Bennett and Ball Cup Competitions
Updated 18 May 2025
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Updated 18 May 2025
15 May 2025, Brian turner reports. In the second semi-final, Lee Davis beat Scott Oxtoby at Worcester setting up a final between Davis and Friar.
9 May 2025, Brian Turner reports. In the semi-finals of the Bennett Cup, Joseph Friar beat Edward Higgs and is through to the final.
27 Apr 2025. Pool A games were completed and the draw for the semi-finals is: Joe Friar plays Ed Higgs and Lee Davis plays Scott Oxtoby.
13 Mar 2025. Pool B games have been completed. Joe Friar (Kidderminster) won all his games and goes through to the semi-finals with Scott Oxtoby (Worcester). Pool A is somewhat behind in completing their games, but Ed Higgs (Worcester) is leading
18 Feb 2025. In pool A, John Varilone has had to withdraw.
24 Oct 2024. The first game in the Bennett Cup was played at worcester by Scott Oxtoby and Ian Clarke who had a hard fought draw. The ending featured two rooks vs rook, knight and bishop with both players using their increments. The ending reduced to a rook and pawns with Scott having an extra pawn, but it was insufficient to win.
9 Oct 2024. There are ten entries for this open competition, one more than last year. There are two preliminary sections and they will be followed by semi-finals between winners and runners-up and then a final.
| 2024-5 Bennett Cup Pool A | ||||||||
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| Player | Club | Rating | EH | RC | JV | CL | LD | Totals |
| Ed Higgs | Worcester | 1865 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ray Collett | Worcester | 1811 | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| John Varilone | Kidderminster | 1612 | 0 | def | x | def | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Lee | Worcester | 1591 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Davis | Malvern | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 3 |
| John Varilone entered, but had to withdraw aftercompleting 2 games | ||||||||
| 2024-5 Bennett Cup Pool B | ||||||||
| Player | Club | Rating | SO | IC | DS | JF | LE | Totals |
| Scott Oxtoby | Worcester | 1713 | x | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2½ |
| Ian Clarke | Malvern | 1925 | ½ | x | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1½ |
| Dave Smith | Redditch | 1860 | 0 | 1 | x | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Friar | Kidderminster | 2125 | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | 1 | 4 |
| Luke Elsden | Worcester | 1300e | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 0 |
8 May 2025. The last game between Hughes and Elsden at Worcester resulted in a win for Hughes completing the cross-table. Giles Stanton on 4 points and Paul Serafini, 3 points, meet agoin in the final. Giles must be favourite because he beat Paul in the preliminary stage as well as having greater experience.
27 Feb 2025. Giles Stanton won his last game in the competition and finished clear of the field with 4 points and qualifies for the final.
8 Feb 2025. John Varilone has had to withdraw from the competition
9 Oct 2024. There are six entries for the u1650 competition. The winner and runner-up will play off for the cup.
| Ball Cup 2024-5 | |||||||||
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| Player | Club | Rating | GS | PS | CL | PH | JV | LE | Totals |
| Giles Stanton | Redditch | 1529 | x | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Paul Serafini | Worcester | 1520e | 0 | x | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Chris Lee | Worcester | 1591 | 0 | 0 | x | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Hughes | Longbridge | 1414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | - | 1 | 1 |
| John Varilone | Kidderminster | 1606 | - | 1 | - | - | x | - | 1 |
| Luke Elsden | Worcester | 1300e | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | x | 0 |
| Paul Varilone entered, but had to withdaw having played one game only. | |||||||||