Ron Cooper has started two new sections in his popular tournament – details below:-
Webserver Quad Tournament
William Mason Championship, Candidates & Reserves
BCCA Champion 2010/11 is Les Ellis! who wins by 2 clear points, Runner Up is Leslie Eastoe. Congratulations to both players.
In the Candidates tournament results are as follows:-
Candidates A – Winner = Stan Grayland, Candidates B – Winner = D.J. Finnie, Candidates C – Winner = Anthony Balshaw, Candidates D – Winner = David Coyne, All of whom have qualified for the 2011/12 Championship Final. For full results click here:-Candidates Results
Results for the Reserves Tournament are:-
Reserves A – Winner = A. Copsey, Reserves B – Winner = Peter Hulse, Reserves C – Winner = J. Redwood, Reserves D – Winner M.R. Wilson, Reserves E – Winner L Rhodes, These players have qualified for the 2011/12 Candidates Tournament. For full results click here:-Reserves Results
Thematic Tournaments 2010/11
Dave Grobler reports the following results:-
The Main Theme “Queens Indian – Modern Line
I.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. B3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 c5
Winner C D Gallimore
In the Gambits Tournament:-
Gambit A – Winner E E Wright
Gambit B – Winner C D Gallimore
Counter Gambits Tournament
Winner C D Gallimore
Membership Renewal 2011-12
145 members have already renewed for next season(as at 7/8/2011) with a healthy interest being shown in the BCCA Championship, Candidates & Reserves (57 entries so far) and the new Webserver Trios (32 entries so far). If you haven’t already renewed your Membership, please do so as soon as possible – some pairings have already been issued in the Handicap tournament and several Trio webserver tournaments have started. Don’t delay – renew today!
Other tournament entries so far:- Handicap 31, SOT 10, Endgame 9, Players 9, E-mail 8.
Email Tournament – Update
Webserver Class Tournament – Update
The new tournament is now underway with some 33 players todate. Some are totally new to webserver play and we hope they find the experience a positive one. Overall we are delighted at the level of interest and support from members.
This tournament is designed for continuous play so they will the option of buying further rounds (unless they have already done so) once their current Trio finishes. It is hoped players will be able to do this via the Website using PayPal in future.
Updates on individual Trio’s are available on the ICCF website. Use this link ICCF Event Tables and search on BCCA.
6th Webserver Tournament Final
The remaining place as been taken by Alex Tupper who came second in Preliminary Group 24. In all there are 11 Finalists so it should make for an challenging contest. The tournament will start once all players have confirmed their availability. There are cash prizes and BCCA Master Points available for the Winner and Runner Up.
William Mason Championship 2010/11
The latest positions in the ‘Final, Candidates & Reserves Tournaments are now available:
Results Update