Inter County Terriers Team (U100 B) 2007/8

Team Captain: Traci Whitfield.

ECF National U100 Quarter finals 2007 - 8

Suffolk 7 - 5 Terriers
Match played 17 May 2008 at Leicester FC

Paul Clapham's report:
So close again, the top boards gave us a good chance to win even if only on boardcount.  Geoff did well on top board, arriving 45 minutes late because of family commitments but was the third game to finish, happily a win for Staffs.  We had to forfeit bottomboard, losing a player Saturday morning.

A good effort by all, will have to see if we can do better next year.

Bd	Grade	Suffolk	Score	Score	Terriers	Grade
1	98	M Spalding	0	1	G Lee	97
2	95	K Abbott	½	½	S Burndred	97
3	96	B Mitchell	0	1	J Smith	97
4	94	K Lunn	1	0	D Tindley	96
5	94	D Myhill	1	0	M Andrews	95
6	91	D Wild	0	1	D Nesbitt	94
7	90	M Coughtrey	½	½	J Gater	93
8	90	K Woodcock	1	0	J Montague	93
9	91	A McCormick	1	0	P Clapham	90
10	79	J Fitzsimons	0	1	R Dolan	Ung
11	73	C Dickinson	1	0	M Wyza	85
12	74	M Fogg	1	Def	Default
		TOTALS	7	5

Well played to the Terriers.

MCCU Inter-Counties U100 Semi-final 2007 - 8

Terriers 6 - 6 Nottinghamshire
Match played 8 March 2008 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Chess Club

Bd	Grade	Terriers (Staffs B)	Score	Score	Nottinghamshire	Grade
1	97	Geoff Lee	1	0	Derek Cronshaw	96
2	98	Oliver Horrocks	0	1	Michael Zhang	90
3	95	Paul Shelley	0	1	Pritish Patel	Ung
4	96	Dave Tindley	0	1	Ben Hobson	86
5	93	John Montague	½	½	Len Morrell	83
6	93	John Cater	0	1	Hamzah Ali	85
7	90	Paul Clapham	1	0	Rick Dawson	80
8	Ung	Ray Dolan	1	0	Andrew Garside	74
9	84	Matthew Wyza	½	½	Stewart Swift	Ung
10	74	Robert West	½	½	Ashton Alfred	73
11	74	Carl Mustafa	½	½	Arun Maini	58
12	72	Nick McLean	1	0	Joseph Pacitto	38
		TOTALS	6	6

The scores finished level, so who went on to the next stage was decided on board-count, which gave the win to Nottinghamshire.  Well played to the Terriers, and good luck to Notts.

As losing semi-finalists, they could still qualify for the national stages.  By mutual consent, both captains agreed that rather than having a play-off, match points and game points would decide who would compete in the national stage.  Match points were level 6 - 6, so by 31½ game points to 26 in the regular season (37½ - 31 with the semi-finals), the Terriers are into the national stages as the third midlands team.

MCCU Inter-Counties Under-100 Championship 2007 - 8

Terriers 7½ - 4½ Worcestershire
Match played 23 February 2008 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Chess Club

Bd	Grade	Terriers (Staffs B)	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Grade
1	97	Geoff Lee	1	0	John Clark	98
2	95	Paul Shelley	½	½	Marie Clark	94
3	97	John Smith	½	½	Terry Poutney	93
4	93	John Gater	0	1	Richard Collett	90
5	93	Geoff Yates	0	1	Richard Turner	87
6	90	Paul Clapham	½	½	Penny Wood	87
7	85	Matthew Wyza	½	½	William Pugh	79
8	84	Ebrahim Arshad	1	0	Tony Taylor	69
9	74	Carl Mustafa	½	½	Neil Ryder	UG
10	72	Nick McLean	1	0	John Holmberg	77
11	69	Eliot Green	1	0	Ronald Thompson	58
12	UG	Richard Mansell	1	Def	Default
		TOTALS	7½	4½

Well done everyone!

Yesterday's 7½ - 4½ win by the Terriers at Newcastle bridge club against Worcestershire gives Traci and her team the honour of finishing top in their section at the end of the regular season.  Although the Terriers and Bulldogs finish level on 6 points, the Terriers finish top because they beat the Bulldogs during the season.

As they did so well, both teams will now play a match against one of the two top teams from the East Midlands.  The winners of those two matches will go on to the national stages, and play each other for the Midlands title.

Terriers 9½ - 2½ Shrophshire B
Match played 26 January 2008 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Chess Club

Well done to Matthew from Staffordshire and praise for the 10 young players who travelled from Shropshire just for this match.

Martyn's report:
Shropshire turned up two short, so we got them to default boards 10 and 11 so that Matthew who had travelled up from the south could get a game - Robert and Carl who are both from Fenton were OK with this.  The match was fairly hard fought though one-sided - it would have been even better had Geoff Lee on top board not blundered badly in a superior position.  On the other hand Geoff Yates got out of jail because his opponent didn't realise he could sac his rook to prevent Geoffs pawn from queening, then queen one of his own, so agreed a draw.

Bd	Grade	Terriers (Staffs B)	Score	Score	Shropshire B	Grade
1	97	Geoff Lee	0	1	Peter Mellor	80
2	97	Steve Bundred	0	1	Athar Mehmood	74
3	95	Paul Shelley	1	0	Henry Graham	61
4	97	John Smith	1	0	Chris Lovejoy	55
5	93	John Gater	1	0	Huw Davenport	44
6	93	Geoff Yates	½	½	Francis Rooney	38
7	90	Paul Clapham	1	0	Matthew Mellor	30
8	90e	Ray Dolan	1	0	Joe Mellor	28
9	85	Matthew Wyza	1	0	Matthew Best	15
10	85e	Robert Taylor	1	Def	Default
11	74	Carl Mustafa	1	Def	Default
12	30	Matthew Greenwood	1	0	Angelica Dean	U
		TOTALS	9½	2½

Well done everyone!

Shropshire A 6½ - 5½ Terriers
Match played 8 December 2007 at Shifnal Scout & Guide Headquarters, Shifnal

Bd	Grade	Shropshire A	Score	Score	Terriers (Staffs B)	Grade
1	98	Viszokai, George	0	1	Lee, Geoffrey	97
2	94	Sampson, Neil	1	0	Burndred, Steve	97
3	92	Ogundipe, Dele	1	0	Tindley, David	96
4	91	Brown, Roger	½	½	Montague, John	93
5	87	Jones, Andrew	1	0	Dolan, Ray	90 est
6	83	Gillespie, Richard	½	½	Robert Taylor	85 est
7	78	Broderick, Paul G.	½	½	Wyza, Matthew P	85
8	75	Davies, Sellick L	1	0	Moore, Kevin J	83
9	75	Pickles, Alan	½	½	Young, Calum A	76
10	56	Szwajkun, Richard	0	1	West, Robert	74
11	49	Szwajkun, Steve	½	½	Mustafa, Carl K	74
12	48	Brown, Bryan C.	0	1	McLean, Nicholas	72
		TOTALS	6½	5½

On Saturday, our U100 B team (The Terriers) were narrowly beaten 6½ - 5½ when they visited Shifnal to play Shropshire A team.  Traci Whitfield, our team captain said it was a good match, and our players did very well.
Well done everyone!

Bulldogs 3 - 9 Terriers
(Staffordshire A 3 - 9 Staffordshire B)
Match played 27 October 2007 in Brewood

Bd	Grade	Bulldogs (Staffs A)	Score	Score	Terriers (Staffs B)	Grade
1	99	D MOLINEUX	0	1	G LEE	97
2	95	R BRODIE	0	1	S BUNDRED	97
3	90	P CROZET	½	½	M ANDREWS	95
4	90	P O'DONOGHUE	0	1	J MONTAGUE	93
5	89	P BROOMHALL	0	1	J GATOR	93
6	89	B HALL	0	1	R DOLAN	90 e
7	88	P EVANS	½	½	P CLAPHAM	90
8	84	A COLABELLA	0	1	M WYZA	85
9	82	M CARR	1	0	K MOORE	83
10	82	D BUCKLEY	½	½	R WEST	74
11	81	C BATESON	0	1	C MUSTAFA	74
12	69	P GUEST	½	½	N McLEAN	72
		TOTALS	3	9

This afternoon's U100 Inter-County fixture saw David Buckley's A team (the Bulldogs) play host to Traci Whitfield's B team (the Terriers) at Brewood.

On paper, the grades of both teams were similar, but as the result shows, the Terriers ended with a decisive win.  The score quickly went to 6 - 1, but it was almost an hour later, before David Buckley's own drawn game secured his team's fate.

Because of last minute problems raising a team, the Terriers included players from as far apart as Kidsgrove and Walsall Kipping.  Despite the results, everyone taking part seemed to have a good time.
Well done everyone!