Worcestershire Chess League

Registrations for 2025-6

 

New names can be added thoughout the season by request and should be sent to both the Web Editor and Paul Sharratt Leagues controller. The information required for new registrations is: first name, second Name, middle initial, gender, ECF code, names of clubs including school and junior competitions previously played in.

 

Captain's and secretaries please note that league players should be members of the ECF and any nonmember of the ECF who plays more than 3 games in the league during the 2025-6 season will incur a fee of £21 from their club.

 

Partial, P, ratings are considered unreliable because they are based on very small numbers of results. Before fielding a P rated or unrated player in a match, please consult the controller to agree an assigned rating for play in WCA events. Where a player has only a K or A standardplay or rapidplay rating, that rating will be used for the missing one.

 

Players with reliable ECF "original" September 2025 ratings - that is A or K ratings shown in blue on the ECF ratings list - are used by WCA for the whole season. When a player has an A or K rating for one only of a standardplay or a rapidplay rating that rating will be used in the Worcestershire League for both standardplay and rapidplay leagues.

 

The links in green are to a player’s entry in the ECF rating database

TBA indicates that a rating has yet to be allocated by the controller.

NEW means the player is not listed in the ECF rating database and is awaiting an ECF code.

Kidderminster

Secretary David Waud. Team captains: Championship - Joe Friar; Worcester & District - Luke Barton; Rapidplay 1 - Brandon Wilkes/George Relph; Rapidplay 2 - Cameron Henry.

 

Please note that the Kidderminster team will use a 60+30 time control in home matches in the championship league.

 

Barton, Luke 313932D; Bissell, Maurice 106812L; Charlton, Mike 373955H; Close, David 242437L; DeHaviland, Simon NEW, TBA; Eaton, Alex 251814E; Friar, Joe 275633L; Grala, Tomasz 349111A; Haycock, Jay 370449L; Henry, Cameron 310843A; Kitchen, Michael 183526K; Pountney, Terrance 183529E; Preece, Alan 292864E; Relph, George 369794A; Riley, Mark 117964A; Spowart, David 277850G; Szemeti, Ben 374400A; Thomas, Paul 120284E; Tinley, Simon 359972D; Tuite, Ronan 322058J; Varilone, John 178102K; Waud, David 303821L; Wilkes, Brandon 364048G; Wrench, John 127123E. Last updated 1 September 2025.

Longbridge

Secretary Gavin Cartwright. Team captains: Championship League A and B - Stephen Woodhouse; Calllengers League - Matt Clarke; Worcester & District League - Matt Clarke; Rapidplay 1 - Stephen Woodhouse; Rapidplay 2 - Matt Clarke.

 

Players eligible to play for the A team only in the Championship League: Kevin Hurney, Jon Swindells, Marcus Walsh, Stephen Woodhouse

Players eligible to play for the B team only in the Championship League: Gavin Cartwright, Cory Hazlehurst, Carmelo Tirado Simarra, Darren Whitmore

 

Please note that the Longbridge A and B teams will use a 45+30 time control in home matches in the Championship League.

 

Angel, Elias 352410D; Bessant, Craig 298269K; Bethel, Mark 106679B; Bignall, Paul Spike 314809K; Blanch, Austen 368948H; Boyle, Anthony 125717B; Cartwright, Gavin 182425K; Clarke, Matt 373762H; Collett, Richard 108620A; Crees, Steve 307486K; Cummins, Jordan 341355L; Davies, Robert 342930B; Denham, Marcus 37978H; Deepak Krishnan, Rohan 371959F; Evans , Mark NEW, TBA; Haines, Ben 371971G; Hazlehurst, Cory 182909K; Hurney, Kevin 129898H; Lawrence, Peter 114145E; Maddocks, Phil 104371H; Mutagekar, Chetan 364404C; Nguyen, Nam Anh 313902F; Scott, Kevin 369496D; Sherwood, Tom 320374J; Shurvinton, Elliott 370137C; Swindells, Jonathan 148210F; Tipper, Andy 320637D; Tirado Simarro, Carmelo 129898H; Truscott, Ian 120615B; Wallace, Marvin 369810F; Walsh, Marcus 303138L; Whiley, Joe 366926K; Whitmore, Darren 165251F; Woodhouse, Monty 298350D; Woodhouse, Stephen 127046B. Last updated 3 September 2025.

Malvern

Secretary Brian Turner. Team captains: Brian Turner Championship League; John Knee, Challengers’ League.

 

Please note that the Malvern team will use a 60+30 time control in home matches in the Championship League.

 

Allsopp, James 349143C; Roger Aris 152123J; Baxter, Keith (148207F); Canham, Leigh 291071J; Chester, John 274837L; Clarke, Ian J 139005D; Clarke, Joshua 318791D; Davis, Lee 109427A; Herbert, Geoffrey M 157338L; Hill, Jon 366910F; Jordan, Matthew 292990K; Nicholls, Alex 369479D; Lappin, Kieran A 104355K; Spedding, Henry 369028D; Turner, Brian 120670K; Woron, Miroslaw 317456G. Last updated 8 September 2025.

Redditch

Team captains Dan Lambourne Championship League; Harry Evans Challengers’ League, Wheatley Cup and Rapidplay 1 League; Giles Stanton Worc & Dist League and Rapidplay League 2.

 

Please note that the Redditch team will use a 45+30 time control in home matches in the Championship League.

 

Attwell, Ben 360266H; Bricknell, Rob 234732F; Clack, Ian A 108369H; Cole, Jason 128813B; Crane, Mark 323153H; Evans, Harry G 315611E; Gillings, Matt 111260A; Hosken, Nigel 113031G; Joian, Danut 319188G; Lambourne, Daniel M 259447L; Lloyd, Simon 367605F; Lowe, Terry 366088G; McCormack, Harry 369971H; Rawlings, Stephen 117683D; Reed, Antonia Toni T 299115K; Rimmington, Anthony 321408E; Russell, Scott 319118H; Shore, Joel 369972K; Smith, David 281549H; Stanton, T Giles 172186A; Steward 322037A; , Jamie Tipping, Joe 369856H; Towers, Nigel S 165392B; Vaughan, Jonathon 139684F; Zbircea, Mihai Horia 316137H. Last updated 6 September 2025.

Worcester

 

Secretary Ray Collett. Team captains: Championship League - Rob Sutton; Rooks team - Scott Oxtoby; White Bishops team - Aiden Griffiths; Black Bishops team - Alex Nicholls; Knights team - Chris Lee; Pawns team - Paul Serafini

 

Please note that Worcester City team will use a 45+30 time control in home matches in the championship league.

Players eligible to play for the Whie Bishops team only in the Worcester & District League: TBA

Players eligible to play for the Black Bishops team only in the Worcester & District League: Colin Vernon, James Nicholl, Alex Nicholls, Doug Nicholls.

 

Archbold, Christopher 380132K; Ash, Keiran, NEW, TBA; Austin, Phil 105984B; Berry, Simon 312703F; Brazier, Alfie 365627F; Butt, Bilal NEW, TBA; Cleak, David 295458J; Collett, Ray 108621C 108621C; Conway, Sean 340629F; Elsden, Luke 362081F; Evans, Tom 374972B; Farthing, Andrew 267733H, 1750w; Flynn, Seamus 351428G; Gilhooly, Andy 349489F; Gorbunov, Viktor 370348E; Griffiths, Aiden 349374L; Hayles, Robin 313618J; Hesketh, John 291296L; Higgs, Edward 360593A; Jones, Chris 370349G; Keene, Jim 135818C, 1743r; Kirkland, Arnold 128994K; Kitson, Peter 127645B; Lee, Chris 240704J; Luca, Dorin 364353A; Maclean, Scott 370351E; McNamara, Brody 374394K; Mellor, Stephen 230883G; Nicholls, Alex 369479D; Nicholls, Doug 329446J; Nicholls, Stephen 298193C; Olden, Jacques 360106H; Osbourn, Ed 282451G; Oxtoby, Scott 343915L; Rastall, Joe 306497K; Rendle, Hugh 346589F, 1409w; Sai Rentachintala 373853L, Serafini, Paul 259363E; Sharpe, George NEW, TBA; Shaw, Tony 248737J; Peters, John 165489F; Smith, Phil 372677A; Sorrell, Keith 355561G; Stokes, Dominic 370350C; Sutton, Rob 285049H; Thomas, Samuel 352191G; Vernon, Colin 269827E; Walkowiak, Rob 289043E; Williams, Keaton NEW, TBA. Last updated 7 September 2025.

 

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