Staffordshire County Tournaments 2005/6

Hickman tournament

This is a knockout tournament for teams of 6 players, with no grading limit. Four clubs took part. The results are

	SEMI- FINALS:
	Walsall Kipping		v		Lichfield
193	D Anderton	½		½	P Wallace	197
185	D Wheeler	½		½	M Staples
179	J Bellin	1		0	P Collins	160
161	M Wheeler	1		0	M Maher	140
143	D Pritchard	½		½	A Grant	135
150	D Whitmore	1		0	P Griffiths	131
		4½	-	1½
	Cheddleton & Leek		v		Stafford
	Result	DEF	-	6

	FINAL:
	Stafford		v		Walsall Kipping
207	Lawrence Cooper	½		½	David Anderton	193
189	Lee Grinsell	½		½	Darren Wheeler	185
178	Gerald Acey	0		1	Jana Bellin	179
152	Roger Butters	1		0	David Pritchard	143
148	Stephane Pedder	1		0	Darren Whitmore	150
137	Andrew Leadbetter	1		0	Bill Rea	134
		4	-	2

Congratulations to Stafford, winners of the 2005/6 Hickman trophy.

Jackson tournament

This is a knockout tournament for teams of 5 players, with players graded 120 or less. Five clubs took part. The results are:

	PRELIMINARY:
	Boldmere St Michael		v		Bushbury
116	M Phipps	0 *		1 *	A Schroeder	125
109	J Lakin	1		0	R Brodie	97
106	M Harrington	1		0	A Colabella	84
92	B Dixon	0		1	P Scott	87
90	E Goodby	0		1	D Buckley	75
	Result	3		2

* - Bushbury were penalised for fielding a player outside the grading limit.

	SEMI-FINALS:
	Creda		v		Lichfield
118	C Bradbury	½		½	A Giles	120
116	J Donaldson	½		½	M Cooper	110
102	S Gregory	0		1	Y Slobodynk	110
87	J Newton	½		½	D Short	93
87	P Woodward	1		0	A Hall	83
	** Result	2½		2½
	Boldmere St Michael		v		Rushall
116	M Phipps	½		½	P Leary	118
109	J Lakin	1		0	S Colwell	117
106	M Harrington	1		0	S Cooksey	100
105	P Jones	½		½	S Allen	94
92	B Dixon	1		0	G Sanders	83
	Result	4		1

** - Lichfield beat Creda on board count.

	FINAL:
	Boldmere St Michael		v		Lichfield
116	Malcolm Phipps	0		1	Alan Giles	120
109	John Lakin	0		1	Arthur Kent	117
106	Mike Harrington	1		0	Mel Cooper	110
105	Phill Jones	1		0	Yuri Slobodynk	110
92	Bill Dixon	½		½	Arthur Hall	83
	*** Result	2½		2½

*** - Lichfield beat Boldmere on board count

Congratulations to Lichfield, winners of the 2005/6 Jackson trophy.

Gothard tournament

This is a knockout tournament for teams of 5 players, graded 150 or under. The results are:

	PRELIMINARY:
	Lichfield		v		Warley Quinborne
	J Marriott				J Fahey	131
134	R Farmery				J Hadi	129
137	B Homewood				A Burnett	127
110	M Cooper				J Turner
	N Marriott				W Rawlings	117
	Result	3		2

	SEMI-FINAL:
	Cheddleton & Leek		v		Boldmere St Michael
133	Roger J Edwards	½		½	Joseph Fagan	139
131	Roberto Moruzzi	0		1	Keith Thomas	132
145	Simon R Edwards	1		0	Alex D Wilson	135
119	John F Harvey	1		Def	DEFAULT
116	Vlade V Luzajic	½		½	Michael A Biddle	127
	Result	3		2
	Rushall				Lichfield
	Result	5		Def	DEFAULT

	FINAL:
	Cheddleton & Leek		v		Rushall
147	W Armstrong	0		1	John Staniforth	140
145	S Edwards	½		½	Trevor Owen	129
134	R Edwards	½		½	Steve Wilcox	131
136	P Birks	0		1	Peter Leary	118
130	R Moruzzi	1		0	Peter Broomhall	104
	Result	2		3

Congratulations to Rushall, winners of the 2005/6 Gothard trophy.

Withnall tournament

This is a knockout tournament for teams of 5 players, graded 100 or under. Nine clubs took part. Results are:

	NORTH:
	Creda		v		Stafford
99	M Andrews	1		0	D Nesbit	96
87	J Newton	1		0	R Gogerty	93
87	P Woodward	0		1	P Evans	91
	E Burick	0		1	F Hill
	M Judd	1		0	G Argent	70
	Result	3	-	2
	Cheddleton & Leek		v		Fenton
92	Alan Millward	1		0	Stuart Hull	91
95	Megan Moruzzi	0		1	Geoff Yates	92
87	David Hallen	½		½	Roy Hammersley	74
93	Peter Tomczak	0		1	Peter Tideswell	67
76	Matthew Wyza	½		½	Carl Mustafa	52
	Result	2	-	3

	SOUTH:
	Rushall		v		Walsall Kipping
100	S Cooksey	½		½	Doreen Anderton	92
94	S Allen	1		0	A Shrimpton	88
83	G Sanders	0		1	C Billings	87
Ug	B Patel	1		0	P Nixon	92
52	Ravi Patel	0		1	K Moore	86
	* Result	2½	-	2½
	Lichfield		v		Boldmere St Michael
93	D Short	½		½	R Tuckley	97
83	A Hall	1		0	G Smith	92
85	C Brown	½		½	E Goodby	90
	Roy Smith	0		1	A Johnson	84
	Richard Smith	½		½	S Wood	81
	** Result	2½	-	2½
	Bushbury				Bye

* - Rushall won on board count.
** - Lichfield won on board count.

	SEMI-FINALS:
	Fenton		v		Creda
91	S Hull	1		0	J Newton	87
99	R Tunstall	½		½	P Woodward	87
	N Davies	½		½	E Burke	66
	K Kabari	1		0	M Judd
67	P Tideswell	1		0	T Cooling	62
	Result	4	-	1
	Rushall				Lichfield
100	S Cooksey	1		0	D Short	93
95	D Bell	½		½	A Hall	83
88	R Bates	1		0	C Brown	85
Ug	B Patel	1		0	I McLaughlin	85
	N Patel	1		0	S Andrews	55
	Result	4½	-	½
	Bushbury				Rushall
97	R Brodie	0		1	S Cooksey	100
80	S Jones	½		½	P Turner	76
87	P Scott	0		1	B Patel	Ug
	FT Burgess	1		0	J Hennion	66
73	D Keates	0		1	Ravi Patel	52
	Result	1½	-	3½

	FINAL:
	Fenton		v		Rushall
92	Geoff Yates	0		1	Shane Cooksey	100
99	Richard Tunstall	0		1	Syd Allen	94
91	Stuart Hull	1		0	Bimal Patel	Ug
Ug	Kamal Kabiri	1		0	Josh Hennion	66
67	Peter Tideswell	0		1	Ravi Patel	52
	Result	2	-	3

Congratulations to Fenton, winners of the 2005/6 Withnall trophy.