Held 21 June 2025, at St Luke’s Church in Kidderpore Avenue, NW3, the 4th SCCU London Club Championship was a 4-board Rapid team tournament over six rounds, Swiss pairing. There were three sections: Major (U2100), Intermedate (U1850) and Minor (U1600).
The Major, however, did not have enough entries to play as a Swiss so, we assume, was played with individual “Jamboree” pairings. We were, however, able to meet up with former Wanstead member John Duggan, playing for Beckenham & Bromley. And among the other Major entrants, current Wanstead member John Hodgson, playing for Streatham.
The Intermediate
Once again we entered two teams “Dynamoes” and “Cavaliers” of near-equal strength: Dynamoes 1846, Cavaliers 1844 seeded 1st and 2nd in the U1850 section. The last round pairing between the two was an emphatic win by the Cavaliers, 3½-½.
Cavaliers finished =3rd on 8 points, with Dynamoes 7th on 6 points.
The Minor
Two Wanstead teams graced the Minor (U1600), “All Stars” 1568 and “Warriors” 1404. These two teams met in Round 1 and shared the points 2-2.
All Starts finished 3rd on 8 points, Warriors 7th on 7 points.
All points scored count towards the John Philpott Trophy for 2025-26.
Links: Tournament results | Brendan O’Gorman’s pictures
Dynamoes
Round 1 |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
v |
Crowborough 1 |
Rtg |
1 |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
1-0 |
Fryer, David W |
1908 |
2 |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
0-1 |
Freeman, Luke |
1888 |
3 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
1-0 |
Currah, Elena |
1617 |
4 |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
0-1 |
Blythe, Douglas |
1589 |
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2-2 |
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Round 2 |
DHSS 1 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
1 |
Sherwood, Chris C |
1996 |
½-½ |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
2 |
Cook, Gary |
1827 |
½-½ |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
3 |
Carlucci, Paul A |
1743 |
1-0 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
4 |
Harper, V Ray |
1605 |
0-1 |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
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2-2 |
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Round 3 |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
v |
Richmond & Twickenham 2 |
Rtg |
1 |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
1-0 |
Armstrong, Alastair |
1932 |
2 |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
1-0 |
Soriano, Pablo |
1749 |
3 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
0-1 |
Low, Sampson E D |
1712 |
4 |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
1-0 |
Milligan, George |
1550 |
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3-1 |
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Round 4 |
Streatham & Brixton 2 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
1 |
Ponting, Andrew |
1989 |
½-½ |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
2 |
Hall, Antony C |
1906 |
0-1 |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
3 |
Romeril, Alan P |
1744 |
0-1 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
4 |
Ritchie, Paul |
1641 |
½-½ |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
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1-3 |
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Round 5 |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
v |
Hatch End |
Rtg |
1 |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
0-1 |
Jhooti, Sab |
1898 |
2 |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
0-1 |
Breed, Greg J |
1890 |
3 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
½-½ |
Hayali, Laith |
1817 |
4 |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
½-½ |
Irani, Cherag |
1772 |
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1-3 |
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Round 6 |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
1 |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
½-½ |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
2 |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
1-0 |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
3 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
1-0 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
4 |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
1-0 |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
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3½-½ |
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Cavaliers
Round 1 |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
v |
Richmond & Twickenham 2 |
Rtg |
1 |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
1-0 |
Armstrong, Alastair |
1932 |
2 |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
1-0 |
Soriano, Pablo |
1749 |
3 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
0-1 |
Low, Sampson E D |
1712 |
4 |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
1-0 |
Milligan, George |
1550 |
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3-1 |
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Round 2 |
Streatham & Brixton 2 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
1 |
Ponting, Andrew |
1989 |
1-0 |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
2 |
Hall, Antony C |
1906 |
½-½ |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
3 |
Romeril, Alan P |
1744 |
1-0 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
4 |
Bernard, Chris P J |
1654 |
1-0 |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
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3½-½ |
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Round 3 |
HMRC Croydon |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
1 |
Cole, Vivian J |
1972 |
½-½ |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
2 |
Rubin, Marcus |
1631 |
1-0 |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
3 |
Punnett, Alexander |
1500 |
1-0 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
4 |
Stehr, Jordan |
0 |
0-1 |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
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2½-1½ |
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Round 4 |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
v |
Beckenham & Bromley 2 |
Rtg |
1 |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
1-0 |
Batchelor, Roy |
1853 |
2 |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
½-½ |
Sands, Alan V H |
1872 |
3 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
½-½ |
Brown, John |
1730 |
4 |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
½-½ |
Padovan, Rudy |
1603 |
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2½-1½ |
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Round 5 |
Barnet Juniors 2 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
1 |
Hazell, Peter |
1848 |
0-1 |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
2 |
Dean, Eskander |
1743 |
0-1 |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
3 |
Barbier-Ramaiah, Rohan Theo |
1613 |
0-1 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
4 |
Bhattacharya, Cali |
1530 |
½-½ |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
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½-3½ |
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Round 6 |
Wanstead Cavaliers |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Dynamos |
Rtg |
1 |
Spearman, David |
2040 |
½-½ |
Cawdery, John |
2038 |
2 |
Hunnable, Ian D |
1907 |
1-0 |
Murrell, Mark R A |
1864 |
3 |
Karacsony, Istvan |
1806 |
1-0 |
Staniland, Philip |
1777 |
4 |
Nickals, Peter A |
1622 |
1-0 |
Lataille, Matthias |
1706 |
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3½-½ |
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All Stars
Round 1 |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
1 |
Gopikrishna, Ashwin |
1736 |
1-0 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
2 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
1-0 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
3 |
Smith, David |
1438 |
0-1 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
4 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
0-1 |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
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2-2 |
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Round 2 |
Treasury |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
1 |
Clenshaw, John |
1601 |
½-½ |
Gopikrishna, Ashwin |
1736 |
2 |
Glanvile, Nicholas |
1600 |
0-1 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
3 |
Furst, Edward |
1400 |
1-0 |
Smith, David |
1438 |
4 |
Silvester, Paul |
1307 |
1-0 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
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2½-1½ |
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Round 3 |
Medway Juniors |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
1 |
Mollarecep, Ahmed Kerim |
1300 |
0-1 |
Gopikrishna, Ashwin |
1736 |
2 |
Xia, Jayden |
1300 |
0-1 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
3 |
Sahota, Dhara |
1400 |
½-½ |
Smith, David |
1438 |
4 |
Mackojc, Nikodem |
1300 |
0-1 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
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½-3½ |
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Round 4 |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
v |
Southend 2 |
Rtg |
1 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
½-½ |
Duke, Taylor |
1637 |
2 |
Smith, David |
1438 |
½-½ |
Ruppert, David |
1636 |
3 |
Mcdonnell Bond, Alex |
1400 |
1-0 |
King, David |
1469 |
4 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
0-1 |
Wakeling, Robert |
1488 |
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2-2 |
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Round 5 |
Epsom 3 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
1 |
Wickham, Michael |
1619 |
0-1 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
2 |
Razhnova, Aryna |
1500 |
0-1 |
Smith, David |
1438 |
3 |
Flewellen, David |
1412 |
1-0 |
Mcdonnell Bond, Alex |
1400 |
4 |
Keen, Leia |
1300 |
0-1 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
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1-3 |
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Round 6 |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
v |
Greater London 2 |
Rtg |
1 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
0-1 |
Baisakalov, Sanzhar |
1679 |
2 |
Smith, David |
1438 |
1-0 |
Santos, Michael |
1486 |
3 |
Mcdonnell Bond, Alex |
1400 |
1-0 |
Scott, Martin |
1226 |
4 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
1d0 |
Default |
0 |
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3-1 |
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Warriors
Round 1 |
Wanstead All Stars |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
1 |
Gopikrishna, Ashwin |
1736 |
1-0 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
2 |
Colclough, Ryan |
1696 |
1-0 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
3 |
Smith, David |
1438 |
0-1 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
4 |
White, Nigel |
1375 |
0-1 |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
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2-2 |
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Round 2 |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
v |
Southend 1 |
Rtg |
1 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
1-0 |
Newton, Colin M |
1732 |
2 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
1-0 |
Middleton, Ben |
1657 |
3 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
1-0 |
Lacey, Nick J |
1573 |
4 |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
0-1 |
Emdon, Joshua |
1300 |
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3-1 |
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Round 3 |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
v |
DHSS 2 |
Rtg |
1 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
1-0 |
Brockwell, Lee |
1610 |
2 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
0-1 |
Thorp, Toby |
1557 |
3 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
1-0 |
Ashley, Mark S |
1447 |
4 |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
0-1 |
Neanor, Joe J |
1300 |
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2-2 |
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Round 4 |
British Bangla 3 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
1 |
Okusanya, Tobi |
1875 |
1-0 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
2 |
Mugalu, Hassan |
1741 |
1-0 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
3 |
Choudhury, Dorbesh |
1482 |
0-1 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
4 |
Hasan, Abu |
1300 |
0-1 |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
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2-2 |
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Round 5 |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
v |
Streatham & Brixton 3 |
Rtg |
1 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
0-1 |
Sopocko, Austin |
1656 |
2 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
0-1 |
Tillett, Richard |
1505 |
3 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
0-1 |
Mospan, Edward |
1404 |
4 |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
0-1 |
Mayers, Tom |
1391 |
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0-4 |
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Round 6 |
Crowborough 2 |
Rtg |
v |
Wanstead Warriors |
Rtg |
1 |
Finlay, Liam |
1500 |
1-0 |
Harte, Ben |
1655 |
2 |
Misquita Rodrigues, Raul |
1300 |
0-1 |
Cawdery, Mary |
1361 |
3 |
Prasanna, Arjun |
1300 |
0-1 |
Chu, Ray |
1300 |
4 |
Manoj, Smrithi |
1300 |
½-½ |
Narula, Reyaansh |
1300 |
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1½-2½ |
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