Staffordshire County Tournaments 2008/9

Gothard Cup final

Played at Rushall chess club, Monday 27 April, 2009.

	Rushall			Warley Quinborne
147	A Pready	0	1	D Lee	140
142	J Staniforth	0	1	S Smith	136
123	K Hadley	1	0	A Burnett	131
124	S Wilcox	1	0	J Turner	129
123	C Styles	0	1	S Ralph	118
	TOTAL	2	3

John Fahy from Warley Quinborne tells me it was an exciting finish - going right down to the last few seconds of time control on the last board.

My thanks to Steve Wilcox from Rushall, and John Fahy, for sending me the details.

Withnall Trophy final

Match played at Stafford chess club, Thursday 30 April, 2009.

	Rushall			Fenton
97	Shane Cooksey	0	1	Steve Emmerton	94
94	Ray Dolan	1	0	Karl Walklate	Est 94
Est 90	Nigel Parker	1	0	Geoff Yates	79
77	Syd Allen	0	1	Stuart Hull	75
47	Peter Greenwood	0	1	Peter Tideswell	65
	TOTAL	2	3

Both clubs pass on their thanks to Stafford chess club for use of the venue for the the final.

Withnall trophy semi-finals

Warley Quinborne v Rushall

Played Thursday 26 March 2009.

	Warley Quinborne			Rushall
99	J Rourke	0	1	S Cooksey	97
97	J B Lewis	0	1	N Parker	est 90
84	P Woodward	1	0	D Jarvis	est 80
84	J Pakenham	1	0	S Allen	78
80	D Rowe	0	1	P Greenwood	47
	TOTAL	2	3

My thanks to Steve Wilcox for the match details.

Walsall Kipping v Fenton - played at Stafford

Played Wednesday 25 March 2009

	Walsall Kipping			Fenton
97	Mike Savin	½	½	Steve Emmerton	94
89	Peter Nixon	1	0	Richard Tunstall	92
84	Alan Shrimpton	0	1	Karl Walklate	est 94
78	Kevin Moore	0	1	Geoff Yates	79
75	Simon Jones	½	½	Richard Cantliffe	80
	TOTAL	2	3

Huge thanks to our opponents for agreeing to play at a neutral venue reducing travelling time and also thanks to Stafford chess club for the use of their venue and equipment.
John Amison

Withnall trophy - round one

Walsall Kipping v Fenton - played at Stafford

Played Friday 30 January 2009.

	Fenton			Hassell & Clayton
94	Steve Emmerton	1	0	Eliot Green	76
80	Richard Cantliffe	0	1	Richard Crick	74
79	Geoff Yates	1	0	Edward Davies	42
73	Carl Mustafa	½	½	Joshua Hollins	45
52	Phil Grocott	1	0	Matthew Kelly	Ung
	TOTAL	3½	1½

My thanks to John Amison for sending details of the result.

Newcastle v Warley Quinborne - played at Newcastle

	Newcastle			Warley Quinborne
100	Nicholas Wright	0	1	David Rowe	80
99	Peter Shaw	½	½	John H Pakenham	84
99	John Day	1	0	Peter Hughes	74
82	Paul Clapham	1	0	S Doran	Ung
68	Steven Cooper	0	1	P Kearns	Ung
	TOTAL	2½	2½

Match report by Paul Clapham:
Newcastle chess club welcomed Warley Quinborne for the quarter final of the Withnall Cup. The match shared facilities at Newcastle Bridge Club with the Newcastle Mini-Congress organised by Martyn Harris, making for a warm, friendly atmosphere.

John Pakeman won the toss for Warley Quinborne who played white on the odd boards. The match was tied at 2½ to 2½ with Warley Quinborne winning on board count. All the best to John and his team in the semis.