Worcestershire County Teams 2009-10
Page last updated 15 November 2009
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Introduction

The county has entered three teams for Midlands Championship titles organised by the Midland Counties Chess Union: and there are Worcestershire teams in the U-140 and U-120 tournaments.

Ray Collett (Worcester City) is the new Open team captain replacing Maurice Bissell who had run the team for 11 years. Giles Stanton (Redditch) continues as captain of the successful U-140 (former U-125) team, and Richard Turner (Redditch) for the U-120 (former U-100) team. The upper grade limits are different from last year because of the upward adjustments to players' grades. The Open and U-140 sides play 16 boards and the U-120 team plays 12 boards. The Controller for the 2009-10 MCCU stage is Julie Johnson (Leicestershire). The dates for fixtures are shown below but captains may alter them by mutual consent.

If you wish to represent Worcestershire in any of these matches, please contact the captain for the appropriate team for your grade. To help towards the costs of refreshments for the away and home teams and hire of the venue, the Captain will ask for £5 board fee from adult players (junior players are exempt from the board fee) at home matches only.

Minor Counties Competition Open team

The Open team competes in the lower division for the MCCU Minor Championship. Captain is Ray Collett (01905 454754). The playing session is 5 hours with the first time control at 40 moves in 2 hours followed by an extra 30 minutes for a quickplay finish. It is hoped that it will be possible for matches to start at 1pm so that the finishing time is not too late. There are at least three matches this season and there will be at least two further matches for the MCCU Minor title if Worcestershire do not come last.

Under-140 Counties Competition

The 140 grade corresponds to the U-125 last year. The team captain of the under-140 side is Giles Stanton (telephone 01527 402436). These matches are usually played on Saturday afternoons starting at 1:30pm or 2pm over 16 boards. 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. Prior consultation with the MCCU Events Director is required to field ungraded players.

Under-120 Counties Competition

The team captain is Richard Turner (tel. 01527 853873). These matches are played on Saturday afternoons over 12 boards unless both counties agree a higher even number. There are at least 5 matches this season. There is a small charge for refreshments for Worcs players at home matches. 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. The current ECF grades will be used for determining eligibility to play in this grading-limited event. Prior consultation with the MCCU Events Director is required to field ungraded players.