Inter County U-150 team 2007/8
Team Captain: Stephane Pedder.
MCCU Inter-Counties Under-150 Championship
Staffordshire v Leicestershire
Match played 29 March 2008 at Brewood
32 players sat down at just after 1.30 for the Staffordshire v Leicestershire Inter-County match.
Staffordshire had a junior player on board one, Leicestershire had a junior player on board two.
Comparing the grades suggested Leicestershire had the edge.
The matches finished one by one.
There was never more than a point in it.
Staffs took an early lead; Then Leics caught up and overtook them.
With just three boards still playing, Staffs had a one point lead.
With just board one to finish, the teams were level.
15 games had finished, but it would all depended on the outcome of just that one final game.
Craig Whitfield had a king + pawn against the Leicester player's king, but Craig was in time trouble and that pawn was a long way from promotion.
Could he promote and give checkmate before time ran out?
As the clock continued to tick, he marched the pawn up the board, promoted to queen and just a few moves later ..... checkmate!
Well done to Craig, the whole team, and everyone involved with today's victory.
And of course well played to all the Leicestershire players, especially their board two.
Bd |
Grade |
STAFFORDSHIRE |
Score |
Score |
LEICESTERSHIRE |
Grade |
1 |
141 |
Craig M Whitfield |
1 |
0 |
M Cowley |
146 |
2 |
148 |
Simon R Edwards |
1 |
0 |
B Clarke |
122 |
3 |
146 |
John Staniforth |
½ |
½ |
A Jex |
141 |
4 |
143 |
Phillip D Porter |
1 |
0 |
D Farrell |
137 |
5 |
134 |
David Daniels |
0 |
1 |
P Colbury |
135 |
6 |
129 |
Peter Leary |
½ |
½ |
I Dodds |
134 |
7 |
Ung |
Kevin D Hadley |
0 |
1 |
PK Harrison |
133 |
8 |
126 |
Max Wooton |
½ |
½ |
S Turvey |
133 |
9 |
125 |
Stephen R Wilcox |
½ |
½ |
S Wyle |
132 |
10 |
124 |
Manoj Arora |
½ |
½ |
M Tate |
131 |
11 |
120 |
Kenneth McNulty |
1 |
0 |
O Hardy |
131 |
12 |
118 |
Ken AJ Francis |
½ |
½ |
P Marlow |
130 |
13 |
114 |
K Roger Grainger |
1 |
0 |
R Collins |
128 |
14 |
Ung |
Andy Lenz |
½ |
½ |
K Potter |
127 |
15 |
111 |
Stephen M Harris |
0 |
1 |
F Katumwa |
122 |
16 |
102 |
John E Button |
0 |
1 |
D Busby |
94 |
|
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TOTALS |
8½ |
7½ |
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My thanks to all the players, including the reserves (Ray Dolan, Peter Evans and Matthew Carr).
Also to the players who wanted to play, but had other commitments that stopped them from taking part.
Finally, as substitute team captain, my thanks to Steve Wilcox, Martyn Harris and David Anderton etc for asking players in their club whether they would be interested.
I do appreciate it!!!
Greater Manchester v Staffordshire
Unfortunately, Stephane stood down as team captain for personal reasons just before the match against Greater Manchester.
I'm sure you will all join me in wishing him well.
But he did stay on as team contact to minimise the risk of communications going astray or similar.
As a temporary measure, Andrew Davies stepped in to put a team together for the final fixture against Leicester.
Staffordshire 4 - 12 Nottinghamshire
Match played 1 December 2007 at Brewood
Bd |
Grade |
STAFFORDSHIRE |
Score |
Score |
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE |
Grade |
1 |
148 |
Simon EDWARDS |
0 |
1 |
A J WRIGHT |
149 |
2 |
140 |
Trevor OWEN |
0 |
1 |
M McBETH |
149 |
3 |
138 |
Stephen HILL |
0 |
1 |
W PLACE |
148 |
4 |
134 |
Dave DANIELS |
½ |
½ |
A COMBIE |
148 |
5 |
132 |
Martin MAY |
0 |
1 |
T A LANE |
145 |
6 |
132 |
Diarmid GIBSON |
½ |
½ |
S HUNTER |
141 |
7 |
131 |
Frank WOOD |
½ |
½ |
B THOMPSON |
141 |
8 |
129 |
Derek PERKS |
1 |
0 |
D TOMS |
138 |
9 |
129 |
Peter LEARY |
½ |
½ |
L MESSAM-SPARKS |
137 |
10 |
124 |
Manoj ARORA |
0 |
1 |
B M HAYWARD |
136 |
11 |
126 |
Max WOOTTON |
0 |
1 |
J K WALTERS |
130 |
12 |
125 |
Steve WILCOX |
0 |
1 |
N GRAHAM |
129 |
13 |
120 |
Ken McNULTY |
½ |
½ |
J DAY |
127 |
14 |
118 |
Ken FRANCIS |
0 |
1 |
R P TAYLOR |
129 |
15 |
111 |
Steve HARRIS |
½ |
½ |
J TASSI |
128 |
16 |
98 Est |
Ray DOLAN |
0 |
1 |
O EXTON |
126 |
|
|
TOTALS |
4 |
12 |
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Staffordshire 4 - 12 Warwickshire
Match played 3 November 2007 at Brewood
Bd |
Grade |
STAFFORDSHIRE |
Score |
Score |
WARWICKSHIRE |
Grade |
1 |
146 |
John STANIFORTH |
0 |
1 |
C Eckloff |
148 |
2 |
143 |
Philip PORTER |
½ |
½ |
R Wallman |
148 |
3 |
139 |
Martyn HARRIS |
1 |
Def |
DEFAULT |
146 |
4 |
134 |
Dave DANIELS |
1 |
0 |
T Robinson |
146 |
5 |
129 |
Derek PERKS |
½ |
½ |
R Reynolds |
144 |
6 |
129 |
Peter LEARY |
0 |
1 |
R Walker |
143 |
7 |
126 |
Max WOOTTON |
0 |
1 |
R C Reynolds |
142 |
8 |
125 |
John DAY |
0 |
1 |
K Thomas |
141 |
9 |
120 |
Ken McNULTY |
0 |
1 |
G Hope |
140 |
10 |
118 |
Ken FRANCIS |
0 |
1 |
J Fahy |
135 |
11 |
117 |
Alan DOBSON |
½ |
½ |
P Bull |
135 |
12 |
114 |
Roger GRAINGER |
0 |
1 |
A Draper |
135 |
13 |
111 |
Steve HARRIS |
½ |
½ |
A Wilson |
128 |
14 |
108 |
Kelvin JONES |
0 |
1 |
A Burnet |
127 |
15 |
104 |
Peter SHAW |
0 |
1 |
C Evans |
124 |
16 |
138 |
Stephane PEDDER |
0 |
1 |
S Ralph |
117 |
|
|
TOTALS |
4 |
12 |
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