Worcestershire Chess Association

Correspondence Chess 2003-4 season

Published 25 Apr 2004 and supplemented 21 July 2020

BCF Correspondence Championship 2003-4 Division 1 for Ward-Higgs trophy
County team	Points /26	Place
Yorkshire	18½	1st
Sussex	17½	2nd
Warwickshire	17	3rd
Essex	15½*	4th
Hampshire	15	5th
Northumberland	14½	6th
Lancashire	13½	7th
Kent	12	8-9th
Middlesex	12.	8-9th
Greater Manchester	11½	10th
Worcestershire	10	11-12th
Hertfordshire	10	11-12th
Gloucestershire	7½	13-14th
Northumberland	7½	13-14th
Sources: ECF online Yearbook. Worc Eve News 19/10/04 cutting collected by Tom Widdows (Full list of teams and their positions not reported). Essex CA website (John Philpott) reported their team as having scored 16½ pts.

County & District Championship Division 1 Ward-Higgs
Board	Worcestershire Player	Colour	Result	Opponent	Team
1	Jim Keene	B	0 - 1	K B Harman	Kent 1
2	Steve Kitching	W	½ - ½	S Gordon	Greater Manchester
3	Eric Myers	B	1 - 0	B Whitehouse	Warks 1
4	Ian Clarke	W	0 - 1	CC Williams	Yorkshire
5	Windsor W Peck	B	0 - 1	D Oates	Sussex
6	Arnold Kirkland	W	0 - 1	C Harding	Essex 1
7	N L Edwards	B	0 - 1	J Rhodes	Herts
8	Brian Turner	W	½ - ½	A Brameld	Hants
9	Charles Gray	B	½ - ½	P Acton	Middlesex
10	Maurice Bissell	W	0 - 1	PT Seery	Lancs
11	Brian G Dudley	B	0 - 1	PR Bielby	Northumberland
12	David W Close	W	1 - 0	HM Cath	Surrey
13	Nick Hyde	B	1 - 0	P Denison	Glos
14	NVA Hobbs	W	0 - 1	RJG Cleal	Glos
15	Ian Truscott	B	1 - 0	G Jordan	Kent 1
16	Jeff Heath	W	½ - ½	J Snape	Greater Manchester
17	Eric Horwill	B	½ - ½	B Simm	Warks 1
18	Alan J Pearce	W	0 - 1	G Frost	Yorks
19	John P Knee	B	½ - ½	PA Batchelor	Sussex
20	Alan E Copeman	W	½ - ½	R Watts	Essex
21	J W Cox	B	1 -0	G Williams	Herts
22	Denis HT Spencer	W	0 - 1	P Hepplethwaite	Hants
23	Keith Dodd	B	0 - 1	A Hart	Middlesex
24	Geoff Herbert	W	0 - 1	S Townsend	Lancs
25	Alan Ruffle	B	½ - ½	A McTaggart	Northumberland
26	Ken Tyson	W	1 - 0	Dr B Sweetman	Surrey
	Result		10 - 16
Boards 1 to 4 were played by e-mail. Sources Worcester Eve News 13/10/04 cutting collection by Tom Widdows and ECF online Yearbook.

County & District Championship 2003-4 Division 4 Brown Pond
County Team	Points	Place
Worcestershire 2	10	1st-2nd
Leicestershire	10	1st-2nd
Warwickshire 3	8	3rd
Lancashire 2	6	4-5th
Devon 2	6	4-5th
Table from ECF online Yearbook. Team list from WCA records.

County & District Championship Division 4 Brown Pond
Board	Worcestershire Player	Colour	Result	Opponent	County
1	A Williams			C Hammersley	Warks 3
2	Ken SH Burrows			M McNaughton	Lancs
3	D Gallimore			Cyril Johnson	Leics
4	S Tombs			D Russell	Devon
5	Bert G Foord			I Laurie	Lancs
6	Paul Adamson	W		RW Cox	Warks 3
7	Fred E Batson			M Gifford	Devon 2
8	Bill (W) J Pugh			Jim Miller	Leics
9	Carl R Forrester	W	0-1	J Cole	Warks 3
10	Phil Church	B		P Sutton	Lancs
11	Rob Walkowiak	W		John Dawkins	Leics
12	E Nesbit	B		P Heath	Devon 2
13	A West	W		JV Davies	Lancs
14	Jeff Fox	B		Mrs P Wood	Warks 3
15	Charles H Bickley	W		Ms L Dare	Devon 2
16	Maurice Ginger	B	0-1	R Veight	Leics
	Final Results		10 - 6
Boards 1 to 4 were played by e-mail.

MCCU Correspondence Championship
Board	Worcestershire Players	Result	Opponent	County
1	Charles Gray (w)	1½-½	P Sherlock	Lincs
2	David Bissell (b)	1-1	R Watson	Greater Manchester
3	Brian Turner (w)	2-0	Peter Grimsey	Notts
4	Eric Myers (b)		RJ Baker	Warks
5	L Dyett (b)		MG Smith	Staffs
6	Geoffrey Herbert (w)	½-1½	G de Visme	Staffs
7	Andy Ambrose (b)		P Holman	Lincs
8	John Knee (w)		D Hopkin	Greater Manchester
9	Steve Mellor (b)	1-1	John Tassi	Notts
10	Jim Keene (w)	1-1	FG Eastwood	Warks
11	Ian Clark (w)		D Coates	Lincs
12	Phil Church (b)	2-0	J Snape	Greater Manchester
13	Russell Francis (w)		Chris Kent	Notts
14	Bert Foord (b)	0-2	C Woodford	Warks
15	T Taylor (b)	0-2	ED Gibson	Staffs
16		-	JW Walker	Staffs
		9 - 9
Play started June 2003 and players played two games against the same opponent.