Worcestershire Chess Association

County matches 2011-2 season

Published 5 October 2020

Summary

First team

5 Sep. Six teams entered with Greater Manchester moving down a division. All teams are in action in the first matches on 15 October.

15 Oct. Worcestershire beat Shropshire, their first win for over two years.

5 Nov. Worcestershire drew at home against Derbyshire.

3 Dec Worcestershire puled off an away win against a much improved Greater Manchester team.

28 Jan. Worcestershire lost to Leicestershire currently favourites to win the Midlands championship.

10 Mar. Worcestershire lost against Lincolnshire, bringing the season to a disappointing close after a good start.

Position	Teams	Pl	W	D	L	Game Points	Match Points
1st +	Leicestershire	5	4	0	1	44½	8
2nd	Lincolnshire	5	4	0	1	52½	8
	Derbyshire	5*	2*	1	2	45½	5
	Worcestershire	5	2	1	2	37½	5
	Shropshire	5*	2*	0	3*	35½	4
	Greater Manchester	5*	0	0	5*	24½	0
+ Leics beat Lincs in the individual encounter. * Includes defaulted match

Date	Match	Result
15 Oct	Leicestershire - Greater Manchester	12½ - 3½
15 Oct	Lincolnshire - Derbyshire	10½ - 5½
15 Oct	Shropshire - Worcestershire	7½ - 8½
29 Oct	Greater Manchester - Lincolnshire	6 - 10
5 Nov	Shropshire - Leicestershire	10 - 6
5 Nov	Worcestershire - Derbyshire	8 - 8
3 Dec	Leicestershire - Lincolnshire	8½ - 7½
3 Dec	Worcestershire - Greater Manchester	8½ - 7½
3 Dec	Derbyshire - Shropshire	16 - 0 def
28 Jan	Leicestershire - Worcestershire	9 - 7
28 Jan	Lincolnshire - Shropshire	14 - 2
18 Feb	Greater Manchester - Derbyshire	7½ - 8½
3 Mar	Shropshire - Greater Manchester	16 - 0 def
10 Mar	Derbyshire - Leicestershire	7½ - 8½
10 Mar	Worcestershire - Lincolnshire	5½ - 10½

Minor Championship: Shropshire - Worcestershire

Played 15 October 2011 at the Scout 7 Guide HQ, Shifnal, Shrops. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	Ref No	Grade	Shropshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Ref No	Grade
1	118369C	205	Nick Rutter	1	0	Carl Hibbard	112595D	181
2	110539F	190	Nigel Ferrington	1	0	Pavel Besedin	-	f 2081
3	240985K	188	Gavyn Cooper	½	½	John Edge	110076C	179
4	112969H	182	Jamie Hopkins	0	1	Peter R Kitson	127645B	174
5	107574D	178	Richard Bryant	0	1	Lee Davis	109427A	172
6	129064C	168	Toby Neal	0	1	Jim A Friar	110925L	173
7	183527A	160	Peter Kitchen	0	1	Kevin Hurney	129898H	172
8	117515F	159	Glyn Pugh	½	½	John Wrench	127123E	165
9	106353E	159	John Bashall	0	1	Nigel S Towers	165392B	161
10	240253B	156	Christopher Lewis	1	0	Ashley J Davis	263868L	159
11	245834C	151	Nathanael Paul	1	0	Julie C Wilson	170913G	156
12	240291K	146	John Whittaker	½	½	Ray A Collett (subst)	108621C	148
13	143011H	135	Gary White	0	1	John Knee	127661L	152
14	118873C	136	Graham Shepherd	½	½	Mike Hadley	160573C	150
15	116900C	130	Windsor Peck	½	½	Joseph Friar	275633L	149
16	173946K	129	Stefan Tennant	1	0	David Scriven	233503H	149
			Result	7½	8½

Minor Championship: Worcestershire - Derbyshire

Played 5 November 2011 at St Stephen’s Church Hall, Worcester. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	Ref No	Grade	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Derbyshire	Ref No	Grade
1	120670K	184	Brian Turner	1	0	Ray Evans	110349A	200
2	112595D	181	Carl Hibbard	½	½	Mike Johnson	113695B	180
3	-	f 2081	Pavel Besedin	1	0	Trevor Bould	107033C	177
4	127645B	174	Peter Kitson	0	1	Derek Jarvis	173444B	171
5	128865K	173	Nick Fallowfield	½	½	Mike Alderson	105582D	161
6	110925L	173	Jim Friar (Snr)	0	1	Simon Gilmore	-	162
7	109427A	172	Lee Davis	½	½	Dave Gothard	111455E	171
8	129898H	172	Kevin Hurney	0	1	Alan Downham	127966L	164
9	282451G	169	Ed Osbourn	1	0	Kevin Dalley	139864H	168
10	106679B	166	Mark Bethel	½	½	John Hoddy	112778A	153
11	165392B	161	Nigel Towers	1	0	Roy Hedges	256196H	152
12	110004L	159	Greg Dyett	0	1	Paul Moore	115733E	152
13	113972B	154	Steve Jukes	½	½	Maurice Hill	112669G	150
14	275649D	153	James Friar (Jnr)	0	1	Dave Hoddy	210955E	148
15	127661L	152	John Knee	½	½	Ross Murphy	281320J	131
16	275633L	149	Joseph Friar	1	0	Dave Dunne	165517G	130
			Result	8	8

Minor Championship: Worcestershire - Greater Manchester

Played 3 December 2011 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Bridge Club, Staffs. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Greater Manchester	Grade	ECF Code
1	120670K	184	Brian Turner	0	1	Daniel Fernandez (IM)	2344/(212)	FIDE 5801605
2	112595D	181	Carl Hibbard	1	0	David Hulmes	210	108435G
3	FIDE 11602120	2081/ (179)	Pavel Besedin	0	1	Richard Beach	184	106435G
4	110076C	179	John Edge	½	½	Yaraslav Kolodiy	178	285929E
5	127645B	174	Peter Kitson	1	0	Harry Lamb	170	114004J
6	110925L	173	Jim Friar (Snr)	0	1	Dave Toole	171	190315K
7	109427A	172	Lee Davis	1	0	Michael Fernandez	156	275581G
8	129898H	172	Kevin Hurney	1	0	Default	-	-
9	106679B	166	Mark Bethel	1	0	Kamran Ahmadi	155	282187E
10	265595A	162	Craig Evans	½	½	Michael Connor	151	108722J
11	127123E	165	John Wrench	1	0	Philip Olbison	162	185941K
12	165392B	161	Nigel Towers	0	1	Jon Lonsdale	154	143105F
13	129306A	158	Charles Higgie	0	1	Tim Hilton	141	282176L
14	FIDE 5111722	1909 / (157)	Jorge Zavalata	½	½	Alan Beresford	150	106649D
15	170913G	156	Julie Wilson	1	0	David Holt	139	273804B
16	275633L	149	Joseph Friar	0	1	Ian Lamb	130	114007D
			Result	8½	7½

A much improved Manchester team took on a reinvigorated Worcestershire team, but the match started badly for the northerners because their board 8 had an accident and was unable to travel. After over three hours play, Manchester were still a point behind with 9 games finished. Worcestershire then increased their lead, but Manchester fought their way back to even the score with one game to go. The final game on board 9 saw Mark Bethel, Worcestershire, convert a middlegame advantage by exchanging to a minor piece ending where his opponent’s knight was paralysed. Unable to hinder the march of Bethel’s king side pawns to promotion, black resigned to give Worcestershire victory. The board 2 game score has been published on the English Chess Forum.

Minor Championship: Leicestershire - Worcestershire

Played 28 January at Thurmaston Old School & Community Centre, Thurmaston, Leics. Leicestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	Ref No	Grade	Leicestershire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Ref No	Grade
1	112455K	241	Mark Hebden	1	0	Ray Collett (subst)	108621C	149
2	287510B	207	Iliyan Mladenov	1	0	Brian Turner	120670K	184
3	125697L	200	Martin Burrows	1	0	Carl Hibbard	112595D	181
4	115787F	179	Andy Morley	1	0	Pavel Besedin	287190H	Fide
5	107674H	182	Ray Burgess	1	0	Peter Kitson	127645B	174
6	118836H	170	Sean Sheahan	0	1	Nic Fallowfield	128865K	173
7	287350D	173	Brian Galligan	0	1	Jim Friar (Snr)	110925L	173
8	115634C	173	John Mitchell	0	1	Kevin Hurney	129898H	172
9	163691B	163	Richard Vann	0	1	Ed Osbourn	282451G	169
10	213110K	168	Dave Farrall	0	1	John Wrench	127123E	165
11	279527K	164	Alfonso Jiminez	1	0	Nigel Towers	165392B	161
12	115247G	159	Patrick McDermott	½	½	Charles Higgie	129306A	158
13	106748F	161	Jim Bingham	0	1	James Friar (Jnr)	275649D	153
14	115535A	157	Jim Miller	½	½	John Knee	127661L	152
15	116818G	157	John Pattinson	1	0	Mike Hadley	160573C	150
16	112575J	157	Sean Hewitt	1	0	Joseph Friar	275633L	149
			Result	9	7

The match started badly for Worcestershire. Their team was five players short at the start of the session. Telephone contact with the missing car eventually guided four player to the venue to start their games a quarter of an hour late and Worcestershire’s intended top board player had been taken ill that morning. Predictably Leicestershire were soon one up when Mark Hebden won easily. Early in the session, Worcestershire equalised and then went into a temporary lead with wins from Wrench and Osbourn. After the two draws, Hewitt and Burgess pushed Leics into the lead. Worcs equalled with wins from Friar senior and son James, but wins from Mladenov, Burrows re-established Leicestershire in front. The remaining games looked hopeful for Worcs, but Pattinson’s opponent misjudged a piece sac when a pawn up to put Leics two points ahead. Two promising games for Worcestershire were lost by poor time management with Morley and Jiminez winning. Hurney made up some of Worcestershire’s deficit, but his win left Leicestershire winners by two points. Leicestershire’s President Sean Hewitt said: "I think that we were very fortunate indeed to win the match. How we won on boards 4 and 15 when we were lost on both I do not know!"

Minor Championship: Worcestershire - Lincolnshire

Played 10 March 2012 at Syston Social Club, Syston, Leics. Lincolnshire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Bd	ECF Code	Grade Jan, Jul	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Lincolnshire	Grade Jan	ECF Code
1	112595D	192, 181	Carl Hibbard	0	1	Chris Dorrington	225	175238J
2	287190H	191, ng	Pavel Besedin	0	1	Paul Cumbers	197	103734B
3	120670K	186, 184	Brian Turner	½	½	Claudio Mangione	193	280840H
4	127645B	183, 174	Peter Kitson	½	½	Nick Stead	103	119629H
5	129898H	173, 172	Kevin Hurney	½	½	Nigel Birtwistle	182	106801F
6	106679B	166, ng	Mark Bethel	½	½	Steven Prior	186	263507A
7	282451G	166, 169	Ed Osbourn	½	½	Harry Russell	176	216825L
8	165392B	155, 161	Nigel Towers	½	½	Joe Kilshaw	176	118511D
9	129306A	156, 158	Charles Higgie	½	½	Ivan David	172	277281E
10	152169L	135, 138	Roy Peters	0	1	Keith Palmer	171	116655E
11	160573C	150, 150	Mike Hadley	½	½	Kevin McCarthy	168	244268B
12	127661L	147, 152	John Knee	½	½	Denis Georgiou	161	111157H
13	267733H	143, 142	Andrew Farthing	½	½	Stuart MacDonald	152	277271G
14	108621C	140, 148	Ray Collett	0	1	Alastair Summers	147	270555C
15	183529E	109, 106	Terry Pountney	0	1	Ian McDonald	147	222114H
16	108620A	101, 101	Richard Collett	½	½	Geoff Collyer	147	160353L
			Result	5½	10½

Worcestershire Under-140

6 Sep. The most hotly contested of the Midland counties championships saw Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire set sights on Worcester’s title.

8 Oct. In the first round, Worcestershire led marginally from Leicestershire and Staffordshire.

29 Oct. Worcestershire took advantage of a default to beat Warkwickshire but Leicestershire beat Staffordshire to go top.

19 Nov. Worcestershire beat co-leaders Leicestershire to go clear top of the table.

10 Dec. Worcestershire beat Staffordshire to retain their lead.

21 Jan. Derbyshire default against Worcestershire and also conceded the match against Leicestershire.

3 Mar. Worcestershire were zone winners because they beat Leicestershire in their individual match and Worcestershire’s last match against Nottinghamshire was immaterial. Leicestershire were runners-up.

17 Mar. Worcestershire lost by a single point to Nottinghamshire.

Position	Teams	Pl	W	D	L	Game Points	Match Points
1st +	Worcestershire	6*	5*	0	1	60*	10
2nd	Leicestershire	6*	5*	0	1	59*	10
3rd ^	Warwickshire	6*	3	0	2	59½	8
	Nottinghamshire	6	4	0	2	54	8
	Shropshire	6	2	0	4	34½	4
	Staffordshire	6	1	0	4	41	2
	Derbyshire	6	0	0	6*	17	0
+ Worcs beat Leics in their individual match; ^ Warks beat Notts in their individual match; * includes defaulted matches

Date	Match	Result
8 Oct	Staffordshire - Derbyshire	8½ - 7½
8 Oct	Leicestershire - Nottinghamshire	9 - 7
8 Oct	Worcestershire - Shropshire	9½ - 6½
29 Oct	Leicestershire - Staffordshire	10 - 6
29 Oct	Warwickshire - Worcestershire	7 - 9
19 Nov	Shropshire - Derbyshire	11½ - 4½
19 Nov	Leicestershire - Worcestershire	5½ - 10½
19 Nov	Warwickshire - Staffordshire	8½ - 7½
10 Dec	Worcestershire - Staffordshire	8½ - 7½
10 Dec	Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire	5 - 11
10 Dec	Shropshire - Leicestershire	6 - 10
21 Jan	Warwickshire - Leicestershire	7½ - 8½
21 Jan	Worcestershire - Derbyshire	16 - 0 def
21 Jan	Nottinghamshire - Shropshire	8½ - 7½
4 Feb	Nottinghamshire - Staffordshire	12 - 4
18 Feb	Shropshire - Warwickshire	4½ - 11½
3 Mar	Warwickshire - Nottinghamshire	9 - 7
10 Mar	Derbyshire - Leicestershire	0 - 16 def
17 Mar	Staffordshire - Shropshire	7½ - 8½
17 Mar	Nottinghamshire - Worcestershire	8½ - 7½
24 Mar	Derbyshire - Warwickshire	0 - 16 def

Under-140 Championship: Worcestershire - Shropshire

Played at St John’s Church Hall, Redditch 8 October 2011. Worcestershire had white on odd numbered boards.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Shropshire	Grade	ECF Code
1	279615G	139	Crockett, Steve	0	1	Mehmood, Athar	137	264465E
2	266352B	139	Yeadon, Peter	½	½	Shepherd, Graham	136	118873C
3	152169L	138	Peters, Roy	0	1	Tarr, Steve	134	166164E
4	117964A	136	Riley, Mark	1	0	Carbin, Marvin	134	245103H
5	248737J	134	Shaw, Tony	½	½	Thompson, Richard	134	120348E
6	185413G	134	Loynes, John	0	1	Peck, Windsor	130	116900C
7	120615B	130	Truscott, Ian	1	0	Davies, Ian	129	136893L
8	118792C	131	Sharratt, Paul	1	0	Brown, Roger	123	107507L
9	248739B	131	Ellis, Ian	½	½	Salter, Ivor	122	118435A
10	118830G	131	Shaw, Steve	1	0	Crean, Vincent	119	143038
11	242814D	130	O’Gorman, T Francis	0	1	Paul, Christopher	115	248948L
12	179081L	128	Curry, Don	1	0	Jones, Andrew	115	157897C
13	165118D	129	Banks, Peter	1	0	Broderick, Paul	113	136890E
14	128994K	128	Kirkland, Arnold	0	1	Skidmore, Tim	100	273639B
15	156963G	123	Gittus, John	1	0	Default
16	266351L	117	Humphries, Jeremy	1	0	Default
			Result	9½	6½

Match report Giles Stanton. Worcs had some familiar faces to the team with convincing wins from Mark Riley and Don Curry. Even with the two point cushion, Worcs wwere fortunate to win. Worcs had a wobbly start loosing on boards 11 and 1 and soon the scores were even at 4½ each. The Worcesters’ mentum was restored by some assured play from their middle order and impressive wins from Steve Shaw, Paul Sharratt and Ian Truscott. Peter Banks hard-fought game took Worcs over the winning line.

Under-140 Championship: Warwickshire - Worcestershire

Played 29 October at Hill and Cakemore Liberal Club, Halesowen (but it was a home match for Warks!). Warks players on odd-numberted boards had white.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Warwickshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Grade	ECF Code
1	129117J	139	Rawson, Louis	1	0	Cole, Jason	139	128813B
2	129958L	137	Warren, Ken	0	1	Yeadon, Peter	139	266352B
3	113645J	137	Jimenez, Frank	½	½	Crockett, Stephen J	139	279615G
4	247045H	134	Dickson, Fred	0	1	Peters, Roy	138	152169L
5	184072B	133	Wilson, Alexander	0	1	Riley, Mark	136	117964A
6	256376K	138	Thompson, Peter	½	½	Shaw, Tony	134	248737J
7	256357F	133	Hussain, Adrian	1	0	Truscott, Ian	130	120615B
8	260913H	132	Green, Derek	1	0	Loynes, John	133	185413G
9	125792E	131	Oliver, Peter	0	1	Sharratt, Paul	131	118792C
10	273516H	131	Green, John	1	0	Shaw, Steve	131	118830G
11	143240A	130	Evans, Chris	½	½	Bricknell, Rob	130	234732F
12			Default	0	1	Curry, Don	128	179081L
13	111228E	130	Gilbert, Kim	0	1	Ellis, Ian	131	248739B
14	277315G	129	Fergusson, Matthew	1	0	Banks, Peter	129	165118D
15	157186C	122	East, Chris	½	½	Kirkland, Arnold	128	128994K
16	280310A	83	Fergusson, Andrew	0	1	Humphries, Jeremy	117	266351L
			Result	7	9

Report from Giles Stanton. Fortune favoured Worcs with Warks defaulting on board 12. Players were evenly matched except on board 16 where Jeremy Humphries’ experience overwhelmed a young player in his first county game. All other boards were keenly contested. Adjacent boards often yielded contrasting results. On boards 9 and 10, English Openings were played and black won both. On board 10 the Worcs player was under pressure from raking bishops and queen and John Green’s piece sac on g3 wrapped up the game. This was nicely mirrored on board 9, but in Worcs favour. Paul Sharratt used his heavy pieces on an open h-file to win a rook. Worcs’ board 4, Roy Peters, used better placed pieces to punish greedy pawn grabs. Worcester’s board 2 won on time. At this stage the match stood at 5-8 with Worcs needing only half a point from three games. A draw seemed likely on board 14 where the Warks player had the exchange for two pawns, but was down on time. Matthew showed other wise. He promoted a pawn and mated Peter with only seconds remaining. On board 13 Worcester’s Ian Ellis was in a winning position a pawn up in a rook-and-pawn ending butboth players were getting short of time. Ian held his nerve, promoting his pawn and winning the game.

Under-140 Championship: Leicestershire & Rutland - Worcestershire

Played 19 November 2011 at Water Orton, Warks. Leicestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white. Results reported by Cyril Johnson and Giles Stanton.

Board	Ref No	Grade	Leicestershire & Rutland	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Ref No	Grade
1	193195H	139	Wallace, Robert (Bob)	½	½	Cole, Jason	128813B	139
2	274229K	136	Fraser, Michael	0	1	Yeadon, Peter	266352B	139
3	118080A	135	Robinson, Anthony D	½	½	Peters, Roy	152169L	138
4	117059E	134	Thomson, John	1	0	Riley, Mark	117964A	136
5	120363A	134	Phillips, Howard W	0	1	Shaw, Tony	248737J	134
6	190445A	134	Farquharson, Ian	½	½	Sharratt, Paul	118792C	131
7	113676J	133	Johnson, Cyril FW	½	½	Truscott, Ian	120615B	130
8	108656L	130	Hickman, Peter J	0	1	Loynes, John	185413G	133
9	272936C	130	Collins, RF (Bob)	½	½	Shaw, Steve	118830G	131
10	107771F	128	Busby, Michael J	0	1	Bricknell, Rob	234732F	130
11	263024C	128	Ensor, Rob	1	0	Ellis, Ian	248739B	131
12	108821L	126	Cooper, Barrie D	0	1	Curry, Don	179081L	128
13	272937E	122	Bailey, Barry	0	1	Richardson, David	221492B	127
14	250159E	119	Manger, John D	1	0	Banks, Peter	165118D	129
15	125447K	107	Cresswell, Peter G	0	1	Kirkland, Arnold	128994K	128
16	277943C	106	Smith, Jason	0	1	Humphries, Jeremy	266351L	117
			Result	5½	10½

Under-140 Championship: Worcestershire - Staffordshire

Played on 10 December 2011 at Webheath Village Hall, Redditch, Worcs. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white. Reported by Giles Stanton.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade	ECF Code
1	152169L	138	Peters, Roy	0	1	Onions, Sam	136	277288H
2	117964A	136	Riley, Mark	0	1	Leadbetter, Andrew	135	114197B
3	248737J	134	Shaw, Tony	0	1	Day, John	127	109480E
4	118792C	131	Sharratt, Paul	½	½	Taylor, Rob	127	273508J
5	120615B	130	Truscott, Ian M	½	½	Emmerton, Steve	126	266803J
6	234732F	130	Bricknell, Rob	0	1	Birchall, Brian	126	106772C
7	118830G	131	Shaw, Steve	½	½	Meakin, Tony	125	104387A
8	248739B	131	Ellis, Ian	1	0	Page, Mike	122	116614B
9	242814D	131	O’Gorman, T Francis	½	½	Hall, Arthur	120	224845B
10	165118D	129	Banks, Peter	½	½	Healey, Tom	119
11	128994K	128	Kirkland, Arnold	1	0	Shaw, Pete	116	118825C
12	156963G	123	Gittus, John	1	0	Jarocki, Mike	115e
13	285050D	121	Butler, Richard	½	½	Guest, Paul	112	263126J
14	108407A	119	Clark, Maureen	1	0	Davies, Andrew	108	157414A
15	172186A	116	Stanton, Giles	½	½	Collabella	97	108613D
16	108370D	111	Clack, Michele	1	0	Default
			Result	8½	7½

Match report from Giles Stanton. Organising a team two weeks before Christmas was a challenge for both captains, and Staffs came off worse. With Worcs outgrading Staffs on all boards and having a one point start the outcome looked promising for the home side. But, Staffs’ top three boards nearly extinguished Worcs’ dreams. In most of the other games Worcs had the advantage. Maureen Clark (Worcs) set a trap winning a piece and the game. Ian Ellis (Worcs) gained two pawns and forced a fine finish leaving his queen en prise and mating his opponent on the back rank. Worcestershire number 6 then lost concentration when a piece up giving back the material and the attack to Brian Birchall (Staffs). John Gittus (Worcs) was in full control having won a piece in the opening. He converted by giving it back in the end game leaving himself with two connected outside past pawns ripe for promotion to hand victory to Worcs.

Under-140 Championship: Nottinghamshire - Worcestershire

Played 17 March 2012 at The Methodist Centre, Water Orton, Warks. Nottinghamshire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Nottinghamshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Aug, Jan	ECF Code
1	111493B	139	Graham, Neil	½	½	Yeadon, Peter	139, 146	266352B
2	120150F	138	Taylor, Marcel	½	½	Sharratt, Paul	131, 145	118792C
3	274335J	135	Gardner, James	1	0	Riley, Mark	139, 136	117964A
4	274712B	132	Kenyon, Alan	0	1	Peters, Roy	138, 135	152169L
5	233321B	133	Thomson, James	½	½	Shaw, Tony	134, 138	248737J
6	160301C	136	Ince, Darran	1	0	Curry, Don	128, 134	179081L
7	126830C	133	Willoughby, Bob	1	0	Humphries, Jeremy	117, 134	266351L
8	130239F	133	Budd, Chris	½	½	Banks, Peter	129, 133	165118D
9	272343J	128	Gorecka-Marshall, Peter W	0	1	Ellis, Ian	131, 128	248739B
10	263805J	129	O’Brien, Russell	½	½	O’Gorman, T Francis	131, 131	242814D
11	116111J	126	Neil, Graham	0	1	Kirkland,Arnold	128, 126	128994K
12	116053K	128	Nailard, Mike	0	1	Leaper, Richard	128, 122	192092D
13	143539F	127	Sayer, Ray	1	0	Stanton, T Giles	116, 128	172186A
14	136734B	123	Gibson, Graham	1	0	Clark, Maureen	117, 127	108407A
15	115804B	121	Morrell,Len	½	½	Gander, Danny	u/g, 114	288585C
16	274726B	119	Kenyon,James	½	½	Collett, Richard	101, 101	108620A
			Result	8½	7½

Worcestershire Under-120

6 Sep. The contenders were Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, the two scrapping Staffordshire teams Bulldogs and Terriers, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

12 Nov. Worcestershire beat Lincolnshire and head the table above Staffordshire Terriers.

7 Jan. Worcestershire had a narrow win over Staffordshire Bulldogs extending their lead.

11 Feb. Worcestershire won yet again, but Staffordshire Terriers were snapping at Worcestershire’s heels.

25 Mar. Terriers tore into Worcestershire’s top order to produce a championship winning result 7½ - 4½ to put Worcestershire in second place.

Position	Teams	Pl	W	D	L	Game Points	Match Points
1st	Staffordshire Terriers	5	4	0	1	33½	8
2nd	Worcestershire	5	4	0	1	34	8
3rd	Warwickshire	5	2	1	1	30½	5
	Nottinghamshire	5*	2*	0	3	37*	4
	Staffordshire Bulldogs	5*	1	1	3*	24	3
	Lincolnshire	5	0	0	4	28	2
* Includes defaulted match

Date	Match	Result
15 Oct	Lincolnshire - Staffordshire Bulldogs	5 - 7
15 Oct	Staffordshire Terriers - Nottinghamshire	7 - 5
15 Oct	Worcestershire - Warwickshire	6½ - 5½
12 Nov	Staffordshire Terriers - Staffordshire Bulldogs	6½ - 5½
12 Nov	Lincolnshire - Worcestershire	2½ - 9½
12 Nov	Nottinghamshire - Warwickshire	5½ - 6½
7 Jan	Staffordshire Bulldogs - Worcestershire	5½ - 6½
7 Jan	Warwickshire - Staffordshire Terriers	7½ - 4½
7 Jan	Lincolnshire - Nottinghamshire	2½ - 9½
11 Feb	Staffordshire Bulldogs - Warwickshire	6 - 6
11 Feb	Staffordshire Terriers - Lincolnshire	8 - 4
11 Feb	Worcestershire - Nottinghamshire	7 - 5
17 Mar	Warwickshire - Lincolnshire	5 - 7
24 Mar	Nottinghamshire - Staffordshire Bulldogs	12 - 0 def
24 Mar	Worcestershire -Staffordshire Terriers	4½ - 7½

Under-120 Championship: Worcestershire - Warwickshire

Played on 15 October 2011 at Studley Church Hall, Warks. Warwickshire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	Grade	ECF code	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Warwickshire	Grade	ECF code
1	117	266351L	Jeremy Humphries	½	½	Arun Buxton	119	282453L
2	118	183289L	Doug Bott	1	0	John Donovan	119	266159H
3	119	10407A	Maureen Clark	1	0	Pauline Woodward	118	157194B
4	116	172186A	Giles Stanton	½	½	Stuart Black	116	233580D
5	113	228368C	Penny Wood	0	1	Guy Greenland	113	111638B
6	111	108370D	Michele Clack	½	½	Graham Gee	111	157194B
7	110	157246F	Richard Turner	½	½	David J Reeves	110	260925D
8	108	280842A	Peter Seeley	0	1	Joe Rourke	109	221496K
9	106	183529E	Terry Pountney	½	½	John Pakenham	106	116631B
10	104	108369H	Ian Clack	½	½	Dave Rowe	103	118275E
11	104	173218D	Mark Hore	½	½	Peter Hughes	102	270857H
12	101	108620A	Richard Collett	1	0	Steve Hotchkiss	100	280334B
			Result	6½	5½

Under-120 Championship: Lincolnshire - Worcestershire

Played on 12 November 2011 at Thurmaston Old School, Leics. Lincolnshire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Lincolnshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Grade	ECF Code
1	240881J	119	Mark Bradshaw	½	½	Jeremy Humphries	117	266351L
2	115883B	116	Charles Moss	0	1	Doug Bott	118	183289L
3	150227L / 243572L	115E	Ian Scott	½	½	Maureen Clark	119	10407A
4	222184G	105	Christopher Cumbers	½	½	Giles Stanton	116	172186A
5	-	104E	Francis Berkbeck	½	½	Penny Wood	113	228368C
6	277724B	91	John Grasham	0	1	Michele Clack	111	108370D
7	283101G	89E	James Kelly	0	1	Peter Seeley	108	280842A
8	283761E	80E	Haydn Godfrey	0	1	Terry Pountney	106	183529E
9	284558B	57E	Joe Scarborough	½	½	Ian Clack	104	108369H
10	283100E	55E	James Wilson	0	1	Richard Collett	101	108620A
11	276147G	43	Daniel Southern	0	1	Joyce Evans	85	139662G
12	283763J	40E	Nathan McKiernan	0	1	Tony Taylor	84	192111D
			Result	2½	9½

Under-120 Championship: Staffordshire Bulldogs - Worcestershire

Played on 7 January 2012 at Bushbury Community Centre, Wolverhampton. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Staffordshire Bulldogs	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Grade	ECF Code
1	176457D	119	Peter Crozet	½	½	Jeremy Humphries	117	266351L
2	143228L	116	Robert Brodie	½	½	Maureen Clark	119	108407A
3	259317J	114	Paul D. Walters	1	0	Giles Stanton	116	172186A
4	114351H	113	Barry Lewis	½	½	Penny Wood	113	228368C
5	263626J	112	Paul Guest	0	1	Michelle Clack	111	108370D
6	118546K	111	Mike Savin	½	½	Richard Turner	110	157246F
7	275380H	111	Geoff Cox	½	½	Peter Seeley	108	280842A
8	113908D	109	Simon Jones	1	0	Terry Pountney	106	183529E
9	157414A	108	Andrew Davies	0	1	Ian Clack	104	108369H
10	266786B	104	John Carr	0	1	Richard Collet	101	108620A
11	278422B	101	Danny Torbica	0	1	Mark Hore	104	173218D
12	107418A	94	Charles Brown	1	0	Joyce Evans	85	139662G
			Result	5½	6½

Report from Richard Turner. Another squeaky win for Worcestershire that went to the wire. Simon Jones won a lost position and Paul Walters won because of what Worcester’s captain describes as a "mechanical intervention". Both Clacks applied consistent pressure to win. Richard Collett forced off the queens to take Worcestershire over the line.

Under-120 Championship: Worcestershire - Nottinghamshire

Played on 11 February 2012 at Redditch, Worcs. Nottinghamshire players on odd-numbered boards had white. September grades shown with January grades in parentheses.

Board	ECF Code	Grade (New)	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Nottinghamshire	Grade (New)	ECF Code
1	172186A	116 (128)	Giles Stanton	0	1	Sally McIntosh	115 (122)	155818D
2	10407A	119 (127)	Maureen Clark	1	0	Default	-	-
3	183289L	118 (121)	Doug Bott	0	1	Nigel Wright	110E	253102B
4	108370D	111 (112)	Michele Clack	1	0	Charlotte Atwood	110 (111)	270156L
5	280842A	109 (109)	Peter Seeley	½	½	Chris Bonnello	106 (122)	282424D
6	288585C	112E (114)	Daniel Gander	1	0	Steve Morley	104 (101)	115797J
7	183529E	106 (109)	Terry Pountney	1	0	Lukasz Kacprzak	103 (112)	275890J
8	108369H	104 (106)	Ian Clack	0	1	Ken Cairney	84 (88)	266837D
9	108620A	101 (101)	Richard Collett	½	½	Dorothy Blampied	86 (88)	106873J
10	173218D	104 (106)	Mark Hore	1	0	Ken Heath	82 (83)	112441K
11	228368C	113 (94)	Penny Wood	1	0	Gregor McIntosh	62 (67)	272798F
12	139662G	85 (85)	Joyce Evans	0	1	Mike Swanwick	54 (64)	278800H
			Result	7	5

Worcestershire - Staffordshire Terriers

Played on 24 March 2012 at Webheath Village Hall, Redditch, Worcs. Staffordshire players on odd-numbered boards had white.

Board	ECF Code	Grade	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Staffordshire Terriers	Grade	ECF Code
1	266351L	117	Humphries, Jeremy (134)	1	0	Nesbitt, Denis (122)	119	171039E
2	172186A	116	Stanton, T Giles (128)	0	1	Cartlidge, Alex J (119)	108	277178A
3	108407A	119	Clark, Maureen (127)	0	1	Shaw, Peter (114)	116	118825C
4	108370D	111	Clack, Michele J (112)	0	1	Scattergood, George J (113)	111	118574D
5	288585C	UG	Gander, Daniel (114)	0	1	Wright, Nicholas PA (110)	110	143714J
6	280842A	108	Seeley, Peter (109)	1	0	Montague, John (109)	115	179091C
7	157246F	110	Turner, Richard (109)	½	½	Hull, Stuart E (102)	105	262464D
8	183529E	106	Pountney, Terrance (109)	½	½	Mustafa, Carl K (100)	99	249951E
9	108620A	101	Collett, Richard F (101)	½	½	Johnson, David (89)	93	266810F
10	228368C	113	Wood, Penny A (94)	0	1	Cartlidge, Jacob D (89)	81	275894F
11	173218D	104	Hore, Mark (106)	0	1	Selvan, Karthik (84)	UG	285373F
12	108369H	104	Clack, Ian A (106)	1	0	Tideswell, Peter R (83)	85	180498E
			Result	4½	7½