Inter County First Team 2008/9

Team Captain: David Anderton

ECF National Championship - Preliminary Round

Staffordshire 6½ - 9½ Surrey
Match played 25 April 2009
in Little Milton, Oxfordshire.

	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE			Surrey	Grade
1	203	Lawrence Cooper	1	0	Ian Sharpe	208
2	191	David Anderton	½	½	Graeme Buckley	217
3	191	Darren Wheeler	0	1	Steve Berry	203
4	181	Lee Grinsell	0	1	Phil Brooks	UG
5	178	Alex Richardson	0	1	Gordon Meyer	195
6	174	Gerald Acey	½	½	Marcus Osborne	189
7	172	John Keaveney	0	1	Russell Granat	194
8	170	Alan Crombleholme	½	½	Michael Franklin	183
9	167	Malcolm Armstrong	0	1	Adrian Jackson	182
10	167	Liam Hylands	0	1	Mark Josse	181
11	163	John Turner	0	1	Dan Rosen	181
12	162	David Cooper	½	½	Tony Cullen	170
13	161	Patrick Bennett	1	0	Owen Phillips	UG
14	157	David Pritchard	1	0	Simon McCullough	158
15	142	John Staniforth	1	0	Geoff Marchant	153
16	85	Doreen Anderton	½	½	Simon Wrigley	143
		TOTAL	6½	9½

MCCU Open Championship 2008 - 9

Shropshire 4½ - 11½ Staffordshire
Match played 28 February 2009.

	Grade	SHROPSHIRE			STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade
1	177	Trevor Brotherton	0	1	Lawrence Cooper	203
2	189	Nick Rutter	1	0	David Anderton	194
3	173	Nigel Ferrington	0	1	Darren Wheeler	191
4	170	Brian Whyte	½	½	Lee Grinsell	181
5	169	Philip Makepeace	1	0	Alex Richardson	178
6	159	Richard Bryant	0	1	Gerald Acey	174
7	159	Dave Gostelow	½	½	John Keaveney	172
8	159	Glyn Pugh	0	1	Alan Crombleholme	170
9	153	David Everington	0	1	Nicholas Walker	170
10	150	Colin Roberts	0	1	Liam Hylands	167
11	144	Gerald Link	0	1	John Turner	163
12	136	Toby Neal	½	½	David Cooper	162
13	133	Iain Wilson	0	1	Patrick Bennett	161
14	125	Ieuan Fenton	½	½	David Pritchard	157
15	122	Gareth Edwards	½	½	John Staniforth	142
16	119	Windsor Peck	0	1	Mark Handley	141
		TOTAL	4½	11½

Warwickshire 11½ - 4½ Staffordshire
Match played 13 December 2008 at Warley Quinborne Chess Club, Birmingham.

	Grade	Warwickshire			STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade
1	198	DONALD MASON	1	0	DAVID ANDERTON	194
2	197	RUSSELL JAMES	½	½	DARREN WHEELER	191
3	195	TONY HYNES	½	½	ALEX RICHARDSON	178
4	178	IAIN GALLOWAY	1	0	GERALD ACEY	174
5	178	MARK PAGE	½	½	JOHN KEAVENEY	172
6	179	ANDREW BARUCH	½	½	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	170
7	184	PHILIP HOLT	1	0	NICHOLAS WALKER	168
8	175	DANI MALIK	½	½	JOHN TURNER	163
9	172	ALAN LLOYD	1	0	PATRICK BENNETT	161
10	165	KAISER MALIK	½	½	DAVID PRITCHARD	157
11	168	KEITH ESCOTT	½	½	DAVID COOPER	154
12	161	MARTIN SMYTH	1	0	BILL ARMSTRONG	144
13	164	ROBERT WILDIG	0	1	JOHN STANIFORTH	142
14	155	ANN-MARIE JAMES	1	0	MARK HANDLEY	141
15	152	COLIN ECKLOFF	1	0	STEPHANE PEDDER	135
16	145	HENRIK STEPANYAN	1	0	BILL REA	129
		TOTAL	11½	4½

Staffordshire 12 - 4 Greater Manchester
Match played 1 November 2008 in Bushbury, Wolverhampton.

	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE			Greater Manchester	Grade
1	203	Lawrence Cooper	1	0	Richard Beach	189
2	194	David Anderton	½	½	David Hulmes	188
3	191	Darren Wheeler	1	0	Stephen Pickles
4	190	Paul Wallace	1	0	Harry Lamb	176
5	185	Philip Briggs	½	½	Ali Reza Jaunooby	172
6	178	Alex Richardson	1	0	Mick Norris	162
7	174	Gerald Acey	½	½	John Wordsworth	151
8	172	John Keaveney	½	½	Ghassan El Gehani	142
9	170	Alan Crombleholme	½	½	Alan Beresford	141
10	170	Nicholas Walker	1	0	Jon Lonsdale	136
11	167	Malcolm Armstrong	½	½	Mick Connor	131
12	164	John Mangwengwende	½	½	Jim Nicolson	128
13	163	John Turner	½	½	Dave Newell	129
14	161	Patrick Bennett	1	0	Ray Sumner	113
15	157	David Pritchard	1	0	David Connolly	107
16	142	John Staniforth	1	0	Ian Lamb	96
		TOTAL	12	4