Roll of Honour

Submitted by DrDave on Thu, 07/10/2010 - 09:04

The Club room bears two fine painted wooden boards bearing the names of the club champions since 1949. The first board also proclaims:

Prior to the institution of this record, the Championship was held for many years by Mr. H.V. Mallison, a friend and benefactor of the Club.

This list extends the record to the start of the Championship, and lists more recently founded competitions.

A* below indicates that the champion went on to win the Winter-Wood Championship for that year, played between individual club champions of Devon.

[Please let us know about any errors or omissions.]

About the competitions

Year	Club Championship	Douglas Phillips Quickplay	Rex Willis Gambit Tournament
2011-2012			Graham Bolt
2010-2011	G.Bolt	Graham Bolt	Tim Paulden
2009-2010	G.Bolt	Andrew Boyne	Charlie Keen / Graham Bolt
2008-2009	S.Waters	Charlie Keen	Tim Paulden
2007-2008	G.Bolt	Daniel Frean	Graham Bolt
2006-2007	D.Regis	Dave Regis	Graham Bolt
2005-2006	A.Boyne	Andrew Boyne	Oskar Hall
2004-2005	D.Regis	Andrew Boyne? Dave Regis in AGM minutes.	[1st year] Sean Pope / Simon Waters
2003-2004	D.Regis	Shamo? No contest this season.
2002-2003	P.Trussler	David Regis
2001-2002	S.Waters	Simon Waters
2000-2001	S.J.Homer	David Regis
1999-2000	I.Clarke
1998-99	C.V.J.Bellers	Alan George/David Regis
1997-98	A.Pickering	Eric Lang
1996-97	A.Pickering	Michiel van Wissen
1995-96	D.Hill	Steve Webb
1994-95	A.S.Karlsson	David Regis
1993-94	K.B.Hills	Ken Hills
1992-93	B.D.Beake	Brian Hewson
1991-92	R.H.Lingham	Richard Lingham
1990-91	R.H.Lingham	Richard Lingham
1989-90	B.W.R.Hewson	S Carr
1988-89	A.Pickering	Chris Heath/Kevin Watts
1987-88	C.Heath	Chris Heath
1986-87	C.Heath	C Heath/J Hayward/B Hewson
1985-86	C.Heath	Chris Heath
1984-85	C.Heath	Richard Lingham
1983-84	J.F.Menadue	Brian Hewson
1982-83	J.F.Menadue	Jeremy Menadue
1981-82	C.Rigby	Brian Hewson
1980-81	B.W.R.Hewson
1979-80	R.A.Lee
1978-79	B.W.R.Hewson
1977-78	R.A.Lee
1976-77	R.A.Lee
1975-76	R.A.Lee
1974-75	D.F.L.Richardson
1973-74	R.A.Lee
1972-73	R.A.Lee
1971-72	R.A.Lee
1970-71	B.W.Clapp
1969-70	R.A.Lee
1968-69	B.W.Clapp
1967-68	B.W.Clapp
1966-67	D.J.Richards
1965-66	D.J.Richards
1964-65	D.J.Richards
1963-64	D.J.P.Gray
1962-63	B.W.Clapp
1961-62	D.J.Richards
1960-61	D.J.Richards
1959-60	A.G.H.Winterburn
1958-59	A.G.H.Winterburn
1957-58	L.C.A.Lewis
1956-57	F.E.A.Kitto
1955-56	E.Czerniawski
1954-55	F.E.A.Kitto
1953-54	D.P.Bonner
1952-53	D.P.Bonner
1951-52	D.J.P.Gray
1950-51	R.B.Copleston
1949-50	R.Barrenger
1948-49	R.B.Copleston
1947-48	R.B.Copleston
1946-47*	H.V.Mallison
1945-46*	H.V.Mallison
1937-38*	H.V.Mallison
1935-36*	H.V.Mallison
1934-35*	H.V.Mallison
1932-33*	H.V.Mallison
1930-31	H.V.Mallison
1929-30	A.H.Hart
1928-1929	A.J.Roberts/A.H.Hart
1927-28	A.M.Pearson
1926-27*	H.V.Mallison
1925-26	A.J.Roberts
1924-25	H.J.Stretton
1923-24	H.J.Stretton
1922-23	H.V.Mallison
1921-22	H.V.Mallison
1920-21	H.J.Stretton
1919-20	R.Cook
1918-19	C.E.Parry
1917-18	E.L.Pattinson
1916-17	H.J.Stretton
1915-16	C.E.Parry
1914-15	C.E.Parry
1913-14	C.E.Parry
1912-13	W.H.Gundry
1911-12	W.H.Gundry
1910-11	A.L.Noake
1909-10	A.L.Noake
1908-09	W.H.Gundry

About the tournaments:

Year	Club Championship	Douglas Phillips Quickplay	Rex Willis Gambit Tournament
	[Please let us know about any errors or omissions.]	Quickplay in this context means a 10-second 'buzzer' tournament; once practised widely, we come across buzzer tournaments more rarely these days. Foreign visitors in particular seem less likely to have played it before, although this has not hindered their success. Douglas was a ex-Navy man, among whose accomplishments was a hair-curling repertoire of alternative lyrics to well-known tunes. He became a market gardener, and secretary of the chess club. In his memory, his widow instituted a Cup for this form of chess which he so enjoyed. The Cup is contested annually under the able stewardship of Richard Hitchcock.	Rex Willis was, as all who know him are agreed, a character. Disabled from birth by cerebral palsy, he heaved coal sacks at St.Loyes' College as a youngster, and in later life pursued chess, pipe-smoking and driving with great gusto and a characteristic huge grin. Watching him do any of these could give spectators some anxious moments! Between games he quizzed colleagues about employment law, molecular genetics and Wittgenstein, either to check his understanding of these issues or theirs.

Year

Club Championship

Douglas Phillips Quickplay

Rex Willis Gambit Tournament

[Please let us know about any errors or omissions.]

Quickplay in this context means a 10-second 'buzzer' tournament; once practised widely, we come across buzzer tournaments more rarely these days. Foreign visitors in particular seem less likely to have played it before, although this has not hindered their success.

Douglas was a ex-Navy man, among whose accomplishments was a hair-curling repertoire of alternative lyrics to well-known tunes.

He became a market gardener, and secretary of the chess club. In his memory, his widow instituted a Cup for this form of chess which he so enjoyed.

The Cup is contested annually under the able stewardship of Richard Hitchcock.

Rex Willis was, as all who know him are agreed, a character. Disabled from birth by cerebral palsy, he heaved coal sacks at St.Loyes' College as a youngster, and in later life pursued chess, pipe-smoking and driving with great gusto and a characteristic huge grin. Watching him do any of these could give spectators some anxious moments! Between games he quizzed colleagues about employment law, molecular genetics and Wittgenstein, either to check his understanding of these issues or theirs.

Chess Quotes

[cool blue cat says:]

COOL TIP: What does Reti mean? He was one of the strongest players of his day, but surely grandmasters are superb calculators! Yes, they are, but often they do not need to calculate something from scratch, because they recognise the type of position they are in, and they know what to play in that sort of position. All the calculating has been done before by someone else, and once you are shown how it works, you can use it and apply it in your own games.

— Dr. Dave.