Tag: Players Cup

Will you win a trophy at Cumnor Chess Club this year?

TrophyIt’s a new year, so time to announce our annual internal tournament to find the best players in Cumnor.

We’ve decided, to give more people the opportunity to win a prize, to hold *two* different tournaments – with our players split into two groups based upon their ECF grade.

Firstly, there’s the familiar Players Cup, where our higher-graded players will compete for the Players Cup Trophy:

Here is who will be competing for the Players Cup 2015:

Liam Glenn
Mark Sayers
Gareth Stevens
Simon Terrington
Andrew Varney
Daniel Varney
Zoe Varney

And, for our lower-graded players, we are pleased to announce the Bill Laar Trophy.

Bill LaarThis trophy was donated to the club by Mr Bill Laar in 2009. Bill is a local man who works in the teaching profession, and is a keen supporter of educational pursuits. Bill’s son Alex, was a founder member of the club in 2001, along with Ann Willan and myself.

The trophy was used in two different tournaments in 2009 and 2010. Unfortunately, since then, we have not been able to find a suitable use for it.

But that has now changed! The Bill Laar Trophy will now become a permanent tournament for the club. Each player will play one game only against each other.

Here is who will be competing for the Bill Laar Trophy 2015:

Francisco “Pako” Alvarez
Susana Bennett Anton
Steven Bennett
Robin Carr
Graham Cluley
Alan Flockton
Richard Harrop
Frida Ives
Leonora Ives
Marc Ives
Richard Slade
Robert Steel
David Sterrie
Ann Willan

Good luck to all of you!

New Grades, Trophy Night, ect

Liam enjoying a pint from the Players Cup Trophy
Liam enjoying a pint from the Players Cup Trophy

The New Grades where released this week and can be found here.

Last night was the Trophy presentation night for the 2013 Players Cup. The final positions where as follows:-
1st Liam
2nd Gareth
3rd Steve

The 2014 Players Cup has already started with 17 players battling it out for the top prize, it will be very competitive this year.

Cumnor 2 played a match on Monday evening against Cowley 4 and drew 3-3

It’s Summer Time and The Weather is Fine

Tonight is our penultimate club night before we close for the summer. We are open on the 18th July and our last night is on the 25th July. We are not open on the 1 August through out the whole of August and we will open again on the 5th September, with the league starting in October.

But before we wish the summer away we have a few things to sort out. First the players cup is still going (and will be updated after tonights games) and it is might close near the top!

4/5 players are starting to pull away but it is still possible for the chasing pack to catch up.

The ECF chess grades will be published soon but no one knows the extact date. I will keep you posted on them when they arrive.

And finally Witney chess club are planning two tournaments in the Autumn. A rapid play in September and a long play weekend tournament (similar to Kidlington) in October more information can be found here on Witney’s website.

And for those who I don’t see before August have a great summer!

A Quick June Update

Even though the chess playing season is over, the club is still open up until the end of July (closed for the Thursdays in August).

Here is just a couple of things to keep you busy over the longer summer evenings.

Cowley have their bi-annual Summer Blitz Tournement on Monday 24th June at the Cowley chess team’s home, Rose Hill Methodist Church with a start time of 7.15pm. All chessplayers are welcome.

During the evening they shall also be hosting the presentation of this season’s OCA team trophies and the individual medals for the best performances in the League.

More info can be found here

Meanwhile, The Cumnor Players Cup is as competive as usual and the updated table is now available.

Make sure you enjoy the sunshine, as I’m sure it will not last very long.

Updated Players Cup results

With spring on its way (!) and the season coming to an end, the Players Cup tournament at Cumnor Chess Club is starting to heat up and it’s going to be a close competition again this year.

Here are the latest standings:

# Competitor Pl  W  D  L  PF
1 Liam        6  5  1  0  5.5
2 Gareth      6  5  1  0  5.5
3 Steve       5  3  1  1  3.5
4 Mark        3  2  1  0  2.5
5 Andrew      2  2  0  0  2
6 Pako        2  1  1  0  1.5
7 Roger       3  1  1  1  1.5
8 Graham      3  1  0  2  1
9 Daniel      3  1  0  2  1
10 Mike       2  1  0  1  1
11 David      2  0  0  2  0
12 Ann        4  0  0  4  0
13 Marc       4  0  0  4  0
14 Robin      1  0  0  1  0
15 Richard    1  0  0  1  0
16 Clive      1  0  0  1  0
17 Robert     2  0  0  2  0
18 Zoe

For those who aren’t aware, Cumnor Chess Club runs a “Players Cup” tournament every year, where Cumnor players battle against each other to find out who is the champ.