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
-
|
|
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 |
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