Inter County U-125 Team 2005/6

Team Captain: Geoff Rosser.

MCCU Inter-Counties Under-125 Championship

Middlesex 10½ - 5½ Staffordshire
Match played 20 May 2006

Report by Geoff Rosser (Capt)
Here is an update on the Under 125 season.

Our season came to a halt yesterday (20 May) when we faced a very strong Middlesex team in the quarter-final and were decisively beaten. There were some valiant efforts despite the whole team being noticeably outgraded, notably from the Rushall contingent: Stephen Harris drew on Board 1, Peter Leary won on Board 3 and Shane Cooksey won on Board 12.

In fact Pete Broomhall now plays for Rushall and he drew his game, which means that Rushall players scored over half of the Staffs points (3 out of 5½) and didn't lose a game!

Bd	Grade	Middlesex	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	124	P GRANT-ROSS	½	½	Stephen HARRIS	e120
2	124	F ZURSTIEGE	½	½	John DAY	124
3	124	P PICKERING	0	1	Peter LEARY	118
4	123	J TORRANCE	½	½	Ken FRANCIS	116
5	122	P L SZABO	1	0	Geoff ROSSER (Capt)	113
6	120	S SONNIS	1	DEF	Max WOOTTON	113
7	118	C FEWTRELL	1	0	Richard WILKINSON	113
8	117	R HAMILTON	½	½	Alan F DOBSON	104
9	115	R A BALATONI	½	½	Peter BROOMHALL	104
10	114	P M BONN	½	½	John MONTAGUE	102
11	113	G PARFITT	½	½	Kelvin JONES	100
12	110	M LEMAN	0	1	Shane COOKSEY	100
13	108	G BREED	1	0	Robert PARKER	e100
14	107	K PARR	1	0	Peter SHAW	98
15	106	J FARRELL	1	0	Robert BRODIE	98
16	105	B IRVING	1	0	Michael PAGE	91
		TOTALS	10½	5½

Nottinghamshire 9 - 7 Staffordshire
Match played 28 January 2006

Report by Geoff Rosser (Capt)
In the under 125 Midlands semi-final Staffs were disappointingly beaten by a Notts team including several promising youngsters, with an unusual 3 losses on the top 4 boards.  We had to default one board since Richard Wilkinson unfortunately locked both sets of keys inside his car and didn't make it. This means that the Midlands final will be between Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire A.

However, since the MCCU is entitled to 3 places in the national knockout rounds we shall go forward, probably playing a preliminary match on 22nd April before the national quarter-finals.

Bd	Grade	Nottinghamshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	121	M Nailand	1	0	John DAY	118
2	121	A Carlton	½	½	Stephen HARRIS	120e
3	115	P Burley	1	0	Ken FRANCIS	116
4	111	R Willoughby	1	0	Robert DANIELS	122
5	107	M Harper	0	1	Peter LEARY	118
6	106	L Bowen	0	1	David W DANIELS	115
7	105	T Thurgood	½	½	Max WOOTTON	113
8	105	D Cronshaw	1	0	Geoff ROSSER	113
9	104	D Lin	1	0 (Def)	R WILKINSON (DEF)	113
10	103	I Fillingham	0	1	Andrew STOTT	110
11	99	D Dunne	½	½	Alan DOBSON	104
12	98	O Exton	1	0	Peter BROOMHALL	104
13	97	L Darby	½	½	John MONTAGUE	102
14	96	T Pynnegar	0	1	Kelvin JONES	100
15	96	E Williamson	1	0	Shane COOKSEY	100
16	87	P Smith	0	1	Peter SHAW	98
		TOTALS	9	7

Warwickshire 9 - 7 Staffordshire
Match played 3 December 2005

Report by Geoff Rosser (Capt)
It was a hard-fought match, as usual against our old adversaries, which was not decided until the last 2 games. The number of draws rivalled Wolves F C's League record in the last two seasons - 10 out of the 16 games played, though this reflected a generally solid performance and closely contested games. Our only two winners were both from Wolverhampton - Pete Broomhall and Kelvin Jones. However unexpected losses by two other Wolverhampton players meant that we only finish second in the West Zone and will play Notts A in the Midlands semi-final on 29th January.

I am still interested in hearing from anyone with a grade between 100 and 124 who is keen to volunteer for this team, . You are eligible if you live or have lived in Staffordshire, or play for a club or in a league registered in the county. I am sure other county captains are also pleased to learn of players willing to play for the county on a Saturday afternoon.

Bd	Grade	Warwickshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	124	Chris PITT	½	½	John DAY	124
2	123	Phil BULL	½	½	Ken FRANCIS	116
3	122	Mark TALLIS	½	½	Peter LEARY	118
4	121	Frank JIMENEZ	½	½	Robert DANIELS	122
5	117	John ASBURY	1	0	David W DANIELS	115
6	117	Darren LEE	1	0	Max WOOTTON	113
7	115	Louis RAWSON	½	½	Richard WILKINSON	113
8	110	Colin ECKLOFF	½	½	Geoff ROSSER (Capt)	113
9	110	John MURRAY	½	½	Alan F DOBSON	104
10	109	Nigel MALKO	0	1	Peter BROOMHALL	104
11	109	John LLEWELYN	½	½	John FENBY	104
12	100	Ken WARREN	1	0	Peter CROZET	104
13	97	Chris LEE	½	½	John MONTAGUE	102
14	98	Adam JONES	0	1	Kelvin JONES	97
15	94	Kim GILBERT	½	½	Peter SHAW	98
16	90	Brian BUTCHER	1	0	Paul CLAPHAM	90
		TOTALS	9	7

Staffordshire 10½ - 5½ Worcestershire
Match played 29 October 2005

Report by Geoff Rosser (Capt)
A very solid performance by our Under 125 team against Worcestershire, with 8 wins and only 3 losses amongst our players. We look forward with confidence to the showdown with Warwickshire on 3rd December. Admittedly we had a slight grading advantage, but 8.5-2.5 over the top 11 boards was quite impressive!

You may notice that 13 of our team hail from the south of the county and only 3 from the north, and I am waiting for more north Staffs players to come forward, as did Andrew Stott (Fenton) recently, who impressed with a very cool performance on his first appearance.

Bd	Grade	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Worcestershire	Grade
1	122	Robert G DANIELS	0	1	Steve JUKES	122
2	118	John DAY	1	0	Ian TRUSCOTT	122
3	116	Ken FRANCIS	½	½	John GITTUS	117
4	118	Peter LEARY	½	½	Giles STANTON	114
5	112	David W DANIELS	1	0	Gary JACKSON	111
6	113	Max WOOTTON	1	0	Russ SANDERS	110
7	113	Richard WILKINSON	1	0	P BANKS	106
8	113	Geoff ROSSER	1	0	Ken DURNELL	103
9	110	Andrew STOTT	1	0	Don CURRY	101
10	104	Alan F DOBSON	½	½	Tom PARKES	103
11	104	Peter BROOMHALL	1	0	Harry SMALL	102
12	102	John MONTAGUE	0	1	Ian ELLIS	98
13	100	Kelvin JONES	1	0	Michelle CLACK	95
14	100	Shane COOKSEY	½	½	Ian CLACK	94
15	98	Robert BRODIE	½	½	Maureen CLARK	94
16	98	Peter SHAW	0	1	R COLLETT	93
		TOTALS	10½	5½

Staffordshire 9½ - 6½ Shropshire
Match played 1 October 2005

Report by Geoff Rosser (Capt)
The under 125 Staffs v Shropshire match was played on 1st October (rearranged date) and resulted in a comfortable win for Staffordshire against a weaker Shropshre team 9½ - 6½, although not all of our players had a good day!

Thanks to all players and a reminder that the next match is against Worcesterhire, also at Brewood, on 29th October.

Bd	Grade	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Shropshire	Grade
1	122	Robert G DANIELS	0	1	Peter CREAN	121
2	118	John DAY	1	0	Gary WHITE	117
3	116	Ken FRANCIS	½	½	John TUNKS	114
4	118	Peter LEARY	1	0	David WILLIAMS	112
5	112	David W DANIELS	1	0	Norman O'CONNOR	111
6	113	Max WOOTTON	1	0	John WHITTAKER	119
7	113	Geoff ROSSER (Capt)	1	0	John WESTHEAD	101
8	104	Alan F DOBSON	½	½	Andy TUNKS	100
9	104	Peter CROZET	0	1	Chris LEWIS	95
10	104	Peter BROOMHALL	0	1	Keith GRICE	95
11	102	John MONTAGUE	½	½	Chris BAYLISS	91
12	100	Kelvin JONES	0	1	Gareth HAMPSON	85
13	100	Shane COOKSEY	1	0	Alex TAYLOR	83
14	98	Robert BRODIE	0	1	Ieuan FENTON	82
15	98	Peter SHAW	1	0	Andy JONES	80
16	90	Paul CLAPHAM	1	0	Martin PATTERSON	63
		TOTALS	9½	6½