1985 (40th) West of England Championship, Torquay, 4-8 April

1985 West of England Championship, Torquay		Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Gary W Lane	Paignton	b29+	w10+	b2+	w5+	b3+	w7+	b4-	6
2	Michael Adams	Truro	+	b26+	w1-	18+	19=	b4=	w13+	5
3	Gerald Moore	Bath, Uxbridge	+	16+	18=	b4+	w1-	19+	6=	5
4	Ian D Thompson	Aldershot	b24=	w13+	b15+	w3-	b18+	w2=	w1+	5
5	Alan P Ashby	Bristol & Clifton	w7=	b30+	w8+	b1-	w9+	b6-	w18+	4½
6	Dominic J C Mackle	Bath		b21+		16+	7-	w5+	3=	4½
7	Stephen J Shutler	Poole	b5=			b17+	6+	b1-	19+	4½
8	James R Boyce	Bristol & Clifton	20+	w15=	b5-			b16+	w17=	4
9	R Hillman	Warminster					b5-			4
10	David C Osborne	Grendel / Bristol		b1-	w19-	b28+	w25+			4
11	(Brian) Peter A Andrews	London								3½
12	Gareth Anthony	Gloucester	w19-	b17-						3½
13	Graeme K Burgess	Bristol		b4-		b20=			b2-	3½
14	Stephen P Dilleigh	Bristol			w29+					3½
15	Miles L Cowling	Poole		b8=	w4-	b19-				3½
16	Sean Elliott	Hanham	w17+	3-		6-	w20+	w8-		3½
17	David A LeMoir	Letchworth	b16-	w12+	b22=	w7-	b24=	w27+	b8=	3½
18	Jeremy F S Menadue	Truro	+	b19+	3=	2-	w4-	b23+	b5-	3½
19	Philip J Rossiter	Portsmouth	b12+	w18-	b10+	w15+	2=	3-	7-	3½
20	George W Wheeler	Plymouth	8-			w13=	b16-			3½
21	David O Collier	Bristol & Clifton		w6-						3
22	A Tyson Mordue	Bristol			w17=					3
23	Maurice J Staples	Bracknell					b27+	w18-		3
24	Malcolm Edwin Burn	Gloucester	w4=				w17=			2½
25	Kenneth W Derrick	Bristol					b10-			2½
26	Michael J Freeman	Ringwood		w2-						2½
27	Paul D Helbig	Bath					w23-	b17-		2½
28	Jonathan Hutchings	Torquay				w10-				2½
29	David J Shire	Canterbury	w1-		b14-					1½
30	Richard Heasman	Basingstoke		w5-						½

Partial crosstable is constructed from known game results in the WECU bulletin. I have not been able to discover WECU/BCF grades for this particular year (1984/85).

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Challengers / Open: (1) Ronnie Burton (Weymouth) 5/6; (2-3) Jane Anson (Plymouth), (David) Ian Calvert (Lewes & Open Champion) 4½; (4) Ewart J Smith (Basingstoke) 3½; (5-8) E[dward] Holland (Portsmouth), A Osborne (Plymouth), C Peters (Penzance), David G Woodruff (Bristol) 3; (9-1) D White (Southall), Alan W Brusey (Teignmouth) 2½; (11-13) R Bradley (S.Cerney), Lucien Mouillaux (France), N Smith (Port Talbot) 2; (14) A Beadle (Cheltenham) 1½.

Reserves: (1-4) John Churchill Brodie Date (Cheltenham), H James Draisey (Bristol), Anthony D Meakes (Par), J Vasey (Paignton) 4½/6; (5) J Baker (Bristol) 4; (6-12) D Carlhausen (Truro), J Chambers (Worcs), P Foster (Weymouth), Gilbert Leslie Pritchard (Southampton), H Rees (Weymouth), A Spiller (Bristol), P Short (Teignmouth) 3½; (13-15) C Hunwicks (Weymouth), A Wade (Paignton), A Rookes (Weymouth) 3; (16-19) William Adams (Truro), T Green (Exeter), S Russell (Cheltenham), A Willis (Exeter) 2½; (20-22) G Greenland (Bristol), Doreen J Helbig (Bath), B Spiller (Bristol) 2; (23) A Bowles (Bath) 1.

All-Play-All A (incorporating WECU Women's Championship): (1) Wilfred G Oliver (Cheltenham) 4½/5; (2) Mrs Sandra Osmond (Teddington - women's champion) 4; (3) Mrs A Russell (Cheltenham) 3; (4) Miss M Goodwin (Poole) 2; (5) Mrs P Jackson (Cheltenham) 1; (6) Miss S R W Price (Bristol) ½.

All-Play-All B: (1) G K Brown (Bristol) 5/5; (2-3) Kenneth James Copeland (Cheltenham), N W Roberts (Paignton) 3; (4-5) R A G Marples (Poole), J E Smith (Totnes) 2; (6) L D A Adams (Torquay) 0.

All-Play-All C: (1) Siegfried Helbig (Keynsham) 5/5; (2-3) D Glastonbury (Bristol), G Smith (Blackwood) 3; (4-5) S J Eales (Torquay), D A Roberts (Paignton) 1½; (6) R E Brown (Bude) 1

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File Updated

Date	Notes
20 July 2024	First upload. 40 games, one part-game and eight games from other sections. Many thanks to David LeMoir and Ian Thompson for supplying game scores and information.