County Matches 2024/25

	Played at Plymouth Bridge Club on Sunday 2 February 2025
	Devon U1900		7 - 9	Cornwall U1900
1	UG	Joy Ching Li	½ - ½	Jamie Morgan	1880
2	1883	Paul Brooks	0 - 1	Tom Hill	UG
3	1830	Michael Stinton-Brownbridge	1 - 0	David Jenkins	1800
4	1836	Nick Butland	0 - 1	Colin Sellwood	1735
5	1824	Charles Howard	½ - ½	Anthony Rundle	1760
6	1787	Sean Pope	½ - ½	Ian Murray	1736
7	1787	William Ingram	0 - 1	Jeff Nicholas	1729
8	1722	Alastair Morton	½ - ½	Nigel Kirkman	1718
9	1727	James Day	½ - ½	Bryan Jones	1618
10	1730	Peter Halmkin	1 - 0	Ajna Fern	1639
11	1691	Paul Wood	0 - 1	James Galloway	1628
12	1707	Gerald T'Hart	½ - ½	Mick Hill	1658
13	1631	Robert Wilby	½ - ½	Rafferty Renshaw	1575
14	1708	Catherine Black	0 - 1	Ian Renshaw	1498
15	UG	Neel Shivane	½ - ½	PhilIp Spargo	1474
16	1674	Steve Clarke	1 - 0	Default

Match Report

A win against Devon is always a good result. Congratulations and thanks to all concerned.

Fine contributions from Tom Hill, Colin Sellwood, Jeff Nicholas, James Galloway and Ian Renshaw with wins and Anthony Rundle, Ian Murray, Nigel Kirkman, Bryan Jones, Mick Hill and Philip Spargo who drrew their games. David Jenkins and Ajna Fern fought hard but eventually lost tough games against Michael Stinton-Brownbridge and former East Devon champion, East Devon champion, Peter Halmkin.

Jamie Morgan

	Played at Victory Hall, Exminster, on Sunday 24 February 2025
	Somerset A		10½ - 5½	Cornwall A
1	2343	Jack Rudd	1 - 0	Rami Talab	2270
2	2142	Ben Edell	0 - 1	Mark Robertson	2067
3	2071	Andy Hill	1 - 0	Jeremy Menadue	2050
4	2070	Patryk Krzyzanowski	0 - 1 (def)	Ian George	1874
5	2011	Kevin Thurlow	½ - ½	Gary Trudeau	1802
6	2006	Richard Garrett	½ - ½	David Jenkins	1791
7	1998	Dominic Gibbs	1 - 0	Richard Smith	1777
8	1944	Andrew Footner	½ - ½	Colin Sellwood	1770
9	1912	Alex Conway	1 - 0	Anthony Rundle	1768
10	1885	Jeremy Lynn	0 - 1	Ian Murray	1767
11	1830	Chris Purry	1 - 0	Jeff Nicholas	1734
12	1815	GA Harvey	1 - 0	Nigel Kirkman	1699
13	1829	David Stone	1 - 0	Bryan Jones	1664
14	1814	Chris Strong	1 - 0	Mick Hill	1598
15	1797	Niall Horner	1 - 0	Rafferty Renshaw	1595
16	1767	Roger Morgan	0 - 1	Aaron Hands	1564

	Played at Victory Hall, Exminster, on Sunday 24 February 2025
	Somerset B		5½ - 2½	Cornwall B
1	1744	Chris McKinley	0 - 1	Andrew Beach	1562
2	1718	David Neagle	½ - ½	Ian Renshaw	1522
3	1731	Ben Radford	1 - 0	Philip Spargo	1490
4	1715	Marshal Panneerselvam	1 - 0	Peter Doubleday	1438
5	1669	Chris Edwards	1 - 0	Lloyd Russell	1427
6	1667	Binoy Manimala	1 - 0	Hugh Brown	1340
7	1572	Nigel Mills	1 - 0	Karam Talab	1266
8	1427	Martyn Maber	0 - 1	Reuben Medhurst	1161

Match Report

The A and B team results against Somerset were not the resounding defeats that the final scores might suggest. Despite the rating gap of more than 200 points on most boards, all the games were well fought and there were no early finishes.

Notable performances for the A team - victories for Mark Robertson on his debut, Ian Murray and Casper Hands. Draws for Gary Trudeau, Colin Sellwood and David Jenkins, whose opponent was very fortunate to survive. For the B team, Andy Beach led from the front with a win, Ian Renshaw held his opponent to a draw and Reuben Medhurst brought home a full point on his debut.

Thank you all for making the effort to brave the elements and take on such strong opposition. Your contributions are really very much appreciated - I know the stark score never tells the full story, and there will have been many near misses and cunning plans falling short of fruition.

Many thanks to Ian George for standing in for me in my absence.

Jamie Morgan

	Played at Plymouth Bridge Club, on Sunday 9 March 2024
	Cornwall A		5½ - 10½	Devon A
1	2081	Mark Robertson	1 - 0	Scott Crockart	2195
2	2038	Jeremy Menadue	1 - 0	Caleb Caleshu	2143
3	2008	Lloyd Retallick	0 - 1	Paul Hampton	2133
4	1934	Jamie Morgan	0 - 1	Jonathan Underwood	2133
5	1876	Ian George	0 - 1	Tim Paulden	2103
6	UG	Tom Hill	1 - 0	Stephen Homer	2088
7	1828	Gary Trudeau	0 - 1	Joy Ching Li	2088
8	1767	Anthony Rundle	0 - 1	Chris Archer-Lock	2038
9		Default	0 - 1	Chris Gant	2005
10	1739	Jeff Nicholas	0 - 1	Martin Goldschmidt	2001
11	1725	David Pemberton	1 - 0	Oliver Wensley	1981
12	1691	Nigel Kirkman	0 - 1	Alan Brusey	1971
13	1636	Ajna Fern	½ - ½	Richard Truman	1959
14	1608	Mick Hill	½ - ½	David Archer	1956
15	1586	Andy Beach	0 - 1	Mark Abbott	1943
16	1578	Aaron Hands	½ - ½	Chris Lowe	1916

Match Report

Mark Robertson and Jeremy Menadue scored convincing victories on the top two boards. Tom Hill and David Pemberton fought hard and managed to take advantage of their opponents' time trouble, both securing a full point. Ajna Fern, Mick Hill and Aaron Hands each overcame 300+ rating discrepencies to draw their games - no mean feat. From the little I saw of the other games, many looked close to call - I think we certainly gave Devon a lot to think about, it wasn't easy for them. Again many thanks for your efforts.

Jamie Morgan

Last updated 10/3/2024