Minor Knockout – Shropshire Chess

Controller – Daniel Hilditch-Love

Congratulations to Maddocks B – 2023 – 2024 Minor Knockout champions

Fixtures and results – current season

Final

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
13/8/24	Maddocks B	3.5 – 0.5	Telepost B

Round Three

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
27/6/24	Maddocks C	1 – 3	Telepost B
8/7/24	Maddocks B	3 – 1	Newport B

Round Two

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
N/A	Telepost B	4 – def	Telepost E
11/6/24	Telepost Junior	1.5 – 2.5	Maddocks C
28/5/24	Newport B	4 – 0	Newport Junior
4/6/24	Telepost D	0 – 4	Maddocks B

Round One

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
10/01/2024	Shrewsbury B	0 – 4	Telepost B
04/01/2024	Oswestry B	1.5 – 2.5	Telepost E
08/01/2024	Telepost Junior	3-1	Church Stretton
18/01/2024	Maddocks C	2-2 Maddocks win on board count	Telepost F
19/12/2023	Newport B	2.5 – 1.5	Newport C
POSTPONED	Newport Junior	2-2 Newport win on board count	Telford B
POSTPONED	Telford Junior	1.5 – 2.5	Telepost D
N/A	Maddocks B	1-0	Bye

Detailed results

Rules of the competition

PART ONE

This competition will be governed in accordance with the competition rules of the Shropshire Chess Association – available here.

PART TWO

Note: rules 1 and 4 have been rewritten for the 2023-24 season, as agreed at the SCA AGM on 24/7/23

1. The controller will publish in advance at the start of the season the weeks during which each knockout round must be played and as the pairings become known they will publish the exact dates. The controller should ensure the knockout concludes immediately after the league season. Matches must be played on the appointed date unless in exceptional circumstances another date is agreed by the controller.

2. Teams that played in Divisions 2 and 3 will compete in the Minor Knockout.

3. All matches will be played between teams of four players.

4. A player can only play for a team if they were so eligible to play for that team in a standardplay league fixture. Additionally, to be eligible:- prior to round 1 a player must have played at least 1 game for their club in the standardplay league. Prior to round 2 a player must have played a total of at least 2 games for their club taking the sum of their games in the knockout trophy and/or the standardplay league. Prior to round 3 a player must have played at least 3 games for their club taking the sum of their games in the knockout trophy and/or the standardplay league. If applicable, prior to round 4 (or 5) a player must have played at least 4 (or 5) games for their club taking the sum of their games in the knockout trophy and/or the standardplay league.

5. Timetable
The date for each tie is as given. The captains may agree to play earlier, but if the fixture is not played by the designated date and the organisers have not been informed of a reason then both teams could be disqualified.

6. Fixtures published on the website will indicate home (h) and away (a). In round one the team named first in the draw will be the home team In round two and three the home team will be determined by the organisers and the captains informed.

7. All games will be played under league rules.

8. Captains will toss for choice of colours.

9. In the event of a 2-2 draw, then the lower boards will be progressively eliminated until a result is established.
If all four games are drawn then the team with black on odd boards will win.

10. Tournament Controller:- Daniel Hilditch-Love, lovedaniel47@gmail.com

Previous season results

Round 1	Semi-finals	Final
12/6/23 Telepost E v Newport B: 0.5-3.5	29/6/23 Telford B v Telepost C: 2.5-1.5
12/6/23 Telepost D v Telepost C: 0.5-3.5		27/7/23 Telford B v Telford A: 1-3
Telford A – bye	13/7/23 Telford A v Newport B: 2.5-1.5
Telford B – default

Past winners of the Minor Trophy

Please help us name the team members. who played in previous finals. For known information please email Keith Tabne r.

Year	Winners	Winning Team
2023	Telford A	Mark Keady, Dave Hollands, Toby Neal, Richard Szwajkun
2022		Competition not held
2021	TBC
2020		Competition not held due to coronavirus
2019	Shrewsbury C	Ivor Salter, Ian Davies, Norman O’Connor, Tony Purser
2018	Shrewsbury B	Mark Smith, Ivor Salter, Ian Davies, Norman O’Connor, Tony Purser
2017	Telepost B	Keith Tabner, Steve Kempsell, Peter Crean, John Westhead
2016	Ludlow A	Lee Davis, Richard Croot, Joseph Watson, Robert Woodley
2015	Telepost B	Keith Tabner, Steve Kempsell, John Westhead, Vinnie Crean
2014	Shrewsbury B	Matthew Best, Daniel Lockett, Norman O’Connor, Mark Smith
2013	Wellington A	Colin Roberts, Toby Neal, Richard Gillespie, John Lenton
2012	Telepost C	Noel Kiffin, Charles Micallef, John Westhead, Vinnie Crean
2011	Shifnal & Telford B	Steve Tarr, Richard Thompson, Iain Wilson, Windsor Peck
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2008	Shrewsbury B
2007	Shrewsbury B	S.Rooney, D.Lockett, M.Smith, I.Davies, A.Lewis
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2005	Telepost C	D.Bates, S.Kempsall, J.Westhead, D.Adderley, V.Crean
2004	Ludlow	K.Thomson, B.Woodley, D.Storey, G.Link, J.Whittaker
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