Inter County Bulldogs Team (U100 A) 2007/8
Team Captain: David Buckley
MCCU Inter-Counties Under-100 Semi-final 2007 - 8 In the MCCU west zone, the Bulldogs finished second (behind their Terriers rivals), but were beaten by their Warwickshire opponents in the regional semi-final.
Warwickshire 7 - 5 Bulldogs
Match played 8 March 2008 at Warley Quinborne Chess Club, Birmingham.
Match details not available
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 went through to the national stages as the third midlands team.
MCCU Inter-Counties Under-100 Championship
Worcestershire 5½ - 6½ Bulldogs
Match played 26 January 2008 in Webheath, Nr Redditch.
Bd |
Grade |
Worcestershire |
Score |
Score |
Bulldogs
(Staffs A) |
Grade |
1 |
98 |
Ray Trinder |
0 |
1 |
David Molineux |
99 |
2 |
94 |
Maureen Clark |
½ |
½ |
Rod Price |
93 |
3 |
93 |
Terry Pountney |
½ |
½ |
Simon A Jones |
92 |
4 |
91 |
Fred Bateson |
1 |
0 |
Paul O'Donoghue |
90 |
5 |
90 |
Richard Collett |
½ |
½ |
Bryan Hall |
89 |
6 |
87 |
Richard Turner |
½ |
½ |
Robert Brodie |
89 |
7 |
87 |
Penny Wood |
0 |
1 |
Peter Broomhall |
89 |
8 |
79 |
William Pugh |
½ |
½ |
Peter FK Evans |
88 |
9 |
77 |
John Holmberg |
½ |
½ |
Anthony R Meakin |
85 |
10 |
69 |
Tony Taylor |
½ |
½ |
David I Buckley |
82 |
11 |
58 |
Ronald Thompson |
0 |
1 |
Christopher Bateson |
81 |
12 |
Ung |
Neil Ryder |
1 |
0 |
Paul Guest |
69 |
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TOTALS |
5½ |
6½ |
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Bulldogs 7 - 5 Shropshire A
Match played 12 January 2008 in Brewood.
Bd |
Grade |
Bulldogs
(Staffs A) |
Score |
Score |
Shropshire A |
Grade |
1 |
99 |
David Molineux |
1 |
0 |
Neil Sampson |
94 |
2 |
93 |
Rod Price |
1 |
0 |
Dele Ogundipe |
92 |
3 |
92 |
Simon A Jones |
0 |
1 |
Roger Brown |
91 |
4 |
90 |
Paul O'Donoghue |
0 |
1 |
Derrick Powell |
87 |
5 |
90 |
Peter A Crozet |
½ |
½ |
Andrew Jones |
87 |
6 |
89 |
Peter Broomhall |
1 |
0 |
Richard Gillespie |
83 |
7 |
95 |
Bob Brodie |
½ |
½ |
Paul G Broderick |
78 |
8 |
89 |
John Fenby |
1 |
0 |
Sellick L Davies |
75 |
9 |
85 |
Anthony R Meakin |
½ |
½ |
Alan Pickles |
75 |
10 |
81 |
Christopher Bateson |
0 |
1 |
Martin W Patterson |
68 |
11 |
73 |
Steve R Wilson |
1 |
0 |
Richard Szwajkun |
56 |
12 |
Ung |
Steve Micklewright |
½ |
½ |
Steve Szwajkun |
49 |
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TOTALS |
7 |
5 |
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Well done to our players!
Shropshire B 2½ - 9½ Bulldogs
Match played 17 Novemeber 2007 in Shropshire.
Bd |
Grade |
Shropshire |
Score |
Score |
Bulldogs
(Staffs A) |
Grade |
1 |
80 |
Peter Mellor |
0 |
1 |
David Molineux |
99 |
2 |
74 |
Athar Mehmood |
0 |
1 |
Robert Brodie |
95 |
3 |
61 |
Henry Graham |
0 |
1 |
Rod Price |
93 |
4 |
55 |
Christopher A Lovejoy |
0 |
1 |
Simon A Jones |
92 |
5 |
46 |
Jonathan Newey |
1 |
0 |
Paul O'Donoghue |
90 |
6 |
45 |
Mark Richards |
½ |
½ |
Peter Broomhall |
89 |
7 |
44 |
Huw Davenport |
1 |
0 |
Peter FK Evans |
88 |
8 |
38 |
Francis Rooney |
0 |
1 |
Anthony R Meakin |
85 |
9 |
30 |
Matthew Mellor |
0 |
1 |
Anthony Collabella |
84 |
10 |
28 |
Joseph Mellor |
0 |
1 |
David I Buckley |
82 |
11 |
15 |
Matthew Best |
0 |
1 |
Paul Guest |
69 |
12 |
Ung |
George Birt |
0 |
1 |
Steve Micklewright |
Ung |
|
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TOTALS |
2½ |
9½ |
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A team of Shropshire's junior players played host to our Bulldogs team (Staffordshire A) for the Inter-County fixture.
Team captain David Buckley told me that despite the result, Shropshire's players were very strong.
Congratulations to our team, and well done to our Shropshire opponents.
Bulldogs 3 - 9 Terriers
(Staffordshire A 3 - 9 Staffordshire B)
Match played 27 October 2007 at 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 |
|
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TOTALS |
3 |
9 |
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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!
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