Richard Porter (who hosts our website) wins the best improver award for 2016-2017, with Martin Stephens and Jan Bailey in second and third places.  Results are below in rating change order. 

The quarterly improver prizes went to Richard Porter, Catriona Jones, Patrick Beatty, and Catriona Jones again. 

League Division 1 was won by Andy Becher, and Division 2 by Deborah Porter.  The All-play-All was won by Helen Harding and the Handicap was won by Evelyn Wansbrough. 

Highest game scores of the year were 616, 608, 605, and 596 from Graham Harding, 571 and 561 from Helen Harding, 560 from Wanda de Poitiers, and 553 from Andy Becher. 

The highest single moves were ACQUIRE (143) from Graham Harding, AGITATES and BREEDERS (131) from Helen Harding, EQUATES (127) from Maureen Barlow, WRYNECK (125) from Graham Harding, STONINGS (122) from Richard Spencer, JAZZ (118) from Graham Harding, OXIDISER (114) from Wanda de Poitiers, and TONELESS (113) from Deborah Porter.

 

Name

Old Rating

New Rating

Rating Change

P

W

D

L

Average

Highest score

Richard Porter

113

167

54

63

32

0

31

360.9

489

Martin Stephens

62

95

33

114

29

1

84

314.9

434

Jan Bailey

126

144

18

120

71

0

49

373.9

494

Charles Parker

55

68

13

110

18

0

92

299.0

420

Catriona Jones

136

148

12

134

65

0

69

363.9

493

Hepzi Rodrigues

133

142

9

118

62

0

56

369.9

546

Julie Wise

112

118

6

96

39

0

57

338.9

459

Maire Bennett

50

56

6

127

17

0

110

261.9

406

Evelyn Wansbrough

129

134

5

118

57

1

60

360.8

487

Deborah Porter

129

133

4

119

60

0

59

359.3

510

Wanda de Poitiers

174

172

-2

148

108

1

39

411.6

560

Maureen Barlow

134

131

-3

149

80

1

68

362.6

505

Graham Harding

175

168

-7

166

131

1

34

422.9

616

Tricia Walker

145

135

-10

108

55

1

52

360.5

498

Helen Harding

192

160

-32

158

124

2

32

416.4

571

Guests, new members without a previous year’s playing record, and people playing less than 52 games

Tricia Cooper

134

181

47

9

6

0

3

359.8

429

Andy Becher

197

196

-1

25

22

0

3

453.6

553

Lynn Giles

118

117

-1

9

3

0

6

336.2

422

John Elton

95

74

-21

33

3

0

30

285.0

364

Ron Dobree

87

60

-27

2

0

0

2

308.0

309

Hannah Corbett

156

109

-47

47

24

0

23

346.7

490

Richard Spencer

 

156

 

77

47

0

30

386.8

512

Liz Maxted

 

107

 

3

1

0

2

291.7

325

Frank Charlesworth

 

94

 

6

2

0

4

291.8

361

Patrick Beatty

 

84

 

51

11

0

40

308.7

431

Andy Maxted

 

82

 

3

0

0

3

263.0

295

Siegrun O'Sullivan

 

79

 

18

1

0

17

248.8

290

Graham Wilton

 

49

 

9

0

0

9

243.6

273