SOMERSET COUNTY CHESS ASSOCIATION


Frome Congress Winners

Tournament Winners

Somerset Trophy Winners

British Championship Qualifiers


Tournament Winners

Year

OPEN

MAJOR

INTERMEDIATE

MINOR
2022 Roland Bezuidenhout (Fareham),
Michael Ashworth (Wotton Hall),
Steven Jones (Basingstoke),
Dominic Bennett (Bristol & Clifton) 		Sam Cotterill (Stratford) Matthew Holmes (Witney) Wieslaw Stanicki (Trowbridge)
2019 GM Keith Arkell (4NCL Cheddleton) Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS) Jack Tye (Downend & Fishponds) Elmira Walker (Downend & Fishponds),
2018 Steven Jones (Basingstoke),
Viktor Stoyanov (Battersea),
Roger de Coverley (Bourne End)		 Dave Marshall (Trowbridge),
Jon Fisher (Horfield & Redland)
Stephen Appleby (Wimborne),
Frank Pittman (Weymouth)		 George Miller (Keynsham) Shaun Walsh (Downend & Fishponds), Martin Archbold (Bath)
2017 Allan Pleasants (Weymouth),
WFM Jane Richmond (Brown Jack)
Scott Crockart (Didcot)		 Ed Osbourn (Worcester) David McGeeney (Bristol Cabot),
Laurence Tarbuck (Lichfield)
Nigel Mills (Yeovil)
 Jack Opie (Frome)
2016 David Buckley (Bath) James Forster (Southbourne)
Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS)
Tim Woodward (Trowbridge)
Lynda Roberts (Thornbury)		 Hugo Fowler (Millfield)
Robin Morris-Weston (Reading)		 Alastair Drummond (Bristol Cabot)
Bill Read (Witney)
2015
 Matthew Turner (Millfield)
Gediminas Sarakauskas (Guildford)		 Matthew Wilson (Torquay)
Alex Rossiter (Bristol Cabot)
 Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 		Chris Snook-Lumb (Swindon/Clevedon) Mark Cockerton (Torquay)
2014
 Paul Byway (Hertford) Tim Woodward (Trowbridge)
Jamie Macdonald (Wimborne) Stephen Crockett (Redditch)
Matthew Hutt (Wiltshire)
Frank Cheeseman (Sportsman Kent)
2013
 David Buckley (Bath) Bob Radford (South Bristol)
Paul Jackson (Coulsdon)		 Adrian Champion (Frome) Marian Cox (Southampton)
2012
 Paul Byway (Hertford)
Oliver Gill (Southampton)
Gareth Morris
(Bristol & Clifton)		 Ian Ponter
(Downend & Fishponds)		 Peter Dimond (Bath) David Woodruff (Keynsham)
Stephen Crockett (Redditch)
William Curry (Fareham)
2011 Chris Jenks (Southbourne) Stephen Williams (Colchester)
Russell Barlow (South Bristol)
Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) 		Roger Walker (Belper) Geoff Gammon (Downend & Fishponds)
Phil Summers (Sportsman, Kent)
2010 James Sherwin (Bath)
Arturo Wong (Chard&Ilminster) 		John Footner
(Telford) 		David Woodruff
(Keynsham) 		Alan Evans
(Sportsman, Kent)
2009 James Sherwin (Bath)
Michael Franklin (Richmond)
Alex Galliano (Wellington)
Ieuan Ward (Salisbury) 		Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) Roger Greatorex (Wales) Davis Spowart
(Norton Radstock)
Michael Meadows
(Bristol University)
Tony Tatam (Plymouth)
2008 Keith Arkell (4NCL Bristol) Pavel Ondrejka (Rugby) Mauro Farina (Bath) G. Gammon (Downend)
Gareth Williams (Trowbridge)
2007 Chris Beaumont (Clifton)
  		Carl Bicknell (London)
Paul Stephenson (Merseyside) 		James Galloway (Andover) Cameron Lange (Frome & Trowbridge)
2006 Andrew Greet (St. Austell) M. Abbot (Exmouth)
Paul Stephenson (Merseyside)
R. Everson (Dartford) 		Richard Desmedt (Netherton)
Rod Langham (Wantage) 		G. Gammon (Downend)
Steve Mullins (Yate and Sodbury)
2005 Chris Beaumont (Clifton)
Peter Chaplin
(Downend) 		M. Abbot (Exmouth)
 R. Clegg (Huddersfield)
 B. O�Gorman (DHSS)
D. Wood (Glastonbury) 		P. Tew (Cardiff)
 Duncan Macarthur (Keynsham) 		Katie Hale (Millfield)
2004 Matthew Turner
(Millfield) 		Joshua Hall (Brown Jack) Joseph Jervis (Sedgemoor) Carl Davis (Neath)
Marian Warner (Ashtead)
2003  Julian Hodgson (London)  R. Perrin  (Southampton) 
P. Carlucci  (Morley College) 
R. Wilcox (Wimbledon) 
C. Edwards (London) 		 Peter McAfee
(Yate and Sodbury)  		 G. Amos (Horfield), 
P. Dimond (Bath)
2002  Rafe Martyn (Belgium)  T. Anderson(Southampton)   Nigel Wood
(Downend and Fishponds)  		 K. Langmaid (Yate), 
P. Terry (Barry)
2001  J. Hodgson
(Beeson Gregory) 		 T. Bamford (Glastonbury), 
T. Anderson  (Southampton),  
K. Byard (Kings Head), 
O. Hardy (Loughborough), 
R. Perrin (Southampton), 
F. Pittman (Weymouth) 		Tim Chapman (Guildford), 
Stephen Williams (Cwmbran) 		Joshua Hall
(Thamesdown Jnrs)
2000  J Sherwin (Bristol Grendel /Bath), 
C. Crouch  (Barbican), 
S. Buckley (Bath)  		 F. Mcleod (Southampton)   N. Lake
(Handsworth)  		 T. Stacey (Gill'ham & Shaftesbury), Clare Morris (Cowley) 
1999  D. Gormally
(Coulsdon  & Purley)  		 T. Nitz & L. Cheung ( Bath University)   D. Macarthur (Keynsham)   J. Whitfield (South Hams), 
R. Wilkinson  (Churchill School), 
P. Allaway (South Bristol) 
1998  K. Arkell & 
M. Turner (Midland  Monarchs) 		C. Purry (Guildford),
A. Ruffle (Birmingham City) 		T. Millard (Bath), 
A. Rawlinson (Hereford/Bath Univ.), 
R. Turner (Sedgemoor)  		P. Sartain (Keynsham) 
1997*  J. Rudd (Yeovil & Keynsham)  M. Brown (Clevedon),
E. Matthewson (Reading)  		 S. Chadaway (Handsworth Wood)   T. Chapman (Yeovil) 
1996*  C. Baker (Keynsham), 
A. Martin  (Guildford)  		 M. Waddington (Wimborne)   C. Kidd (Hounslow and Watford), 
R. Allen  (Bristol & Clifton),
I. Ponter (Gloucester),
J. Grant (Bath)  		 L. Wright (Harambee) 
1995  D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford), 
M. Franklin (Richmond),
J. Rudd (Yeovil) 		 D. Buckley (Keynsham)  S. Chadaway (Handsworth 
Wood) 		 M. Brierley (Burnham),
M. Carver (Reading)
1994  D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford), 
A. Martin  (Guildford), 
A. Summerscale (Slough) 		 F. McLeod (Southampton)  P. Chaplin  (Weston-super-Mare)  I.  Ashford (Exmouth)
D. Buckley (Keynsham)
1993  A. Summerscale, (Hackney)  P. Briggs (Tamworth)  T. Remington (Southampton Knights)  A. Camilleri (Horfield & Redland),
D. Hudson (Horfield)
1992 M. Adams (Truro) R. Barlow (Frome), 
D. Egginton (Nailsea), 
D. Norman, 
E. Sandercock (Gerrards Cross) 		. A. R. Willis (Exeter)
1991 A. Martin  (Barbican) D. James (Pontypridd) . G. Berkins (South Manchester)
1990 C. Beaumont (Bristol & Clifton), 
G. Lane (Palace) 		G. M. Brown (Yatton), 
E. T. Smith (Basingstoke), 
A. Champion (Devizes), 
A. Spice (Norwood) 		. S. Bartlett (Liskeard), 
P. Holton (Andover)

In 1996 and 1997 there were 5 Sections, a �Contenders� section being added below the Minor. Winners were B. Childs (Bodmin) in 1996 and D. Macarthur (Keynsham) in 1997.

Somerset Trophy Winners

Year

Denys Bonner/
Somerset Champion

Leon York/
Mendip Major

Roy Hossell

Cyril Chapman

Jean Mackereth

Cuprinol 
Junior
(now discontinued)
2022 Dominic Bennett
(Bristol & Clifton)		 Thomas Matko (Chippenham) Luis Tang (Richmond/Kew *) Wieslaw Stanicki (Trowbridge) Nick Best (Somerset *)
2019 George Miller
(Keynsham)		 Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) Matthew Goatcher (Wells) Theo Kirby (Glastonbury) Brendon Gibbs (Shepton Mallet)
2018 Tim Headlong
(4NCL Brown Jack)		 Dave Marshall (Trowbridge) Jamie Beviss (Sedgemoor) Martin Archbold (Bath) James Grover (Langport)
2017 Andrew Gregory (Bath) Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) David McGeeney
(Bristol Cabot)		 Jack Opie (Frome) Jack Opie (Frome)
2016 David Buckley (Bath) Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) Hugo Fowler (Millfield) Alastair Drummond
(Bristol Cabot)		 Robert Skeen
(Churchill Academy)

2015


 Matthew Turner (Millfield) Andrew Gregory
(Bath)		 Chris Snook-Lumb (Clevedon) Ivan Stringer
(Yeovil)		 Eva Goldie
(Millfield)		 .

2014


 Barry Morris
(Bath) 		Tim Woodward
(Trowbridge) 		Thomas Cooper
(Trowbridge)		 Ivan Stringer
(Yeovil)		 Martyn Maber
(Taunton)		 .

2013


 David Buckley
(Bath) 		Bob Radford
(South Bristol) 		Adrian Champion (Frome) John Leon
(Bath) 		Roberto Garcia-Rodriguez (Millfield) .

2012


 Patrick Krzyzanowski (Yeovil) Mark Leonard
(Frome) 		Peter Dimond
(Bath) 		David Woodruff (Keynsham) David McGeeney 
(Bristol Cabot) 		Max French (Frome)

2011

 David Buckley
 (Bath) 		Stephen Williams
(Colchester) 		Patrick Wojcik
(Taunton) 		Roger Fenton
(Glastonbury) 		Pawel Ploskonka
 (Weston-s-Mare) 		Thomas Thorpe
 (Pete�s Potentials)

2010

 James Sherwin
(Bath) 		Stephen Williams
(Colchester) 		David Woodruff
 (Keynsham) 		John Leon
(Bath) 		Peter Horne
(Norton Radstock) 		Thomas Thorpe
 (Pete�s Potentials)

2009

 James Sherwin
(Bath) 		Jim Fewkes
(Yeovil) 		Paul Moody
(Glastonbury) 		David Spowart
(Norton Radstock) 		David Spowart
(Norton Radstock) 		Harry Streeter
(Millfield)

2008

 Tyson Mordue
(Downend & Keynsham) 		Duncan Macarthur
(Keynsham) 		Mauro Farina
(Bath) 		Gareth Williams (Trowbridge) Alec Shute
(Bath) 		Megan Owens
(Downend)

2007

 James Sherwin
(Bath) 		Andrew Gregory
 (Bath) 		John Latham
(Weston-s-Mare) 		Cameron Lange
 (Frome & Trowbridge) 		Christian Brown
 (Frome) 		Cameron Lange
 (Frome & Trowbridge)

2006

 Tyson Mordue (Keynsham) Dave Wood
(Glastonbury) 		Stuart Hay
(Frome) 		Roy Ludlow
(Trowbridge) 		Roy Ludlow
(Trowbridge) 		Robbie Coats
(Brown Jack)

2005

 Peter Chaplin
(Downend) 		D. Wood
(Glastonbury) 		Duncan Macarthur (Keynsham) Katie Hale
(Millfield) 		  Katie Hale
 (Millfield)

2004

 Matthew Turner
(Millfield) 		Joshua Hall
(Brown Jack) 		Joseph Jervis
(Sedgemoor) 		Peter Carrick
(Bath) 		R. Williams
(Trowbridge) 		Joshua Hall
(Brown Jack)

2003

  James Sherwin 
(Bath) 		 R. Radford (Grendel)
D. Thorne
(Norton-Radstock) 		 D. Cooper
(Norton Radstock)  		 P. Dimond
(Bath) 		 Adrian Davis
(Trowbridge)  		Daniel Hall
(Thamesdown)

2002

  Jack Rudd 
(Yeovil) 		 Dave Wood (Weston s Mare)  Alex Langford
(Weston s Mare)  		 Roger Waters
(Taunton) 		 Adrian Davis
(Trowbridge)  		Rafe Martyn (Belgium)

2001

  Jack Rudd 
(Yeovil) 		 T. Bamford (Glastonbury)  Tim Chapman
(Guildford)  		 Wayne Jukes
(Gillingham and Shaftesbury) 		 J. Leon (Bath)  Joshua Hall (Thamesdown Jnrs)

2000

  Simon Buckley 
(Bath) 		 A. Bosworth (Trowbridge)  D. Weston
(Trowbridge)  		 Trevor Stacey
(Sedgemoor) 		 Peter Tench
(Trowbridge)  		Simon Buckley (Bath)

1999

  Simon Buckley 
(Keynsham) 		 T. Nitz 
(Bath University)  		 D. Macarthur (Keynsham)  Rachael Wilkinson (Churchill School)  Rachael Wilkinson (Churchill School) Rachael Wilkinson (Churchill School)

1998

  D. Pugh (Grendel)  A. Bamford (Wells)  R. Turner (Sedgemoor)  P. Sartain (Keynsham)  D. Roberts
(Gillingham & Shaftesbury) 		J. Macarthur (Keynsham)

1997

  J. Rudd
(Yeovil & Keynsham)  		 M. Brown
(Clevedon)  		 R. Eadie (Wells and Street)   T. Chapman
(Yeovil)  		 D. Macarthur
(Keynsham) 		J. Macarthur
(Keynsham)

1996

  C. Baker (Keynsham)   J. Fewkes (Yeovil)   J. Grant (Bath)   L. York (Reading)   W. Jukes (Gillingham)  J. Grant (Bath)

1995

  J. Rudd
(South Bristol/ Yeovil) 		 D. Buckley (Keynsham)  G. Berryman (Frome)  M. Brierley (Burnham)  . D. Buckley
(Keynsham)

1994

  J. Rudd 
(South Bristol/ Yeovil) 		 J. Brogden (Yeovil/
Wincanton) 		 P. Chaplin
(Weston s Mare) 		 D. Buckley (Keynsham)  . P. Chaplin
(Weston s Mare)

1993

  G. Moore
(Hounslow) 		 R. Barlow
(Frome) 		 J. Hurd
(Frome) 		 K. French
(Weston s Mare) 		 . T. Remington (Southampton Knights)

1992

 G. Moore (Hounslow) . D. Egginton
(Nailsea) 		S. Mills (Nailsea) . J. Rudd
(Yeovil)

1991

 D. Pugh 
(Sun Life) 		. N. Dicker
(South Hants.) 		G. Berryman
(Frome) 		. M. Hobbs
(Wellington)

1990

  T. Headlong
(Bristol & Clifton) 		. G. M. Brown
(Yatton) 		A. Gredziak
(Norton Radstock) 		. J. Rudd
(Yeovil)
The Mendip Major Trophy was replaced by the Leon York Memorial Trophy in 1999. The Cuprinol Junior Trophy was discontinued in 2013.

British Championship Qualifiers 1991 - 2017

In 2018 the ability for players to qualify for the British Championship directly from a regional Congress was discontinued.

2017
Allan Pleasants (Weymouth), Andrew Gregory (Bath), Philip Holt (Olton)
2016
Matthew Payne (Bath), George Crockart (Wilts), Scott Crockart Didcot), David Onley (Combined Services)
2015

Jeremy Fallowfield (Stourbridge), Sam Gower (South Bristol) and Jeremy Menadue (Truro)
2014

Paul Byway (Hertford)
2013

Tyson Mordue (South Bristol), Chris Ross (New England) and Paul Bonafont (Hemel Hempstead)

2012

Paul Byway (Hertford)
2011

Chris Jenks (Southbourne)

2010

Alan Pleasants (Weymouth)

2009

James Sherwin (Bath)

2008

Meri Grigoryan (West London)

2007

Chris Beaumont (Clifton)

2006

Charles Tipplestone (Northampton)

2005

Peter Chaplin (Downend) and Michael White (Cheltenham)

2004

Jasper Sisask (Bristol University)

2003

Mark Lyell (West London)

2002

Rafe Martyn (Belgium)

2001

Mark Lyell (Hackney)

2000

A. Pleasants (Weymouth)

1999

S. Buckley (Keynsham)

1998

A. Hunt (Cowley) and A. Lewis (Barbican)

1997

J. Rudd (Yeovil) and R. Barton (Morecambe/Shepshed)

1996

R. Phillips (Grendel) and S. Buckley (Keynsham)

1995

D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford)  and J. Menadue (St. Austell)

1994

D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford) and G. Wall (Richmond)

1993

M. Ferguson (Haslemere) and A. Hunt (Cowley)

1992

K. Norman (Crowthorne) and T. Headlong (Bristol & Clifton)

1991

D. Pugh (Sun Life) and R. Haydon (Bristol & Clifton)