Open Results 2008 2009

	2008 / 2009 County Results - Open

	The Hampshire Open team is run by Dominic Tunks
	Harold Meek Table
	Wayling Cup Table
	West of England Matches

	West of England Championship

15 November 2008	Hants A	Lost	5 - 11	Somerset A
13 December 2009	Hants A	won	9 - 7	Gloucestershire
24 January 2009	Hants A	won	10½ - 5½	Devon A
24 January 2009	Hants B	lost	4½ - 7½	Devon B
14 March 2009	Hants B	lost	7 - 9	Dorset B
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	Hants	lost	6 - 10	Norfolk U125 Prelim
	Hants	Won	10 - 6	Norfolk Minor QF
	Hants	lost	7.5 - 8.5	Leicestershire

Harold Meek Tournament 2008 - 2009: Table

	Corn	Devon	Glos	Hants	Somerset	Points	Place
Cornwall
Devon
Glos				7
Hampshire			9		5
Somerset				11

Wayling Cup Competition 2008- 2009: Table

	Devon	Dorset	Hants	Somerset	Points	Place
Devon
Dorset
Hampshire				-
Somerset

West of England Championship

Jamboree

Hampshire A			Others

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Hampshire A		9	Gloucestershire A		7
Michael Yeo	179	½	Nigel Hosken	174	½
Dominic Tunks	174	1	Ian Gallagher	173	0
Fraser McLeod	168	½	Malola Prasath	167	½
Chris Bellers	165	½	Phil Meade	161	½
Roger Marsh	161	0	Peter Martin	156	1
Steve Payne	161	0	Geoff Taylor	153	1
John Wilkinson	157	½	John Jenkins	152	½
Martin Buckley	156	0	Graham Brown	151	1
Khaled Esmat	152	1	Richard Dixon	148	0
David Fowler	u	½	Barry Whitelaw	138	½
Stuart Dean	134	½	Alan Bentley	131	½
Gillian Moore	131	1	Andrew James	126	0
Tim Chapman	123	0	Alun Richards	123	1
Steven Le Fevre	119	1	Pat Baker	120	0
Jon Young	107	1	Steve Herbert	119	0
Matthew Ward	102	1	Ray Francis	111	0

	Hampshire scored a good victory against Gloucestershire last Saturday. On paper the two teams were very close - overall and on every board. Remarkably, there were only six draws. And those included some of the last games to finish - tough battles indeed. Congratulations to all who played and thanks too to those additional players who were available and gave me the luxury of selecting the team. I left out a couple of good players to give our bottom boards a game and one of the satisfying things for me about our victory was that we won on those bottom boards, although we were slightly outgraded. Dominic Tunks Match Captain


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Hampshire A		10½	Devon A		5½
Moses Kawuma (B)	u	½	Jerek Pietzycki	u	½
Ieuan Ward	197	0	Dominic Mackle	185	1
Michael Yeo	179	1	Dennis Cowley	175	0
Steven Kawuma	178	1	John Wheeler	172	0
Bruce Jenks	175	½	Stephen Homer	170	½
Dominic Tunks	174	1	Alan Brusey	166	0
Chris Bellers	165	1	John Stephene	167	0
Bill McDougall	163	½	Brian Hewson	165	½
Stephen Payne	161	½	Trefor Thynne	163	½
Mike Krawczuk	159	½	Simon Waters	164	½
Matthew Ludrbook	157	1	Dave Regis	160	0
John Wilkinson	156	1	Mark Abbott	155	0
Khaled Esmat	152	½	William Inghan	152	½
Martin Buckley	156	0	Jonathan Underwood	154	1
David Fowler	u	1	Charlie Howarth	148	0
Andrew McDougall	u	½	Paul Brools	144	½

	You could say I'm pleased! In the good old days when Richard Webb led the team and Hampshire was a force to be reckoned with, we would beat Devon regularly. Since I've been Captain (which is quite a while, now I come to think of it), I don't remember beating Devon at all. If we have, it wasn't this millennium (and probably not for a long time before that). Playing Devon had become a depressing experience, for me and the team. Not anymore! For once we matched them on paper. This wasn't because Devon was weaker - it was thanks to a fine turnout from Hampshire. Thank you all. I hope you enjoyed the win as much as I did! In fact, there wasn't any significant grading difference on any board. It promised to be a tense, close match but, while we dropped a couple of earlyish losses, after that it was all one-way traffic - Hampshire reeled off win after win after win. Seven in all. The other seven games were drawn. Well done all! Dominic Tunks Match Captain

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Hampshire B		4½	Devon B		7½
Philip Barber (w)	145	½	Philip Kennedy	144	½
Stephen Smith	144	½	Robert Thompson	141	½
David Thompson	139	½	Brian Gosling	142	½
Stuart Dean	134	½	Sean Pope	142	½
Gillian Moore	131	0	Stephen Schofield	139	1
Roy Ashmore	129	0	David Toms	137	1
Laurie Brokenshire	u	0	John Gorodi	137	1
Stephen LeFevre	119	1	Wilfred Taylor	134	1
Barry Diaper	108	½	Peter Halmkin	133	½
Jon Young	107	1	Daniel Frean	131	0
Paul Holton	104	0	Mike Stinton-Brownbridge	123	1
Matthew Ward	102	1	Robert Jones	121	0

	Our U150 team had something to live up to - last year, although heavily outgraded, we held Devon to a 6-6 draw. That was a great result, could we go one better this time? Well, on paper we still had a grading deficit, most noticeably on the bottom few boards. But paper counts for little - Jon Young and Matt Ward are both having fantastic seasons for Hampshire (you will remember that it was these two whose wins on the bottom boards against Gloucestershire sealed our victory in that match). When they won quickly, the Devon Captain started to look worried. Sadly this was the exact mirror image of the first team's results and after the two early wins the traffic was all the other way. An equal number of wins and draws secured a 7.5-4.5 victory for Devon. Dominic Tunks Match Captain

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	Date: 15 November 2008

Hampshire A		5	Somerset A		11
Michael Yeo	179	0	IM Jack Rudd	216	1
Dominic Tunks	174	½	Ben Edgell	178	½
Fraser McLeod	168	1	David Littlejohns	169	0
Chris Bellers	165	1	Gerry Jepps	165	0
David Thompson	139	0	Roger Morgan	u	1
Stuart Dean	134	0	Andrew Footner	161	1
Gillian Moore	131	0	Michael Richardt	157	1
Ed Davies	127	1	Anthony Bamford	152	1
Peter Dallas	123	0	Chris Purry	148	1
Barry Kocan	123	0	Jim Fewkes	146	1
Tim Chapman	123	0	Neville Senior	137	1
John Wiseman	115	½	Roger Knight	133	½
Ashraf Syed	109	0	Ben Wade	130	1
Barry Diaper	108	0	Chris McInley	129	1
Jon Young	107	0	David Weal	118	1
Paul Holton	104	1	Mark Baker	115	0
Average			Average

	Dominic Tunks

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Hampshire B		7	Dorset B		9
D.Fowler	u	0	P.Wilcock	150	1
S.Smith	144	0	M.Litchfield	145	1
D.Thompson	139	1	F.Pittman	139	0
J.Watts	138	½	G.Searing	139	½
S.Dean	134	0	W.Legg	136	1
G.Moore	131	½	I.Willis	133	½
R.Ashmore	129	1	T.Buckfield	129	0
B.Kocan	123	0	P.Wood	125	1
S.D.LeFevre	119	½	C.Holdsworth	120	½
J.Young	107	1	J.Fox	119	0
R.Smith	105	0	P.Brackner	114	1
P.Holton	104	1	D.Cornes	109	0
M.Ward	102	1	C.Ambrose	109	0
T.Elbourn	76	½	P.Bland	107	½
Default		0	J.George	100	1
Default		0	N.Mackie	84	1


U125 - Prelimanary
Hampshire		6	Norfolk		10
Phil Ash	123	0	Mark Le-Vine	123	1
Bob Cleave	122	1	Andrew Donnerly	122	0
Northidayah Azman	121	½	Serg Levine	116	½
Philip Gething	118	½	Les Gladwell	122	½
Ken Retallack	118	½	John Wickham	121	½
John Wiseman	115	½	Nick Slater	117	½
Peter Eales	115	½	Roy Neil	118	½
Ashraf Syed	109	½	Colin Payne	115	½
Jon Young	107	0	Ed King	111	1
Rick F Smith	105	½	Matthew Morter	107	½
Mike Watt	94	0	Brant Muttall	103	1
Sam Murphy	91	½	Bodo Rismann	98	½
Chris Smithers	81	0	Ben Slater	95	1
Anthony Summers	80	0	Nick Franklin	88	1
L.Clements	62	0	Sam Gibbs	91	1
Emma Zabg	u	1	Carl Morter	81	0

Minor - QF
Hampshire		10	Norfolk		6
Ian Thompson	190	½	Ken McEwan	182	½
Michael Yeo	179	1	Emmanuel Bendillo	196	0
Chris B Jenks	175	1	Cor Dekker	176	0
Domnic Tunks	174	½	Roderick Calindas	169	½
A.Ganesan	168	½	Ben Collinson	167	½
Chris Bellers	165	0	Roy Hughes	155	1
David Hart	162	1	Mervyn Hughes	151	0
John Wilkinson	157	1	Steven Moore	150	0
Martin Buckley	156	0	Gerd Wagner	150	1
Khaled Esmat	152	½	Anthony Hall	147	½
David Fowler	u	1	Joseph Bell	145	0
Stephen Smith	144	1	Jonathon Burrows	142	0
David Thompson	139	0	Graham Blowers	137	1
John Watts	138	1	David Gutteridge	134	0
Chris Priest	129	1	Kevin Shaw	115	0
Matt Ward	102	0	John Wickham	121	1

Minor - SF
Hampshire		7.5	Leicestershire		8.5
Ieuan Ward	197	0	Mark Hebden (GM)	236	1
Ian Thompson	190	½	Alan Byron	178	½
Michael Yeo	179	1	Brandon Clarke	147	0
Bruce Jenks	175	0	John Robinson	168	1
Dominic Tunks	174	1	Sean Shenhan	166	0
Fraser McLeod	168	½	Roland Graf	u	½
Ganesan	168	0	Andrew Morley	162	1
Chris Bellers	165	½	Christopher Jones	162	½
Roger Marsh	161	1	Ray Burgess	155	0
John Wilkinson	157	1	Christopher Gibson	159	0
Matt Ludbrook	157	½	John Mitchell	150	½
Martin Buckley	156	0	Sean Hewitt	149	1
David Fowler	u	½	Michael Salisbury	144	½
Stev Smith	144	0	David Farrall	144	1
David Thompson	139	1	James Bingham	139	0
John Watts	138	0	Paul Deacon	136	1

	Thank you alike to players and supporters this year. Personally a difficult one, but as a team we had perhaps our most successful season under my captaincy. Our victories against Devon and Norfolk were I think the highlights for me. Our season is now over, having lost in the Semi-Final to Leicestershire by one Grandmaster to nil. Ieuan made a valiant effort, but with the black pieces it was a bit much to ask! The rest of us were much more evenly matched - the 147 on board 3 is deceptive... this was a junior player and grades mean nothing! And it turned out to be an extremely close match. We were 7-6 up with boards 2, 7 and 14 to finish. Ganesan seemed to be drawing and, while we had looked lost on both the other boards earlier, our improving positions on both led to all sorts of 'what-if' board counting computations being made. Ganesan thought he had to win - a sure way to lose! - meanwhile Ian had rescued a half on board 2 so the board counting calculations now favoured us. Eventually we lost on the other two boards and the match slipped away by the smallest of margins. So close! A great effort - thank you all again. Regards Dominic Tunks - Match Captain.

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