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Event: 30th West of England (WECU) Championship • 32 games
Venue: Weymouth • Dates: 27-31 March 1975 • Download PGN • updated:
Thursday January 29, 2026 7:22 PM
1975 (30th) West of England (WECU) Championship, College of Education, Weymouth, 27-31 March 1975
1975 West of England
(WECU)
Championship |
Residence |
BCF
Grade |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
Total |
| 1 |
Peter H Clarke |
Holsworthy |
214 |
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½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
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1 |
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1 |
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5 |
| 2 |
Peter J Lee |
Portsmouth |
188J |
½ |
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½ |
½ |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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½ |
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5 |
| 3 |
Adrian S Hollis |
Oxford |
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0 |
½ |
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1 |
1 |
½ |
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1 |
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1 |
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5 |
| 4 |
Dr. Ian Roebuck |
Weymouth |
191 |
½ |
½ |
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½ |
½ |
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½ |
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1 |
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1 |
4½ |
| 5 |
David A LeMoir |
Patchway |
198 |
½ |
0 |
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½ |
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½ |
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½ |
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1 |
1 |
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4 |
| 6 |
Ivan P Legg |
Gloucester |
165 |
½ |
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½ |
½ |
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½ |
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½ |
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½ |
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1 |
|
|
4 |
| 7 |
Shaun M Taulbut |
Malmesbury |
182 |
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½ |
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½ |
0 |
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½ |
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1 |
½ |
1 |
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4 |
| 8 |
James Macrae Aitken |
Cheltenham |
187 |
|
|
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½ |
½ |
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½ |
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1 |
½ |
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½ |
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½ |
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4 |
| 9 |
David C Noble |
Southampton |
154 |
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0 |
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½ |
1 |
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½ |
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½ |
½ |
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½ |
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3½ |
| 10 |
Maurice J Staples |
Bridgwater |
184 |
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0 |
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½ |
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½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
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3½ |
| 11 |
John Crowle Cock |
Cheltenham |
168 |
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½ |
0 |
0 |
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½ |
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½ |
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1 |
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1 |
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3½ |
| 12 |
Ross C Murphy |
Plessey Wsx |
176 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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1 |
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½ |
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1 |
1 |
3½ |
| 13 |
Robert H Northage |
Bath |
197 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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1 |
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½ |
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1 |
1 |
3½ |
| 14 |
George W Wheeler |
Plymouth |
184 |
0 |
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0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
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3 |
| 15 |
Ronald Owen Powis |
Stroud |
175 |
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½ |
½ |
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½ |
½ |
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½ |
0 |
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½ |
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3 |
| 16 |
Philip James Meade |
Cheltenham |
181 |
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0 |
0 |
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0 |
½ |
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1 |
½ |
1 |
3 |
| 17 |
Robin A E Shaw |
Dorchester |
176 |
0 |
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½ |
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0 |
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½ |
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½ |
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0 |
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1 |
2½ |
| 18 |
William Donald Lowe |
Corsham |
170 |
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½ |
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0 |
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½ |
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0 |
1 |
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½ |
0 |
2½ |
| 19 |
Ian R Pickup |
Downend |
174 |
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0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
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½ |
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½ |
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½ |
1½ |
| 20 |
Stephen Robert Boniface |
Exmouth |
159 |
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0 |
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0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
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1½ |
Challengers: (1) Timothy D Harding (London) 5/6; (2) Trefor F Thynne (Teignmouth, BCF 167) 4½; (3) Christopher J V Bellers (Tavistock, 144J) 4, etc.
Reserves: (1) Ronnie Burton (Weymouth, 151) 5½/6; (2) Stephen William Maggs (Mangotsfield, 105) 4½; (3-4) J F Chambers (Totnes, 123), [illegible] 4
Open: (1) J Anderson (Weymouth, 173) 4½/6; (2) C L Bray (London) 4; (3) C M Read (Scunthorpe) 3½.
Minor: (1) Michael G Powis (Stroud, 130J) 5½/6; (2) C Scott (Budleigh Salterton) 5.
Junior: (1) (Brian) Peter A Andrews (Southampton, 154J) 5/6; (2) D A Hick (Taunton, 150) 4½; (3) S Street (Poole) 4.
All-Play-All A: (1) E E Wright (Harrow) 3½/5; (2-4) E J Clark (Weymouth, 150), C A Gray (Malvern), K Spackman (Dorchester, 137) 2½.
All-Play-All B: (1) R J Gouldsworthy (Cheltenham, 89) 4½/5; (2) J Nicholas (Camborne, 98) 3.
(Results of subsidiary events from the Western Daily Press, 4 April 1975, but the online issue was illegible in places)
File Updated
| Date |
Notes |
| 29 January 2026 |
Original upload of 32 games. Two main sources for West of England Championship games have been: (1) games submitted by David LeMoir, 31 January 2018, for which many thanks; (2) Dr. Aitken games collection. |