Club nights Thursday evenings

Club championship and All-Play-All Rapidplay tournament

13 Dec. At the end of the first half of the season, the 2024 club champion Joe Rastall has booked his place in the Championship semi-finals as have Ed Osbourn, and new member Scott Maclean. There is a play-off for Secretary Ray Collett and Keith sorrell and the game between Ed Higgs and Seamus Flynn was postponed. In the club rapidplay tournament, Scott Maclean and Ray Collett are in the mlead with 5 points each followed by Scott Oxtoby, Joe Rastall and new member Sean Conway all on 3 points.

Club teams fall short in matches

13 Dec 2024. The City team lost its away match against Malvern with only Ed Osbourn and Ed Higgs able to draw their games.
3 Dec 2024. Worcester Bishops faced Stourbridge in a home match. Stourbridge won in spite of Chris Lee’s win on board 1. See full result.
28 Nov 2024. In spite of having a stronger line-up than previous Knight teams, Longbridge proved much superior in the Rapidplay League. Only Tony Shaw was able to hold his own scoring two draws. See full results.

Worcester members help county u1650 team

23 Nov. David Cleak and Aiden Griffiths travelled to Tressell Acton Stafford for the Midlands u1650 fixture on a stormy day and both players won their games to help Worcestershire to 6-6 draw. See full results.

Worcester lose to Longbridge in Challengers League

21 Nov 2024. Chris Lee stood in as captain, but Longbridge with ahigher rated team prevailed. New member Keith Sorrell was the only Worcester player to win. See full results.

Worcester players at Stoke Gifford

16 Nov 2024. Phil Austin and Colin Vernon travelled to Stoke Gifford to play in the Bristol Blitz Championship. Both players had to leave after playing eight of the eleven rounds and Phil scored 3½ points in the very strong Open while Colin scored 4 points in the Major tournament.

Rapidplay draws and win in the Challengers League

14 Nov 2024. Worcester beat Malvern in the Challengers League. Captain Scott Oxtoby and new member Keith Sorrell won their games. See full results.
7 Nov 2024. With an unchanged team, Worcester Pawns drew both legs of their away fixture in the u1650 league with Longbridge. New players Alex Nicholls and Scott Maclean won both their games. See full results.
31 and 24 Oct 2024. In spite of illness of the team’s board 1, The Knights team held Redditch and Kidderminster to draws in both rapidplay matches in the Rapidplay fixtures. Substitute Aiden won both his games on board 4 in the earlier match. See full results.

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