1971 Robert Silk Fellowship, Paignton, 5-11 September

1971 Robert Silk Fellowship		Fed	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	William R Hartston	ENG	&;	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	4½
2	Robert Bellin	ENG	0	&;	½	½	½	1	1	1	4½
3	Peter R Markland	ENG	½	½	&;	½	½	0	1	½	3½
4	Peter H Clarke	ENG	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	3½
5	George S Botterill	WLS	½	½	½	½	&;	½	0	½	3
6	Simon Webb	ENG	½	0	1	½	½	&;	½	0	3
7	Martyn J Corden	ENG	½	0	0	½	1	½	&;	½	3
8	Michael F Stean	ENG	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	&;	3

1971 Paignton Premier, Paignton, 5-11 September

1971 Paignton Premier		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Jonathan I Century	London	b15+	b2-	w11=	b18+	w13+	w3+	b?+	5½
2	(Arthur) Howard Williams	Wales	b28+	w1+	b3-	w17+	w5+	b8+	?=	5½
3	Reiner Franke	Germany	w11+	b7+	w2+	b5=	w8+	b1-	w6=	5
4	Gerald H Bennett	Bournemouth	w10+	b25=	w20=	w8-	b7=	b21+	w13+	4½
5	Nigel J Holloway	Plymouth	w6+	b20=	w25+	w3=	b2-	w/10		4½
6	Philip Norman Wallis	Atherstone	b5-	w26+	b7=	w27=	b17+	w14+	b3=	4½
7	Kevin J Wicker	London	b29+	w3-	w6=	b19+	w4=	b20+	?=	4½
8	Martin H Hawley	London	w12=	b16+	w18+	b4+	b3-	w2-	?=	4
9	Peter W Hempson		w13-	b12=	b23?	w26+	b15=	w16?		4
10	Philip J Meade	Cheltenham	b4-	w28+	w19=	b22+	w20=	b5?		4
11	John N Sugden	Beckenham	b3-	w23+	b1=	b13-	w28=	w22+	?+	4
12	Louis de Veauce	Pirbright	b8=	w9=	b17?	w15=	b27+	w19=		4
13	Richard A Beach	Stoke-on-Trent	b9+	w18-	b14=	w11+	b1-	w27+	b4-	3½
14	John Crowle Cock	Cheltenham	w27=	b24+	w13=	b20=	w21+	b6-	?-	3½
15	Leslie S Blackstock	Kidderminster	w1-	b22=	w24=	b12=	w9=	b28=	w21=	3
16	John B Goodman	Plymouth	b18=	w8-	w22-	b28+	w24=	b9?		3
17	Thomas K Hemingway		w19=	b27=	w12?	b2-	w6-	b/24		3
18	D(avid J?)James	Cwmbran	w16=	b13+	b8-	w1-	b26=	w23+	?-	3
19	Michael J Meakin		b17=	w21=	b10=	w7-	b25+	b12=	?-	3
20	William G Raines	London	b23+	w5=	b4=	w14=	b10=	w7-	?-	3
21	John B Sellens	Tunbridge Wells	w24=	b19=	w27=	w25+	b14-	w4-	b15=	3
22	David Sherman		w25-	w15=	b16+	w10-	b23=	b11-	?+	3
23	E Davis		w20-	b11-	w9?	b24=	w22=	b18-		2½
24	Arthur Hall	Hastings	b21=	w14-	b15=	w23=	b16=	w17?		2½
25	Gerald P Hildred	London	b22-	w4=	b5-	b21-	w19-	w26?		2½
26	Roger G Ambler	London		b6-	w28=	b9-	w18=	b25?		2 / 6
27	Wilfred Henry Pratten	Fareham	b14=	w17=	b21=	b6=	w12-	b13-	?-	2
28	Paul V Byway	Maidenhead	w2-	b10-	b26=	w16-	b11=	w15=	?-	1½
29	Vernon Dilworth		w7-							0 / 1

Crosstable compiled from results given in The Times - no results given for the last round

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1971 Paignton Challengers

(1) Peter Harris (Birmingham) 6/7; (2-8) A C Barton (Southampton), Gerald Homer (West Bromwich), Richard H K Mann (Wareham), Joseph M Soesan (Leatherhead), Maurice J Staples, Jim E Vickery (Hayes), M W Wood 5; (9-11) N Andrews (Birmingham), K M Southern, Geoffrey N Stokes (Sutton Coldfield) 4½; (12-21) J Harry Baines (Wednesbury), T D Crawford (Cardiff), M E Mitev, P D Ralph, Chris C W Shephard (S. Birmingham), Andrew P Sombor (Sutton Coldfield), H Swart, D M Taylor (Olton), Peter Roger Vivian, Roy Alan Wagstaff (London) 4; (22-29) Maj. William Ernest Bruges (Salisbury), Christopher D Carr, Michael Joseph Gilhespy, Timothy D Harding (Oxford), Ian D Hunnable (Woodford Green), Robin J Pearce, J M Tayler (Braunstone), G W Thomas 3½; (30-40) Mrs. Rowena M Bruce (Plymouth), David J Casiot, Leslie Paul Collard (Hereford), Wilfred Evans (Bucks), R A Kendall, Robin F Kneebone, R Liggitt (Paignton), Jack Stanley Midgley (Torquay), Ralph Herbert Thomas Newman (Lynton), W E Sharp, J Walker (Teignmouth) 3; (41-42) Sydney Ross Capsey (Bishop Stortford), *H Eidinger 2½; (43-47) John Frank Chambers, Charles Ambrose Scott Damant, R Evans, John M Gorton (St Leonards), R J Hirons 2; (48) Eric J Leyns 1½; (49) David Pardoe 1; (50) G.D.Pennington 0/5. *Eidinger withdrew after 4 rounds.
(Prizes: £50, £25, £10, £7.50 and £5).

Premier Reserves A: (1) Victor John Anthony Russ (Harrogate) 5½/7; (2) Anthony K Swift 5; (3) Donald Gould (Leicester) 4; (4-5) Peter C Wood, David O Vaughan (Cwmbran) 3½; (6) R Whateley (Birmingham) 3; (7) Brian H Turner 2; (8) F P E Green 1½.

Premier Reserves B: (1) B G Wallis (Leicester) 5/7; (2-3) Godfrey V Brangham (Cwmbran), Rodney E James (Banstead) 4½; (4) John Richard C Cotterell 4; (5) P E Monkhouse 3½; (6) Richard J Dixon 3; (7) Walter R Rayner (Sutton) 2½; (8) T W White 1.

Premier Reserves C: (1) Jack A Speigel (Southend) 5/7; (2-3) Anthony L Hosking, G F Mayna 4½; (4) K Wyld (Tadley) 4; (5) J W Thornley (Chadderton) 3; (6-7) R Daniels (Walsall), L Guard (Plymouth) 2½; (8) Rev. Kenneth Stuart Procter 2.

Premier Reserves D: (1) A Sayers (Sunderland) 6/7; (2) R Talbot (Hadfield) 5½; (3) Graham I Ladds (Grantham) 5; (4) William A Frost 4; (5) M Clarke (Northampton) 2½; (6) N Goldberg 2; (7-8) J A Edwards (Torquay), J Parker 1½.

Premier Reserves E: (1) Kenneth Frederick Sucksmith 5/7; (2) H G Crews 4½; (3) Fridolin Jaeck 4; (4-6) Peter Cloudsdale, R Morgan, D Tout 3½; (7-8) G Fisher, Mrs Sandra Osmond 2. (Prizes, Premier Reserves [each Section]: £8, £4 and £2).

Major A: (1-3) Stephen Robert Boniface, H D Hancock, R W Morris 4½/7; (4-5) J W Fisher, J Meadows 4; (6) J Franks 3½; (7) C Richards 2; (8) E Chambers 1.

Major B: (1) George V Glover (Carlisle) 6/7; (2) M Reynolds (West Bromwich) 5; (3-5) J C Loose (Birmingham), Maurice David Speigel (Southend), R Willey (Stockbridge) 3½; (6) David Gleave (Croydon) 3; (7) William Wyndham Tatum (Brighton) 2½; (8) A Archer (Stoke) 1.

Major C: (1) S P Lucas (Bodmin) 5/7; (2-4) S Gladstone (Birmingham), D J Meadows (Castle Donington), E G Potter (Fareham) 4; (5-6) J C Colquhoun, D T Fairbank (Warley) 3; (7-8) C T Cheetham (Carlisle), William Latey, Q.C. (London) 2½. (Prizes, Major Tournament [each Section]: £6, £3 and £1.50).

First Class: (1) N Brat 5½/7; (2-4) R P Fry (Saltash), G R Garrett, H B Howard 5; (5-7) W G Oliver, T L Scott, M Smyth (Birmingham) 4; (8-12) S Ash, A E Baker, R E Hopkins (London), G Slinger (Cheadle), K Thorp 3½; (13-16) D Irving, *E Jackson, Mrs. P Jackson, A R Willis 3; (17) A Doust (Stoke) 2½; (18-19) Mrs. E Crowe, Miss E Whyte 2; (20) Miss J Amos (London) 1½. *Jackson withdrew after 3 rounds. (Prizes: £5, £3.50, £2, £1.).

Second Class: (1) G L Pritchard 7/7; (2) P Fielder (Wellingborough) 5; (3) P G Partridge (Birmingham) 4½; (4) Sir John Latey 4; (5-6) Lady Gwendolyn Herbert (London), Miss A Livesey 3; (7) Mrs. E James 1; (8) Miss V Nairn ½. (Prizes: £4, £2, £1).

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Date	Notes
5 June 2023	First upload. Games have proved very thin on the ground: just 2½ games from the Robert Silk event, four from the Premier and one from a lower section. Can anyone help?