WANSTEAD & WOODFORD CHESS CLUB
The Club was founded in 1943 and received the BCF Club of the Year Award in 1993/94. It meets on Tuesday evenings at 7.15 at Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead, London E11 2NT (click here for a link to Streetmap.co.uk) and has a membership of about 50 active players. It currently enters two teams in the London League, five teams in the Essex League, two teams in the North Circular League and teams in the Standardplay and Handicap Rapidplay sections of the National Club Championship. The 2007/8 season began on 4 September with the traditional "caterpillar" simultaneous display, given on this occasion by Ian Hunnable, Terry Whitton and Robert Hamilton, who defeated the club by 9½ - 7½.
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Officers for 2007/8
President - Terry Whitton
Chairman - Ian Hunnable, 3 Ewanrigg Terrace, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 7QJ. Tel 020 8504 0525. E mail idh@essexchess.org.uk
Secretary - David Smith, 21 Chigwell Road, South Woodford, London E18 1LR. Tel 020 8530 2118. E mail davidandjanesmith@ntlworld.com
Treasurer - Mark Murrell, 32 Lister Gardens, London N18 1HZ. Tel 07973 773786. E mail mramurrell@blueyonder.co.uk
Tournament Secretary - Laurie Burtt, 50 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4QX. Tel 020 8554 0193. E mail LaurieBurtt@aol.com
Publicity Officer - Sid Burns. E mail babs_sid@yahoo.co.uk
Webmaster and Auditor - John Philpott, 50 Cranston Gardens, Chingford, London E4 9BQ. Tel 020 8527 4063. E mail johnu175@yahoo.co.uk
Match Captains for 2007/8
London League 1st Team - Larry Marden, 108 Thomas More House, Barbican, London EC2Y 8BU. Tel 020 7638 0012. E mail ruben_fazo@tiscali.co.uk
London League 2nd Team - Laurie Burtt, 50 Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4QX. Tel 020 8554 0193. E mail LaurieBurtt@aol.com
London League 3rd Team - Geoff Lane, 65 Theydon Street, London E17 4BZ. Tel 020 8558 3185
Essex League 1st Team - Paul Barclay paulrbarclay@aol.co.uk
Essex League 2nd Team - Steve Gilmour, 3 Trafalgar Place, Hermon Hill, London E11. Tel 020 8989 3795. E mail s.g.gilmour@qmul.ac.uk
Essex League 3rd Team - Fin O'Regan, 42 Cambridge Road, Wanstead, London E11 2PN. Tel: 020 8989 7551. E mail finoregan@btinternet.com
Essex League 4th Team - Sid Burns. E mail babs_sid@yahoo.co.uk
Essex League 5th Team - Wim de Jong. E mail wimdejongtwo@yahoo.com
North Circular League 1st Team - Philip Staniland mra1h8@yahoo.co.uk
North Circular League 2nd Team- Andy Lu 07958 323388
National Club - John Philpott, 50 Cranston Gardens, Chingford, London E4 9BQ. Tel 020 8527 4063. E mail johnu175@yahoo.co.uk
The David Wood Memorial Trophy
This trophy, presented in memory of David Wood, an extremely promising junior who was killed in a motor accident, is presented annually to the member who has scored most points in matches for the club. The 2006/7 winner was Graham Brown, who has sadly passed away since the end of the season. Click here for the full conditions. Current standings and team by team information on individual performances can be accessed via the following link.
The Roy Wagstaff Memorial Shield
This shield, to commomorate the club's founder, is awarded to the club member who achieves the highest aggregate score from the Club Championship, Blitz Championship and Lightning Championship together with their best 15 results in matches for the club. The 2006/7 winner was Ian Hunnable. Click here for the full conditions.
The Titmas Trophy
This cup is awarded annually to the member who, in the opinion of the Committee, has shown the most improvement in standard of play during the season. This is conditional upon no player holding the trophy more than once and that the club's stronger players are not eligible. The cup was presented by Major W J Titmas in 1947: for 2006/7 it was awarded to Antonio Norcaro.
2007/8 fixtures and results
London League - Teams are playing in Divisions 2 and 4 and the new Minor Division (5) which is for teams of four, all graded under 120 of whom no more than two may be graded in the range 110-119.
Essex League - This has being restructured for 2007/8, with divisions of six played on a double round basis. The club has one team in Division 1, one in Division 2, one in Division 3 and two in Division 4.
North Circular League - Teams are playing in both Division A and Division B.
National Club. The club has again entered the Major and the Minor, which are both knockout events with an average grading limit, and the Handicap Rapidplay. The first round match in the Major at home to Milton Keynes was lost by 3½ - 1½, so the team competed in the Plate, where we won drawn 3½ - 2½ away to London Deaf. With Sidmouth conceding the semi-final, the team has qualified for the final on 6 July. The first round match in the Minor was home to Tunbridge Wells and was won by a convincing 3½ - ½, but we lost the quarter final away to Cosham on board count. There was a slightly disappointing performance in the Handicap Rapidplay, where the 11 points scored by our 4 man team over the 4 rounds was only good enough for a share of 11th place.
Lightning championship (defending champion Terry Whitton) - this took place on 18 September and was won by Larry Marden with 6/7..
Club championship. This is a 7 round event (defending champion Ian Hunnable). Rounds took place on 2 October, 6 November, 4 December, 15 January, 12 February, 11 March and 15 April. Ian Hunnable defeated Terry Whitton in the last round to retain the title with the excellent score of 6½ out of 7.
Blitz championship (defending champion Robert Hamilton)-.this took place on 8 January 2008 and was won by Larry Marden.
Roy Wagstaff Memorial Match. This is a traditional annual fixture with the Insurance Chess Club which took place at Wanstead House on 12 January 2008 and was lost by 2½ - 4½.
Essex knock-out. Only one team was entered into the 2007 event, but this reached the final after defeating Writtle away. However, in the final Barking took a 4-2 lead in the first round and held on to win 6½ - 5½. For detailed results click here.
Essex team blitz. Two teams were entered in the event all play all event on 15 July. The first team (Ian Hunnable, Terry Whitton, Nayeem Syed and David Smith) scored 17½/32 and finished 5th (out of 9 teams), and the second (Mark Murrell, Laurie Burtt, Fin O'Regan and Andy Lu) scored 4½ and finished 9th.
Capes Trophy. Two teams comprising participated in this annual lightning event (on this occasion a 14 team all play all) organised by the North Circular League on 24 September. The first team comprising Larry Marden, Robert Hamilton, Terry Whitton and Mark Murrell finished 5th with 32 points, while the second team comprising Philip Staniland, David SMith, Keith Jones and Sid Burns, finished 14th with 8½ points. Mark Murrell shared the individual U141 prize.
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