December 2015
Yorkshire League match December 31
Twixmas December 29-30
Ilford December 27
Hawkwell December 22
Ilford Christmas Invitational December 20
Manuden December 19
Essex Easygoers December 16
Hawkwell December 15
Middlesex League December 15
Middlesex League December 14
Elsenham Christmas Invitational December 13
Yorkshire League match December 12
Essex League The Outsiders vs JCB December 12
35th Diaspora December 12
Hawkwell December 8
Harrogate December 4-6
Mike O'Rourke Memorial Tournament Main Event December 6
Essex League JCB vs Wanstead Dead or Alive December 5
Mike O'Rourke Memorial Tournament Warmup December 5
Essex Easygoers December 4
Lincolnshire and Borders League December 2
Hawkwell December 1
Yorkshire League match December 1
Yorkshire League match December 31st result from Andrea Adnan. Old Prf New Wins 100 160 102 3 Derek Sergeant 110 50 108 0 Michael Thomas Twixmas December 29th-30th results from David Wilson. 15 rounds. Division A Pn Old Prf New WW Spread 1 181 192 183 12 +648 Elie Dangoor(Exp) 2 176 186 178 11 +686 Ed Rossiter(Exp) 3 171 179 173 10 +597 Chris Vicary 4 175 179 175 10 +553 John Ashmore 5 163 173 164 9 +155 Bob Violett(Exp) 6 165 166 165 8 +136 Paloma Raychbart 7 156 167 157 8 +42 Andrew Eames 8 159 167 159 8 -86 Amy Byrne 9 162 166 163 8 -209 Gerard Fox 10 163 160 162 7 +176 Jackie McLeod(Exp) 11 157 160 159 7 -115 Matthew Pinner 12 156 160 158 7 -366 Paul{Tranmere} Thomson 13 151 154 152 6 -65 Ruth MacInerney 14 159 140 156 4 -578 Nuala O'Rourke 15 152 134 149 3 -377 Anne Ashmore 16 163 126 158 2 -1197 James Burley Division B 10 Point Rule Adjustment. After the first calculation, Ying Ming Poh's 24-game start rating of 136 was reset to 150 and the division was recalculated. Pn Old Prf New WW Spread 1 150 170 150 12 +704 Ying Ming Poh 2 140 164 144 11 +349 Ginny Dixon 3 135 158 137 10 +378 Suzanne Dundas 4 143 151 145 9 +375 Nicky Huitson 5 144 150 144 9 +322 Peter Thomas 6 143 151 143 9 +196 Mick Healy 7 133 151 135 9 +74 Margaret Harkness 8 135 144 137 8 +381 Steve Balment 9 148 144 148 8 -242 David Shenkin 10 148 137 146 7 +99 Adrienne Berger 11 145 137 145 7 -375 Stephen Wintle 12 134 131 134 6 -345 Damian O'Malley 13 135 124 133 5 -95 Sylvia Swaney 14 143 117 140 4 -530 Philip Aldous 15 143 111 139 3 -372 Ann Golding 16 132 111 130 3 -919 Alan Abela Division C Pn Old Prf New WW Spread 1 122 151 126 13 +1148 Ted Lewis 2 130 139 131 11 +397 George Gruner(Exp) 3 124 133 125 10 +631 Esther Kasket 4 124 126 123 9 +346 Syd Berger 5 130 126 130 9 +320 Tony Harris 6 127 123 127 9 +274 Rhoda Gray 7 128 117 127 8 +440 Marlene Skinner 8 104 118 107 8 +205 Duncan MacFarlane 9 110 116 110 8 +36 Jacquie Aldous 10 126 117 125 8 -384 Rosalind Wilson 11 109 110 110 7 +4 Paul Cartman 12 103 113 104 7 -99 Paul Dundas 13 116 102 114 6 -137 Peter Thorpe 14 99 102 99 6 -370 Christine Cartman 15 97 105 101 6 -372 Michael Holligan 16 99 93 98 5 -61 Caroline Elliott 17 126 87 121 4 -322 Barbara Morris 18 54 51 54 1 -2056 Stella Burley Ilford December 27th results from Jeanette Paul. 8 rounds. Division A PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 190 217 193 8 +643 David Webb(GM) 2 174 182 175 5 +334 Rik Kennedy(Exp) 3 165 170 166 4 +293 Craig Solomons 4 171 171 171 4 -56 Vincent Boyle 5 165 170 165 4 -208 Mike Chappell 6 168 158 167 3 -346 Cecil Muscat 7 165 148 163 2 -248 James Burley 8 165 146 163 2 -412 Bob Violett(Exp) Division B Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 145 175 147 7 +662 Phil Kelly 2 138 164 140 7 +611 Maurice McParland 3 148 176 151 7 +326 Ruth MacInerney 4 143 159 145 6 +412 Stephen Wintle 5 147 140 146 5 +566 Kevin Synnott 6 147 150 148 5 +417 David Shenkin 7 143 149 143 5 +323 Nicky Huitson 8 144 137 144 5 +290 Peter Thomas 9 127 154 130 5 +70 Paul Steadman 10 130 128 129 4 +369 Tolani Ayo-Awojobi 11 124 130 125 4 +63 Geoff Cooper 12 146 127 144 4 +56 Evelyn Wallace 13 134 128 134 4 -9 Derek Bower 14 127 131 126 4 -76 Phyllis Fernandez 15 121 114 120 4 -161 Sean Cunningham 16 143 131 143 4 -213 Ann Golding 17 117 110 116 3 +3 Peter Thorpe 18 130 120 129 3 -23 Janet Adams 19 133 112 131 3 -181 Noel Barnes 20 134 116 133 3 -187 Nick Jenkins 21 109 108 109 3 -262 Ron Bucknell 22 84 96 84 3 -325 Claire Violett 23 87 103 89 3 -346 Jennie Munday 24 unr 86 86 2 -833 Jeffrey Burgin 25 126 82 123 1 -275 Jo Ramjane 26 55 50 54 0 -1277 Stella Burley Hawkwell rated club games December 22nd results from Phil Kelly. 4 games per player except Kevin and Derek (3 games). Old Prf New P W Spread 141 203 143 4 4 +180 Ann Golding 168 175 168 4 3 +286 Cecil Muscat 165 147 165 4 2 -57 James Burley 147 133 147 3 1 +51 Kevin Synnott 134 134 134 3 1 -58 Derek Bower 146 105 145 4 0 -402 Phil Kelly Ilford Christmas Invitational December 20th results from Jeanette Paul. 7 rounds. Division A Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 169 191 171 6 +625 Vincent Boyle 2 164 176 165 5 +158 James Burley 3 162 169 163 4½ +122 Jack Durand 4 165 165 165 4 +746 Mike Chappell 5 165 161 165 4 +195 Bob Violett(Exp) 6 169 166 168 4 +99 Cecil Muscat 7 166 165 165 4 -120 Craig Solomons 8 141 166 143 4 -141 Nicky Huitson 9 156 159 155 3½ -294 Tim Knight 10 162 150 161 3 +229 Barry Grossman(Exp) 11 156 150 156 3 +207 Andrew Eames 12 144 150 144 3 -243 Peter Thomas 13 148 134 147 2 -200 David Shenkin 14 149 134 148 2 -318 Ruth MacInerney 15 148 137 147 2 -443 Kevin Synnott 16 143 133 143 2 -622 Stephen Wintle Division B Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 129 185 133 7 +662 Noel Barnes 2 138 155 140 5 +224 Ayaz Kazi 3 132 156 133 5 +169 Anne Convery 4 132 142 132 4 +324 Alan Abela 5 133 142 134 4 +72 Len Edwards 6 132 141 134 4 +19 Derek Bower 7 140 143 141 4 +6 Ann Golding 8 140 126 139 3 +10 Karen Game 9 138 126 137 3 -94 Martin Leverton 10 135 127 134 3 -229 Nick Jenkins 11 137 112 135 2 -277 Sue Ball 12 128 113 127 2 -332 Phyllis Fernandez 13 131 111 130 2 -387 Tolani Ayo-Awojobi 14 132 99 130 1 -167 Janet Adams Division C Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 unr 159 159 6 +183 Simon Riley 2 123 145 124 5 +289 Marian Hamer 3 125 150 127 5 +235 Paul Steadman 4 119 133 119 4½ +127 Terry Corps 5 124 130 125 4 +182 Reeyaaz Goolamhossen 6 120 130 121 4 +153 Bobbie Penn 7 108 131 109 4 +67 Ron Bucknell 8 105 114 105 3 +101 Jenny Corps 9 126 118 126 3 -43 Kim Phipps 10 110 113 110 3 -331 Sheila{Rmfrd} Anderson 11 125 108 124 2½ -207 Geoff Cooper 12 118 97 117 2 -128 Peter Thorpe 13 124 94 122 2 -191 Ted Lewis 14 118 83 115 1 -437 Lynne Riley Division D Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 102 125 104 6 +320 Colin St_Hill 2 86 111 88 5 +245 Jackie Towler 3 88 116 90 5 +25 Alison Stilwell 4 99 98 99 4 +176 Caroline Elliott 5 83 105 85 4 +139 Alice Durand 6 98 89 97 4 +94 Viv Bishop 7 unr 96 96 4 +1 Steve Gregory 8 101 92 100 4 -158 Jo Holland 9 101 87 99 3 +292 Hilda Bennett 10 87 88 87 3 -327 Renee Gilbert 11 84 66 82 2 -88 Cindy Hollyer 12 89 67 87 2 -118 Jennie Munday 13 85 62 84 2 -121 Claire Violett 14 55 53 55 1 -480 Stella Burley Manuden Invitational December 19th results from Peter Thorpe. 10 rounds - double RR. PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 161 181 164 8½ +914 James Burley 2 161 171 162 7½ +372 Barry Grossman(Exp) 3 156 156 156 6 +401 Andrew Eames 4 148 138 148 4 -138 Kevin Synnott 5 143 129 141 3 -422 Nicky Huitson 6 119 113 118 1 -1127 Peter Thorpe Essex Easygoers Invitational December 16th results from Kevin Synnott. 9 rounds. PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 167 185 169 7 +492 Vincent Boyle 2 164 184 166 7 +37 Craig Solomons 3 164 175 165 6 +416 Mike Chappell 4 170 152 169 4 +317 Cecil Muscat 5 147 150 146 4 -143 Evelyn Wallace 6 164 140 161 3 -68 Barry Grossman(Exp) 7 129 141 130 3 -672 Tony Harris 8 150 128 148 2 -379 Kevin Synnott Hawkwell rated club games December 15th results from Phil Kelly. 4 games per player except Kevin and Derek (3 games) Old Prf New P W Spread 138 190 140 4 4 +216 Ann Golding 170 165 170 4 3 +136 Cecil Muscat 146 147 146 4 2 -111 Phil Kelly 150 135 150 3 1 +83 Kevin Synnott 129 122 129 4 1 -30 Tony Harris 133 96 132 3 0 -294 Derek Bower Middlesex League December 15th Results from Steve Perry. 3 round RR. Old Prf New W Spread 180 205 181 3 +452 Elie Dangoor(Exp) 161 175 161 2 +56 James Burley 165 141 164 1 -172 Barry Grossman(Exp) 131 116 130 0 -336 George Gruner(Exp) Middlesex League December 14th Results from Mike Whiteoak and Steve Perry. Old Prf New P W Spread 146 116 146 1 0 -36 Karl Doubtfire 167 156 167 2 1 -1 Philip Nelkon(GM) 166 196 166 1 1 +36 Steve Perry 162 207 163 3 3 +108 Sandie Simonis(Exp) 155 112 155 1 0 -73 Mike Whiteoak 150 114 149 2 0 -34 Rachelle Whiteoak Elsenham Christmas Invitational December 13th results from Jeanette Paul. 8 rounds. Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 162 187 164 7 +907 Craig Solomons 2 157 158 156 6 +593 Andrew Eames 3 163 170 164 6 +539 Mike Chappell 4 160 161 161 6 +406 James Burley 5 132 163 134 6 +374 Heather Laird 6 149 179 150 6 +265 Kevin Synnott 7 130 160 133 5 +600 Rob Blundell 8 145 153 146 5 +181 Phil Kelly 9 137 152 138 5 +176 Ann Golding 10 130 148 132 5 +66 Alan Abela 11 124 132 125 4 +300 Paul Steadman 12 167 143 165 4 +152 Bob Violett(Exp) 13 154 143 153 4 +133 Feroza Bartlett 14 167 137 165 4 +41 Barry Grossman(Exp) 15 172 146 170 4 -98 Cecil Muscat 16 148 130 147 4 -109 Evelyn Wallace 17 81 113 86 4 -456 Jackie Towler 18 107 129 108 4 -605 Ron Bucknell 19 125 112 124 3 -120 Esther Kasket 20 128 132 129 3 -168 Tony Harris 21 125 105 123 3 -223 Marian Hamer 22 130 126 131 3 -340 George Gruner(Exp) 23 135 98 133 2 +20 Derek Bower 24 130 108 128 2 -377 Phyllis Fernandez 25 112 96 107 2 -403 Jean Camp 26 88 91 87 2 -526 Rosemarie Howis 27 88 77 88 2 -624 Kim Buckle 28 55 54 55 1 -704 Stella Burley Yorkshire League match December 12th result from Andrea Adnan. Old Prf New Wins 156 166 157 3 Matthew Pinner 110 100 110 0 Michael Thomas Essex League match December 12th Results from James Burley. 9 rounds. The Outsiders 17 wins +699 Old Prf New W Spread 166 180 167 7 +590 Vincent Boyle 175 159 173 5 +68 Rafal Dominiczak 156 158 156 5 +41 Tim Knight JCB 10 wins -699 Old Prf New W Spread 164 193 167 7 +602 Bob Violett(Exp) 162 138 160 2 -493 James Burley 130 125 130 1 -808 Phyllis Fernandez 35th Diaspora December 12th results from Sanmi Odelana. 8 rounds. Kwaku played 8 rated games. Everyone else played 7 rated games and received a tournament win and 75 spread points for the bye. Thus the sum of spreads is +600. PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 157 193 160 7 +347 Kwaku Sapong 2 167 172 167 6 +538 Barry Grossman(Exp) 3 166 162 166 5 +135 Steve Perry 4 147 165 148 5 +134 Sanmi Odelana 5 148 167 149 5 -138 Abiodun Adeyemi 6 155 142 154 4 +168 Alex_Gboye Balogun 7 131 138 131 3 -106 Tolani Ayo-Awojobi 8 160 128 158 3 -176 Fidelis Olotu 9 162 119 159 2 -302 Olakunle Ajayi Hawkwell rated club games December 8th results from Phil Kelly. 4 games per player except Cecil and Kevin (3 games) Old Prf New P W Spread 171 198 172 3 3 +194 Cecil Muscat 136 179 137 4 3 -13 Ann Golding 145 148 145 4 2 -76 Phil Kelly 163 123 162 4 1 +112 James Burley 149 131 149 3 1 -4 Kevin Synnott 136 123 135 4 1 -213 Derek Bower H-B Holidays Harrogate December 4th-6th. Results from John Harrison. 14 rounds. Division A PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 145 140 144 9 +360 Moira Conway 2 115 137 117 8 +268 Barbara Lukey 3 149 132 147 8 +74 Neil Darbyshire 4 123 138 124 8 +70 Samantha Beckwith 5 120 122 120 6 -50 Juliet Green 6 120 102 117 3 -722 Viv Beckmann Division B PnOld Prf New WW Spread 1 105 136 109 13 +875 Sue Thompson 2 99 123 102 11 +618 Paula Docherty 3 97 101 97 8 -114 Margaret Leonard-McGhee 4 109 81 105 5 -102 Maria Marczak 5 96 73 93 4 -162 Florence Davies 6 65 57 64 1 -1115 Lucy Beckmann 4th Annual Mike O'Rourke Memorial Tournament Main Event December 6th. Results from Jeanette Paul. 7 rounds. Division A Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 185 183 186 5 +537 Allan Simmons(GM) 2 169 185 170 5 +311 Natalie Zolty 3 161 190 163 5 +283 James Burley 4 160 190 162 5 -222 Gerard Fox 5 158 175 159 4 -81 Amy Byrne 6 156 170 156 4 -334 Matthew Pinner 7 168 154 167 3 +209 Barry Grossman(Exp) 8 160 159 159 3 +93 Nuala O'Rourke 9 165 154 164 3 -103 Ash Coldrick 10 152 143 152 2 -113 Anne Ashmore 11 177 138 175 2 -277 John Ashmore 12 159 129 157 1 -303 Andrew Eames Division B Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 138 172 140 5½+219 Ginny Dixon 2 142 165 143 5 +129 Nicky Huitson 3 150 149 149 4 +435 Kevin Synnott 4 142 150 143 4 +198 Mick Healy 5 144 149 144 4 +187 Alison Sadler 6 148 150 148 4 -17 Evelyn Wallace 7 144 142 144 3½-158 Lorraine Crouch 8 141 137 141 3 -156 Marjorie Struggles 9 141 123 140 2 -208 Teresa Lyes 10 142 94 139 0 -629 Heather Burnet Division C Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 130 166 132 6 +352 Sarah Stokes 2 128 150 129 5 +403 Angela Burke 3 133 152 135 5 +344 Steve Balment 4 136 136 135 4 +145 Carol{Norwich} Smith 5 133 136 133 4 +10 Jill Parker 6 128 137 128 4 -130 Marlene Skinner 7 124 108 124 2 -175 Paul Walford 8 126 108 125 2 -331 Geoff Cooper 9 133 109 131 2 -332 Margaret Pritchett 10 127 95 124 1 -286 Paul Steadman Division D 10 point rule adjustment. After the first calculation, Michael Holligan's 7-game rating of 114 was reset to his 14-game rating of 97 and the division was recalculated. Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 117 136 119 5 +153 Peter Thorpe 2 119 136 121 5 -26 Sean Cunningham 3 117 123 117 4 +207 Jim Lyes 4 109 124 110 4 +113 Michael Thomas 5 124 122 124 4 +76 Lorna Rapley 6 111 106 111 3 +91 Keith Lomax 7 111 103 110 3 +83 Martin Culliney 8 122 105 121 3 +73 Lois McLeod 9 117 107 117 3 +15 Linda Barratt 10 97 80 97 1 -785 Michael Holligan Division E 10 point rule adjustment. After the first calculation, Nicholas Partridge's 6-game rating of 50 was reset to his 12-game rating of 64 and the division was recalculated The players shown with 6 rated games received an unrated tournament win and 75 points spread for the bye. Thus the sum of spreads is +525. PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 unr 134 134 6 +343 Liz Gill (6 rated games) 2 108 113 109 5 +426 Alison Lowe 3 100 97 100 5 +285 Derek Sergeant (6 rated games) 4 103 92 103 4 +337 Maisie Culpin 5 64 86 68 4 +93 Nicholas Partridge (6 rated games) 6 54 71 55 4 +55 Stella Burley (6 rated games) 7 unr 62 62 3 -284 Alison Bailey (6 rated games) 8 51 54 52 3 -333 Ruth Thompson-Partridge (6 rated games) 9 60 50 59 1 -397 Bill Croft (6 rated games) Essex League match December 5th Results from Mike Whiteoak. 9 rounds. JCB 18 wins +796 Old Prf New W Spread 160 172 161 7 +383 James Burley 164 161 164 6 +423 Bob Violett(Exp) 128 150 130 5 -10 Phyllis Fernandez Wanstead Dead or Alive 9 wins -796 Old Prf New W Spread 150 145 150 4 -35 Rachelle Whiteoak 157 134 155 3 -284 Mike Whiteoak 125 123 125 2 -477 Marian Hamer 4th Annual Mike O'Rourke Memorial Tournament Warmup December 5th Results from Jeanette Paul. 6 rounds. Division A Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 184 189 185 5 +608 Allan Simmons(GM) 2 158 184 160 4½ +443 Nuala O'Rourke 3 159 171 160 4 +163 Gerard Fox 4 143 172 144 4 +104 Lorraine Crouch 5 156 174 158 4 +55 Amy Byrne 6 141 168 142 4 -205 Nicky Huitson 7 179 156 177 3½ +250 John Ashmore 8 169 150 168 3 +9 Barry Grossman(Exp) 9 135 152 136 3 -113 Carol{Norwich} Smith 10 141 156 142 3 -118 Heather Burnet 11 141 137 141 2 -7 Teresa Lyes 12 138 131 138 2 -43 Ginny Dixon 13 141 138 141 2 -111 Marjorie Struggles 14 153 136 152 2 -234 Anne Ashmore 15 143 128 142 1 -229 Mick Healy 16 173 113 169 1 -572 Natalie Zolty Division B Pn Old Prf New W Spread 1 124 139 124 5 +324 Lorna Rapley 2 133 137 133 4 +364 Jill Parker 3 126 137 127 4 +206 Paul Steadman 4 107 139 111 4 +112 Martin Culliney 5 128 138 128 4 +53 Marlene Skinner 6 117 126 117 3 +62 Peter Thorpe 7 134 120 133 3 +19 Steve Balment 8 126 113 126 3 +13 Geoff Cooper 9 112 110 111 3 -2 Keith Lomax 10 110 101 109 3 -10 Michael Thomas 11 119 93 117 2 -143 Jim Lyes 12 118 101 117 2 -271 Linda Barratt 13 unr 50 50 1 -253 Nicholas Partridge 14 50 52 51 1 -474 Ruth Thompson-Partridge Essex Easygoers Invitational December 4th 2015 results from Phil Kelly. 8 rounds: 7 round RR then King of the Hill in round 8. PnOld Prf New W Spread 1 160 187 162 6 +361 Craig Solomons 2 163 172 163 5 +230 Mike Chappell 3 170 172 171 5 +68 Cecil Muscat 4 166 161 166 4 -110 Vincent Boyle 5 170 145 169 3 +218 Barry Grossman(Exp) 6 150 150 150 3 -99 Kevin Synnott 7 166 149 164 3 -188 Bob Violett(Exp) 8 144 152 145 3 -480 Phil Kelly Lincolnshire and Borders League match December 2nd result from Ash Coldrick. Old Prf New Wins 164 184 165 3 Ash Coldrick 159 139 158 1 Nuala O'Rourke Hawkwell rated club games December 1st results from Phil Kelly. 4 rounds - RR then King of the Hill in round 4. Old Prf New W Spread 170 191 170 4 +451 Cecil Muscat 150 149 150 2 +162 Kevin Synnott 135 159 136 2 -290 Ann Golding 145 101 144 0 -323 Phil Kelly Yorkshire League match December 1st result from Andrea Adnan. Old Prf New Wins 99 152 100 3 Vicky Norton 102 50 100 0 Derek Sergeant
