Published 2 January 2014

Inaugural competition 2004-5

Stourbridge win Wheatley cup

The result of five matches only are known. Further information please to Ray Collett.

Worcester - Droitwich KO Cup
Board Home team Result Away team
1
2
3
4
5
H
Tony Spittle
Roger Yates
Robin Williams
Alistair Irving
Pat Greenow
Handicap
0 - 1
½ - ½
½ - ½
1 - 0
½ - ½
½ - 0
Arnold Kirkland
WW (Bill) Watson
Tom Parkes
Bert Foord
J Lockett
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  Result 3 - 2½ Played 9 Dec
Source: Ray Collett's records. Both sides fielded new players. Worcester City played two young men Robin and Alistair from Worcester Blind College and Droitwich's board 5 is also a new player. Tony Spittle and Arnold Kirkland exchanged both rooks early in the game, which started with a French Defence the same opening chosen by Bert Foord. The remaining games featured closed openings. After the openings, all the positions were balanced.
St James - Halesowen KO Cup
Board Home team Result Away team
1
2
3
4
5
H
Derek Stockall 130
Ian Truscott 125
Ian Ellis 101
Stan Johnson 85
Steve Shaw 85
Handicap
½ - ½
1 - 0
½ - ½
½ - ½
1 - 0
0 - 0
Graham Wyle 118
Ben Curry 114
Kevin Ryder 111
Michel Clark 94
Jason Hendrickson 91
-
  Result 3½ - 1½ Played 9 Dec
Source: Ray Collett's records reported by Stewart Fishburne
Kidderminster B - Worcester City KO Cup
Board Home team Result Away team
1
2
3
4
5
H
Mark Riley
John Gittus
John Varilone
Ken Durnell
Terry Pountney
Handicap
0 - 1
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½
½ - ½
2½ - 0
Eric Myers
Steve Mellor
Ray Collett
A (Tony) Spittle
Michael Gordon
-
  Result 4 - 3½ Played 5 May
Source: Worcester News website dated 11 Aug
Kidderminster B - Stourbridge KO Cup
Board Home team Result Away team
1
2
3
4
5
H
John Varilone
Paul Thomas
Ken Durnell
Bill Pugh
Terry Pountney
-
0 - 1
1 - 0
1 - 0
0 - 1
0 - 1
?
L Small
Wilson
Purvis
Dave Scriven
Harry Small
-
  Result 2 - 3 Played unknown
Source: Undated Worcester News cutting from Tom Widdows' records
Kidderminster A - Stourbridge KO Cup
Board Home team Result Away team
1
2
3
4
5
H
John Wrench
Frank Pickett
Jim Friar
Maurice Bissell
Gerald Link
Handicap
0 - 1
1 - 0
1 - 0
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 2
Eric Small
Dave Scriven
Mark Podeslak
A Somerfield
Harry Small
-
  Result 3 - 4 Played ?June
Source: Worcester News website dated 25 Aug.
Redditch - Headless Cross Division 1
Board Home team Result Away team
1
2
3
4
5
Tom Robinson
Jeff Heath
Giles Stanton
Ian Clack
Richard Turner
1 - 0
adj
1 - 0
1 - 0
0 - 1
M Sanders
M Hore
Penny Wood
Phil Church
D Richardson
  Result 3 - 1 Played 11 Jan
Source: Added 10-12-15, source e-mail from Richard Turner