The John Kooner Cup 2025 – the club’s Summer Tournament starts as its organiser Malcolm Clarke announces the player pairings for the first Round. 27 players have entered.
The Kooner Cup runs during the summer, and is a 5-round Swiss format between May and September. In the previous Summer Tournaments, the winner’s name was engraved on the Kooner Cup and the winner received a replica of the Cup, presented by John Kooner annually at a club dinner. The organiser is Malcolm Clarke.
The tournament is played in 5 Round over the summer months – about a month per Round. The winner receives the Kooner Cup for a year and usually gets to keep a replica. The games are standard play in terms of time control, 90 minutes each player.
Whilst all the results will show on the John Kooner Cup Page, please also see LMS (League Management System) for more up to date results as it will be updated more frequently.
Player Pairings for Round 1
- Matthew Staniforth v Keven Lamb
- John Davis v Graham Stuart
- Eric Jones v Frazer Burlinson
- John Kooner v Sam Spencer
- Christian Westbrook v Chris Button
- Patrick Pavey v Andy Mills
- Peter Przybycin v Alan Weaver
- Rob Strachan v Theo Horne
- Stephen Kirby v James Gray
- Geoff Parish v Stephen Lineker-Miller
- David Culliford v Rose Saunders
- Steve Saunders v Rob Sims
- Hin Long Isaac Yip v Steve Dunleavy
- Sam Murphy – bye
Tournament Rules
- The John Kooner Cup is a 5-round swiss event.
- Rate of play: games can be played at either 80 mins + 10 secs or 90 mins for the whole game. If players cannot agree on time control 90 mins is to be used.
- When the Round Pairings are announced, the first-named plays as white.
- Notify Malcolm Clarke of the results.
Click on the button below to see the Summer Tournament 2024 Page: