Worcester City Team 2012-3
Introducing the team
The team played in Division 1 of the Worcester County League and participate in the delayed 2012-3 Wheatley Memorial Handicap Team Knock Out Competition. Team captain was Andrew Farthing and other regular members of the team were Steve Mellor, Peter Kitson, Ray Collett, and Jim Keene. Fitures are available for 2012-13 below as well as for previous seasons starting with the 2011-12 page.
City team just fail to retain league championship
9 May. Worcester stumbled in their last match losing to Hagley and came second in the league.
In Division 1, Worcester City faced Hagley, Halesowen I, Kidderminster I, and Malvern home and away.
| Worcester City County League Fixtures and Results 2012-3 Captain: Andrew Farthing Click on a result to see details of the match |
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| 2012 date | Venue | Opponents | Result 2012-3 |
Result 2011-2 |
| Thursday 1 November | Home | Kidderminster I | won 3½ - 2½ | won 3½ - 2½ |
| Friday 30 November | Away | Hagley | won 4 - 2 | won 5 - 1 |
| Friday 9 December | Away | Malvern | lost 4 - 2 | drew 3 - 3 |
| Tuesday 11 December | Away | Halesowen I | drew 3 - 3 | lost 0 - 6 |
| 2013 date | ||||
| Thursday 17 January | Home | Malvern | won 4 - 2 | won 3½ - 2½ |
| Thursday 7 February | Home | Halesowen | won 3½ - 2½ | lost 1 - 5 |
| Wednesday 20 February | Away | Kidderminster I | lost 2½ - 3½ | lost 2½ - 3½ |
| Thursday 14 March | Home | Hagley | lost 1½ - 4½ | drew 3 - 3 |
| Thursday 28 March | - | EASTER | - | |
City team win 2011-2 Wheatley Memorial Cup
15 Nov. Worcester triumphed again in this knockout handicap team tournament. The delayed 2011-12 final was played away on 15 November at Greenlands. See report in Worcester News.
Only six clubs entered this ungraded, team handicap competition. Worcester City had a bye in the first round (the quarter finals). We were drawn against Malvern in the semi-final. Adopting a strategy of playing a relatively low-graded team against Malvern's team of strong players, we began with a useful head start under the handicap. Malvern's default on bottom board made their task even more difficult. In the end, Ray's impressive win on second board (in the last game to finish) saw us "comfortably" home. The final will be against Greenlands on a date to be arranged.
Worcester City has already won this competition on four occasions, including 2009. Teams have five players and games are not graded and are completed in 1½ hours with quickplay finish rules.