Wednesday 30 April, 2008
at Stafford Chess Club.

	Cheddleton & Leek				Stafford
195	Robert Shaw	0	-	1	Lawrence Cooper	206
192	Alan Smith	½	-	½	Lee Grinsell	177
179	David E Buxton	0	-	1	Gerald Acey	180
179	Jason P McKenna	½	-	½	Malcolm Armstrong	174
159	Martin Olsson	½	-	½	Alex Richardson	176
148	Simon Edwards	1	-	0	Roger Butters	138
	SCORE	2½	-	3½

Wednesday 30 April, 2008
at Stafford Chess Club.

	Bushbury				Lichfield
118	Alf Schroeder	0	-	1	Brian Homewood	120
111	Stephen Harris	1	-	0	Gary Monks	116
101	John Button	0	-	1	Yuri Slobodynk	111
99	Dave Molineux	½	-	½	Mel Cooper	99
95	Robert Brodie	0	-	1	Arthur Hall	90
	SCORE	1½		3½

(6 players, no grading limit)
First round: - To be played by Saturday 15 March, 2008.

Lichfield	2½	-	3½	Stafford
Cheddleton & Leek	3½	-	2½	Walsall Kipping

(5 players, graded 120 or under)
Semi-finals: - To be played by Saturday 29 March, 2008

Fenton	def	-	5	Bushbury
Lichfield	4	-	1	Rushall

First round results: (match details below)

(board count)	Bushbury	2½	-	2½	Boldmere
	Meir	1½	-	3½	Lichfield

Rushall and Fenton both had a bye into the next round.

Cheddleton & Leek v Walsall Kipping - played at Cheddleton

	Cheddleton & Leek			Walsall Kipping
195	Robert Shaw	0	1	Darren Wheeler	191
192	Alan Smith	½	½	Jana Bellin	180
179	Jason McKenna	1	0	David Pritchard	153
179	David Buxton	1	0	Mike Groombridge	129
148	Simon Edwards	0	1	Chris Bellin	128
155	William Armstrong	1	0	William Rea	123
	TOTAL	3½	2½

My thanks to Gus Brain from Cheddleton for sending the details

Lichfield v Stafford - played at Lichfield

	Lichfield			Stafford
197	Paul Wallace	0	1	Lawrence Cooper	206
185	Maurice Staples	½	½	Alex Richardson	176
160	Pete Collins	½	½	Malcolm Armstrong	174
162	John Keaveney	½	½	Stephane Pedder	138
144	Mike Maher	½	½	Andrew Leadbetter	126
140	John Smith	½	½	Dusan Grujic	109
	TOTAL	2½	3½

Bushbury v Boldmere - played at Boldmere

	Bushbury			Boldmere
118	A Schroeder	½	½	Peter Loach	115
111	S Harris	1	0	Steve Cowands	105
102	J Button	1	0	John Lakin	100
99	D Molineux	0	1	Malcolm Phipps	96
95	R Brodie	0	1	Steve Fryer	Ug
	TOTAL	2½	2½

Bushbury won on board count

Lichfield v Rushall - played at Lichfield

	Lichfield			Rushall
111	Yuri Slobodynk	1	0	Ray Hancox	102
120	Brian Homewood	1	0	Shane Cooksey	106
115	John Marriott	1	0	Ray Dolan	Ung
99	Mel Cooper	0	1	Matthew Carr	82
90	Arthur Hall	1	0	Syd Allen	96
	TOTAL	4	1

Meir v Lichfield - played at Meir

	Meir			Lichfield
118	D Fuller	½	½	G Monks	116
114	C Ferry	0	1	J Marriott	115
109	T Healey	0	1	Y Slobodynk	111
103	J Donaldson	1	0	M Cooper	99
75	M Andrews	0	1	A Hall	90
	TOTAL	1½	3½

Wednesday 30 April, 2008
at Stafford Chess Club.

	Newcastle under Lyme				Boldmere St Michael
150	Alan Paling	½	-	½	John Mildenhall	149
146	Michael Roberts	0	-	1	Keith Thomas	141
139	Martyn Harris	½	-	½	Joe Fagan	129
136	Tim Stephens	½	-	½	Andy Lake	141
132	Diarmid Gibson	1	-	0	Alexander (Sandy) Wilson	128
	SCORE	2½	-	2½

Boldmere win on board-count.

Thursday 8 May, 2008
at Walsall Kipping Chess Club

	Bushbury				Boldmere St Michael
99	Dave Molineux	0	-	1	John Lakin	100
95	Robert Brodie	0	-	1	Alan Johnson	96
84	Tony Collabella	½	-	½	Eric Goodby	96
82	David Buckley	1	-	0	Malcolm Phipps	96
Ung	J Whitehead	1	-	0	Bill Dixon	89
	SCORE	2½		2½

Boldmere win on board-count.

(5 players, graded 150 or under)
Semi-finals: - To be played by Saturday 29 March, 2008

(Board count)	Newcastle	2½	-	2½	Stafford
	Boldmere	5	-	Def	Lichfield

First round results (match details below)

Stafford	4	-	1	Bushbury
Lichfield	3½	-	1½	Cheddleton

Boldmere and Newcastle both had a bye into the next round.

(5 players, graded 100 or under)
Semi-finals: - To be played by Saturday 15 March, 2008

Rushall	2	-	3	Bushbury
Boldmere	4	-	1	Fenton

First round results: (match details below)

Bushbury	3½	-	1½	Meir
Fenton	4½	-	½	Lichfield
Newcastle	1	-	4	Boldmere
Walsall	2½	-	2½	Rushall	(Board count)

Newcastle v Stafford

	Newcastle			Stafford
150	Alan Paling	½	½	Stephane Pedder	138
139	Martyn Harris	½	½	Manoj Arora	124
146	Michael Robert	1	0	Andrew Leadbetter	126
136	Tim Stevens	0	1	Kenneth McNulty	120
132	Diarmid Gibson	½	½	Guy DeVisme	79
	TOTAL	2½	2½

Newcastle win on board count.

My thanks to Martyn Harris from Newcastle for supplying details of the result.

Lichfield v Cheddleton - played at Lichfield

	Lichfield			Cheddleton
150	Graham H. Lamb	½	½	Simon R. Edwards	148
140	John Smith	½	½	Simon J. Crowley	Ung
144	Mike P. Maher	1	0	John Y. Yee	134
131	Alan Giles	1	0	Vaughan Smith	129
125	Andrew B. Grant	½	½	Vlade V. Luzajic	114
	TOTAL	3½	1½

My thanks to Gus Brain from Cheddleton for supplying details of the result.

Stafford v Bushbury - played at Stafford

	Stafford			Bushbury
140	Trevor Owen	½	½	J Staniforth	146
136	Stephane Pedder	½	½	R Parry	136
126	Andrew Leadbetter	1	0	J Button	102
120	Ken McNulty	1	0	D Molineux	99
Ung	Dusan Grujic	1	0	W Pinfold	Ung
	TOTAL	4	1

Boldmere v Fenton - played at Boldmere

	Boldmere			Fenton
100	J Lakin	1	0	G Yates	93
96	E Goodby	½	½	R Taylor	e99
96	M Phipps	½	½	C Mustafa	74
96	A Johnson	1	0	S Hull	79
89	B Dixon	1	0	P Tideswell	67
	TOTAL	4	1

Bushbury v Meir - played at Bushbury

	Bushbury			Meir
90	P O'Donoghue	1	0	E Burke	70
52	D Keates	0	1	R Rhodes	70
86	P Scott	1	0	T Cooling	69
Ung	J Whitehead	½	½	R Perry	61
Ung	W Pinfold	1	0	M Judd	47
	TOTAL	3½	1½

Fenton v Lichfield - played at Stafford

	Fenton			Lichfield
93	Geoff Yates	½	½	David Short	73
est 97	Richard Tunstall	1	0	Ian McLaughlin	70
est 85	Robert Taylor	1	0	Roy K Smith	54
74	Robert West	1	0	Stuart Andrews	35
66	Mark Whitby	1	0	Richard Smith	25
	TOTAL	4½	½

My thanks to Mark Whitby from Fenton, for supplying details of the result.

Newcastle v Boldmere - played at Newcastle

	Newcastle			Boldmere
97	G Lee	0	1	John Lakin	100
90	P Clapham	0	1	E Goodby	96
80	S Cooper	0	1	Malcolm Phipps	96
47	P Jones	½	½	Bill Dixon	89
Ung	R Mansell	½	½	Geoff Harman	77
	TOTAL	1	4

Rushall v Bushbury - played at Rushall

	Rushall			Bushbury
96	Syd Allen	½	½	D Molineux	99
Ung	Ray Dolan	½	½	R Brodie	95
82	Matthew Carr	1	0	A Colabella	84
Ung	D Jarvis	0	1	D Buckley	82
Ung	T Barker	0	1	J Whithead	Ung
	TOTAL	2	3

Walsall v Rushall - played at Walsall

	Walsall			Rushall
92	S Jones	0	1	Syd Allen	96
92	Mrs D Anderton	1	0	Ray Dolan	Ung
87	C Billings	0	1	Matthew Carr	82
83	K Moore	½	0	Peter Turner	86
83	P Nixon	1	0	Joseph Wilcox	Ung
	TOTAL	2½	2½

Rushall won on board count