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Last updated 17 September 2022

Team results in 2021-2 season

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Memorial match Div 1 City team Div 2 Worcester & Droitwich team 4NCL Online Div 5 Worcester Wolfpack

Worcester City team in Division 1 of Worcestershire Chess League

31 Mar 2022. Worcester City beat Malvern in Division 1.
3 Mar 2022. Worcester City lost at home to Redditch in Division 1. Ray Collett was the only Worcester winner.
18 Feb 2022. Worcester City lost 2-3 in the away match against Malvern.
6 Jan 2022. Worcester continued its good form into the New Year with a 3-2 win against Kidderminster.
20 Dec 2021. The away match against Halesowen is postponed because of Covid concerns.
18 Nov 2021. Worcester City beat Longbridge 3-2 to go to the top of the table.
3 Nov 2021. Worcester City team beat Kidderminster away 3 - 3 to join Redditch at the top of the table.
20 Oct 2021. Worcester City team lose to Redditch 1½ - 3½ playing away.

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Match
Points
Redditch 1 6 5 0 1 17½ 12½ 10
Worcester City 6 3 0 3 15 15 6
Kidderminster 1 6 1 2 3 14½ 15½ 4
Malvern 6 1 2 3 13 17 4
Halesowen entered and played 4 matches, but thier venue became unavailable because of refurbishment and they had to withdarw from the competition on 6 April. See results below Division 1 matches.
Longbridge 1 entered and played one match before having to withdraw. Games were rated, but having completed fewer than half of their fixtures the match result was excluded from the table above. See results in that match below other matches played in Division 1.

 

Worcs Chess League Div 1: Worcester City Captain: Rob Sutton
Board Worcester City Score Malvern
1 Stephen Mellor 1 - 0 Lee Davis
2 Ray Collett ½ - ½ Brian Turner
3 Rob Sutton 1 - 0 Roger Arriss
4 Scott Oxtoby 1 - 0 Matthew Jordan
5 Simon Berry 0 - 1 John Chester
    3½ - 1½  
Board Worcester City Score Redditch 1
1 Stephen Mellor ½ - ½ Nigel Hosken
2 Ray Collett 1 - 0 Dan Lambourne
3 Tony Shaw ½ - ½ Harry Evans
4 Rob Sutton 0 - 1 Mihai Zbircea
5 David Cleak 0 - 1 David Smith
  Thu 3 Mar home 2 - 3  
Board Malvern Score Worcester City
1 Lee Davis 0 - 1 Stephen Mellor
2 Brian Turner 1 - 0 Ray Collett
3 Ian Clarke ½ - ½ Tony Shaw
4 Leigh Canham ½ - ½ Arnold Kirkland
5 John Chester 1 - 0 Scott Oxtoby
  Fri 18 Feb away 3½ - 1½  
Board Worcester City Score Kidderminster 1
1 Stephen Mellor ½ - ½ John Wrench
2 Ed Osbourn 1 - 0 Maurice Bissell
3 Ray Collett 1 - 0 Mark Riley
4 David Cleak ½ - ½ David Richardson
5 John Hesketh 0 - 1 John Varilone
  Thu 10 Jan home 3 - 2  
Board Kidderminster 1 Score Worcester City
1 Joseph Friar 0 - 1 Lewis Martin
2 John Wrench ½ - ½ Ray Collett
3 James O’Dell ½ - ½ Phil Austin
4 David Spowart 1 - 0 Arnold Kirkland
5 David Close 0 - 1 Rob Sutton
  Wed 3 Nov away 2 - 3  
  Worcester City Score Redditch 1
1 Martin Lewis 0 - 1 Nigel Hosken
2 Ray Collett ½ - ½ Daniel Lambourne
3 Phil Austin 1 - 0 Harry Evans
4 Arnold Kirkland 1 - 0 Mihai Zibercea
5 Rob Sutton 0 - 1 Smith David
  Wed 20 Oct away 3½ - 1½  
The rated match against Longbridge 1 was not counted in the division 1 table because
our opponents had to withdraw before completing half of their fixtures
Board Worcester City Score Longbridge 1
1 Martin Lewis 1 - 0 Kevin Hurney
2 Stepehen Mellor 1 - 0 Marcus Walsh
3 Ray Collett 0 - 1 Stephen Woodhouse
4 Phil Austin 0 - 1 Gavin Cartwright
5 Rob Sutton 1 - 0 Steve Crees
  Wed 18 Nov away 3 - 2  
       

Worcester & Droitwich in Division 2 Worcestershire Chess League

23 Mar 2022. Worcester & Droitwich lost the away fixture in Division 2 against Redditch to end bottom of the table with Stourbridge.
10 Feb 2022. Worcester & Droitwich lost to Longbridge 2 in Division 2 of the Worcestershire League. New player Scott Oxtoby won his first league game.
19 Jan 2022. Worcester & Droitwich lost away to Kidderminster in the Worcs Division 2 match.
13 Jan 2022. Worcester & Droitwch lost 1-3 in their first home fixture of the New Year.
9 Dec 2021 Worcester & Droitwich team beat Stourbridge 2½ - 1½.
10 Nov 2021. The Division 2 Worcester & Droitwich team beat Stourbridge away 2½ - 1½ and are at the top of the division 2 table.
28 Oct 2021. The newly formed Worcester & Droitwich team hosted its first home match drawing 2 - 2 with Kidderminster Seconds.

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Match
Points
Longbridge 2 8 5 2 1 19½ 12½ 12
Redditch 2 8 4 1 3 13½ 18½ 9
Kidderminster 2 8 2 3 3 17 15 7
Stourbridge 8 2 2 4 15½ 16½ 6
Worcester & Droitwich 8 2 2 4 14½ 17½ 6

 

Worcs Chess League Div 2: Worcester & Droitwich Captain: Ray Collett
Board Redditch 2 Score Worcester & Droitwich
1 Andrew Whitten 0 - 1 Tony Shaw
2 Giles Stanton 1 - 0 Arnold Kirkland
3 Anthony Rimmington ½ - ½ Cleak Scott
4 Bob (R) Carter 0 - 1 David Oxtoby
  Wed 23 Mar away 2½ - 1½  
Board Worcester & Droitwich Score Longbridge 2
1 Phil Austin 0 - 1 Marcus Walsh
2 Arnold Kirkland 0 - 1 Gavin Cartwright
3 David Cleak ½ - ½ Phil Maddocks
4 Scott Oxtoby 1 - 0 Andy Tipper
  Thu 10 Feb at home 1½ - 2½  
Board Kidderminster 2   Worcester & Droitwich
1 Joe Friar 1 - 0 Ray Collett
2 Dave Spowart 1 - 0 Rob Sutton
3 Cameron Henry 0 - 1 Arnold Kirkland
4 Luke Pender 1 - 0 David Cleak
  Wed 19 Jan away 3 - 1  
Board Worcester & Droitwich Score Redditch 2
1 Ray Collett ½ - ½ Andrew Whitten
2 Arnold Kirkland ½ - ½ Giles Stanton
3 David Cleak ½ - ½ Toni Reed
4 Simon Berry 0 - 1 Tony Rimmington
  Thu 13 Jan at home 1½ - 2½  
Board Worcester & Droitwich Score Stourbridge
1 Ed Osbourn 1 - 0 Julie Wilson
2 Robin Hayles ½ - ½ Eric Horwell
3 Arnold Kirkland 0 - 1 Steve Alcock
4 David Cleak 1 - 0 Ben Doran
  Thu 9 Dec at home 2½ - 1½  
Board Worcester & Droitwich Score Stourbridge
1 Ray Collett ½ - ½ Julie Wilson
2 Rob Sutton ½ - ½ Joe Conway-Lees
3 Arnold Kirkland 0 - 1 Sam Green
4 David Cleak ½ - ½ Michael Green
  Wed 10 Nov away 1½ - 2½  
Board Worcester & Droitwich Score Kidderminster 2
1 Robin Hayles ½ - ½ Mark Riley
2 Rob Sutton ½ - ½ Alan Preece
3 David Cleak ½ - ½ John Varilone
4 Simon Berry ½ - ½ Terry Pountney
  Thu 28 Oct at home 2 - 2  

Worcester Wolfpack in 4NCL Online Division 5

5 Apr 2022.In 4NCL Online Division 5, Worcester Wolfpack beat Harrow Juniors first team 2½-1½. This result placed Worcester Wolfpack second in the table behind Beckenham.
22 Mar 2022. Worcester Wolfpack drew against East Kilbride Rovers and are now second in the table..
8 Mar 2022. Worcester Wolfpack drew with Beckenham in the Online Four Nations Chess League Division 5 and remain top of the division.
22 Feb 2022. Worcester Wolfpack beat Cork B 3-1..
8 Feb 2022. Worcester Wolfpack won their first online match 2½-1½ against Dundee City E team in 4NCL Division 5. Colin Vernon and Robin Hayles drew their games.
25 Jan 2022. Worcester Wolfpack had a walkover win against Charlton Cobras C who were unable to field a team because they also had over-the-board matches.
15 Jan 2022. With Wolfpack's captain busy with his postgraduate course, Ray Collett has entered a Worcester Wolfpack 4-player team in the 5th 4NCL online club season. Colin Vernon founded the online Wolfpack teams in 4NCL with players he had met in Coulsdon Chess congresses, but has too little time to lead the team in the fifth season. Ray offered to lead a single team and the Worcester Wolfpack has inherited players from the former Wolfpack teams, which included three Worcester players Collett, Hayles and Vernon. It is likely that the team will include a mix of players from Worcester with additional former Wolfpack players. All matches were on Tuesday evenings and games have a classical time control of 45min + 15seconds.

Worcester Wolfpack team in Div 5 4NCL: Captain Ray Collett
Position Team Played Won Drew Lost MP GP
1 Beckenham 7 6 1 0 13 19½
2 Worcester Wolfpack 7 5 2 0 12 18½
3 Dundee City E 7 4 1 2 9 19½
4 Harrow Juniors 1 7 4 1 2 9 19
5 East Kilbride Rovers 7 3 3 1 9 15½
6 Cork B 7 4 1 2 9 15
7 Hertford 3 7 3 2 2 8 17
8 Bromley 7 3 2 2 8 15½
9 MHJ Knights 7 3 2 2 8 13½
10 Catford Candidates 7 3 2 2 8 13
11 Charlton Cobras C 7 3 2 2 8 12½
12 Streatham C 7 3 1 3 7 16
13 Guildford Castles 3 7 3 1 3 7 14½
14 The Hemel's Gambit 7 2 3 2 7 14½
15 Uxbridge Eagle Fangs 7 3 1 3 7 11½
16 Crowthorne B 5 3 1 1 7 10
17 Wessex Some Stars H 7 3 0 4 6 16
18 Chess Lifestyle 4 3 0 1 6 8
19 Harrow Juniors 2 7 2 1 4 5 14½
20 Stroud Middlies 7 1 3 3 5 13
21 Deaf England 2 7 2 1 4 5 11½
22 Manaccan Maulers 7 2 1 4 5 10½
23 Harrow Juniors 3 7 2 1 4 5 9
24 Barnet Knights E 7 0 4 3 4 9
25 Farnham C 7 1 2 4 4 9
26 Watford Juniors B 7 2 0 5 4
27 Barnet Knights D 7 1 1 5 3 10
28 Colchester JFF C 7 1 1 5 3 10

 

Board Worcester Wolfpack Score Bromley
1 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Glanvile, Nicholas
2 Vernon, Colin 1 - 0 Harrison, Tommy
3 Shaw, Tony 0 - 1 Farahmandpour, Ehsan
4 Wootton, Stephen 1 - 0 Mourant, Malcolm
Played 19 Apr   2½ - 1½ Round 7
Board Harrow Juniors I Score Worcester Wolfpack
1 Balasundaram, Sivasatyan 0 - 1 Smith, Mark
2 Patel, Krrish 1 - 0 Vernon, Colin
3 Evans, Daniel 0 - 1 Hayles, Robin
4 Jayakumar, Bharath ½ - ½ Wootton, Stephen
Played 5 Apr   1½ - 2½ Round 6
Board East Kilbride Rovers Score Worcester Wolfpack
1 Dunn, Jeff 0 - 1 Smith, Mark
2 Roul, Tushar 1 - 0 Collett, Ray A
3 Roul, Karan 0 - 1 Vernon, Colin G
4 Verma, Abhi 1 - 0 Hayles, Robin
Played 22 Mar   2 - 2 Round 5
Board Worcester Wolfpack  Score Beckenham
1 Smith, Mark 1 - 0 Madden, Steve
2 Collett, Ray A 1 - 0 Padovan, Rodolfo
3 Vernon, Colin G 0 - 1 Newman, Martin E
4 Hayles, Robin 0 - 1 Farahmandpour, Ehsan
Played 8 Mar   2 - 2 Round 4
Board Worcester Wolfpack Score Cork B
1 Smith, Mark 0 - 1 O'Connor, David
2 Vernon, Colin G 1 - 0 Shindgi, Sumanth
3 Hayles, Robin 1 - 0 Ranade, Akshay
4 Shaw, Tony 1 - 0 O'Callaghan, Cian
Played 22 Feb   3 - 1 Round 3
Board Dundee City E Score Worcester Wolfpack
1 Vijayakumar, Rishi 0 - 1 Smith, Mark
2 Robertson, John ½ - ½ Vernon, Colin G
3 Banerjee, Subhayu ½ - ½ Hayles, Robin
4 Murray, Euan ½ - ½ Wootton, Stephen G
Played 8 Feb   1½ - 2½ Round 2
Board Charlton Cobras C Score Worcester Wolfpack

8 Feb

Team defaulted 0-4 Round 1

Worcester All Stars in Worcestershire Chess League
Nick Harris Memorial Match

Worc Chess League: Nick Harris Memorial Match. Captain Ray Collett
Board Worcester All Stars Score Stourbridge All Stars
1 Stephen Mellor 1 - 0 Brian Turner
2 Phil Austin 0 - 1 Julie Wilson
3 Robin Hayles 1 - 0 Paul Sharratt
4 Phil Smith 0 - 1 Hossam Aboushady
5 John Hesketh 0 - 1 John Varilone
  Thu 16 Sep at home 2 - 3  

 

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Memorial match Div 1 City team Div 2 Worcester & Droitwich team 4NCL Div 5 Worcester Wolfpack