Cox Trophy 2012
Fixtures & Results

	Winners 2012 - Church Stretton A Karl Wakefield, Trevor Brotherton, Tiago Faustino, and Steve Rooney. The finalists (pic below) Church Stretton A - Tiago Faustino, Steve Rooney, Karl Wakefield, Trevor Brotherton, and Newport A - Chris Lewis, Gavin Cooper, Nick Rutter, Nathanael Paul, - . Pics courtesy Vinny Crean
Church Stretton win Cox Trophy - 05/06/2012 Church Stretton A won the final of the summer cup competition, the Cox Trophy, beating higher-rated Newport A by 2.5-1.5 in a match played at a neutral venue, the Telepost club in Shrewsbury. Early wins for Tiago Faustino and Karl Wakefield put Church Stretton 2-0 ahead. Faustino managed to extricate his queen and evade Nathanael Paul's attempts to trap it and emerged two pawns up to continue an unbeaten run stretching back to his first matches for the Stretton club in January. An exchange sacrifice by Nick Rutter on board one broke through for a fatal attack on Trevor Brotherton's king, leaving Stretton captain Steve Rooney needing at least a draw in the final game against Gavyn Cooper, as a match tie of 2-2 would have given the match to Newport under the countback rules. In the last encounter between the two at the start of the league season, Rooney won in a tense time scramble, and this game also went to the wire. Rooney reports: "Gavyn turned down one draw offer but eventually realised he couldn't break through and offered one himself when we were both down to the last five minutes." Full result: Church Stretton 2.5 Newport A 1.5 - T Brotherton 0, N Rutter 1; S Rooney 0.5, G Cooper 0.5; T Faustino 1, N Paul 0; K Wakefield 1, C Lewis 0.

Detailed Results

30-May-2012, Newport A v Church Stretton A: 1.5 - 2.5
N Rutter 1, T Brotherton 0; G Cooper 0.5, S Rooney 0.5; N Paul 0, T Faustino 1; C Lewis 0, K Wakefield 1.

18-May-2012, Church Stretton A v Shifnal & Telford A: 3 - 1
T Brotherton 1, I Wilson 0; S Rooney 1, R Gillespie 0; K Wakefield 0, W Peck 1; E Elwell 1, A Jones 0.

18-May-2012, Newport A v Shrewsbury A: 2 - 2
N Rutter 0.5, J Hopkins 0.5; G Cooper 1, D Everington 0; N Paul 0.5, F Best 0.5; C Lewis 0, D Lockett 1.

03-May-2012, Wellington A v Shifnal & Telford A: 1.5 - 2.5
T Neal 0.5, N Nazif 0.5; C Roberts 1, I Wilson 0; J Lenton 0, R Gillespie 1; D Ogundipe 0, W Peck 1.

28-Apr-2012, Shrewsbury A v Ludlow A: 2.5 - 1.5
D Everington 0.5, J Watson 0.5; F Best 1, J Whittaker 0; I Davies 0.5, R Woodley 0.5; M Best 0.5, P Munday 0.5.

24-Apr-2012, Telepost A v Church Stretton A: 2 - 2
N Ferrington 0, T Brotherton 1; R Bryant 1, S Rooney 0; P Zabrocki 0, T Faustino 1; P Crean 1, G Shepherd 0.

24-Apr-2012, Priorslee Lions A v Newport A: 1.5 - 2.5
G Pugh 0, N Rutter 1; J O'Neil 0, G Cooper 1; W Bates 1, N Paul 0; S Tarr 0.5, C Lewis 0.5.