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updated 2.8.00

NATIONAL CLUB 1999-2000

These results are complete. Only five SCCU winners. Finals with SCCU involvement are given in full where possible.

Seventeen matches, out of 123 or thereabouts, have been defaulted. Including one Final. We've counted one match twice because both sides defaulted it. (It was round 1, and they both went on to play in the Plate. One of them won its first match in the Plate, then defaulted again. The other one won the championship, and actually had to play two matches out of four.)
     Three clubs have defaulted in two different divisions.

Prize fund next year is increased to more than £2800 (top prize £400).
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OPEN
Only ten entries (12 last year).
Round 1 (seeded teams underlined): Charlton 1 5 Ilford; Grimsby ½ 5½ Bedford; Hastings & St Leonards 3 3 *Maidstone (bd ct); The Hen and Chickens (still don’t know who they are, though two or three people have told us) 5½ ½ Hounslow; Wood Green 4 2 Mushrooms.
Quarter-finals (by 27th February): Bedford 3½ 2½ The Hen and Chickens; rest byes.
Semi-finals (by 7th May): Bedford 2½ 3½ Wood Green; Maidstone* 3 3 Ilford (bd count)
Final at Wanstead 9.7.00: Wood Green 4 2 Maidstone
PLATE
Quarter-finals Mushrooms* 2½ 2½ Charlton (bd 6 double-defaulted); rest byes.
Semi-finals: Grimsby scr w/o Hounslow; Mushrooms* 3 3 Hastings & St Leonards (bd ct).
Final at Wanstead 9.7.00: Hounslow 2½ 3½ Mushrooms


OPEN FINAL

 

Wood Green

9.7.00

Maidstone

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6

Jon Levitt 226 (W)
Paul Littlewood 217
Malcolm Pein 225
Peter Sowray 219
Graham Lee 212
Andrew Law 208

½    ½
½    ½
½    ½
1    0
1    0
½    ½

Neil McDonald 230
Cliff R Chandler 219
Ian R Watson 212
Chris M Cooley 196
Chris I Howell 192
Lyndon R Gurr 181

     (Wanstead House)

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OPEN PLATE FINAL

 

Hounslow

9.7.00

Mushrooms

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6

C Blackwell
Jonathan A Tuck 180
SD Chaudhury 161
David J White 148
LHJ Fincham 150
P Bell 145

½    ½
½    ½
½    ½
0    1
1    0
0    1

Tim W Pelling 205 (B)
Michael Prizant
William A Linton 188
Ronald A Harris 184
David G Smith 184
David R Sedgwick 171

     (Wanstead House)

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MAJOR U175
15 entries (18 last year).
Round 1 (by 12th December): Cosham 0 5 Guildford; Maidstone 2 3 The Holt; Aylesbury 4½ ½ Northampton; Rainham* (bd ct) 2½ 2½ Wanstead & Woodford; Southampton 3 2 Southbourne; Warley Quinborne 2 3 Ashfield; Kings Head 2 3 Milton Keynes. Bye: Hastings & St Leonards.
Quarter-finals (by 27th February): Ashfield 2 3 Milton Keynes; Guildford 2½ 2½ *Hastings & St Leonards; Rainham 1½ 3½ Aylesbury; Southampton 3½ 1½ The Holt
Semi-finals (by 7th May): Hastings & St Leonards 1½ 3½ Southampton; Milton Keynes 1½ 3½ Aylesbury (Aylesbury outgraded throughout).
Final at Wanstead 9.7.00: Southampton 3 2 Aylesbury
PLATE
Quarter-finals: Northampton w/o scr Warley Quinborne; Southbourne w/o scr Kings Head; Wanstead & Woodford 3 2 Maidstone. Bye: Cosham
Semi-finals: Northampton ½ 4½ Wanstead & Woodford; Southbourne 3½ 1½ Cosham.
Final at Wanstead 9.7.00: Wanstead & Woodford 3 2 Southbourne


MAJOR FINAL

 

Southampton

9.7.00

Aylesbury

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5

DW Bell 171 (B)
P John Patience 163
Fraser N McLeod 154
Richard D Perrin 149
Brian L Otway 147

1    0
1    0
½    ½
0    1
½    ½

Kieran JC Bush
AP George 165
BD Shipley 162
Chris G Hansell 147
Nick J Butland

    (Wanstead House)

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MAJOR PLATE FINAL

 

Wanstead & Woodford

9.7.00

Southbourne

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5

Ian D Hunnable 164 (W)
Ian P Stables 161
Paul R Barclay 156
George McNally 147
Julian Winkworth 127

0    1
½    ½
1    0
½    ½
1    0

Chris B Jenks 167
RM Pegg 169
DA Balfour 166
Leonard J Laker 163
JF Catchpole 154

    (Wanstead House)

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INTERMEDIATE U150
24 entries (26 last year).
Round 1 (by 13th December): Bourne End* (bd ct) 2½ 2½ Aylesbury; Cardiff 2 3 Basingstoke; Coulsdon & Purley 1½ 3½ Cosham; Great Lever 1½ 3½ Nuneaton; Grimsby 1½ 3½ Alwoodley; Hastings & St Leonards w/o scr Eastbourne; Kings Head 2 3 Hammersmith; Magdalen College School 2 3 Rose Forgrove; Thornbury 3 2 Cowley; Tunbridge Wells 2 3 Maidstone; Walsall Kipping* 2½ 2½ Prescot & Knotty Ash; Wood Green 3 2 Basildon.
Eighth-finals (by 21st February): Alwoodley 3 2 Walsall Kipping; Basingstoke 3 2 Wood Green; Hammersmith 3½ 1½ Hastings & St Leonards; Maidstone 5 0 Bourne End; rest byes.
Quarter-finals (by 16th April): Basingstoke 2 3 Maidstone; Cosham 3½ 1½ Hammersmith; Nuneaton 3 2 Thornbury; Rose Forgrove 2½ 2½ *Alwoodley (elimination)
Semi-finals : Alwoodley 1½ 3½ Nuneaton; Maidstone 4½ ½ Cosham
Final at Syston 9.7.00: Nuneaton 3 2 Maidstone
PLATE
Eighth-finals: Cowley 3½ 1½ Cardiff; Prescott & Knotty Ash w/o scr Grimsby. Byes: Aylesbury, Basildon, Coulsdon & Purley, Great Lever, Kings Head, Tunbridge Wells.
Quarter-finals: Aylesbury 3½ 1½ Prescot & Knotty Ash; Basildon scr w/o Tunbridge Wells; Coulsdon & Purley w/o scr Kings Head; Cowley scr w/o Great Lever
Semi-finals: Great Lever 3 2 Aylesbury; Tunbridge Wells 1½ 3½ Coulsdon & Purley
Final at Syston 9.7.00: Coulsdon & Purley 1½ 3½ Great Lever

INTERMEDIATE FINAL

 

Nuneaton

9.7.00

Maidstone

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5

R Musson ?139
Li Wu
M Maher 145
P Mortimer 135
M Hall

1    0
½    ½
½    ½
½    ½
½    ½

AM Stille 146
RE Lane 146
B Beavis 146
SC Howell 141
A Habibi 137

     (Syston CC)

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INTERMEDIATE PLATE FINAL

 

Coulsdon & Purley

9.7.00

Great Lever

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5

D Cork 134
Michael Jones 126
Stuart Hamilton 89
A Stoner 123
Scott Freeman 94

0    1
0    1
0    1
1    0
½    ½

C Jardine 146
J Lonsdale 140
NMS Barnaby ?126
M Sanderson 135
MI Connor 125

     (Syston CC)

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MINOR U125
20 entries (28 last year)
Round 1 Syston scr scr Rose Forgrove; Blackburn Crusaders 2 3 Tamworth; Yorkshire Copperworks w/o scr Rotherham Juniors; Kings Head 2½ 2½ *Ashfield; Totnes 1 4 Southbourne; Whitstable 3½ 1½ Waltham Forest; Hesperides 1 4 Hastings & St Leonards; Tunbridge Wells 2 3 Phoenix; Met Office (Berks) 4 1 Hampstead; Basingstoke 3½ 1½ Eastbourne
Eighth-final (by 5th March): Tamworth 3 2 Yorkshire Copperworks
Quarter-finals (by 24th April): Ashfield 2 3 Tamworth; Southbourne 2½ 2½ *Basingstoke; Hastings & St Leonards 1 4 Whitstable; Phoenix 3 2 Met Office
Semi-finals (by 25th June): Tamworth 1½ 3½ Basingstoke; Whitstable 3 2 Phoenix
Final at Basingstoke 9.7.00: Basingstoke 4 1 Whitstable
PLATE
Eighth-finals: Rose Forgrove 3½ 1½ Blackburn Crusaders; Rotherham Juniors 1 4 Syston
Quarter-finals: Rose Forgrove w/o scr Kings Head; Syston scr w/o Hesperides; Hampstead 1½ 3½ Tunbridge Wells; Eastbourne 3 2 Totnes
Semi-finals: Hesperides 1 4 Rose Forgrove; Tunbridge Wells 2 3 Eastbourne
Final Rose Forgrove w/o scr Eastbourne (Tunbridge Wells won't be pleased)

MINOR FINAL

 

Basingstoke

9.7.00

Whitstable

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5

Oliver Coddington 124
Frank Bonsey 123
John Shaddick 115
Trevor Talbot 111
Oliver Payne 106

1    0
0    1
1    0
1    0
1    0

Ivor C Smith 118
Malcolm Snashall 118
Neil Lister 116
Raymond Gosden 111
Tony Hargreaves 115

     (Basingstoke)

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UNDER 100
10 entries (11 last year).
Round 1 (by 16th January): South Hams 4 1 Basingstoke; Magdalen College School Oxford* (elimination) 2½ 2½ Coulsdon & Purley; Uppingham School 1 4 St Mary’s (Cannock); Syston 1½ 3½ Rotherham Juniors; Godalming 1½ 3½ Ashtead.
Quarter-finals (by 19th March): Ashtead 1 4 Magdalen College School; rest byes.
Semi-finals (by 21st May): Magdalen College School 4 1 South Hams; Rotherham Juniors 4 1 St Marys.
Final at Syston 9.7.00: Magdalen College School 3 2 Rotherham Juniors
PLATE
Quarter-finals: Coulsdon & Purley w/o scr Godalming; rest byes.
Semi-finals: Basingstoke 4 1 Coulsdon & Purley; Uppingham School 1½ 3½ Syston.
Final at Syston 9.7.00: Syston 2 3 Basingstoke

U100 FINAL

 

Magdalen College School

9.7.00

Rotherham Juniors

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5

Daniel Lappage 42
Nicholas Cowan 98
James Baker 70
Thomas Murray 93
Andrew Logan 80

½    ½
½    ½
1    0
1    0
0    1

Christopher Wing 55
Nathaniel Holroyd-Doveton
Mithum Chakravorty
Prassun Chakravorty
Gavin Miller

     (Syston CC)

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HANDICAP RAPIDPLAY
13 entries (19 last year).
     Grading Stronger  
     difference team needs  
       6 - 15 4½  
     16 - 25 5  
     26 - 35 5½  
     36 - 45 6  
     46+ 6½  
The average grades quoted always seem to be whole numbers. However, the difference is calculated before any rounding is done. The difference is then rounded, and halves go up.

Round 1 White Swan (180) 8 0 Poulton le Fylde (143); Bolton (167) 7 1 Syston; Cardiff (183) 5½ 2½ Slough (173); Mushrooms (189) 7 1 Basildon (129); Bedford (203) 4½ 3½ *Cowley (176); Guildford (174) 4½ 3½ Crawley (176); Milton Keynes bye
Quarter-finals (by 26th March): White Swan (180) 2 6 Bolton (190); Guildford* (163) 3½ 4½ Mushrooms (189); Cowley (176) 4½ 3½ Milton Keynes (179); Cardiff bye.
Semi-finals: Bolton (179) 3½ 4½ Cardiff (193); Guildford (167) 3½ 4½ Cowley (167)
Final at Syston 9.7.00: Cardiff (183) 5½ 2½ Cowley (167). No details.
PLATE
Quarter-finals: Syston w/o scr Bedford; Basildon w/o scr Slough; Crawley and Poulton le Fylde byes.
Semi-finals: Poulton le Fylde (123) 6 2 Syston (105); Crawley (172) 6 2 Basildon (128).
Final: Crawley (194) 7 1 Poulton le Fylde (128). No details. Result received 2.8.00, and we gather from a third party that they'd only just played it. Don't know whether this was with the Controller's permission.

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Historical notes

National Club entry deadine was 11th October ("entries will not be accepted after that date"). Somewhere around the 19th, when the pairings were already out in the Open and Major, a decision was made at the top to extend it to 1st November. We understand that some of the prizes had also been increased. We got part of this from the U100 Controller, Mike McNaughton, and put it on the site at his request; and the rest of it came at second hand in an email from someone who’d seen that. The Director confirmed it when we asked. The BCF Website subsequently carried notice of the U100 extension. Where the rest of it was advertised, or how many fresh entries came in, we don’t know.

Message from the Director of Home Chess and the National Club Controller
26.3.00
If two clubs wish to make their own arrangements for the Final they are at liberty to do so, provided that they play not later than the 9th July and that a suitable person is present as an arbiter. We would only ask that the clubs inform the National Club Controller in advance. We shall send out cheques for the prize money within 24 hours of receiving a written result sheet.
     If clubs wish to use Syston, they are welcome. We have booked the hall to ensure the venue is available. This is in the interests of reducing costs to all concerned.
     We are actively seeking sponsorship with a view to doubling the existing prize fund next season without any increase in entry fees.
Cyril Johnson: Director of Home Chess
George Thirlaway Thirl@aol.com: National Club Controller

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