DCCA Mamhead Challenge Cup

In 2019-20, South Hams has a team competing in the Devon County Chess Association (DCCA) Division 2 League, also known as the Mamhead Challenge Cup. The league is named after Lord Mamhead - Sir Robert Newman MP - who became the DCCA's third president in 1920. The Keverel Chess website has an interesting article on Sir Robert and Mamhead House, including a picture of the Challenge Cup.

The Mamhead is a 4-board competition, with an aggregate grade limit for each match of Under 640. There is no limit on individual player grades.

The Mamhead is a Saturday competition in order to enable teams from throughout Devon to travel to their away fixtures. The generous time controls - each player starts with 90 minutes, with 30 seconds added afer each move - are intended to encourage a high standard of chess!

Except when otherwise agreed between team captains, South Hams home matches in the Mamhead Challenge Cup will be played at the club's normal venue - the Regal Club, Kingsbridge.

The South Hams team captain is Steve Levy, who can be contcted by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The DCCA team competitions are administered through the ECF League Management System. Fixtures, results, league tables and other statistics can be viewed here..

Fixtures and Results

You can apply a filter to the fixtures by typing into the Search box. For example, if you type Ply then only the fixtures against Plymouth will be displayed.

Click on a match score to view the game results for the match concerned. If the word "Report" appears against a particular match, then when you view the game results you will also see the match report.

Day	Date	Competition	Comp	Home	Away	Res	Score
Saturday	04 Jan 2020	DCCA Mamhead	Mamh	Barnstaple	South Hams	W	1½-2½
Saturday	01 Feb 2020	DCCA Mamhead	Mamh	South Hams	Newton Abbot	L	0-4
Saturday	29 Feb 2020	DCCA Mamhead	Mamh	Plymouth	South Hams	W	½-1½
Postponed		DCCA Mamhead	Mamh	South Hams	Exmouth

Individual Player Statistics

Here are the current player statistics for South Hams players in the DCCA Mamhead Division during the 2019-20 season:

Name	Grade	ECF	P	W	D	L	Ave Op	Perf	%	Pts
Ashby, Ken	96	181837F	1	0	0	1	138	86	0.0	0.0
Peach, Cliff	107	116851E	3	0	1	2	144	106	16.7	0.5
Davies, Alan	107	304962A	2	1	0	1	141	139	50.0	1.0
Archer, David	166	300734A	1	0	1	0	135	135	50.0	0.5
Levy, Steve	184	134450L	3	2	0	1	158	177	66.7	2.0

Overall Team Statistics

Matches Played:	5
Matches Won:	2
Matches Drawn:	2
Matches Lost:	1
Match Points:	6
Percentage:	60
Average South Hams Team Rating:	645.8
Average Opponents' Team Rating:	600.6

TCL Division 1: Newton Abbot Abbots v South Hams 24 Oct 2019

Bd	Newton Abbot Abbots	Col	Rating	ECF	Result	South Hams	Col	Rating	ECF	PGN
1	Homer, Stephen	B	186	162619L	1-0	Levy, Steve	W	187	134450L	View
2	Brooks, Paul	W	163	215149C	½-½	Cowley, Dennis	B	183	135817A	Submit
3	Thynne, Trefor F	B	158	120405B	½-½	Dickinson, Steve	W	160	322864C	Submit
4	Gouveia Wasques, Danilo	W	130	327359D	0-1	Schofield, James	B	148	310014F	Submit
Overall Match			637		2-2			678

Bd	Newton Abbot Abbots	Grade	Res	South Hams	Grade	PGN
1	Homer, Stephen	186	1-0	Levy, Steve	187	View
2	Brooks, Paul	163	½-½	Cowley, Dennis	183	Submit
3	Thynne, Trefor F	158	½-½	Dickinson, Steve	160	Submit
4	Gouveia Wasques, Danilo	130	0-1	Schofield, James	148	Submit
Overall Match		637	2-2		678

TCL Division 1: Totnes v South Hams 7 Nov 2019

Bd	Totnes	Col	Rating	ECF	Result	South Hams	Col	Rating	ECF	PGN
1	Archer, David J	B	166	300734A	1-0	Levy, Steve	W	187	134450L	View
2	Howard, Charles V	W	157	113071H	½-½	Dickinson, Steve	B	160	322864C	View
3	Wilby, Robert G	B	132	155624B	½-½	Schofield, James	W	148	310014F	Submit
4	Wilkinson, Ben R	W	141	162703L	1-0	McConnell, Phil	B	118	285386D	Submit
Overall Match			596		3-1			613

Bd	Totnes	Grade	Res	South Hams	Grade	PGN
1	Archer, David J	166	1-0	Levy, Steve	187	View
2	Howard, Charles V	157	½-½	Dickinson, Steve	160	View
3	Wilby, Robert G	132	½-½	Schofield, James	148	Submit
4	Wilkinson, Ben R	141	1-0	McConnell, Phil	118	Submit
Overall Match		596	3-1		613

TCL Division 1: South Hams v Newton Abbot Bishops 5 Dec 2019

Bd	South Hams	Col	Rating	ECF	Result	Newton Abbot Bishops	Col	Rating	ECF	PGN
1	Levy, Steve	B	187	134450L	½-½	Brusey, Alan W	W	181	107557D	View
2	Cowley, Dennis	W	183	135817A	½-½	Kinder, Andrew S	B	151	162701G	Submit
3	Dickinson, Steve	B	160	322864C	1-0	Miller, Paul	W	120	312944F	View
4	Schofield, James	W	148	310014F	½-½	Holland, Bradley	B	94	316358B	View
Overall Match			678		2½-1½			546

Bd	South Hams	Grade	Res	Newton Abbot Bishops	Grade	PGN
1	Levy, Steve	187	½-½	Brusey, Alan W	181	View
2	Cowley, Dennis	183	½-½	Kinder, Andrew S	151	Submit
3	Dickinson, Steve	160	1-0	Miller, Paul	120	View
4	Schofield, James	148	½-½	Holland, Bradley	94	View
Overall Match		678	2½-1½		546

TCL Division 1: South Hams v Totnes 30 Jan 2020

Bd	South Hams	Col	Rating	ECF	Result	Totnes	Col	Rating	ECF	PGN
1	Levy, Steve	B	184	134450L	½-½	Archer, David J	W	170	300734A	View
2	Cowley, Dennis	W	175	135817A	1-0	Howard, Charles V	B	159	113071H	Submit
3	Dickinson, Steve	B	141	322864C	½-½	Wilkinson, Ben R	W	140	162703L	Submit
4	Schofield, James	W	156	310014F	1-0	Wilby, Robert G	B	129	155624B	View
Overall Match			656		3-1			598

Bd	South Hams	Grade	Res	Totnes	Grade	PGN
1	Levy, Steve	184	½-½	Archer, David J	170	View
2	Cowley, Dennis	175	1-0	Howard, Charles V	159	Submit
3	Dickinson, Steve	141	½-½	Wilkinson, Ben R	140	Submit
4	Schofield, James	156	1-0	Wilby, Robert G	129	View
Overall Match		656	3-1		598

TCL Division 1: Newton Abbot Bishops v South Hams 5 Mar 2020

Bd	Newton Abbot Bishops	Col	Rating	ECF	Result	South Hams	Col	Rating	ECF	PGN
1	Brusey, Alan W	B	176	107557D	0-1	Levy, Steve	W	184	134450L	View
2	Nyman, John CH	W	154	116344K	½-½	Schofield, James	B	156	310014F	Submit
3	Blackmore, Joshua P	B	150	290737K	½-½	Dickinson, Steve	W	141	322864C	View
4	Kinder, Andrew S	W	146	162701G	1-0	McConnell, Phil	B	123	285386D	View
Overall Match			626		2-2			604

Bd	Newton Abbot Bishops	Grade	Res	South Hams	Grade	PGN
1	Brusey, Alan W	176	0-1	Levy, Steve	184	View
2	Nyman, John CH	154	½-½	Schofield, James	156	Submit
3	Blackmore, Joshua P	150	½-½	Dickinson, Steve	141	View
4	Kinder, Andrew S	146	1-0	McConnell, Phil	123	View
Overall Match		626	2-2		604