Individual Champions
The club championship was initiated by Dennis Bates in 2002.
Previous to that there was a very informal sort of championship, spread over the course of the season's games in the club after which we usually decided that Max Brown was club champion again.
Dennis organised it as a proper all-play-all, so many games to be played by certain deadlines with penalties if insufficient games were completed. Since Dennis won it the first two years of its existence it has always been known as "The Bates Cup" even though the trophy provided by Dennis is in fact a shield.
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Club Champions (winners of "The Bates Cup") |
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2002-3 |
Dennis Bates |
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2003-4 |
Dennis Bates and George Glover |
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2004-5 |
George Glover |
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2005-6 |
Terence Nabbs |
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2006-7 |
Terence Nabbs |
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2007-8 |
George Glover |
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2008-9 |
George Glover |
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The junior championship has been running for rather longer, since the club started originally as a chess club for juniors which eventually evolved into an all-ages club. Javier, Max, Terence and Stephen were all also Cumbria junior champions, Max 5 years in a row.
This year Stephen has done the double, being both junior club champion and Cumbria junior champion and made a decent showing in the club adult tournament on the few occasions schoolwork would let him attend.
We also ran a club championship for those aged up to 14. This year's winner is Peter Sanders with Chris Royle runner-up.
The results of these tournaments are on a separate page.
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Junior Champions (under 18) |
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1990-1 |
Alex Airey |
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1991-2 |
Andrew Daines |
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1992-3 |
Andrew Holmes |
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1993-4 |
David Palmer |
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1994-5 |
David Palmer |
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1995-6 |
David Palmer |
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1996-7 |
Andrew Quinn |
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1997-8 |
Javier Alvargonzalez |
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1998-9 |
Max Brown |
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1999-2000 |
Max Brown |
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2000-01 |
Max Brown |
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2001-2 |
Max Brown |
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2002-3 |
Max Brown |
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2003-4 |
Max Brown |
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2004-5 |
Terence Nabbs |
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2005-6 |
Terence Nabbs |
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2006-7 |
Terence Nabbs |
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2007-8 |
Stephen Lowis |
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2008-9 |
Stephen Lowis |
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Minor Champion |
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2005-6 |
Bill Hardwick |
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2006-7 |
Ian Hiatt |
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2007-8 |
Ian Mackay |
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2008-9 |
Bill Hardwick |
We have also started a club league for younger players, up to around 13 years old.
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Junior Junior Champion |
2nd |
3rd |
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2005-6 |
Thomas Collier |
Ben Spedding |
Sam McStay |
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2006-7 |
Ben Spedding |
Camas Millar |
Paul van Iterson and Jason Maxwell |
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2007-8 |
Peter Sanders |
Chris Royle |
Jason Maxwell |
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2008-9 |
Jason Maxwell |
Chris Royle |
Martin Wright |
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