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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               1     1       5
2 Peter J Lee Portsmouth 188J ½
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½ ½ 1             1       1   ½     5
3 Adrian S Hollis Oxford   0 ½
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          1 1 ½         1     1   5
4 Dr. Ian Roebuck Weymouth 191 ½ ½  
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½ ½   ½     1                 1
5 David A LeMoir Patchway 198 ½ 0   ½
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½   ½     1 1                 4
6 Ivan P Legg Gloucester 165 ½     ½ ½
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½   ½           ½     1     4
7 Shaun M Taulbut Malmesbury 182           ½
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½ 0   ½     1 ½ 1         4
8 James Macrae Aitken Cheltenham 187       ½ ½   ½
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        1 ½   ½   ½     4
9 David C Noble Southampton 154     0     ½ 1  
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½       ½ ½   ½      
10 Maurice J Staples Bridgwater 184     0           ½
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½ 1 1 0 ½          
11 John Crowle Cock Cheltenham 168     ½ 0 0   ½     ½
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    1     1      
12 Ross C Murphy Plessey Wsx 176   0     0         0  
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1   ½       1 1
13 Robert H Northage Bath 197               0   0   0
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  1   ½   1 1
14 George W Wheeler Plymouth 184 0           0 ½ ½ 1 0    
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        1   3
15 Ronald Owen Powis Stroud 175           ½ ½   ½ ½   ½ 0  
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  ½       3
16 Philip James Meade Cheltenham 181   0 0       0 ½              
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  1 ½ 1 3
17 Robin A E Shaw Dorchester 176 0               ½   0   ½   ½  
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0   1
18 William Donald Lowe Corsham 170   ½       0   ½               0 1
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½ 0
19 Ian R Pickup Downend 174     0                 0 0 0   ½   ½
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½
20 Stephen Robert Boniface Exmouth 159       0               0 0     0 0 1 ½
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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.