Russell Sherwood has won the Handicap tournament for 2015/6 with an undefeated record of 9 wins & 2 draws. 2nd place was Stan Cranmer & 3rd place was Raymond Burridge.
The CM points earned by Russell have also taken him past the 20 point barrier & earbned him the BCCA Candidate Master (CM) Tiitle. Well played Russell!
Congratulations to Dennis Broadway on winning Class 3 Trio No.32 with an impressive score of 3/4. Dennis will receive 3 BCCA Master Points taking his total to 12 (only 8 more required to gain the title.)
Very well played to Colin Beveridge on winning Class 2 Trio No.56 with a perfect score of 4/4. Colin has been promoted to Class 3 and will receive 4 BCCA Candidate Master Points (20 needed to gain the title)
David Grobler has won Class 2 Trio No. 66 with a perfect score of 4/4 and is now promoted to Class 3. David already holds the BCCA Candidate Master Title and will now play for BCCA Master Points in Class 3 only.
Congratulations to New Member, Angus James on winning Class 1 Trio No. 135 with a perfect score of 4/4. Angus has been promoted to Class 2 and will receive his first 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points (20 required to gain the title.)
Michael Thistlewood has published the results of the 2015/16 Season. Frank McMahon and Russell Sherwood share the honours in the email tourney with 5.5 points each. R.D. Picken and David Richardson also share the honours in the postal tourney with 6 points apiece. Well played to one and all. Your support of the ‘End Game Tournament’ is most appreciated by Michael.
Entries are still being taken for the 2016/17 season from the Payment Page Sharpen your end game skills, particularly useful for members who also play OTB
Congratulations to Russell Sherwood on winning both Tournaments with a near perfect 7.5 points. Richard Akrill is the runner up with a very respectable 5.5 points. Gambit Tournaments are unrated and should be played without computer assistance. They are designed to increase the understanding of particular positions. Members who also play OTB may find them of particular benefit.
The ‘Postal’ Gambit Tournament was won by Derek Gallimore with 4 points – well played Derek. This was the last postal event and Gambits will be email only for 2016/17
The 2016/17 Gambit Tournaments are open for entry now – please contact Fred Clough for more details.
Today is Day 1 of the annual ICCF Congress which is taking place this year in Bremen, Germany. Three of our members have been awarded Titles: Russell Sherood, Helen Sherwood & Tony Balshaw – see photo of their Certificates below:-
In addition, BCCA member Andrew Dearnley has been awarded a Bertl von Massow Silver Medal for 10 years continuous service to ICCF. A photo can be seen of the EFCC website here: http://www.iccfengland.org/
Well played to Keith Dudeney who has won Class 1 Trio No.138 with a score of 3.5/4 – Keith is awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and is now playing in Class 2
Congratulations to ‘New Member’ Pablo Moujan on winning Class 1 Trio No.137 with a perfect score of 4/4. Pablo is now promoted to Class 2 and will receive his first 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points (20 needed to gain the title)
Ian Mason & Dawn Williamson have both been awarded the BCCA Candidate Master (CM) Title having achieved the necessary 20 CM points. It has been a good week for both players- Ian has won the Silver Medal tournament as well, and Dawn has also been awarded the ICCF LIM (Ladies International Master) Title. Congratulations to both players!
The only remaining Medal tournament from 2015 (Silver Medal No.2) has been won by Ian Mason – congratulations to Ian! It was a very close at the end with Ian narrowly pushing Dawn Williamson to 2nd place on S-B tie-break. In 3rd place was Alex Relyea.
The final crosstable can be seen here: https://www.iccf.com/event?id=52160
Gary Maguire is BCCA’s latest Candidate Master. His superb victory in the 2015/6 British Championship Candidates tournament took him over the required 20 point mark. His other points came from a combination of Class 2 & Class 1 Trio’s. Well played Gary!
You can see a full list of all Title holders & current Title points awarded (for non-Title holders) under “BCCA Members” – “BCCA Titles”.