 Feb
Match reported by John Hesketh.