1974 (29th) West of England (WECU) Championship, Torre Abbey, Torquay, 11-15 April 1974

1974 West of England (WECU) Championship		Residence	BCF Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Derek Maurice Wise	Downend	210	b16=	w10=	b11+	w17+	b2=	w4=	b7+	5
2	Peter H Clarke	Holsworthy	211	w20+	b12=	w6+	b3=	w1=	b5=	b4=	4½
3	James Macrae Aitken	Cheltenham	187	b4=	w18+	b7=	w2=	b8=	w11+	b5=	4½
4	Adrian S Hollis	Oxford		w3=	b17+	w12=	b5=	w13+	b1=	w2=	4½
5	Andrew Rowland B Thomas	Tiverton	200	b14=	w8+	b16=	w4=	b7+	w2=	w3=	4½
6	David A LeMoir	Patchway	198	b9+	w7=	b2-	w10=	b11=	w14+	b13+	4½
7	James R Boyce	Bristol	192	w19+	b6=	w3=	b12+	w5-	b8+	w1-	4
8	Leon P Burnett	Weston-s-M	194	w13=	b5-	w19+	b16+	w3=	w7-	b12+	4
9	George W Wheeler	Plymouth	189	w6-	b19=	w15+	b13=	w16=	b12=	w10+	4
10	Glenn E J Lambert	Portsmouth	176J	w15=	b1=	w13=	b6=	w12=	b17+	b9-	3½
11	Michael E Binks	Downend	199	w17-	b20+	w1-	b18+	w6=	b3-	b16+	3½
12	Maurice J Staples	Bridgwater	190	b18+	w2=	b4=	w7-	b10=	w9=	w8-	3
13	Shaun M Taulbut	Malmesbury	168	b8=	w14=	b10=	w9=	b4-	w19+	w6-	3
14	Richard H K Mann	Parkstone	190	w5=	b13=	w17-	b15=	w20+	b6-	b18=	3
15	Philip James Meade	Cheltenham	193	b10=	w16=	b9-	w14=	b17=	w18=	b19=	3
16	Peter J Lee	Portsmouth	174J	w1=	b15=	w5=	w8-	b9=	b20=	w11-	2½
17	Hugh Edward Guy Courtney	Malvern		b11+	w4-	b14+	b1-	w15=	w10-	b20-	2½
18	J Anderson	Weymouth	173	w12-	b3-	w20+	w11-	b19=	b15=	w14=	2½
19	Christopher J Hutchings	Bristol	173	b7-	w9=	b8-	b20=	w18=	b13-	w15=	2
20	Joseph Andrew Flood	Torquay	183	b2-	w11-	b18-	w19=	b14-	w16=	w17+	2

Challengers: (1-3) William Donald Lowe (Lacock, BCF grade 152), Ian R Pickup (Bristol, 169), Robin A E Shaw (Blandford, 167) 4½; (4-5) (Henry) James Draisey (Horfield, 149), John Crowle Cock (Cheltenham, 170) 4; (6-9) D K Butler (Plymouth, 150), R J Gregory (Totterdown, 151), Derek C Jarrett (Hanham, 179), M J Richardson (Sea Mills, 160) 3½; (10-12) Richard Frank Bradley (Swindon, 164), Roy C Last (Stroud, 157), Brian H Turner (Truro, 149) 3; (13-15) Paul A Aston (Dorchester, 138J), Ivan J Myall (Southampton, 166J), H G Thomas (Yatton, 160) 2½; (16-17) Arthur William Busby (Camborne, 153), Henry Golding 2; (18) Richard Albert John Kendall (Downend, 164) 1½; (19-20) C Richards, G S Richards (Weston-s-M, 130) 1.

Reserves A: (1) Martyn R Sellars (Bristol, 146J) 5; (2-4) Christopher J V Bellers (Taunton, 135J), Colin R Pillinger (Bristol, 140), Ivor S Annetts (Dawlish, 142) 4; (5-6) M J Beech (Liskeard, 143) , B T King (Weston-s-M, 157) ½; (7-9) John Churchill Brodie Date (Cheltenham, 144), J Parker (Lynton, 142), R J Fletcher 3; (10) R M Morgan (Weston-s-M, 133) 2½; (11-12) J M Curtis, David G Woodruff (Keynsham, 136) 2; (13) M R Turner (Bristol, 120) 1½; (14) Samson Parker Lucas (Liskeard, 136) 1.

Reserves B: (1-2) A J Cooper (Totnes, 142J), William R Provis (Helston, 126) 4½; (3) M Owen (Dorchester) 4; (4-5) M Horne (Cheltenham, 117J), M Roberts 3½; (6-8) J F Chambers (Totnes, 123), Laurence J Guard (Plymouth, 130), Albert John Leslie Wade (Torquay) 3; (9) D A Harper (Plymouth, 120) 2½; (10-11) J Hampton (Camborne, 129), A Tyrell 2; (12) William A Shutler (Parkstone, 122) 1.

All-Play All A: (1) C A Gray (Malvern) 4/5; (2-3) Wilfred G Oliver (Cheltenham, 124), E J Clark (Weymouth, 139) 3; (4) A C Bettlestone 2; (5-6) R J Bagshaw (Totterdown, 145), J J Looker 1½.

All-Play All B: (1-2) Graham Francis John Fisher (Torquay, 107), Kenneth James Copeland (Cheltenham, 125) 4½/5; (3) D W Blackford 2½; (4) C M Oliver (Cheltenham, 121) 2; (5) R Provis (Helston, 117J) 1½; (6) Alfred W Sommer (Gloucs) 0.

All-Play All C: (1) Stephen William Maggs (Mangotsfield, Downend, 104) 5/5; (2) J J Hopkins (Paignton) 4; (3) P Rooke (Holsworthy, 83) 3; (4) C James 2; (5-6) T Anson, Mrs Joan L Sommer (née Guy, Gloucs) ½.

(Junior, Minor, Girls' Championships were combined...)

Junior: (1) David C Noble (Southampton, 151J) 5; (2) Alan W Brusey (Newton Abbot, BCF 89) 4½; (3-4) Stephen J Shutler (Parkstone, 132J), Stephen Williams (Plymouth, 129J) 3½; (5-7) David J Jerram (Weston-s-M, 123), Michael B Comben (Sarisbury Green, 142), Martin C Sommer 3; (8) R J Tabor 3; (9-10) K Garrett, J Marks (Downend, 114) 2.

Girls: (1) Jane Anson (Plymouth, BCF 72) 3½; (2) Jane Blackford 0.

Minor: (1) Michael G Powis (Stroud, 118) 4½; (2) D R Smith 4; (3) S Blackford (Cornwall, 97) 2½; (4) A Pillinger (Hanham, 102) 1½.

(Results of events compiled from reports in the Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - also a crosstable provided by David LeMoir)

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Date	Notes
29 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.