Inter County First Team 2009/10

Team Captain: David Anderton

ECF National stages 2009 - 10

Semi final - Staffordshire 7 - 9 Sussex
Match played 19 June 2010 in Bourne End.

Match report by David Anderton:
Despite again being outrated on 15 out of 16 boards again we only went down 9 - 7.  Congratulations to the Team and thanks for your support during the season.(!pargraph)I have awarded the Honorary Title of Hero of the Year to Pat Bennett for scoring 4½ out of 5 this season and for his great fighting chess!

Regards
David

	Grade	Staffordshire			Sussex	Grade
1	209	LAWRENCE COOPER	1	0	LUKE RUTHERFORD	210
2	198	PAUL WALLACE	0	1	FELIKS KWIATKOWSKI	199
3	198	DARREN WHEELER	1	0	DONALD MACFARLANE	196
4	192	DAVID ANDERTON	½	½	BRIAN DENMAN	199
5	192	GERALD ACEY	½	½	GARETH ANTHONY	197
6	189	NICHOLAS WALKER	½	½	DAVID GRANT	196
7	186	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	½	½	PETER FARR	195
8	185	ALEX RICHARDSON	0	1	KENNETH NORMAN	194
9	183	LEE GRINSELL	0	1	PETER KEMP	194
10	179	SIMON EDWARDS	0	1	GEOFFREY JAMES	183
11	175	JOHN TURNER	0	1	RICHARD ALMOND	181
12	174	PATRICK BENNETT	1	0	PAUL BATCHELOR	177
13	171	MALCOLM ARMSTRONG	½	½	BERNARD CAFFERTY	175
14	165	JOHN KEAVENEY	1	0	BRIAN DONNELLY	174
15	163	DAVID PRITCHARD	0	1	ADRIAN PICKERSGILL	173
16	157	JOHN STANIFORTH	½	½	JEFFREY BOARDMAN	171
		TOTAL	7	9

Quarter final - Staffordshire 8½ - 7½ Yorkshire
Match played 22 May 2010 in Alfreton.

	Grade	Staffordshire			Yorkshire	Grade
1	209	LAWRENCE COOPER	½	½	ANDREW LEDGER	222
2	198	PAUL WALLACE	½	½	RICHARD PALLISER	227
3	192	DAVID ANDERTON	½	½	JONATHAN NELSON	208
4	192	GERALD ACEY	1	0	JOE WOOLEY	204
5	189	NICHOLAS WALKER	1	0	PAUL TOWNSEND	199
6	186	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	½	½	CHRIS ROSS	199
7	185	ALEX RICHARDSON	0	1	PETER GAYSON	194
8	183	LEE GRINSELL	0	1	DAVID ADAMS	196
9	179	SIMON EDWARDS	½	½	JIM BURNETT	195
10	175	JOHN TURNER	½	½	ALAN WALTON	188
11	174	PATRICK BENNETT	1	0	JONATHAN ARNOTT	190
12	173	JOHN MANGWENGWENDE	0	1	PETER SHAW	191
13	171	MALCOLM ARMSTRONG	½	½	JEREMY HAMM	191
14	165	JOHN KEAVENEY	0	1	WINSTON WILLIAM	183
15	163	DAVID PRITCHARD	1	0	IVOR LEWIK	185
16	157	JOHN STANIFORTH	1	0	RUPERT JONES	152
		TOTAL	8½	7½

MCCU Open Championship 2009 - 10

Greater Manchester 7½ - 8½ Staffordshire
Match played 30 January 2010 in Holmes Chapel.

	Grade	Greater Manchester			Staffordshire	Grade
1	211	David Hulmes	0	1	Lawrence Cooper	209
2	199	Ali Reza Jaunooby	0	1	Paul Wallace	198
3	197	Richard Beach	0	1	Darren Wheeler	198
4	194	Mike Surtees	1	0	David Anderton	192
5	188	Andy Reeve	½	½	Gerald Acey	192
6	e185	Torsten Zuther	1	0	Nicholas Walker	190
7	181	Harry Lamb	0	1	Alan Crombleholme	186
8	182	Marek Mazek	1	0	Alex Richardson	185
9	127	Ian Lamb	0	1	Craig Whitfield	185
10	172	James Murphy	½	½	Lee Grinsell	183
11	162	Mitchell Burke	½	½	Simon Edwards	179
12	175	Adam Tyton	0	1	John Turner	175
13	178	Tom Vout	½	½	David Cooper	175
14	e172	Aaron Webber	½	½	Patrick Bennett	174
15	160	James Wei	1	0	Malcolm Armstrong	171
16	165	Mick Norris	1	0	David Pritchard	163
		TOTAL	7½	8½

Derbyshire 7 - 9 Staffordshire
Match played 21 November 2009 in Spondon, Derbyshire.

	Grade	Derbyshire			Staffordshire	Grade
1	193	MIKE ALCOCK	0	1	DARREN WHEELER	198
2	196	RAYMOND EVANS	½	½	DAVID ANDERTON	192
3	189	DAVID LATHAM	0	1	GERALD ACEY	192
4	179	MICHAEL JOHNSON	1	0	NICHOLAS WALKER	189
5	171	SIMON GILMORE	½	½	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	186
6	170e	MIKE ALDERSON	½	½	LEE GRINSELL	183
7	173	ANDREW MORT	0	1	SIMON EDWARDS	179
8	183	STEVE BRACEY	½	½	JOHN TURNER	175
9	175	RAY FOREY	0	1	PATRICK BENNETT	174
10	168	TREVOR BOULD	½	½	MALCOLM ARMSTRONG	171
11	165	D MARTIN HOWARD	1	0	JOHN KEAVENEY	165
12	163	ALAN DOWNHAM	½	½	DIARMID GIBSON	162
13	158	DEREK JARVIS	½	½	JOHN STANIFORTH	157
14	154	PAUL MOORE	½	½	MARK HANDLEY	157
15	154	JOHN HODDY	½	½	FRANK WOOD	156
16	144	MAURICE HILL	½	½	BILL ARMSTRONG	153
		TOTAL	7	9

Staffordshire 10 - 6 Warwickshire
Match played 10 October 2009 at Bushbury, Wolverhampton.

	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE			Warwickshire	Grade
1	209	LAWRENCE COOPER	½	½	NICK THOMAS	204
2	198	PAUL WALLACE	1	0	TONY HYNES	199
3	198	DARREN WHEELER	½	½	PHILIP HOLT	200
4	192	DAVID ANDERTON	½	½	DONALD MASON	196
5	189	NICHOLAS WALKER	½	½	IAIN GALLOWAY	190
6	186	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	½	½	PABLO PADILLA	184
7	185	ALEX RICHARDSON	½	½	DANI MALIK	188
8	185	CRAIG WHITFIELD	1	0	MARK PAGE	180
9	183	LEE GRINSELL	½	½	KAISER MALIK	180
10	175	JOHN TURNER	½	½	STEWART FISHBURNE	184
11	175	DAVID COOPER	1	0	ROBERT WILDIG	181
12	174	PATRICK BENNETT	1	0	ALAN LLOYD	173
13	173	JOHN MANGWENGWENDE	1	0	MARTIN SMYTH	174
14	165	JOHN KEAVENEY	0	1	ALAN AGNEW	170
15	163	DAVID PRITCHARD	½	½	COLIN ECKLOFF	169
16	157	JOHN STANIFORTH	½	½	JOEY STEWART	168
		TOTAL	10	6