1960 (15th) West of England (WECU) Championship, Bristol, 14-18 April

1960 West of England Championship: Round Robin Section

1960 West of England Championship: Round Robin		Grade	Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Andrew Rowland B Thomas	3a	Tiverton	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6
2	James Macrae Aitken	2b	Cheltenham	½	&;	1	½	1	½	1	1	5½
3	Jeffrey Ansell	3a	Cheltenham	½	0	&;	1	0	1	½	½	3½
4	Denys Pepperell Bonner	4a	Glastonbury	0	½	0	&;	1	½	½	1	3½
5	John Crowle Cock	3b	Cheltenham	0	0	1	0	&;	½	½	½	2½
6	John Edwin Jones	4a	Totnes	0	½	0	½	½	&;	½	½	2½
7	Maximilian Ernest Poolake	4a	Bristol	0	0	½	½	½	½	&;	½	2½
8	Isaac Taylor Sifton	4a	Bampton	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	&;	2

1960 West of England Championship: Swiss Section

1960 West of England Championship: Swiss		Grade	Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	John A Henley	5a	Taunton	17+	11+	w3=	b4+	2=	w5+	5
2	Michael E Ventham	4b	Farnborough	10+	13=	19+	3+	1=	4=	4½
3	John Francis Wheeler	4b	Plymouth	18+	5+	b1=	2-	8+	13+	4½
4	Brian Henry Hare	5a	Stroud	12=	16+	18+	w1-	15+	2=	4
5	A White		Bristol	20+	3-	15+	13+	6+	b1-	4
6	J Anderson	4b	Weymouth	14=	8=	12=	11+	5-	17+	3½
7	George W Wheeler	5b	Plymouth	13-	18-	b16+	9=	b17+	19+	3½
8	(Sydney) Hugh Brocklesby	5b	Bath	16+	6=	13=	10=	3-	12=	3
9	(Yvon) Peter Keffler	5a	Weston-super-Mare	11-	20=	14=	7=	w18+	10=	3
10	Ivan Robert Napier	5b	Lelant	2-	17+	w11=	8=	12=	9=	3
11	Ronald Owen Powis	4b	Stroud	9+	1-	b10=	6-	16+	14=	3
12	Ernest George Walker		Weston-super-Mare	4=	15=	6=	19=	10=	8=	3
13	Philip E Walker	5b	Weston-super-Mare	7+	2=	8=	5-	19+	3-	3
14	Richard Frank Bradley		South Cerney	6=	19-	9=	15-	20+	11=	2½
15	Kenneth John Bloodworth	5b	Plymouth	19=	12=	5-	14+	4-	b16-	2
16	John Cullum	5a	Bristol	8-	4-	w7-	20+	11-	w15+	2
17	Victor John Henry Oliver		Bath	1-	10-	20+	w18+	w7-	6-	2
18	David Graham Wells	4b	Bristol	3-	7+	4-	b17-	b9-	20+	2
19	Raymond Thomas F Williams		Welwyn	15=	14+	2-	12=	13-	7-	2
20	Albert Ernest Giles		Swindon	5-	9=	17-	16-	14-	18-	½

I have reverse-engineered the pairings from the bulletin crosstable. However, the pairings involving no.s 9, 10, 11 and 14 cannot be ascribed to a round with absolute certainty. The likeliest pairings (based on the players' score after two rounds) have been marked in red. If these turn out ot be wrong, then it is a matter of switching the pairings for rounds 3 and 6. JS

1960 West of England (WECU) Championship Play-Off

1960 West of England Championship Play-Off	Grade	Affiliation	1	2	3	4	Total
Andrew Rowland B Thomas	3a	Tiverton	1	½	½	1	3
John A Henley	5a	Taunton	0	½	½	0	1

1960 West of England (WECU) Championship Reserves A

1960 WECU Championship Reserves A		Grade	Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Peter Douglas Ralph		Plymouth	11+	8+	7=	w2+	3=	5+	5
2	Leslie Charles Alfred Lewis		Exmouth	3=	5+	6+	b1-	10+	7+	4½
3	Richard Myers		Bristol	2=	9+	4+	7=	1=	8=	4
4	J W Ede		Richmond	5=	12+	3-	6-	11+	10+	3½
5	(Henry) James Draisey	5b	Bristol	4=	2-	8+	9+	6+	1-	3½
6	Samson Parker Lucas		Bodmin	9+	7=	2-	4+	5-	12+	3½
7	Michael J Bruton		Bristol	12+	6=	1=	3=	8=	2-	3
8	R M Morgan	5b	Weston-super-Mare	10+	1-	5-	11+	7=	3=	3
9	Geoffrey Harold John Nichols		Bristol	6-	3-	10+	5-	12+	11=	2½
10	Keith Edward Charles Budge		Plymouth	8-	11+	9-	12+	2-	4-	2
11	Frederick John Pearce		Wedmore	1-	10-	12+	8-	4-	9=	1½
12	R Owen		Dorchester	7-	4-	11-	10-	9-	6-	0

1960 West of England (WECU) Championship Reserves B

1960 WECU Championship Reserves B		Grade	Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Derek Gordon Huggins		Weston-super-Mare	12+	8+	6-	7+	2+	5+	5
2	T Cocking		Bristol	3+	9+	5+	6=	1-	7+	4½
3	R A Norton		Swindon	2-	10+	7-	9+	8+	6+	4
4	W A Ellis		Bristol	6+	5-	9=	10+	7-	11+	3½
5	Michael F Robins		Bristol / Rugby	7+	4+	2-	8+	6=	1-	3½
6	Bernard Thomas Crouter		Weston-super-Mare	4-	12+	1+	2=	5=	3-	3
7	Harold Hurrell		Weymouth	5-	11+	3+	1-	4+	2-	3
8	L Wilkinson		Bristol	11+	1-	12+	5-	3-	10+	3
9	D Conway		Bristol	10+	2-	4=	3-	11-	12=	2
10	Sidney Reginald Huggins		Bristol	9-	3-	11+	4-	12+	8-	2
11	R J Willy		Bristol	8-	7-	10-	12+	9+	4-	2
12	Frank Ernest Tanner (aged 83)		Gloucester	1-	6-	8-	11-	10-	9=	½

1964 West of England Junior (Under-18) Championship

1960 WECU Under-18 Championship		Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Roger A Fenn	Bristol	w9+	4+	11+	7+	5+	3=	5½
2	Andrew Robert Grant Horton	Plymouth	7-	16+	b6+	5-	12+	11+	4
3	Christopher C Parsons	Yatton	12=	6=	14+	4=	7+	1=	4
4	Raymond C Ware	Exeter	13+	1-	9+	3=	10+	5=	4
5	P J Fowler	Yatton	14+	15+	7-	2+	1-	4=	3½
6	David C Jarrett	Bristol	11=	3=	w2-	13=	15+	10+	3½
7	Robert H Wildig	Bristol	2+	10+	5+	1-	3-	9=	3½
8	Anthony A Collyer	Weston-super-Mare	15-	9-	16+	12-	13+	14+	3
9	Gordon H Davies	Bristol	b1-	8+	4-	15=	16+	7=	3
10	Mario Francis Joseph Thomas Dix	Shepton Mallet	16+	7-	15+	11=	4-	6-	2½
11	Geoffrey E Millard	Upper Weare	6=	12+	1-	10=	14=	2-	2½
12	Anthony E Pitson	Bristol	3=	11-	13=	8+	2-	15=	2½
13	D Richardson	Bristol	4-	14=	12=	6=	8-	16+	2½
14	Ian E Davey	Paignton	5-	13=	3-	16+	11=	8-	2
15	Robert A Faint	Bristol	8+	5-	10-	9=	6-	12=	2
16	Robert T Lillington	Bristol	10-	2-	8-	14-	9-	13-	0

1960 West of England Open Championship

1960 West of England Open Championship		Affiliation	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Alan Edgar Nield	St Leonards	&;	½	½	1	1	1	4
2	T E Waits	Worcester	½	&;	½	1	½	1	3½
3	Osmond Page-Dixon	Lincoln	½	½	&;	0	1	1	3
4	Terry D Jenkins	Bridgwater	0	0	1	&;	1	½	2½
5	D A Thomas	Bristol	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1½
6	Terence D Crawford	King's Lynn	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½

1960 West of England Girls Championship

1960 West of England Girls' Championship		Affiliation	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Brita Junker	Wellington	&;	1½	1½	11	5
2	Marie Tozer	Wellington	0½	&;	11	11	4½
3	Diana Smith	Bristol	0½	00	&;	11	2½
4	Susan Yarde	Taunton	00	00	00	&;	0

1960 West of England All-Play-All A

(1) P J Smith (Bristol) 4½/5; (2) John A Denman (Bath) 4; (3-5) Laurence James Restorick Guard (Plymouth), Mrs Irene Mary McKeag (Bristol), H J Owen (Bristol) 2; (6) E A Gardner (Bristol) ½

1960 West of England All-Play-All B

(1) G Nash (Dorchester) 4/5; (2-3) Kenneth C Cleak (Bristol), J F Hunt (Bristol) 3; (4-5) R G Cable (Bristol), J H Nicholas (Bristol) 2; (6) D Phillips (Bristol) 1.

1960 West of England Minor Championship

(1) Kenneth M Pollock (Cheltenham) 5/5; (2-4) Rhona Baird (»Catchpole, Taunton), B A Lewis (Bristol), Ivan J Myall (Bath) 4; (5-6) Martyn W Jarrett (Bristol), A J Nelder (Weston-super-Mare) 3½; (7-9) Christopher J Hess (Weston-super-Mare), P D Rees (Weston-super-Mare), M Richardson (Bristol) 3; (10-11) Robert V Uppington (Bristol), F Woodcock (Bristol) 2; (12) Paul Atwell (Bristol) 1.

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BCF Grading List 1959/60

BCF Grade / Elo Rating Equivalents

Old BCF	BCF/ECF	ECF Elo
2b	224-217	2392-2336
3a	216-209	2328-2272
3b	208-201	2264-2208
4b	192-185	2136-2080
5a	184-177	2072-2016
5b	176-169	2008-1952
6a	168-161	1944-1888
6b	160-153	1880-1824
7a	152-145	1816-1760
7b	144-137	1752-1696
8a	136-129	1688-1632
8b	128-121	1624-1568
9a	120-113	1560-1504
9b	112-105	1496-1440
10a	104-97	1432-1376
10b	96-89	1368-1312
11a	88-81	1304-1248
11b	80-73	1240-1184

 

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File Updated

Date	Notes
22 January 2026	First upload. 18 games from the two WECU Championship sections plus 2 games from the Championships play-off and 3 from other events. I am grateful to Graham Stuart for forwarding the bulletin to me for inclusion in BritBase. It may be viewed here.