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Last updated 2 November 2023

Match results 2023-4 season

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City team news and results

2 Nov 2023. The city team scored their first match point by drawing at home to Malvern. Board 1 saw an exciting game where Rastall had to lose the exchange to fend off a fierce attack along his second rank, but had chances with two advanced pawns. In the time scramble, Davies won.
19 Oct 2023. In the first home match of the season City lost a hard fought match with Halesowen with the match resut depending on the result on board 2, the only decisive game.
11 Oct 2023. The city team lost away to Kiddrminster. Only captain Roob Sutton was aboe to win.
18 Aug 2023. Six teams entered: Halesowen, Kidderminster, Longbridge, Malvern, Redditch and Worcester. There are ten matches, each team playing the others home and away. Teams have five boards.

Worcestershire Championship League
Worcester City Captain: Rob Sutton
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.

Date Home Team Result Away Team Standing
Wed 11th Oct 2023 Kidderminster 3½ - 1½ Worcester City 4th/6
Thu 19th Oct 2023 Worcester City 2 - 3 Halesowen 5th/6
Thu 2nd Nov 2023 Worcester City 2½ - 2½ Malvern 6th/6
Thu 30th Nov 2023 Worcester City 0 - 0 Redditch  
Mon 29th Jan 2024 Halesowen 0 - 0 Worcester City  
Thu 15th Feb 2024 Longbridge 0 - 0 Worcester City  
Wed 28th Feb 2024 Redditch 0 - 0 Worcester City  
Fri 8th Mar 2024 Malvern 0 - 0 Worcester City  
Thu 11th Apr 2024 Worcester City 0 - 0 Kidderminster  
Thu 25th Apr 2024 Worcester City 0 - 0 Longbridge  
 
Worcester City
Worcestershire Championship League
Most recent matches at top
Board Worcester City score Malvern
1 Rastall, Joe 0 - 1 Davies, Lee
2 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Turner, Brian
3 Sutton, Rob 0 - 1 Clarke, Ian
4 Oxtoby, Scott 1 - 0 Clarke, Joshua
5 Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Allsopp, James
  Totals 2½ - 2½  
Played 3, cumulative MP=1, GP=6, Place 6th/6
Board Worcester City score Halesowen
1 Rastall, Joe ½ - ½ Edge, John
2 Collett, Ray 0 - 1 Fishburne, Stewart
3 Austin, Phil ½ - ½ Cooper, David
4 Sutton, Rob ½ - ½ Hadley, Mike
5 Oxtoby, Scott ½ - ½ Hazell, Franklin
  Totals 2 - 3  
Played 2, cumulative MP=0, GP=3½, Place 5th/6
Board Kidderminster score Worcester City
1 Friar, Joe 1 - 0 Kitson, Peter
2 Wrench, John 1 - 0 Collett, Ray
3 Spowart, David 0 - 1 Sutton, Rob
4 Waud, David 1 - 0 Oxtoby, Scott
5 Preece, Alan ½ - ½ Flynn, Seamus
  Totals 3½ - 1½  
Played 1, cumulative MP=0, GP=1½, placed 4th/6

Rooks team news and results

28 Sep 2023. Worcester Rooks, playing away, beat Longbridge. Scott and Seamus won their games.
21 Sep 2023. Rooks win first match. The games were more even that the team scores show. Scott was the last to finish converting a R+BP vs R ending and Ray was lucky to be offered a draw by his opponent.
18 Aug 2023. Five teams entered: Longbridge, Malvern, Redditch, Stourbridge and Worcester. There are eight matches, each team playing the others home and away. Teams have four boards with boards 2, 3, and 4 being restricted to players rated below 1850.

Worcestershire Challengers’ League
Worcester Rooks Captain: Scott Oxtoby
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.

Date Home Team Result Away Team Standing
Thu 21st Sep 2023 Worcester Rooks 3½ - ½ Stourbridge 1 1st-2nd
Thu 28th Sep 2023 Longbridge 2 1½ - 2½ Worcester Rooks 1st
Thu 7th Dec 2023 Worcester Rooks 0 - 0 Redditch 2  
Fri 12th Jan 2024 Malvern 2 0 - 0 Worcester Rooks  
Wed 17th Jan 2024 Stourbridge 1 0 - 0 Worcester Rooks  
Thu 29th Feb 2024 Worcester Rooks 0 - 0 Malvern 2  
Thu 4th Apr 2024 Worcester Rooks 0 - 0 Longbridge 2  
Wed 17th Apr 2024 Redditch 2 0 - 0 Worcester Rooks  
 
Worcester Rooks
Worcestershire Challenger’s League
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Board Longbridge score Worcester City
1 Walsh, Marcus ½ - ½ Rastall, Joe
2 Maddocks, Phil 0 - 1 Oxtoby, Scott
3 Davies, Robert 0 - 1 Flynn, Seamus
4 Angel, Elias 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 1½ - 2½  
Played 28 Sep. Cumulative MP=4, GP=6, Place 1st/6
Board Worcester City score Stourbridge
1 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Wilson, Julie
2 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Sharratt, Paul
3 Oxtoby, Scott 1 - 0 Horwill, Eric
4 Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Alcock, Steve
  Totals 3½ - ½  

Played 21 Sep. Cumulative MP=2, GP=3½, Place 1st-2nd

Bishops team news and results

26 Oct 2023. Bishops draw with Redditch at home. New member The match was indoubt until Arnold, in a difficult position lost on time on board 2. Paul Serafini won his first game for a Worcester team.
7 Sep 2023. Bishops win on opening night of the season. The team was joined by new player Jacques Olden who won his Board 3 game.
18 Aug 2023. Four teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch, and Worcester. There are six matches, each team playing the others home and away. Teams have four boards with all players being rated below 1650.

Worcester & District League
Worcester Bishops Captain: Andy Gilhooly/ Aiden Griffiths
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date Home Team Result Away Team Standing
Thu 7th Sep 2023 Worcester Bishops 3 - 1 Longbridge 3 1st
Thu 26th Oct 2023 Worcester Bishops 2 - 2 Redditch 3 2nd
Wed 22nd Nov 2023 Kidderminster 2 3½ - ½ Worcester Bishops 2nd
Wed 10th Jan 2024 Redditch 3 0 - 0 Worcester Bishops  
Thu 7th Mar 2024 Longbridge 3 0 - 0 Worcester Bishops  
Thu 21st Mar 2024 Worcester Bishops 0 - 0 Kidderminster 2  
 
Worcester Bishops
Worcester & District League
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Board Kidderminster score Worcester City
1 Varilone, John 1 - 0 Lee, Chris
2 Barton, Luke 1 - 0 Kirkland, Arnold
3 Thomas, Paul 1 - 0 Cleak, David
4 Henry, Cameron ½ - ½ Berry, Simon
  Totals 3½ - ½  
Played 22 Nov. Cumulative MP=3, GP=5½, Place 2nd/6
Board Worcester City score Redditch
1 Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Clack, Ian
2 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Rimmington, Anthony
3 Griffiths, Aiden 0 - 1 Stanton, Giles
4 Serafini, Paul 1 - 0 Carter, Robert (Bob)
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played 26 Oct. Cumulative MP=3, GP=5, Place 2nd/5
Board Worcester Bishops score Longbridge
1 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Bignall, Paul
2 Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Hughes, Peter
3 Olden, Jacques 1 - 0 Collett, Richard
4 Kirkland, Arnold 1 - 0 Tipper, Andy
  Totals 3 - 1  

Played 7 Sep. Cumulative MP=2, GP=3, Place 1st/5

Knights news and results

14 Sep.The Knights lost to Longbridge in the first fixture. Only Joe Rastall was able to win.
17 Aug. Five teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch, Stourbridge and Worcester

Rapidplay League
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date Home team score 1 score 2 Away team Standing
Thu 14th Sep 2023 Longbridge 4 3 - 1 3 - 1 Worcester Knights 3rd
Thu 5th Oct 2023 Worcester Knights Redditch 4 2nd
Wed 15th Nov 2023 Stourbridge 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 Worcester Knights  
Thu 25th Jan 2024 Worcester Knights 0 - 0 0 - 0 Kidderminster 3  
Thu 22nd Feb 2024 Worcester Knights 0 - 0 0 - 0 Stourbridge 2  
Wed 13th Mar 2024 Redditch 4 0 - 0 0 - 0 Worcester Knights  
Wed 27 Mar 2024 Kidderminster 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 Worcester Knights  
Thu 18th Apr 2024 Worcester Knights 0 - 0 0 - 0 Longbridge 4  
In this league, players on boards 2, 3 and 4 must be rated below 1850. A player rated above 1850 may play on board 1 only. At each fixture, each player has two games, the second with colours reversed. The fixture’s results are scored as two matches.
Worcester Knights: Chris Lee
Rapidplay League
Most recent matches at top. In some matchs an extra boards were played as rated friendly games
not counting to league results and shown in paretheses.
Board Worcester score Redditch
1 Rastall, Joe (w) 1 - 0 Russell, Scott
2 Collett, Ray 0 - 1 Attwell, Ben
3 Higgs, Edward 1 - 0 Steward, Jamie
4 Griffiths, Aiden 0 - 1 Stanton, Giles
  Totals 2 - 2 Played 5 Oct
Board   score  
1 Rastall, Joe (w) 1 - 0 Russell, Scott
2 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Attwell, Ben
3 Higgs, Edward 1 - 0 Steward, Jamie
4 Griffiths, Aiden 1 - 0 Stanton, Giles
  Totals 3½ - ½ Played 5 Oct
Played 5 Oct. Cumulative MP=3, GP=7½, Place 2nd/5
Board Longbridge score Worcester Knights
1 Cartwright, Gavin (b) 1 - 0 Lee, Chris
2 Bethel, Mark 0 - 1 Rastall, Joe
3 Maddocks, Phil 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
4 Woodhouse, Stephen 1 - 0 Hesketh, John
  Totals 3 - 1 Played 14 Sep
Board Redditch score Worcester Knights
1 Cartwright, Gavin (w) 1 - 0 Lee, Chris
2 Bethel, Mark 0 - 1 Rastall, Joe
3 Maddocks, Phil 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
4 Woodhouse, Stephen 1 - 0 Hesketh, John
  Totals 3 - 1 Played 14 Sep
Played 14 Sep. Cumulative MP=0 GP=2, Place 3rd/5

 

Wheatley Cup matches and Summer competitions have not yet been arranged.

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