Club Championship Trophy

The "Rose Bowl"

Inscribed on the trophy:

PRESENTED TO THE

LEEDS CHESS CLUB

BY CECIL W. JEFFERY

AS A TROPHY FOR THE

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

16th SEPT. 1909.

Condition Report

The trophy is in poor shape after 110 years of service. The base of the trophy is very badly dented and it needs expensive repairs. The mesh on top is also damaged and out of shape. The plinth on which it stands is scratched and scuffed. It's made of plastic (possibly Bakelite) and wrapped round with a stainless steel band. It looks cheap and ugly and it just doesn't compliment the trophy. It is crying out for a wooden replacement. Is there a modern-day philanthropist like the great CW himself among us? About a grand should cover it.

The Club Champions

This list of the previous Leeds Chess Club champions is under construction. Some years the records have been lost, some years there was no competition (e.g. the war years) and some years no records were kept. There are a lot of minute books to go through before this list is any way comprehensive. Meanwhile, this is what we have:

KEY

Inscribed on the

trophy or base.

From the

minute books.

PREVIOUS TROPHY

1902 Mr Oats

1903 CW Jeffery

1904 MT Sykes

1905 MJ Spencer

1906 MJ Spencer (2)

1907 CW Jeffery

1908 CW Jeffery

1909 CW Jeffery (4)*

(* Won outright

but handed back.)

1910 Void

(CW Jeffery died.)

1911 F Douglas

THIS TROPHY

1912 FW Darby

1913 AC Avimy

1914 AC Avimy (2)

1915 F Schofield

1919 HA Burton

1920 HA Burton (2)

1921 Void

1922 F Schofield

1923 F Schofield

1924 A Schofield

1925 F Schofield

1926 A Schofield

1927-29 Void

1930 F Schofield

1931 J Silverman

1932 J Silverman (2)

1933 F Schofield

1934 A Schofield (2)

1935 FA Amies

1936 C Sandberg

1937 F Schofield (7)

1938 J Lewis

1939 JW Narcross

1946 DM Andrew

1947 JE Povey

1948 JE Povey

1949 JE Povey

1950 JE Povey

1951 JE Povey

1952 ?

1953 A Rivlin

1954 JE Povey

1955 MJ Haygarth

1956 MJ Haygarth

1957 MJ Haygarth

1958 JE Povey

1959 JE Povey (8)

1960-62 ?

1963 MJ Haygarth

1964 MJ Haygarth

1965 ?

1966 = MJ Haygarth

& Mr Perkins

1967 ?

1968 Mr Naylor

1969 Haygarth (7)

Trophy winners were badly recorded during Haygarth's time as secretary. Minute books 1970-1985 lost.

1986 S Spink

1987 S Spink

1988 GR Nixon

1989 S Spink (3)

1990 BT Hare

1991 W Hicks

1992 S Donolly

1993 B Foster

1994 B Foster (2)

1995 K Kulczycki

TOURNAMENT FORMATS

I was club Secy in the late-80s, so I know the format used up to 1991 was the "World Cup" system - four groups, with the top two in each group entering a knock out phase.

From 1992-95, the All-Play-All system was used, which allowed weaker members a crack at the crown. purely by playing more games than anyone else. (No offence intended to Brianovski Foster.)

Further research is needed into the format of earlier tournaments. The traditional All-Play-All and Knock Out systems seem most likely.

BTH