2023-4 Midlands County
Team Championships

Last updated 9 December 2024

Fixtures and results 2024-5 Season

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Midlands Counties Team Championship 2024-5
Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Sat 19 Oct 2024	Worcestershire	7 - 5	Staffordshire
Sat 18 Jan 2025	Staffordshire		Lincolnshire
Midlands u1650 Counties Team Championship 2024-5
Date	Home team	Score	Away team
Sat 5 Oct 2024	Warwickshire	6½ - 5½	Staffordshire
Sat 19 Oct 2024	Lincolnshire	P - P	Derbyshire
Sat 23 Nov 2024	Staffordshire	6 - 6	Worcestershire
Sat 30 Nov 2024	Warwickshire	5½ - 6½	Lincolnshire
Sat 7 Dec 2024	Worcestershire	P - P	Warwickshire
Sat 7 Dec 2024 (TBC)	Staffordshire		Derbyshire
Sat 18 Jan 2025	Lincolnshire		Staffordshire
Sat 18 Jan 2025 (TBC)	Derbyshire		Worcestershire
Sat 8 Feb 2025 (TBC)	Derbyshire		Warwickshire
Sat 15 Feb 2025	Worcestershire		Lincolnshire

 

Matches for the Midlands County Team Championship

Worcestershire - Staffordshire

Sat Played 19 Oct at Methodist Church Hall, Droitwich, Worcs. Worcestershire players had white on odd numbered boards. Although Worcestershire took an early lead, the match was drawn

Board	Ref	Rating	Worcestershire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Rating	Ref
1	275633L	2125	Friar, Joseph	1	0	Smith, Andrew	2162	241608G
2	127645B	2031	Kitson, Peter	1	0	Fernando, Vinod	2091	367173C
3	120670K	1950	Turner, Brian	0	1	Mesesan, Mircea	2006	326328K
4	303138L	1933	Walsh, Marcus	½	½	Gaskell, Stephen	1962	344191L
5	306497K	1930	Rastall, Joe	1	0	Bull, Phil	1874	230857F
6	139005D	1925	Clarke, Ian	0	1	Gandhi, Manish	1841	350241H
7	182425K	1918	Cartwright, Gavin	0	1	Varbanov, Varban	1794	349488D
8	360266H	1876	Attwell, Ben	½	½	Sawyer, Ray	1742	319212L
9	360593A	1870	Higgs, Ed	0	1	Taylor, Andrew	1718	346665G
10	165392B	1847	Towers, Nigel	1	0	Hoare, Mike	1641	112760D
11	364353A	1812	Luca, Dorin	1	0	Kimberley, Bill	1613	351652A
12	108621C	1806	Collett, Ray	1	0	Hadley, James	1340	365314G
			Totals	7	5

 

Matches for the u1650 Midlands County Team Championship

Warwickshire u1650 - Lincolnshire u1650

Played on 30 Nov at St Hilda’s Church, East Goscote, Leicestershire. Warwickshire players had the white pieces on odd-numbered boards. Boards 11 and 12 were reserved for u1450 players.

 

Board	Rating	Warwickshire	Score	Score	Lincolnshire	Rating
1	1537 (1584)	Asbury, Jon A	0	1	Nelder, Alan J	1645 (1681)
2	1536 (1564)	Morris, Nigel W	0	1	Egan, William J	1598 (1639)
3	1535 (1552)	Stiff, Peter	½	½	Ashcroft, Ben	1590 (1581)
4	1546 (1557)	Cotterell, David M	1	0	Robinson, Craig	1573 (1574)
5	1527 (1516)	Weaver, Simon	0	1	Neal, Freddie	1539 (1583)
6	1380 (1498)	Bangalore Kumar, Rohith	0	1	Bertins, Tom	1572 (1555)
7	1522 (1475)	Warden, Mike	0	1	Sherlock, Peter G	1552 (1555)
8	1507 (1489)	Kornilovich, Gregory	1	0	Moseley-Hutchinson, Jack	1536 (1525)
9	1476 (1470)	Bloxham, Spike	½	½	Housego, John	1461 (1475)
10	1472 (1437)	Khunda, Deema	½	½	Fischer, Paul	1471 (1472)
11	1392 (1406)	Grimes, Adrian	1	0	Golding, Jason	1377 (1342)
12	1254 (1252)	Payne, Simon L	1	0	McKenna, Luke	1184 (1202)
		Totals	5½	6½

 

Staffordshire u1650 - Worcestershire u1650

Worcestershire u1650 travelled to Acton Trussell Community Centre, Stafford for their away fixture on a stormy 23 November. Staffordshire had white on odd numbered boards. Boards 11 and 12 were reserved for players rated under 1450.

 

Board	Ref	Rating	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Ref	Rating
1	166595K	1645	Rosser, Geofrey C	0	1	Varilone, John	178102K	1629
2	178103A	1628	Blackburn, Jon EW	1	0	Nicholls, Alex	369479D	1590P
3	297490D	1638	Gissi, Alberto	½	½	Horwill, Eric	113026C	1585
4	266803J	1590	Emmerton, Steve	½	½	Lee, Chris	240704J	1569
5	133519E	1587	Fancourt, Leslie	½	½	Wilkes, Brandon	364048G	1536
6	351652A	1579	Kimberley, Bill	1	0	Serafini, Paul	259363E	1536
7	178127D	1562	Blackburn, Sandra G	½	½	Stanton, Giles	172186A	1531
8	341740C	1561	Jones, Daniel	0	1	Cleak, David	295458J	1531
9	316768K	1483	Sohi, Aarav	½	½	Kirkland, Arnold	128994K	1516
10	281856F	1459	Barker, David J	½	½	Adams, Che	361508L	1508
11	361314J	1425	Fletcher, Malcolm	1	0	Loynes, John	185413G	1448
12	351575J	1382	Chacko, Albert	0	1	Griffiths, Aiden	349374L	1418
			Totals	6	6

 

Warwickshire u1650 - Staffordshire u1650

The match was played on Sat 5 October at Coleshill Social Club, Coleshill, Warks. Warwickshire players had white on odd numbered boards. Boards 11 and 12 were reserved for players rated under 1450.

 

Board	Ref	Rating	Warwickshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Rating	Ref
1	194407B	1545	David Cotterell	½	½	Tony Brothwood	1625	349666B
2	274807B	1542	Peter Stiff	½	½	Bill Kimberley	1624	351652A
3	121268A	1527	Simon Weaver	½	½	Chris Cox	1607	295887K
4	105876K	1524	Jon Asbury	1	0	Glen Clouds	1578	356190C
5	111919K	1494	John Hall	½	½	Steve Emmerton	1574	266803J
6	172199K	1490	Mike Warden	0	1	Leslie Fancourt	1571	133519E
7	342422E	1474	Matt McHugh	½	½	Anthony Meakin	1522	104387A
8	431864K	1452	Deema Khunda	½	½	Daniel Jones	1493	341740C
9	356570B	1440	Spike Bloxam	1	0	Peter Evans	1405	128860L
10	360189E	1438	Brij Chabra	0	1	Martin Chadwick	1260	307450L
11	350468C	1403	Rohith Bangalore Kumar	1	0	Roger Coleman	1241	315151J
12	309351H	1254	Simon Payne	½	½	Robert Perry	1205	222687L
			Totals	6½	5½