1972 (27th) West of England (WECU) Championship, Weston-super-Mare, 30 March - 3 April 1972

1972 West of England (WECU) Championship		Residence	BCF Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Total
1	Andrew Rowland B Thomas	Tiverton	194	&;	1	1	½					½							1	1				5
2	James Macrae Aitken	Cheltenham	193	0	&;		½	1				1	1					½						4
3	David A LeMoir	Patchway	198	0		&;	½		½					1		1	1							4
4	Derek Maurice Wise	Downend	206	½	½	½	&;			1			½										1	4
5	Maurice J Staples	Bridgwater	191		0			&;			1		½	1		½	1							4
6	Michael E Binks	Downend	174			½			&;		1		½			0	1		1					4
7	Geoffrey Ernest Wolfarth	Gloucester	182				0			&;		1		0				1			1	1		4
8	Philip James Meade	Cheltenham	186					0	0		&;					1		1		1	½			3½
9	Philip E Walker	Weston		½	0					0		&;	½		1	1								3
10	J Anderson	Weymouth	179		0		½	½	½			½	&;									1		3
11	Robert H Northage	Bath	192			0		0		1				&;	½					½		1		3
12	Trefor F Thynne	Teignmouth	183									0		½	&;	0	½				1		1	3
13	Anthony M M Hurman	Cheltenham	180			0		½	1		0	0			1	&;								2½
14	John K Fawcett	Downend	175			0		0	0						½		&;	1		1				2½
15	James R Boyce	Bristol	182		½					0	0						0	&;	1				1	2½
16	Richard H K Mann	Parkstone	189	0					0									0	&;		1	½	1	2½
17	George W Wheeler	Plymouth		0							0			½			0			&;	1	½		2
18	John Crowle Cock	Cheltenham	192							0	½				0				0	0	&;		1	1½
19	R Martin	Downend	180							0			0	0					½	½		&;	½	1½
20	Christopher J Hutchings	Bristol	174				0								0		0		0		0	½	&;	½

BCM, May 1972, p168 (with some amendments/additions)

West of England C.U. Easter Congress, Weston-super-Mare (March 30 to April 3, 1972). The total entry of 103 equalled the previous best. The prizes went to -

Championship (6-round Swiss; 20 competitors). - (1) A R B Thomas 5/6; (2) Dr J M Aitken 4; (3) D A LeMoir 4; (4) D M Wise 4; (5) M J Staples 4; (6) M E Binks 4; (7) G Wolfarth 4 (the sum of opponents scores were used to split the tie). A great success for the winner - now in the veteran class - who scored his sixth win in this event.

Challengers (6-round Swiss; 18 competitors): (1) Richard Albert John Kendall (Downend, BCF grade 167) 4½/6; (2) Gerald Moore (Bath, 173) 4½; (3) Kenneth W Derrick (Sea Mills, 180) 4; (4) Chris R Wentworth (Keynsham, 167) 4; (5) Roger Hardy (EMI Wells, 161) 4.

Reserves (6-round Swiss): (1) Timothy Alan Sinkinson (Stroud, 162) 4½/6; (2) John Churchill Brodie Date (Cheltenham, 153) 4; (3) R M Morgan (Weston-super-Mare, 144) 4.

All-Play-All A: (1) S Peters (Cheltenham) 4½/5; (2) R J Bagshaw (Totterdown, 139) 3½.

All-Play-All B: (1) H G Thomas (Yatton) 4/5; (2) J M Curtis 3½.

All-Play-All C: (1) Wilfred G Oliver (Cheltenham, 124) 5/5; (2-3) Margaret Winson (Totnes), R J Gregory (Bristol, 122) 3½.

Open (5-round Swiss): (1) Hugh Edward Guy Courtney 4½/5; (2) D A MacKenzie (Dorchester) 3½.

Junior (6-round Swiss) Under-18: (1) Anthony Lewarne Hosking (Teignmouth, 142) 5½; (2) C Gilbey (Plymouth, 123) 4½.

Junior (6-round Swiss) Under-15: (1) Shaun M Taulbut (Malmesbury) 5/6; (2) Ian C Furber (Headley Park, 135) 4½.

Girls (all-play-all; 8 competitors): (1) Sarah Allcock 6½; (2) Shirley Grey 6.

The W. of E. congress in 1973 will be held in Newquay.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
27 January 2026	Original upload of 22 games. Two main sources for West of England Championship games have been: (1) games submitted by David LeMoir, 31 January 2018, for which many thanks; (2) Dr. Aitken games collection. 15 of the games lack round numbers and exact dates.