Worcester
& District Chess League
Ball Cup Results for
2009-10 Season
Structure of the Competition
The competition
will run on the following basis to give players a minimum of 4 games.
• Three all-play-all groups of 5 players each;
• The winner of each group qualifies automatically for
the first knockout phase (semi-final);
• The runner-up from each group will take part
in a further all-play-all phase, the winner of which will also qualify
for the semi-finals;
• The winners of the semi-finals will compete in the final to
determine who wins the Cup.
Qualifying Stages
The draw for the qualifying groups was carried out by ranking the players in grade order and then ‘slicing’ the list into five sets of three. A name was drawn at random from each of these five sets and placed in each qualifying group. In this way, the strength of the three groups should be roughly similar, but the spirit of a Cup competition (the “luck of the draw”) was retained. After this had been done, the initial allocations of who should play with the white pieces was also decided by lot. The tables were completed by ensuring that each player had two games with white and two with black.
Ball Cup Pool A |
Grade | JV | AD | GS | JC | CV | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Varilone (Kidderminster) | 139 | B | W | B | W | |||
| Ashley Davis (Headless Cross) | 136 | W | B | W | B | |||
| Giles Stanton (Redditch) | 125 | B | W | B | W | |||
| John Clark (Worcester) | 109 | W | B | W | B | |||
| Colin Vernon (Worcester) | 79 | B | W | B | W |
Ball Cup Pool B |
Grade | AF | RT | JG | RC | MH | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Farthing (Worcester) | 146 | B | W | B | W | |||
| Ray Trinder (Redditch) | 127 | W | B | W | B | |||
| John Gittus (Kidderminster) | 126 | B | W | B | W | |||
| Richard Collett (Greenlands) | 112 | W | B | W | B | |||
| Mark Hore (Headless Cross) | 106 | B | W | B | W |
Ball Cup Pool C |
Grade | RM | DR | RB | JC | PS | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Mitchell (Kidderminster) | 140 | W | B | W | B | |||
| David Richardson (Headless Cross) | 128 | B | W | B | W | |||
| Rob Bricknell (Redditch) | 125 | W | B | W | B | |||
| Jason Cole (Redditch) | 123 | B | W | B | W | |||
| Philip Smith (Worcester) | u/g | W | B | W | B |
Guidance
Controller Andrew Farthing
writes: "Please don’t leave your
games until the last minute! I’m
sure we all know how hard it can be to fit in fixtures at times, so the sooner
the better." All results for this event are submitted for grading. In order
to protect personal information, contact details have been provided separately
to each competitor. If you have any questions about the event, please feel
free to contact me.
Good luck to everyone, and have fun!"
Results
Please report results
as promptly as possible to Andrew
Farthing by
e-mail or by telephone 01905 358949.
Timetable
Please ensure that you complete your four Group games by 15 March
2010.
The triangular runner-up competition should be completed by 30 April
2010.
The semi-finals should be completed by 31 May 2010.
The final should be completed by 30 June 2010.
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