2023-4 Midlands County
Team Championships

Last updated 18 February 2024

Fixtures and results 2023-4 Season

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Midlands Counties Team Championship 2023-4
Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Sat 2 Dec	Worcestershire	7 - 9	Lincolnshire
Midlands u1850 Counties Team Championship 2022-3
Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Sat 17 Feb	Lincolnshire	8* - 8	Staffordshire
Midlands u1650 Counties Team Championship 2022-3
Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Sat 20 Jan	Lincolnshire	9½ - 6½	Worcestershire
Midlands u1450 Counties Team Championship 2022-3
Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Sat 21 Oct	Staffordshire	7 - 1	Worcestershire

 

Match for the u1850 Midlands County Team Championship

Played on 17 February at St Hilda’s East Goscote, Leics. Lincolnshire players had the white pieces on odd-numbered boards. Licolnshire won on board count.

 

Board	Rating	Lincolnshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire CA C	Rating
1	1838	Georgiou, Denis	½	½	Wojtas, Stanislaw	1796
2	1798	Kok, Herman FF	1	0	Hyde, Railton W	1738
3	1723	Wollerton, Grenville	½	½	Sawyer, Ray	1668
4	1680	Bull, Dave	½	½	McNulty, Kenneth J	1711
5	1724	McDonald, Ian	1	0	Gissi, Alberto	1658
6	1607	Poama-Covaci, Iulia	½	½	Kimberley, Bill	1793
7	0000	Fray, Gregory	0	1	Blackburn, Jon EW	1649
8	0000	Ashcroft, Ben	½	½	Hoare, Michael WA	1609
9	1648	Orr, William	1	0	Emmerton, Stephen J	1564
10	1596	Anbalagan, Amanthika	½	½	Blackburn, Sandra G	1611
11	1617	Arthurton, Robert J	½	½	Meakin, Anthony R	1537
12	1554	Howard, Jac	0	1	Fancourt, Leslie J	1513
13	1554	Sherlock, Peter G	1	0	Barker, David J	1507
14	1484	Watson, Andrew T	0	1	Sawyer, Joshua	1341
15	0000	Housego, John	½	½	Andrews, Michael D	1426
16	1465	Williams, Glyn G	0	1	Evans, Peter FK	1396
		Totals	8*	8

 

Match for the u1650 Midlands County Team Championship

Played on 20 January 2024 at St Hilda’s, East Goscote, Leics. Lincolnshire players had white pieces on odd-numbered boards. Match reported by Peter Sherlock.

 

Board	Rating	Lincolnshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Rating
1	1562	Fray, Gregory	0	1	Varilone, John F	1610
2	1648	Orr, William	½	½	Horwill, Eric	1637
3	1596	Anbalagan, Amanthika	1	0	Lee, Chris	1629
4	1635	Nelder, Alan J	1	0	Barton, Luke	1543
5	1617	Arthurton, Robert J	½	½	Allsopp, James	1530
6	1554	Sherlock, Peter G	½	½	Truscott, Ian M	1612
7	1554	Howard, Jac	1	0	Kirkland, Arnold G	1571
8	1484	Watson, Andrew T	1	0	Stanton, T Giles	1541
9	1463	Housego, John	0	1	Cleak, David	1509
10	1441	Pocock, John	1	0	Carter, Robert (Bob)	1490
11	1465	Williams, Glyn G	½	½	Alcock, Steve	1479
12	1410	Cumbers, Christopher	0	1	Berry, Simon	1475
13	1375	Gill, Tony	0	1	Loynes, John H	1400
14	1810	Ashcroft, Ben	1	0	Pountney, Terrance	1400
15	1272	Golding, Jason	½	½	Griffiths, Aiden	1352
16	1161	Barker, Vincent	1	0	Downie, Daniel	1490
		Totals	9½	6½

 

Match for the Midlands County Team Championship

Played on 2 December 2023 at a neutral venue: Sharnford Evergreen Hall, Sharnford, Leics. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by Nigel Birtwistle.

 

Board	Ref	Rating	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Lincolnshire	Ref	Rating
1	305272C	2364	WGM Katarzyna Toma	1	0	Craig Whitfield	240308A	2284
2	259244L	2076	Dan Lambourne	½	½	Paul Cumbers	103734B	2255
3	109427A	2076	Lee Davis	½	½	Jason Dilley	109693H	2189
4	110076C	2055	John Edge	0	1	Steve Prior	263507A	2184
5	275633L	2040	Joseph Friar	½	½	Nigel Birtwistle	106801F	2147
6	127645B	2022	Peter Kitson	0	1	Nick Stead	112269H	2145
7	127123E	1972	John Wrench	½	½	Joe Kilshaw	185511D	2062
8	120670K	1950	Brian Turner	½	½	David Coates	221105G	2031
9	182425K	1881	Gavin Cartwright	1	0	Alex Royle	311048F	2009
10	306497K	1879	Joe Rastall	½	½	Robert K Taylor	120174J	1895
11	127046B	1793	Stephen Woodhouse	0	1	Graham Ladds	113979C	1877
12	104371H	1758	Philip Maddocks	1	0	Eric Gibbon	142364C	1865
13	303821L	1741	David Waud	½	½	Andy Hebert	190995H	1852
14	105816C	1711	Roger Aris	½	½	Denis Georgiou	111157H	1844
15	248737J	1708	Tony Shaw	0	1	Stuart MacDonald	277721G	1808
16	104355K	1690	Kieran Lappin	0	1	Chris Holt	112012A	1790
			Totals	7	9

 

Match for the Midlands u1450-championship

Played on 12 October 2023 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Bridge Club, Staffs. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by Stephen Smithson. Captains agreed to play an eight-board match.  

 

Board	Rating ref	Rating	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Rating ref	Rating
1	128860L	1396	Peter Evans	1	0	Terry Pountney	183529E	1396
2	143878F	1390	David Stuart	1	0	default	-	-
3	350240F	1384	Rhys Morgan	0	1	Aiden Griffiths	349374L	1345
4	266660B	1374	Gary Wickett	1	0	Andy Tipper	320637D	1345
5	314131H	1355	Stephen Smithson	1	0	Paul Serafini	259363E	1100
6	322842D	1344	Josh Sawyer	1	0	Daniel Pulley	360109C	1350
7	307450L	1298	Martin Chadwick	1	0	Jonah Brown	352190E	747
8	319214D	1117	Maurizio Baravalle	1	0	Luke Elsden	TBA	600
			Totals	7	1