County Results 2007-8

Under-125 Counties Competition

The team captain was Giles Stanton. These matches were played on Saturday afternoons starting at 1:30pm over 16 boards. There were at least three matches this season . The top two teams in the West Midlands will compete in the Midlands Finals and Semi-Finals with the top two teams from the East Midlands where the competing sides are Derbys, Leics, Lincs, and Notts. The playing session is normally 4 hours with time control at 36 moves in 1½ hours followed by a further ½ hour for each player to complete the game. Giles in his pre-season review stated: "Our end-position of 5th in the u125 MCCU table from last season does look a little disappointing, but the match scores three 9-7 defeats and a 8.5-7.5 loss shows all matches were hard fought. We should be inspired by the success of last season's U-100 Worcestershire side. As well as some improving players from the U-100 team this season we will have several experienced players whose grades have fallen just below 125. This should give a very competitive team for the 2007-8 season."

Minor Counties Competition The Team was captained by Maurice Bissell. There were three matches.
Date	Venue	Match	Result
13 Oct	away: Bushbury, Wolverhampton	Staffs - Worcs	Loss 11 - 5
8 Dec	away: Warwickshire	Warks - Worcs
26 Jan	home: Claines, Worcester	Worcs - Gtr Manchester	-

Under-125 Counties Competition The team captain was Giles Stanton. These matches were played on Saturday afternoons starting at 1:30pm over 16 boards. There were at least three matches this season . The top two teams in the West Midlands will compete in the Midlands Finals and Semi-Finals with the top two teams from the East Midlands where the competing sides are Derbys, Leics, Lincs, and Notts. The playing session is normally 4 hours with time control at 36 moves in 1½ hours followed by a further ½ hour for each player to complete the game. Giles in his pre-season review stated: "Our end-position of 5th in the u125 MCCU table from last season does look a little disappointing, but the match scores three 9-7 defeats and a 8.5-7.5 loss shows all matches were hard fought. We should be inspired by the success of last season's U-100 Worcestershire side. As well as some improving players from the U-100 team this season we will have several experienced players whose grades have fallen just below 125. This should give a very competitive team for the 2007-8 season."
Date	Venue	Match	Result
18 Oct	away: Brewood Cricket Club	Staffs - Worcs
6 Dec	home: Webheath Village Hall B97 5SQ	Worcs - Warks
24 Jan	away	Shrops - Worcs
28 Feb
1 Mar	Neutral venue: Barkby, Leics	MCCU Semi-Finals Worcs - Lincs	Won 11 - 5
29 Mar	Home: Quinton, Worcs	MCCU Final Worcs - Warks	Lost 7½ - 8½
May		ECF Quarter-Final Worcs - Cleveland	Worcs won by default
14 June		ECF-Final Worcs - Sussex

Under-100 Counties Competition The team captainn was Richard Turner. The matches were played on Saturday afternoons over 12 boards unless. There were 6 matches this season. The playing session was normally 4 hours with time control at 36 moves in 1½ hours followed by a further ½ hour for each player to complete the game.
Date	Venue	Match	Result
25 Oct	home	Worcs - Staffs Bulldogs
15 Nov	away	Warks - Worcs
13 Dec	home	Worcs - Shrops
10 Jan	away	Staffs Terriers - Worcs
14 Feb	home	Worcs - Leics
7 Mar	away	Notts - Worcs