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4 Aug 2025. Twenty-three teams, 15 standardplay and 8 rapidplay, compete in this season’s competitions. Two new teams entered: Worcester have an additional team in the Worcester & District League and Longbridge an additional team in the Championship Leahue. Those additions compensate for Stourbridge and Halesowen who ahve temporarily withdrawn their teams from the Worcester & District and Championship Leagues respectively. Kidderminster withdrew from the Challengers League.
2 July 2025. The Annual General Meeting of the association agreed to make the Worcester & Dustrict League an entirley u1650 competition and the Rapidplay 1 League becomes entirely open. The minor changes were to restore the ability of some teams in the championship League to use a 60+30 time control in their home championship fixtures and to formalise the rule that board order should be determined by players’ current ratings + or - 75 rating points.
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15 Oct 2025. Two matches. Kidderminster in their first match of the season draw with Malvern who now join Longbridge A in second place. Longbridge A lost to Redditch to confirm Redditch’s pitch to retain the championship trophy.
11 Oct 2025. Malvern had a fine start to their season by beating Longbridge A.
9 Oct 2025. Redditch beat Worceste rconvincingly placing them in pole position for retaining the league championship.
24 Sep 2025. Redditch had a top line-up to play Longbridge B and came away with a win.
17 Sep 2025. A powerful Longbridge team emphatically beat Worcester City team lacking some leading players.
3 Sep 2025. The start of the season Derby between the two Longbridge teams resulted in a draw.
17 Sep 2025. Facing highly rated opponents and lacking some key players, Worcester City lost playing away to Longbridge A.
4 Aug 2024. Six teams entered this competition: Kidderminster, Longbridge A, Longbridge B, Malvern, Redditch, and Worcester City. Halesowen have temporarily withdrawn from the league and Longbridge have entered two teams. Redditch were League champions in 2024-5 and Longbridge were runners-up.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Redditch | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Longbridge A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Malvern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Longbridge B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 5½ | 1 |
| Kidderminster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2½ | 2½ | 1 |
| Worcester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
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| Dates | Home team | Score | Away team |
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| Wed 3 Sep 25 | Longbridge A | 2½ - 2½ | Longbridge B |
| Wed 17 Sep 25 | Longbridge A | 4 - 1 | Worcester City |
| Wed 24 Sep 25 | Redditch | 3 - 2 | Longbridge B |
| Thu 9 Oct 25 | Worcester City | 1 - 4 | Redditch |
| Fri 10 Oct 25 | Malvern | 3½ - 1½ | Longbridge A |
| Wed 15 Oct 25 | Kidderminster | 2½ - 2½ | Malvern |
| Wed 15 Oct 25 | Longbridge A | 2 - 3 | Redditch |
| Thu 13 Nov 25 | Worcester City | Longbridge B | |
| Fri 21 Nov 25 | Malvern | Worcester City | |
| Wed 26 Nov 25 | Kidderminster | Worcester City | |
| Wed 3 Dec 25 | Longbridge A | Malvern | |
| Wed 10 Dec 25 | Redditch | Malvern | |
| Wed 17 Dec 25 | Longbridge B | Kidderminster | |
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| Fri 9 Jan 26 | Malvern | Kidderminster | |
| Thu 15 Jan 26 | Worcester City | Malvern | |
| Wed 28 Jan 26 | Longbridge B | Longbridge A | |
| Wed 4 Feb 26 | Longbridge A | Kidderminster | |
| Fri 6 Feb 26 | Mlavern | Longbridge B | |
| Wed 11 Feb 26 | Longbridge B | Worcester City | |
| Wed 18 Feb 26 | Redditch | Worcester City | |
| Fri 13 Mar 26 | Malvern | Redditch | |
| Thu 19 Mar 26 | Worcester City | Longbridge A | |
| Wed 25 Mar 26 | Kidderminster | Longbridge A | |
| Wed 1 Apr 26 | Longbridge B | Malvern | |
| Easter: Good Friday 3 Apr | |||
| Wed 8 Apr 26 | Redditch | Kidderminster | |
| Wed 15 Apr 26 | Redditch | Longbridge A | |
| Thu 16 Apr 26 | Worcester City | Kidderminster | |
| Wed 22 Apr 26 | Kidderminster | Longbridge B | |
| Wed 29 Apr 26 | Longbridge B | Redditch | |
| Wed 6 May 26 | Kidderminster | Redditch | |
| Club secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and capt Joe Friar; Longbridge, Steve Cress (fixtures), capt Stephen Woodhouse; Malvern, John Knee (fixtures), capt Brian Turner; Redditch, capt Dan Lambourne; Worcester, capt Rob Sutton. | |||
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22 Oct 2025. The first match of the season between Worcester Rooks and Malvern ended in a draw.
1 Sep 2024. Four teams entered. Teams have four boards where the the players on boards 2, 3 and 4 have original August 2024 ECF ratings below 1850. There is no rating restriction for players on board 1. Time control is 45+30. Teams have fixtures with each other home and away and matches start at 7:30pm. In 2024-5 Redditch were winners and Worcester Rooks were runners-up.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Worcester Rooks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Malvern 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Redditch 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Longbridge 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dates | Home team | Score | Away team |
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| Thu 23 Oct 25 | Worcester Rooks | 2 - 2 | Malvern 2 |
| Wed 29 Oct 25 | Redditch 2 | Longbridge 2 | |
| Fri 31 Oct 25 | Malvern 2 | Longbridge 2 | |
| Tue 11 Nov 25 | Longbridge 2 | Worcester Rooks | |
| Fri 14 Nov 25 | Malvern 2 | Redditch 2 | |
| Thu 11 Dec 25 | Worcester Rooks | Redditch 2 | |
| 2025 dates | |||
| Fri 20 Feb 26 | Malvern 2 | Worcester Rooks | |
| Thu 26 Feb 26 | Worcester Rooks | Longbridge 2 | |
| Tue 3 Mar 26 | Longbridge 2 | Redditch 2 | |
| Wed 25 Mar 26 | Redditch 2 | Malvern 2 | |
| Easter: Good Friday 3 Apr | |||
| Tue 14 Apr 26 | Longbridge 2 | Malvern 2 | |
| Wed 22 Apr 26 | Redditch 2 | Worcester Rooks | |
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, secy David Waud, capt Terry Pountney; Longbridge, secy & capt Steve Crees; Malvern, secy Brian Turner, capt John Knee; Redditch, secy Dan Lambourne, capt David Smith; Worcester secy, Ray Collett, capt Scott Oxtoby. |
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20 Oct 2025. Kidderminster beat Longbridge and go top of the table.
16 Oct 2025. Longbridge drew with Worcester Black Bishops to open their account. The Black Bishops go into the lead.
8 Oct 2025. Redditch beat an inexperieced Longbridge team. All teams have now played and three of the four teams have one one match, which should promise an interesting season.
24 Sep 2025. Worcester Black Bishops rallied in their second match and playing away beat Redditch. In this match Worcester’s new players won their games.
18 Sep 2025. Worcester White Bishops beat Kidderminster in revenge for Kidderminster’s wion against Worcester’s sister team.
10 Sep 2025. In the opening match of the season, Kidderminster thrashed new team Worcester Black Bishops.
1 Sep 2025. Four teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch and Worcester. Stourbridge withdrew from this competition. Teams are of four players with original August 2024 ECF ratings up to1650. Time control is 45+30. Teams play each other home and away with most matches starting at 7:30 pm. Longbridge home fixtures start earlier at 7:15 pm. In 2024-5, Kidderminster were winners, Stourbridge were runners-up and Worcester Bishops were third.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Kidderminster | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8½ | 3½ | 4 |
| Worcester Black Bishops | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Redditch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 3½ | 2 |
| Worcester White Bishops | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2½ | 1½ | 2 |
| Longbridge | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3½ | 8½ | 1 |
Team captains. Kidderminster Dave Close (fixtures) and capt Luke Barton; Longbridge, Steve Crees; Redditch, Giles Stanton; Worcester White Bishops, Aiden Griffiths; Worcester Black Bishops, Alex Nicholls * † |
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| 2025 Dates | Home team | Result | Away team |
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| Wed 10 Sep 25 | Kidderminster 2 | 4 - 0 | Worcester Black Bishops |
| Thu 18 Sep 25 | Worcester White Bishops | 2½ - 1½ | Kidderminster 2 |
| Wed 24 Sep 25 | Redditch 3 | 1 - 3 | Worcester Black Bishops |
| Wed 8 Oct 25 | Redditch 3 | 3½ - ½ | Longbridge 3 |
| Thu 16 Oct 25 | Worcester Black Bishops | 2 - 2 | Longbridge 3 |
| Wed 22 Oct 25 | Kidderminster 2 | 3 - 1 | Longbridge 3 |
| Thu 6 Nov 25 | Worcester White Bishops | Redditch 3 | |
| Thu 20 Nov 25 | Worcester Black Bishops | Worcester White Bishops | |
| Wed 3 Dec 25 | Kidderminster 2 | Worcester White Bishops | |
| Wed 17 Dec 25 | Redditch 3 | Kidderminster 2 | |
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| Thu 8 Jan 26 | Worcester Black Bishops | Redditch 3 | |
| Thu 8 Jan 26 | Longbridge 3 | Kidderminster 2 | |
| Thu 15 Jan 26 | Worcester White Bishops | Worcester Black Bishops | |
| Wed 28 Jan 26 | Kidderminster 2 | Redditch 3 | |
| Thu 19 Feb 26 | Longbridge 3 | Redditch 3 | |
| Tue 3 Mar 26 | Longbridge 3 | Worcester White Bishops | |
| Wed 11 Mar 26 | Redditch 3 | Worcester White Bishops | |
| Easter: Good Friday 3 Apr | |||
| Thu 16 Apr 26 | Worcester Black Bishops | Kidderminster 2 | |
| Thu 23 Apr 26 | Worcester White Bishops | Longbridge 3 | |
| Tue 28 Apr 26 | Longbridge 3 | Worcester Black Bishops | |
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16 Oct 2025. The first match of the season in the last league to get going for the 2025-6 season. Worcester Knights travelled to Redditch and drew the first leg of their match, but lost the second.
1 Sep 2025. Four teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch and Worcester. Each team has four players where players on boards 2, 3 and 4 should have original August 2024 ECF ratings below 1850. There is no rating restriction for players on board 1. Each fixture consists of two rapidplay games between the same opponents with colours reversed for the second game. Teams play fixures home and away against each other. Most fixtures start at 7:30pm.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Redditch 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Worcester Knights | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Kidderminster 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Longbridge 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and joint capt Brandon Wilkes/George Relph; Redditch, capt, David Smith; Worcester, capt Chris Lee. |
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| 2025 Dates | Home team | Score 1 | Score 2 | Away team |
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| Thu 16 Oct 25 | Redditch 4 | 2 - 2 | 2½ - 1½ | Worcester Knights |
| Wed 5 Nov 25 | Kidderminster 3 | Longbridge 4 | ||
| Wed 26 Nov 25 | Redditch 4 | Longbridge 4 | ||
| Thu 4 Dec 25 | Worcester Knights | Longbridge 4 | ||
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| Thu 29 Jan 26 | Longbridge 4 | Worcester Knight | ||
| Thu 12 Feb 26 | Longbridge 4 | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Wed 4 Mar 26 | Kidderminster 3 | Worcester Knight | ||
| Thu 2 Apr 26 | Redditch 4 | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Easter: Good Friday 3 Apr | ||||
| Thu 9 Apr 26 | Worcester Knights | Redditch 4 | ||
| Thu 30 Apr 26 | Longbridge 4 | Redditch 4 | ||
| Thu 30 Apr 26 | Worcester Knights | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Wed 13 May 26 | Kidderminster 3 | Redditch 4 | ||
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9 Oct 2025. Worcester Pawns beat Redditch in ntheir fixture to lead Rapidplay League 2.
16 Sep 2025. Worcester Pawns and Longbridge came away with one match win each.
1 Sep 2024. Four teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch and Worcester. Each team has four players where players on all boards should have original August 2024 ECF rapidplay ratings below 1650. Each fixture consists of two rapidplay games between the same opponents with colours reversed for the second game. Teams play fixures home and away against each other. Fixtures start at 7:30pm. in 2024-5, Kidderminster wre champions and Redditch were runners-up.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Worcester Pawns | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Longbridge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Kidderminster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Redditch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and capt Cameron Henry; Redditch, capt, David Smith; Worcester, capt Paul Serafini. |
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| 2025 Dates | Home team | Score 1 | Score 2 | Away team |
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| Tue 16 Sep 2025 | Longbridge | 3½ - ½ | ½ - 3½ | Worcester Pawns |
| Thu 9 Oct 2025 | Redditch | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | Worcester Pawns |
| Tue 28 Oct 2025 | Longbridge | Redditch | ||
| Wed 5 Nov 2025 | Kidderminster | Longbridge | ||
| Wed 26 Nov 2025 | Redditch | Longbridge | ||
| Thu 11 Dec 2025 | Worcester Pawns | Kidderminster | ||
| 2026 dates | ||||
| Thu 12 Feb 2026 | Longbridge | Kidderminster | ||
| Wed 4 Mar 2026 | Kidderminster | Worcester Pawns | ||
| Thu 12 Mar 2026 | Worcester Pawns | Longbridge | ||
| Thu 2 Apr 2026 | Redditch | Kidderminster | ||
| Easter: Good Friday 3 Apr | ||||
| Thu 9 Apr 2026 | Worcester Pawns | Redditch | ||
| Wed 13 May 2026 | Kidderminster | Redditch | ||
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Controller Ray Collett will invite entries to this competition later in the season. This team handicap tournament has teams of four players and teams with higher rated players are handicapped. Time control is 45+30. Players should be registered with the controller and player ratings are based on the ECF original standardplay list at the start of the competition. Where a player does not have a K or A rating, the controler will consult the WCA rating officer to allocate a rating for this competition.
| Date | Stage | Home Team | Score | Away team |
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| Final | ||||
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Controller Dan Lambourne will invite entries from clubs the new year. Teams are of four players. Time control is 45+30. The format will be either a two-round jamboree or a knock-out competition depending on the number of team entries. Players should be registered with the controller and player ratings are based on the ECF original standardplay list at the start of the month of the competition.
| Team scores | Kidderminster | Longbridge A | Longbridge B | Malvern | Redditch | Worcester |
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| Totals |
| Team | Captain | Final placing |
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| 4th |
| Date | Stage | Home Team | Score | Away team |
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| Semi-final | ||||
| Semi-final | ||||
| Final | ||||
| 3rd / 4th place |
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