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updated 15.6.15
COUNTY MATCHES
ECF STAGE 2015

DATES
are the defaults:

Prelim
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals

April 25
May 16
June 13
July 04 at Warwick

THE DRAW
as made 13.2.15 and published 14.2.15. We have unofficially inserted the names of qualifying teams as and when we become aware of them.
     A remark on the draw appears at the foot of this page.
Note 30.3.15. We have updated (deleted text is struck through) the Minor Counties and U100 in accordance with notices sent by the Controller, in the last few days, to all captains in those divisions. We fancy he may have sent similar notices in respect of all divisions. If you have seen anything we need to change, please pass it on. There's nothing on the ECF website: the draw there is unchanged since 14th February. Note 31.3.15 We have updated the U180 and U160 in the same way after hearing from others.
     We've added further notes to the U100 pairings.
Note 7.4.15. The official draw appeared today on the ECF website (well, Easter was early) and it tallies with what we had, barring our three question marks which wanted removing as expected. So all we need now is the results.

OVERVIEW OF RESULTS
Matches shown in red are given in full further down (click on the section headings). Matches shown in blue are not. In the bare match scores of the Overview, an asterisk by a County name indicates a win on board count or elimination. Where a match is given in full, an asterisk by a County name means the result has come from that side (either direct or from the County's website). Where a grade is prefixed "e", it is not simply an estimate but a figure supplied by the Controller for a "cleared" player.

OPEN
Quarter-finals (A) Kent (S1) v bye; (B) Lancs (N2) def w/o Middx (S3) (this from the Lancs President/U160 captain; we assume the Lancs Open captain agrees); (C) Yorks (N1) v bye; (D) Staffs (M) 7½ 8½ Surrey (S2);
Semi-finals Kent (S1) 9 7 Middx (S3); Yorks (N1) 10½ 5½ Surrey (S2)
MINOR COUNTIES
Preliminary (1) Cambs (E2) 8½ 7½ Leicestershire (M3) (details on ECF site); (2) Beds (E3) 11 5 Cornwall (W2) (details on ECF site)
Quarter-finals (A) Lincolnshire (M1) 5½ 10½ Essex (S2); (B) Somerset (W1) 8½ 7½ Cambs (E2) (details on ECF site ); (C) Suffolk (E1) 13 3 Worcestershire (M2) (details on ECF site); (D) ~~Sussex~~ Herts (S1) 8½ 7½ Beds (E3)
Semi-finals Essex (S2) 8½ 7½ Somerset (W1); Suffolk (E1) 12 4 Herts (S1)
U180
Quarter-finals (A) Lancs (N)* 8 8 Essex (S2); (B) Devon (W) 8½ 7½ Notts (M2) (details on ECF site); (C) Middx (S1) v bye; (D) Warwicks (M1) 11½ 4½ Sussex (S3)
Semi-finals Lancs (N) 8 8 *Devon (W) (details on ECF site); Middx (S1) 10 6 Warwicks (M1)
U160
Preliminary Middx (S3) 10½ 5½ Cambs (E2)
Quarter-finals (A) Suffolk (E1) 8 8 *Essex (S2); (B) Yorks (N1) ½ 9½ Warwicks (M2), or that's what we make it. (Details on ECF site, but their arithmetic differs from ours.) ##; (C) Kent (S1) def w/o Lancs (N2); (D) Notts (M1) 7½ 8½ Middx (S3)
     ## All we knew at first (18.5.15) was that someone had posted a photo of a result sheet showing Yorks on 8½ points with three games to go. Then the full details materialised on the ECF website on the morning of 20.5.15, indicating a Yorks win by 10½ to 5½, adjusted to 8½ 6½ for a Yorkshire breach of the 10-point rule. By late afternoon this version had dematerialised without explanation. Note 30.5.15. The Controller has now posted at https://31.193.4.46/~andreww/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=317&sid=2bec669eba3bf212c1cf9d487d996c09#p2094 giving the background to a Warwickshire win.
Semi-finals Essex (S2)* 8 8 Warwicks (M2); Lancs (N2) 9 7 Middx (S3)
U140
Quarter-finals (A) Hants (W) 9 7 Middx (S2); (B) Notts (M1) v bye; (C) Kent (S1) 9 6 Staffs (M2); (D) Lancs (N) 9½ 6½ Surrey (S3)
Semi-finals Hants (W) 7½ 8½ Notts (M1) (details on ECF site); Kent (S1) 9 7 Lancs (N). Details were not immediately available. Kent captain: "I left my score sheet behind, so excited to win last 5 boards from a hopeless position! Emailed the other captain and he'd left his in the toilet !!!!" (A reconstructed job appeared on Monday.)
U120
Quarter-finals (A) Lancs (N) v bye (B) Herts (S1) 8 4 Staffs (M2); (C) Lincolnshire (M1) 5½ 6½ Kent (S3); (D) Surrey (S2) 6 6* Warwicks (M3)
Semi-finals Lancs (N) 3 9 Herts (S1); Kent (S3) 7 5 Warwicks (M3)
U100
Quarter-finals (A) Essex (S1) 7½ 3½ ~~bye~~ Staffs (M3) (B) Lancs (N) 5½ 6½ Notts (M2) (details on ECF site); (C) Warwicks (M1) 4½ 7½ Surrey (S2); (D) E v bye Kent (S3) 8½ 3½ Norfolk (E)
Semi-finals Essex (S1) 5 7 Notts (M2); Surrey (S2) 6 6 *Kent (S3)
     Note 30.3.15. Some explanation of recent U100 changes may be in order. We hope we have it right. The first thing was that the MCCU asked for a third nomination (for Staffordshire). The Controller was willing but felt that it also required a third SCCU nominee. And, of course, agreement from S1 and E(1) to forgo their expected byes. The extra SCCU nominee was easy to find, and we understand that the necessary agreements have been forthcoming. We don't understand why Kent (S3) v Norfolk (E) is that way round.

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OPEN

SEMI-FINALS

	Kent	13.6.15	Middx*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Neil McDonald 238 233 (W) Martin Taylor 226 217 Alan Hanreck 213 215 Philip Morris 212 211 Ian Snape 193 199 William EG Jones 198 194 Jim Bayford 188 195 Leon Wooldridge - 190 Chris Howell 193 191 J Nicholas Briggs 190 189 Gordon Botley 186 184 John Sugden 177 183 Laurence Ball 182 179 J Stuart Williams 179 180 Alan Atkinson 182 179 Jerry Anstead 173 177	1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½	Richard Bates 230 230 Robert Eames 212 215 Richard McMichael 211 207 Andrew Stone 208 201 Etan Ilfeld 199 199 Simon Spivack 200 196 Carsten Pedersen 195 194 Peter Ackley 188 190 Andrew Gilfillan 185 185 Guy Batchelor 180 184 Steven Coles 190 180 Alistair Compton 178 179 Charlie Nettleton 170 169 D Ian Calvert 176 176 Colin Mackenzie 172 175 George Dickson 166 167
(Dartford) [195]		9 7	[190]

	Yorks	13.6.15	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Richard Palliser 222 223 (B) Michael Townsend 218 216 Matthias Gantner 215 211 David Adams 198 200 David Plump 201 195 Oskar Hackner 202 204 Alan Walton 202 203 Phil Watson 198 197 Peter Shaw 195 196 Jim Burnett 198 196 Kieran O'Driscoll 192 183 Mark Burkin 191 190 Ihor Lewyk 181 181 Martin Carpenter 179 185 Daniel Sullivan 177 179 Winston Williams 171 168	0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0	Gavin Wall 224 227 Stephen Berry 220 221 Nigel Povah 212 217 Russell Granat 201 203 Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 194 197 Marcus Osborne 195 195 Chris Briscoe 192 193 Koby Kalavanan 185 186 Paul Shepherd 194 191 Clive Frostick 193 187 Alex Golding 181 180 Julian Way 183 186 Keith Richardson 175 177 Daniel Rosen 176 177 Julien Shepley 178 178 Owen Phillips 170 173
(Long Buckby Northants) [195]		10½ 5½	[193]

QUARTER-FINAL

	Staffs	16.5.15	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Lawrence Cooper 218 218 (B) Paul Wallace 210 218 Darren Wheeler 200 206 David Anderton 196 197 Lee Grinsell 195 192 Malcolm Armstrong 195 191 Alex Richardson 188 191 Gerald Acey 192 187 Alan Crombleholme 181 185 John Turner 181 185 Simon Edwards 181 177 Patrick Bennett 173 170 Nick Roberts 167 167 John Staniforth 161 162 Nicholas Walker 169 158 Colin Davison 156 156	½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½	Bogdan Lalic 232 233 Gavin Wall 224 227 Roger Emerson 202 199 Ian Sharpe 204 206 Russell Granat 201 203 Marcus Osborne 195 195 Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 194 197 Alex Golding 181 180 Julian Way 183 186 Sam Porter 177 184 Alan Punnett 183 184 Victor Odunaiya 175 171 Julien Shepley 178 178 Daniel Rosen 176 177 Sebastian Galer 172 174 Owen Phillips 170 173
(OU Milton Keynes) [184]		7½ 8½	[192]
Grades are August first, where there are two.

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MINOR COUNTIES

SEMI-FINALS

	Suffolk*	14.6.15	Herts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Alan Merry 214 226 (B) Dagne Ciuksyte 216 210 Edmund Player 202 196 Shaun Munson 195 194 Graham Moore 197 197 Ian Wallis 177 183 Nicholas Savage 184 183 Robert Sanders 178 181 Timothy Lunn 176 177 Silas Peck 174 178 John Peters 174 176 Edward Matthewson 167 176 Leon Burnett 172 176 Richard Lamont 169 165 Martin Fogg 152 152 Anita Somton 128 138	½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½	Simon Knott 220 221 John Sharp 207 202 Stephen Law 193 187 Philip Bonafont 185 187 Matthew Fletcher 181 185 Tarisai Savanhu - 176 Chris Majer 173 171 Gary Thurston 173 170 Stephen Tovey 170 170 Peter Rice 180 169 Paul Kenning 171 169 David Bower 162 166 Patrick Fitzgerald 157 160 Roger Gordonsmith 158 156 Brian Judkins 155 152 Michael Price 142 142
(Venue not known) [182]		12 4	[174]

	Essex*	14.6.15	Somerset
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Jonathan Rogers 216 (W) Andrew Lewis 207 David Sands 205 John Hodgson 187 Tim Hebbes 193 David Spearman 188 Ian Reynolds 186 Jeff Goldberg 185 Ivan Myall 185 Kevin White 181 Steve Rix 178 John White 177 Neville Twitchell 161 Mark Murrell 158 Davi Smith 148 Elliot Cocks 144j	½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0	Jack Rudd 221 Thomas Goldie 208 Ben Edgell 197 Andrew Footner 182 Barry Morris 178 David Littlejohns 177 Stephen Whatley 172j Gerry Jepps 171 David Peters 171 Peter Cusick 167 Chris Purry 159 Andrew Gregory 157 Roger Knight 157 Chris Strong 155 Max French 154j Mark Baker 148
(Theale, Reading) [181.2]		8½ 7½	[173.4]
Somerset bd *: "My game was last to finish, thought we'd already lost the match, agreed a draw, turned out a win would have put us through on board count. I hate chess."

QUARTER-FINALS

	Herts	16.5.15	Beds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Simon Knott 220 221 (W) Stephen Swanson 199 199 Jeremy Ward 194 193 Jerry Rudge 184 187 Stephen Law 193 187 Philip Bonafont 185 187 Matthew Fletcher 181 185 Mike Boyce 175 173 Chris Majer 173 171 Gary Thurston 173 170 Peter Rice 180 169 Paul Kenning 171 169 David Bower 162 166 Patrick Fitzgerald 157 160 Anthony Ball 162 159 Kai Jaeger 156 154	1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0	Dave Ledger 201 204 Stephen Ledger 198 195 Gary Kenworthy 189 190 Adrian Elwin 179 184 Paul Habershon 182 182 Graham Borrowdale 186 181 Graham Smith 184 178 Kevin Williamson 174 177 Steve Pike 178 176 Peter C Clarke e169 (1) Nick Collacott 165 165 Peter Taylor 160 158 Timothy Lawson 146 154 Gerry Nolan 150 145 Colin Solloway 127 140 Ben Pike 90 92
(Venue not known) [178]		8½ 7½	[168]
Grades are August first, where there are two. ¹Bd 10. We assume this is 108449F Clarke, Peter C of OU and Milton Keynes (most recently 169 in 2008).

	Lincs	16.5.15	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Paul Cumbers 200 199 (B) Nigel Birtwistle 186 183 Stephen Prior 188 186 Joe Kilshaw 186 185 Daniel Wells 182 185 Nick Stead 180 183 Harry Russell 176 180 Keith Palmer 167 163 R Andrew Hebert 166 165 Ian McDonald 159 161 Alastair Summers 156 168 Ivan David 154 153 Denis Georgiou 151 156 Graham Ladds 154 150 Steve Allott 150 151 Ben Mason 142 145	0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1	Jonathan Rogers 219 216 Andrew Lewis - 207 David Sands 202 205 Tim Hebbes 192 193 D Ian Reynolds 184 186 Ivan Myall 187 185 Jeff Goldberg 184 185 Kevin White 180 181 John Moore 181 179 Jim Howson 164 169 David Millward 163 165 Naomi Wei 163 162 Neville Twitchell 155 161 Paul Barclay 150 149 David Smith 151 148 Elliot Cocks 123 144
(Brampton Hunts) [170]		5½ 10½	[177]
Grades are August first, where there are two.

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UNDER 180

SEMI-FINAL

	Middx*	13.6.15	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Michael Tasker 177 187 (B) Maria Manelidou - 178 Nevil Chan 177 179 Martin Crichton 172 176 Andrew Hayler 172 174 Robert Kane 178 173 Mateusz Dydak 169 170 V Ray Harper 166 168 Christopher Kreuzer 166 167 Leon Fincham 167 166 Robert Harnett 173 173 David White 160 165 Jonathan Kay 162 160 Boy Lazoni, Victor Hugo e159 Richard Thursby 155 152 Jonathan Rubeck 151 145	½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0	Amrik Singh 178 176 Simon Smith 175 172 Philip Bull 177 165 Anthony Green 173 175 Cory Hazlehurst 175 174 Mark Cundy 172 179 Keith Escott 171 171 Francis Batchelor 171 168 Richard Smith 169 175 Martin Smyth 165 165 Anthony Sadler 165 160 John Mildenhall 163 154 Sean Ralph 164 164 Goram Ali 151 154 Richard Reynolds 159 151 Roy Lawrence 155 156
(Bletchley) [168 168]		10 6	[167 166]

QUARTER-FINALS

	Lancs	16.5.15	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	John G Cooper 176 172 (W) Scott Riley 175 174 Robert Newton 173 180 Paul Jackson 171 175 Michael Parker 171 173 Mark Whitehead 171 174 Robert Taylor 170 170 Ray Ashcroft 170 166 John Lyth 169 168 Oleg Cukovs 166 169 Cliff Rutlidge 164 168 Richard Collins 163 165 Dennis Owen 163 164 Colin Fisher 161 157 William O'Rourke 160 153 Colin Liddle 154 158	½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1	Steven Rix 170 178 John White 179 177 Philip Gregory 173 175 Larry Marden 171 175 Daniel Gallagher 172 174 Ian Hunnable 173 172 Vladimir Parols 171 171 Terry Whitton 164 175 Peter Jaszkiwskyj 173 169 Colin Ramage 170 171 Christian Westrap e170 Martin McCall 160 165 Christopher Hampton 164 158 Mark Murrell 159 158 Richard Weeber 158 159 John Davenport 154 155
(venue not known) [168]		8 8	[169]
Grades are August first, where there are two. Lancs won on board count.

	Warwicks	16.5.15	Sussex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Amrik Singh 178 176 (W) Joshua Pink 178 176 Simon Smith 175 172 Philip Bull 177 165 Anthony Green 173 175 Mark Cundy 172 179 Keith Escott 171 171 Francis Batchelor 171 168 Richard Smith 169 175 Martin Smyth 165 165 Anthony Sadler 165 160 Thomas Robinson 160 170 John Mildenhall 163 158 Sean Ralph 164 164 Richard Reynolds 159 151 Robert Reynolds 154 151	1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0	James Mansson 170 174 Paul Batchelor 178 172 Paul Taylor 166 171 Callum Brewer 166 171 Mel Young 164 161 Paul Selby 161 159 Tim Pavlovic 152 159 Alan Palmer 151 151 Robert Lanzer 143 150 Timothy Woods 149 146 W John Marshall 147 146 L John Cannon 146 142 Brian Izzard 136 133 def def def
(venue not known) [167]		11½ 4½	[156]
Grades are August first, where there are two. (How do you calculate the average when there are defaults?)

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UNDER 160

SEMI-FINALS

	Essex	13.6.15	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Neville Twitchell 161 (W) Mark Murrell 158 John Davenport 155 Peter Laundy 155 Gavin Strachan 153 Ken Clow 150 Mustapha Rahaman 150 Malcolm Kingsley 149 David Smith 148 Ian Woodward 148 Ian Morgan 146 Ken Groce 145 Phil Foley 141 Simon Moth 136 Mark Ashley 129 Paul Haddock 128	1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1	Simon Williams 160 Robert Reynolds 151 Gary Hope 156 Keith Thomas 149 Ed Goodwin 155 Marek Soszynski 165 Terry Walker 150 John Fahy 156 Nigel Byrne 151 Louis Rawson 142 Mark Tallis 135 Stephen Moxley 140 Mark Maher 147 "Alexander 133" (1) Fre Dickson 141 Warren Archibald 130
(Bletchley) [147.0]		8 8	[147.6]
Essex won on board count. ¹ Bd 14. It says here. We suspect 184072B Wilson, Alexander (Sandy) of Boldmere St Michael, who does play for Warwickshire. Later: ECF confirm.

	Lancs	13.6.15	Middx
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Carl Tillotson 156 156 (W) Rob Tokeley 155 156 Martin Lythgoe 155 151 Colin Liddle 154 158 Armand Catz 154 163 Roger Chapman 152 154 Philip Taylor 152 152 John Beckett 151 150 Philip Raynor 150 147 Stephen Fanning 149 151 Nugith Jayawarna 148 156 Steven Potter 148 150 Steven Ward 141 147 Daryl Harman - 59 (1) David Innes 129 131 Frank Bishop 119 118	½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1	Russell Campbell 153 160 William Phillips 155 158 Steven Walsh 158 155 Peter Morton 153 155 Mark Fountain 150 155 Paul Kennelly 156 154 Charles McAleenan 151 154 Jagdeep Dhemrait 152 151 Atreya Mandnikar 152 151 Roger Scowen 152 151 Greg Breed 151 150 Ian Cross 147 148 John Woolley 141 148 Nigel Colter 146 147 Frank Zurstiege 151 147 Keith Jones 143 148
(Spondon Derbys) [144]		9 7	[152]
¹ Bd 14. Lancs player (present as an U120 parent) stood in 25 minutes into the match when the expected player, grade 139, turned out to be broken down on the motorway. We are not expecting Rule E2.3 to be invoked.

QUARTER-FINALS

	Suffolk	17.5.15	Essex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Ed Kirkham 164 (B) Jon Collins 163 Kevin Greenacre 164 Martin Fogg 152 Nathan Barnes 152 Simon Riley 149 Martin Tomes 146 Steve Lovell 144 Vivian Woodward 143 Les Jones 142 Laureano Garcia 142 Anita Somton 138j Keith Woodcock 134 Mark Weidman 134 David Green 132 Alex Sheerin 128j	0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0	Neville Twitchell 161 Richard Weeber 159 Mark Murrell 158 John Davenport 155 Peter Laundy 155 Gavin Strachan 153 Edison Figueroa 151 Ken Clow 150 Mustapha Rahaman 150 Malcolm Kingsley 149 David Smith 148 Ian Woodward 148 Ian Morgan 146 Ken Groce 145 John Philpott 136 Peter Nickals 135
(Bury St Edmunds) [145]		8 8	[150]
Essex won on board count.

	Notts*	16.5.15	Middx
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	John Collins 150 159 (B) Hamzah Ali 155 157 Taylor Pearson 145 153 H Richard Edwards 143 151 Mark Radford 153 149 Dragoljub Sudar 151 148 Stephen Foster 145 146 Robert Taylor 149 146 Keith Roper 147 143 Janos Wagenbach 147 143 D Philip Morgan 143 141 John Tassi 142 141 Nick London 146 137 Marcel Taylor 143 137 Stanley Cranmer 139 132 Alan Robinson 128 132	1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0	Russell Campbell 153 160 Boy Lazoni, Victor Hugo - - (1) William Phillips 155 158 Steven Walsh 158 155 Peter Morton 153 155 Mark Fountain 150 155 Paul Kennelly 156 154 Charles McAleenan 151 154 Richard Thursby 155 152 Jonathan Rubeck 145 151 Jagdeep Dhemrait 152 151 Roger Scowen 152 151 Greg Breed 151 150 def Keith Jones 143 148 Frank Zurstiege 151 147
(OU Milton Keynes) [145]		7½ 8½	[153]
¹Bd 2. Most recent grade 159 (January 2014). Is not in published "cleared" list. (What do you conclude? See elsewhere on this page.) Note 19.5.15. We're told he was cleared on 11th May, but there was no way of knowing. He has actually just popped up in today's update to the list. It is dated 20th April.

PRELIMINARY ROUND

	Middx*	25.4.15	Cambs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Russell Campbell 160 (B) William Phillips 158 Steven Walsh 155 Peter Morton 155 Paul Kennelly 154 Charles McAleenan 154 Richard Thursby 152 Jonathan Rubeck 151 Jagdeep, Dhemrait 151 Atreya Mandnikar 151 Roger Scowen 151 Greg Breed 150 Ian Cross 148 Nigel Colter 147 Frank Zurstiege 147 Geoff Hermes 144	½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0	Bernard Duff 166 Samuel Caraway 163 Marcus Misson 166 Richard Donaghay 155 Patrick Ribbands 157 John Beck 152 David Cattermole 151 Philip Turp 147 Neil Greenwood 145 Peter Barkas 142 Colin Emery 135 John Dunn 131 Stan Bazyk 130 Chris Norton 125 Claudia Bazyk 109 def
(Wanstead) [152]		10½ 5½	[144]

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UNDER 140

SEMI-FINAL

	Kent	13.6.15	Lancs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Andrew Heard 136 148 (B) James Everson 137 139 Derek Davis 134 139 Robert Thompson 137 137 David Fowler 125 135 David Orr 127 134 David Lettington 125 129 Joe Martin - 130 Richard Bedwell 128 127 Graham White 128 127 def Graham Hillman 124 125 Hugh Tassell 125 125 Jerry Pol 122 124 Michael Jones 120 122 Ian Clark 121 123	1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0	Mal French 138 136 Kenny Quinn 135 142 Paul O'Mara 139 135 David Stanfield 136 137 Josh Pendlebury 129 138 Peter Edhouse 134 133 Lynne Morrison 126 131 Dave Almond 131 131 Steven Flaherty 125 127 Raymond Weedall 127 127 Laurence Livsey - 121 Chris Lysons 117 118 Anthony Jinks 120 123 Christopher Fielding 118 119 E James Neve 123 116 Bobby Docherty 105 110
(venue not known) [131]		9 7	[129]

QUARTER-FINALS

	Hants	16.5.15	Middx
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Andy Manning 138 144 (B) Bob Cleave 136 140 David Culliford 133 137 Kevin Steele 136 134 Ashraf Syed 139 133 George Feltham 139 132 Colin Smeaton 130 132 Jonathan Young 128 129 Frank Bonsey 128 129 Christopher Smith 127 127 John Wiseman 120 126 John Watts 123 122 Philip Gething 121 121 Francis Pearce 126 127 Ken Wyld 109 106 Paul Eyles 98 99	1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½	Alexander Meynell 136 137 Michael Price 135 129 Peter Hawran 134 136 Martin Leanse 134 127 Peter Grant Ross 134 131 Steve Sonnis 133 134 Alistair Morton 133 135 Mary Deans 133 130 Joseph Farrell 128 129 Gerald Parfett 128 122 Cormac O'Caolaidhe 128 129 Doug Bonn 126 129 John Harvey 125 120 Martin Leman 120 123 Mark Huba 118 114 Brian Foster 112 119
(venue not known) [127]		9 7	[128]
Grades are August first, where there are two.

	Kent	16.5.15	Staffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Andrew Heard 136 148 (B) James Everson 137 139 Derek Davis 134 139 Robert Thompson 137 137 David Fowler 125 135 David Orr 127 134 Alan Sherriff 125 136 David Lettington 125 129 Malcolm Mourant 126 128 Hugh Tassell 125 125 Graham Hillman 124 125 Paul Arnold 125 123 Jerry Pol 122 124 Michael Jones 120 122 Tyrone Jefferies 119 116 Imthyas Muhayedeen (2)	½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1	Roger Edwards 134 144 Clive Ferry 128 128 Peter Windows 115 130 Denis Nesbitt 127 130 Thomas Healey 127 127 Stephen Emmerton 125 126 John Day 129 125 Kenneth McNulty 126 125 Andrew Leadbetter 125 125 Gordon Sands 127 124 Anthony Meakin 127 119 Mike Smith (1) Michael Page 111 118 Peter Shaw 115 116 Mike Jarocki 118 113 Doreen Anderton 110 110
(venue not known) [131]		*9 6**	[124]
Grades are August first, where two are given. ¹ (bd 12). Could be Mike Smith 118 122 of Fenton Staffs. No other plausible candidate found. ²Bd 16. Clearly 281590E Muhayedeen Imthyas, formerly of Barking. Never graded, but was 100-ish five years ago. We don't know if he's been cleared to play. The ECF's list of cleared players, "last updated 20th April", seems to be AWOL as well as out of date. Note 17.5.15. It was AWOL yesterday, but has come back with the same date stamp as before and he's not in it. So was he cleared as of yesterday, or wasn't he? * Note 20.5.15. Answer's no, apparently. The Controller has today adjusted the scores (so now 9 - 6) on the ground that Kent's bd 16 was not cleared to play. The ruling is well hidden. To be fair, the captains were told. For Joe Public, the clue provided is that the U140 results have been revised, and you have to look at each match in turn to find out which and why. If this can happen four days after a match, how about eight? Is there a statute of limitations?

	Lancs	9.5.15	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Paul O'Mara 135 (W) Mal French 136 David Innes 131 Kenny Quinn 142 Robert Hardy 131 Josh Pendlebury 138 Dave Almond 131 Laurence Livsey 121 Steven Flaherty 127 David Tuke 120 Cornelius Carey 117 Chris Lysons 118 Anthony Jinks 123 Christopher Fielding 119 Harold Lawrence 113 Frank Tanner 92	½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1	Martin Rosenbach 139 Peter Lawrence 137 Graham Andrews 131 David Charters 130 Michael Ifalore 128 Michael Gunn 127 Lamidi Evbuomwan 126 Ken Chamberlain 125 Selvarattinam Somupillai 125 Daniel Gliddon 121 Jose Dimiti 121 Barry Miles 119 Qaiyum Khan 117 Robin Lee 108 Julian Walker 108 David Howes 107
(Syston) [125]		9½ 6½	[123]

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UNDER 120

SEMI-FINALS

	Lancs	13.6.15	Herts*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	George Harman 113 121 (W) Michael Home 109 121 Colin Friar 118 118 Grant Randall 114 119 Richard Lord 113 114 Philip Shaughnessy 112 111 Bernard Dean 115 120 David Kelly 118 109 David Thorp 104 102 Derek Marsden 101 97 John Crompton 104 104 Peter Hurn - 87	1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1	Roger Kearns 114 114 John Leake 119 132 Richard Pearson 116 127 John Peate 115 120 Russell Bailey 117 114 Chris Pines 117 122 Francois Swiegers 117 117 Matthew Devan 118 116 Michael Whitworth 114 115 Tim Sampson 113 114 Ken Jardine 112 110 Kidge Elder 112 106
(Spondon Derbys)		3 9

	Kent*	13.6.15	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Mikey Watson 118 127 (W) Tyrone Jefferies 119 115 Stephen Bond 116 117 Peter Blundell 110 118 John Fowers 115 118 Phil Wheeler 116 125 Lee Brockwell 109 117 Eric Hazell 115 115 Peter Hickey 115 113 Tom Wei 118 108 Joe Neanor 111 105 Neil Lang 110 111	0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½	Jason Madden 119 127 David Wilkinson 114 123 Adam Trailor 119 123 John Green 113 119 John Pakenham 119 116 Peter Stiff 106 116 Kim Gilbert 112 110 Richard Evans 111 111 Dennis Horsley 110 108 Craig Mills 108 110 Paul Kelly 89 105 Penny Wood 108 97
(Milton Keynes) [116]		7 5	[114]

QUARTER-FINALS

	Lincs	16.5.15	Kent*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Behzad Parnian 108 120 (W) William Orr 117 114 Christopher Cumbers 112 113 Kishore Murugesh 88 112 Francis Birkbeck - "e112" (1) Charles Ayton 109 110 Arya Parnian - 104 Paul Fischer 117 104 Philip Gutcher 105 103 Peter Damms - 97 Mark Newstead 86 91 Will Taylor 81 90	0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1	Mikey Watson 118 127 Peter Belka 119 Stephen Bond 116 117 Peter Blundell 110 118 John Fowers 115 118 Andrew Gillard 115 110 Phil Wheeler 116 125 Eric Hazell 115 115 Lee Brockwell 109 117 James Robertson 112 112 Joe Neanor 111 105 Neil Lang 110 111
(venue not known)		5½ 6½
¹ Bd 5. Most recent grade 112 (July 2013). We don't know if that "e" is from the "cleared" list. Er, no, he isn't.

	Surrey*	16.5.15	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Michael Ifalore 115 128 (W) Jose Dimiti 116 121 Steve Johnson 116 115 Henry Yu 113 112 Delroy Bennett 111 110 Aaron Fernandes - - (1) Muhammad Wadud 110 - Paul Collis 110 110 Robin Lee 107 108 David Howes 102 107 William Golding 100 110 John Ryan 100 105	0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0	Jason Madden 119 127 Adam Trailor 119 123 John Green 113 119 John Pakenham 119 116 Peter Stiff 106 116 Richard Evens 111 111 (1) Kim Gilbert 112 110 Craig Mills 108 110 Terry Clay 115 109 Simon Weaver 103 108 Adrian Grimes 105 103 Penny Wood 108 97
(Drayton Oxon) [113]		6 6	[112]
Warwicks win on board count. ¹Bd 6. Grading and Membership databases say Evans.

	Herts	2.5.15	Staffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Roger Kearns 114 (B) John Leake 132 Richard Pearson 127 Chris Pines 122 John Peate 120 Russell Bailey 114 Francois Swiegers 117 Michael Whitworth 115 Tim Sampson 114 Kenneth Jardine 110 Simon Hicks 111 John Harris 106	1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0	Peter Windows 130 David Johnson 116 Mike Jarocki 113 Nicholas Wright 113 Paul Guest 111 Sandra Blackburn 109 David Barker 109 Peter Evans 104 Andrew Davies 104 Simon Jones 100 Arthur Hall 100 David Buckley 87
(venue not known) [117]		8 4	[108]

Open Minor U180 U160 U140 U120 U100 home

UNDER 100

SEMI-FINALS

	Essex	13.6.15	Notts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Frank Sealey 99 103 (W) Russell Fisher 99 98 Tony Cane 96 95 John Ellis 92 91 Chris Haynes e96 Scott Shelley 91 94 Hugh Tanton 92 91 John Chapman 75 85 James Courtenay 84 77 Mario Cassar 78 73 Colin Tyrrell 68 71 Peter Hughes 66 67	0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1	Robert Abrahart 99 103 Ben Gilpin 93 102 Alberto Rodriguez 97 96 Michael Seagrave 94 97 Richard Dawson 98 95 Ronnie Watson 97 95 Charlotte Attwood 93 95 def Rohan Tandon 75 89 Dorothy Blampied 89 84 Akmal Lathif 82 James Garside 65 59
(venue not known) [86]		5 7	[91]
Grades are what they are.

	Surrey	13.6.15	Kent*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Soumiya Ragavan 97 115 (B) Morayo Ogungbesan 97 97 Jacob Rudd 96 93 Hugo Fowler 96 116 Joel Morales 89 92 Caspian Fowler 97 90 Kevin Tighe 90 88 Harry Gold 93 94 Adam Crafer 84 90 Michael McGee 77 77 Michael Collins 77 73 Joshua Beukes 70 71	0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0	Jacob Watson 90 123 Mary Scott 98 98 Chris Cheeseman 98 90 Viktor Jamzoz 97 97 Mark Horner 93 91 Oleg Gaidai 97 97 Alan Evans 87 86 Peter Houching 84 88 Frank Cheeseman 89 89 Henri Aubin-Parvu 88 86 David Glenister 74 73 Paul Loasby 76 74
(Coulsdon) [88 91]		6 6	[89 91]
Grades are August first. Kent won on board count

QUARTER-FINALS

	Kent*	16.5.15	Norfolk
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Jacob Watson 89 123 (B) Viktor Jamroz - 97 Mark Horner 93 91 Alan Evans 87 86 Peter Houching 84 88 Barry Sawyer 92 86 R Huseyin Gueriane - 88 Bernard Lis 89 88 David Glenister 74 73 Chris Wise 80 81 Paul Loasby 76 74 Ian Latuskie - 58	1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0	Michael Burrage 97 95 Emmet Clarke - 95 Robert Smith - 94 Rod Mills 89 87 John Boulton 87 85 Colin Buxton 86 91 Dennis Driscoll 84 83 Bob Grindrod e82 Heather Wells - 74 Moby Wells 68 79 Charlie Watson e59 Desmond Jeckell 48 48
(Great Shelford Cambs) [86]		8½ 3½	[83]
Grades are August first, where there are two.

	Essex	16.5.15	Staffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Frank Sealey 99 103 (W) Chris Phillips 99 105 Russell Fisher 99 98 Richard Ball 94 99 Tony Kane 96 95 John Ellis 92 91 Ronald Prickett 91 92 John Chapman 75 85 Trevor Adams 90 89 James Courtenay 84 77 Mario Cassar 78 73 def	½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0	Robert West 91 88 Andrei Mihai 89 87 Oliver Snape 79 72 Robert Perry 74 74 Stuart Green 74 71 Joseph Alcock 67 70 Jack Snape 55 53 def def def def def
(venue not known) [92]		7½ 3½
Grades are August first, where there are two. Note 18.5.15. Bd 4 result, and total scores, corrected. Originally given as 0-1 and 6½-4½.

	Warwicks	16.5.15	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Paul Kelly 89 105 (W) Robert Mantell 91 97 Tom Evans 94 95 Marek Zawadzki 94 95 Bill Dixon 98 94 Alan Kelly - 89 Richard Buxton 85 92 Geoff Harman 89 90 Peter Leggett 79 80 John Clulee 71 67 Steve Payne 52 52 def	0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1	Soumiya Ragavan 97 115 Morayo Ogungbesan 97 97 Jacob Rudd 96 93 Annalise Hansen 96 Joel Morales 89 92 Sandy Smyth 89 91 Adam Crafer 84 90 Arif Wadud 82 92 Mike McGee (1) Joshua Beukes 70 71 Paul Braithwaite 65 63 Shareef Wadud 56 90
(Drayton Oxon) [87]		4½ 7½	[90]
Grades are August first, where there are two. ¹Bd 9. No grade provided. Our money would be on 298103J McGee, Michael (- 77) of South Norwood. (Later: match captain confirms.)

A REMARK on the draw
14.2.15
"Has it struck you that every single one of the teams with a quarter-final bye is at home in the semi-final? There are seven of them. Well, it could happen by accident."
That was our reaction to last year's draw, as you may remember. We couldn't believe it was intended. We mentioned it to the Controller a couple of weeks ago, thinking the oddity might be built into the draw by an unnoticed quirk in the methodology. Our answer came from the Home Director, to whom we had copied. "I can reassure you that, in all likelihood, due to the same quirk of the methodology used being used again, the team with a Quarter Final bye is likely to be at home in the Semi Final." He didn't say what the methodology was, or why the outcome was thought acceptable (or desirable?), so we asked and heard no more.
This year's outcome? Number of teams with quarter-final byes: seven. Number of teams with quarter-final byes followed by a home semi-final: five. We might even have bought "chance" this time if the Home Director hadn't denied it. Help, someone. Where is the advantage in this?