Ian Clarke drew with Lee Davis in the Club Championship which means that Lee shares the title with Geoff Marchant for the second year in a row. Both players scored 8.5/10 and didn't lose a game. Matthew Jordan finishes third with 6.5/10.
Matthew Jordan beat Michael Butcher in the Club Championship and finishes third with 6.5/10.
Lee Davis drew with Ian Clarke in the Bennett Cup and goes forward to play Ray Collett in the final. The game can be seen on the games page.
Ian Clarke shared first place in the Cotswold Major with 4.5/6. His round 3 game against Dave Williams can be seen on the games page. Here is a position from the game.
Geoff Marchant drew with Lee Davis in the Club Championship and maintains his half point lead. Lee can take the title though with a win in his final game, whilst a draw will see them share the title for the second year in a row.
Michael Chester beat Michael Butcher in the Club Championship.
Brian Turner drew with Lee Davis in the Bennett Cup which means that Lee just needs a draw in his final game to join Ray Collett of Worcester in the final.
Geoff Marchant won again in the Club Championship to go to 8/9 just half a point ahead of Lee Davis who has 7.5/8. John Knee drew with Brian Turner.
Geoff Marchant v Parminder Sanghera is now on the game page. Here is a position from the game.
Lee Davis beat Matthew Jordan in the Club Championship. Lee has 7.5/8, just half a point ahead of Geoff Marchant with both having two games to go. They still have to play each other.
Nicolas Evans v Lee Davis from 2014 is now on the game page. Here is a position from the game.
Malvern and Upton Dragons represented by Brian Turner, Geoffrey Herbert, John Knee and Matthew Jordan, won BCCL Division 2 last year with 14.5/16 and return to division 1. Last years results. This years results.
Geoff Marchant beat Michael Butcher and Geoffrey Herbert drew with Brian Turner in the Club Championship. Geoff's result sends him back into the lead with 7/8. Lee Davis has 6.5/7 and the two are yet to play their game.
Ian Clarke drew with Brian Turner in the Club Championship.
Malvern lost their final Worcester and District League match 1.5-2.5 away at Redditch. Results.
Geoffrey Herbert resigned his adjourned Club Championship game against Geoff Marchant without resumption. Geoff goes into second place on 6/7 just half a point behind leader Lee Davis. Lee and Geoff both have three games left and still have to play each other.
In the latest Club Championship fixtures there were wins for Geoffrey Herbert and Lee Davis. Matthew Jordan drew with Leigh Canham and John Knee drew with Ian Clarke. Recent wins mean that Lee Davis now leads the tournament with 6.5 ahead of Geoffrey Herbert and Matthew Jordan who both have 5.5.
Malvern beat Worcester 4-2 in the County League and win the title for the first time in 5 years. Worcester were their closest rivals at the beginning of the evening but wins from Brian Turner and Ian Clarke sealed the victory. Results.
In the Club Championship Leigh Canham v Lee Davis and Geoffrey Herbert v Geoff Marchant were both adjourned. Miroslav Woron drew with Ian Clarke.
Malvern beat a strong Stourbridge side 2.5-1.5 in the Worcester and District League. John Knee and Ian Clarke won their games. Results.
Worcestershire beat Leicestershire in their final Minor Counties group match of the season. Results.
Michael Chester lost to John Varilone in the Ball Cup.
Ian Clarke beat Michael Butcher and John Knee drew with Geoffrey Herbert in the Club Championship.
Malvern lost to Worcester City 1.5-2.5 in their latest Worcester and District League match. Results.
Geoffrey Herbert beat Ian Clarke and Brian Turner beat Michael Butcher in the Club Championship.
Despite a win from Brian Turner, Malvern lost 2-3 (2-3.8 with the grading handicap) to Shirley and Wythall in the Wheatley Cup. Results.
Matthew Jordan beat Ian Clarke in the Club Championship and joins Geoff Marchant in the lead with 5. Geoffrey Herbert beat Michael Chester and Lee Davis beat Michael Butcher and is now third with 4.5/5.
Malvern beat Halesowen 3.5-2.5 in the County League to record their fifth straight win and give themselves an excellent chance of winning the competition. Ian Clarke won his game. Results.
Lee Davis beat Geoffrey Herbert in the Club Championship.
Matthew Jordan beat Miroslaw Woron in the Club Championship and joins Leigh Canham with 4/6 in second place behind Geoff Marchant who has 5/6.
Malvern beat Kidderminster 4-2 to go two points clear of Halesowen in the County League. Both Halesowen and Olton have games in hand with just a few matches left and the league remains extremely tight. Kidderminster defaulted one board and Geoff Marchant won his game.
Brian Turner beat John Varilone but lost to Ray Collett in the Bennett Cup.
Leigh Canham drew with John Knee in the Club Championship and returns to a share of the lead with Geoff Marchant. This result puts John into third place.
Michael Butcher lost to Ray Collett and Michael Chester lost to Ray Collett and David Waud in the Ball Cup.
In the Bennett Cup Ian Clarke drew with Brian Turner after losing to Ray Collett the night before.
Worcestershire followed their 10-6 loss to Warwickshire with a narrow 9-7 defeat to Nottinghamshire. Malvern were represented in these matches by Geoff Marchant and Brian Turner who both won their games in contrasting style in the latter fixture. Geoff won a well-controlled game with a nice finish but Brian Turner's game was absolute carnage and was decided by a bizarre error in mutual, severe time trouble. Results.
Miroslaw Woron beat Michael Chester and lost to Lee Davis in the Club Championship.
Geoffrey Herbert v Matthew Jordan can be seen here. Games.
Matthew Jordan drew with Geoffrey Herbert and John Knee drew with Geoff Marchant. This draw means that Geoff Marchant goes back to having the sole lead in the Club Championship.
Malvern beat Halesowen B by default in the County League as the opposition were unable to field a team. This leaves Malvern clear of the rest although they have played more matches. Results.
Leigh Canham beat Brian Turner in the Club Championship and joins Geoff Marchant in a tie for first place with 3.5/4.
Ian Clarke drew with John Varilone in the Bennett Cup.
Lee Davis agreed a draw with Mark Cundy without resumption in the County league match against Olton. This result means that Malvern win the match 3.5-2.5. Results.
Lee Davis drew with Ray Collett in the Bennett Cup.
Geoff Marchant went back into the sole lead in the Club Championship after beating Michael Chester while Brian Turner went into second place after beating Miroslaw Woron. Geoffrey Herbert beat Michael Butcher and John Knee drew with Matthew Jordan.
Brian Turner beat Ray Collett in the third session of their County league match when Ray resigned on move 100. This result means that Malvern beat Worcester 4.5-1.5.
Malvern will probably win their latest County league match against Olton. They lead 3-2 thanks to an excellent win from Brian Turner. Lee Davis has adjourned his game with Mark Cundy with the Malvern player a pawn up in a rook and pawn endgame. Results.
Malvern drew 2-2 against Redditch in the Worcester and District League thanks to wins from Brian Turner and Geoff Marchant. Results.
Lee Davis beat John Knee in the Club Championship.
Leigh Canham joins Geoff Marchant in first place in the Club Championship after beating Michael Chester.
Brian Turner's adjourned game against Ray Collett of Worcester is heading into a third session with 75 moves already played.
Malvern beat Droitwich 4-3.7 in the Wheatley Cup after just managing to overcome a 2.7 point handicap. There were wins for Michael Chester, Michael Butcher and Miroslaw Woron. Results.
Miroslaw Woron beat Michael Butcher in the Club Championship.
Geoff Marchant's opponent resigned their adjourned game without resumption giving Malvern an unassailable 3.5-1.5 lead in their County league fixture against Worcester.
Malvern lead Worcester 2.5-1.5 in their latest County League fixture thanks to wins from Geoffrey Herbert and Ian Clarke. Brian Turner and Geoff Marchant have adjourned their games. Results.
Lee Davis and Geoff Marchant both won their games but Worcestershire went down 9.5-6.5 against Lincolnshire. Results.
John Knee beat Miroslav Woron, Brian Turner beat Michael Chester and Geoff Marchant beat Matthew Jordan in the Club Championship. This means that Geoff takes over from Matthew as sole leader.
Brian Turner and Geoff Marchant agreed a draw in their adjourned Club Championship game.
Michael Chester and Michael Butcher have entered the Ball Cup whilst Ian Clarke, Brian Turner and Lee Davis have entered the Bennett Cup.
In the Club Championship Brian Turner and Geoff Marchant have adjourned while Ian Clarke beat Michael Chester.
Leigh Canham beat Michael Butcher in the Club Championship.
Ian Clarke could make no headway with his adjourned game against Halesowen B and agreed a draw. This means that Malvern lose the match 2.5-3.5
Malvern are struggling in their latest County League match against Halesowen B despite promising positions in a couple of games. They are currently one point down with one game adjourned. Results.
Malvern drew with Worcester in the Worcester and District League thanks to a win from Leigh Canham who got over the line with very little time left after an exciting struggle. Results.
The draw for the remaining rounds of the Club Championship can be found here.
Matthew Jordan beat Brian Turner in the Club Championship.
Malvern won their latest Worcester and District League match 2.5-1.5 away at Kidderminster thanks to a win from Lee Davis. Results.
Leigh Canham's draw against Dale Jackson gave Malvern an excellent 3-3 draw in their County league fixture against the League Champions Halesowen. Results.
Malvern beat Kidderminster 5-1 in their latest County League fixture thanks to wins from Matthew Jordan, Geoffrey Herbert, Ian Clarke and Lee Davis. Results.
Michael Chester beat John Knee in the Club Championship.
Despite draws from John Knee and Leigh Canham, Malvern lost 3-1 in their opening Worcester and District League match at home to Stourbridge.
Malvern beat Hereford 3-2 in a friendly thanks to wins from Miroslav Woron and Michael Chester.
Malvern travelled to champions Halesowen for their second County League match in a week. The current score is 2.5-1.5 to Malvern thanks to a win from Geoffrey Herbert. Leigh Canham and Brian Turner have adjourned their games. Results.
Malvern had a hard fought 3-3 draw in their first County League match of the season. Results.
In the first round of the Club Championship there were wins for Matthew Jordan, John Knee and Geoff Marchant with Brian Turner and Lee Davis drawing their game and Geoffrey Herbert also drawing with Leigh Canham. Results.
Worcester and District League fixtures are now available here.
The new County League fixtures are available here.
The first club club night of the new season will be on Friday September 7th.
The club had another good season last year, finishing a close third behind Olton but some way short of Halesowen in the County league and coming second in the Worcester and District League behind Worcester.
John Knee, Brian Turner, Ian Clarke, Lee Davis and Geoff Marchant all played for the Worcestershire Minor Counties team and a number of players supported the Ball and Bennett Cups.
Ian Clarke beat Brian Turner in the all Malvern final of the Bennett Cup and Matthew Jordan completed the double by beating Ray Collett to claim the Ball Cup.
Brian Turner won the Club Championship with an excellent 9.5/11 from Lee Davis and Geoff Marchant who tied second with 9.
Malvern were well represented in the Worcestershire Closed Congress. Lee Davis and Ian Clarke finished with 3.5/5, Matthew Jordan 3/5 and Michael Butcher 2/5. Lee won first prize for the best senior.