GC A Level Series Archive

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This page has the results from all previous series. See the GC Series page for the current competition details.

If you spot any errors in this history, please contact competition Director Chris Roberts. The previous winners of the Series are listed on the Roll of Honour web page.

2024 A-Level (0+) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (Qualifies for National Final)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links	Information on the GC Ranking System
							List of Ranked events in this Series
							Results on rankings?
Phyllis Court / High Wycombe	06-07 April	Paul Gunn	Helena Jansson	Roger Goldring	Rick Lilley		YES
Wrest Park	20-21 April	Tony Butcher	Ross Bagni	Mike Bilton	Peter Tofield		YES
East Dorset	27-28 April	Richard Gardiner	Mark Hamann	Andy Dochniak	Liz Drury	report by Steve Leonard	YES
Bury	04-05 May	Jon Carrington	Tony McCann	Richard Leach	Martyn Seal		YES
Hamptworth	25-26 May	Ross Bagni	Richard Gardiner	Helen Reeves	Andy Sherwood		YES
Sidmouth	01-02 June	Andy Dochniak	Helena Jansson	Louise Smith	Richard Gardener		YES
Pendle	08-09 June	- cancelled -
Crake Valley	15-16 June	David Cornes	Tom Grievson	Christine Wood	Julie Tremble		YES
Woking	15-16 June	Bridget Goodman	Bernie Philips	Konstantin Yudintsev	Phil Davies		YES
Watford	29-30 June	Geoff Johnson	Ross Bagni	Andy Jones	Peter Tofield		YES
Hunstanton	13-14 July	Colin Spencer	David Cornes	David Boxell	Beryl Hughes		YES
Ashby	20-21 July	Mike O'Brian	John Picken	Peter Tofield	Billy Cook		YES
Colchester	20-21 July	- cancelled -
Chester	03-04 Aug	Tony McCann	Sarah Clements	Rick Davies	Kim Taylor		YES
Guildford & Godalming	16-17 Aug	Ross Bagni	Douglas Shand	Bernie Phillips	Robert Cook		YES
NATIONAL FINAL at Sidmouth	28-29 Sep	Michael Bilton	Richard Gardiner	Louise Smith	Andy Dochniak		YES

Points Totals 2024

Name	Wins	Points
Ross Bagni	2	Qualified for National Final (1)
Tony Butcher	1	Qualified for National Final (2)
Jon Carrington	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
David Cornes	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Andy Dochniak	1	Qualified for National Final (3)
Richard Gardiner	1	Qualified for National Final (4)
Bridget Goodman	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Paul Gunn	1	Qualified for National Final (5)
Geoff Johnson	1	Qualified for National Final (6)
Tony McCann	1	Qualified for National Final (7)
Mike O'Brian	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Colin Spencer	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending

Helena Jansson		12 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Bernie Philips		10 - Qualified for National Final (8)
Peter Tofield		8 - Qualified for National Final - not attending

Sarah Clements		6 - Qualified for National Final (9)
Tom Grievson		6 - Qualified for National Final (10)
Mark Hamann		6 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
John Picken		6 - Qualified for National Final (11)
Douglas Shand		6 - Qualified for National Final - not attending

23 August - An update from Director Chris Roberts: * The following players all have 4 Series points (all achieved by one third place finish). A ballot (drawn-lots) was undertaken on 22 August, at West Worthing CC, in the presence of players from the home club (including Andrew Stewart, Trustee of CqE) and visitors from Phyllis Court CC. This is the result:
Konstantin Yudintsev		4 - Qualified for National Final (12)
Mike Bilton		4 - Qualified for National Final (13)
Richard Leach		4 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Roger Goldring		4 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Helen Reeves		4 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Andy Jones		4 - Qualified for National Final (14)
Rick Davies		4 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
David Boxell		4 - Qualified for National Final (15)
Christine Wood		4 - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Louise Smith		4 - Qualified for National Final (16)

12 September - An update from Director Chris Roberts: * The following players all have 2 Series points (achieved by one fourth place finish). This evening, a card draw was conducted, via Zoom and recorded on-line, by Richard Bilton (GCTC Chairman) and Chris Roberts (GCTC Director of the A-Level Series) to decide order in which further Reserves, are to be called-up in, if places become available. The players are now listed below in order resulting from that draw. All players will be contacted with this news, and any who say that will not be taking up any offered place, will be marked accordingly as 'not attending'.
Andy Sherwood		2 - - - - Reserve 1
Martyn Seal		2 - not attending
Kim Taylor		2 - - - - Reserve 2
Julie Tremble		2 - not attending
Rick Lilley		2 - not attending
Liz Drury		2 - - - - Reserve 3
Beryl Hughes		2 - - - - Reserve 4
Phil Davies		2 - not attending
Robert Cook		2 - not attending
Billy Cook		2 - not attending

2023 A-Level (0+) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (Qualifies for National Final)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links	Results on rankings?
Wrest Park	22-23 April	Les Heard	Kim Taylor	Glynis Davies	John Taylor	report by Richard Keighley	Yes
Bury	13-14 May	Nigel Matthews	Richard Leach	Martyn Seal	Glynis Davies	report by David Cornes	Yes
Phyllis Court / High Wycombe	20-21 May	Paul Gunn	Kim Taylor	Mike Bilton	Helena Jansson		Yes
Hamptworth	27-28 May	Diana Wilson	Mike Wilson	Edwin Bone	John Gosden		Yes
Sidmouth	03-04 June	John Taylor	Kevin Connolly	Marc Colson	Richard Gardiner		Yes
Crake Valley	17-18 June	Glynis Davies	Mike Bilton	Giles Pepperell	Jane Pringle	report by David Cornes	Yes
Woking	17-18 June	John Taylor	DavidH Boyd	Kevin Connolly	Lynn Pearcy		Yes
Watford - NEW	01-02 July	John Taylor	Kim Taylor	Kevin Connolly	David Frost		Yes
Hunstanton	15-16 July	Mark Buckley	Alison Murray	Kevin Connolly	Mike Bilton		Yes
Ashby	22-23 July	Andy Sherwood	Christine Wood	Ray Bassett	Tony McCann		Yes
Colchester	22-23 July	- Cancelled -
Pendle	29-30 July	- Cancelled -
Chester	05-06 Aug	Giles Pepperell	Martyn Seal	Andrew Carpenter	Roger Edwards		Yes
East Dorset	05-06 Aug	Andy Dochniak	Mike Bilton	Mark Hamann	Paul Moon	report by Gary Brennan	Yes
Guildford & Godalming	18-19 Aug	Peter Balchin	Andrew Carpenter	Charlie Sale	Andy Jones		Yes
NATIONAL FINAL at East Dorset	23-24 Sep	GILES PEPPERELL	Mark Buckley	Peter Balchin	Diana Wilson	report by Gary Brennan	Yes

Points Totals 2023

Name	Wins	Points
John Taylor	3	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Peter Balchin	1	Qualified for National Final (1)
Mark Buckley	1	Qualified for National Final (2)
Glynis Davies	1	Qualified for National Final (3)
Andy Dochniak	1	Qualified for National Final (4)
Paul Gunn	1	Qualified for National Final (5)
Les Heard	1	Qualified for National Final (6)
Nigel Matthews	1	Qualified for National Final (7)
Giles Pepperell	1	Qualified for National Final (8)
Andy Sherwood	1	Qualified for National Final (9)
Diana Wilson	1	Qualified for National Final (10)
Mike Bilton		18 points - Qualified for National Final (11)
Kevin Connolly		18 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Kim Taylor		18 points - Qualified for National Final (12)
Andrew Carpenter		10 points - Qualified for National Final (13)
Martyn Seal		10 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
The following players were ordered according to the competition's conditions and then approached with regard to being awarded playing places and being on the reserves list. - Where ties could not be broken by the competition's conditions, random ballots were conducted to order those players.
Alison Murray		6 points - Qualified for National Final (14)
DavidH Boyd		6 points - Qualified for National Final (15)
Mike Wilson		6 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Christine Wood		6 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Richard Leach		6 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Mark Hamann		4 points - Qualified for National Final (16)
Marc Colson		4
Edwin Bone		4
Charlie Sale		4
Ray Bassett		4

Roger Edwards		2
David Frost		2
Richard Gardiner		2
John Gosden		2
Helena Jansson		2
Andy Jones		2
Tony McCann		2
Paul Moon		2
Lynn Pearcy		2
Jane Pringle		2

2022 A-Level (0+) Series Tournaments Results

Tournament	Date	Winner (Qualifies for National Final)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links	Results on rankings?
Wrest Park	23-24 April	Ross Bagni	Mike Hills	John Taylor	Ron Carter	report by Richard Keighley	Yes
Bury - NEW	14-15 May	Tony McCann	David Cornes	Charles Sale	Peter Tymms	report by Roy Spencer	Yes
Phyllis Court / High Wycombe	21-22 May	Steve Thornton	Duncan Catterall	Robin Coates	Ross Bagni		Yes
Hamptworth	28-29 May	Andrew Loakes	Stephen Custance-Baker	Colin Britt	Marc Colson	report by Richard Jenkins	Yes
Sidmouth	04-05 June	Stephen Custance-Baker	Colin Britt	Andrew Loakes	Stephen Pearson	report by Stuart M Smith	Yes
Crake Valley	18-19 June	David Cornes	Glynis Davies	Christine Wood	Mike Bilton	report by David Cornes	Yes
Woking	18-19 June	Colin Britt	Ron Carter	Stephen Custance-Baker	Tom Halliday		Yes
Hunstanton	16-17 July	Stephen Custance-Baker	Mike Bilton	John Taylor	John Hague	report by Terrey Sparks	Yes
Ashby	23-24 July	Arthur Rowe	Glynis Davies	Mike O'Brian	Tim Brooker		Yes
Colchester - NEW	30-31 July	Duncan Brinkley	David Frost	Bridget Goodman	Jill Waters		Yes
Chester	06-07 August	- Cancelled -
East Dorset - NEW	06-07 August	Andrew Loakes	Stephen Custance-Baker	Dom Aarvold	Mark Buckley	report by Gary Brennan	Yes
Guildford & Godalming	02-03 Sep	Thomas Halliday	John Gosden	Ross Bagni	Chris Jackson	report by Mike Huxley	Yes
Pendle	10-11 Sep	Charles Sale	Paul Dowdall	Mike Bilton	Tom Grievson	report by Libby Dixon	Yes
NATIONAL FINAL at Wrest Park	24-25 Sep	MIKE HILLS	David Cornes	Andrew Loakes	Glynis Davies	report by Richard Keighley	Yes

Points Totals 2022

Name	Wins	Points
Stephen Custance-Baker	2	Qualifies for National Final (1)
Andrew Loakes	2	Qualified for National Final (2)
Colin Britt	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Ross Bagni	1	Qualified for National Final (3)
Duncan Brinkley	1	Qualified for National Final (4)
David Cornes	1	Qualified for National Final (5)
Thomas Halliday	1	Qualified for National Final (6)
Tony McCann	1	Qualified for National Final (7)
Arthur Rowe	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Charles Sale	1	Qualified for National Final (8)
Steve Thornton	1	Qualified for National Final - not attending
Mike Bilton		12 points - Qualified for National Final (9)
Glynis Davies		12 points - Qualified for National Final (10)
Ron Carter		8 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
John Taylor		8 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Duncan Catterall		6 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Paul Dowdall		6 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
David Frost		6 points - Qualified for National Final (11)
John Gosden		6 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Mike Hills		6 points - Qualified for National Final (12)
Dom Aarvold		4 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Robin Coates		4 points - not attending
Bridget Goodman		4 points - Qualified for National Final (13)
Mike O'Brian		4 points - not attending
Christine Wood		4 points - Qualified for National Final (14)
		Following some withdrawals, a random draw took take place on 16 September, to determine the order in which the players named below would be invited to take up the remaining 2 of the 16 places in the National Final.
Peter Tymms		2 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Tim Brooker		2 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Tom Grievson		2 points - Qualified for National Final (15)
Stephen Pearson		2 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Mark Buckley		2 points - Qualified for National Final - not attending
Marc Colson		2 points - Qualified for National Final (16)
Chris Jackson		2 points
Jill Waters		2 points
John Hague		2 points

2021 A-Level (0+) Series Tournaments Results

For the inaugural season (2021), there was no National Final for this Series. It was instead a straight points race.

Tournament	Date	Winner (10 points)	2nd (6 points)	3rd (4 points)	4th (2 points)	Tournament report links	Results on rankings?
Wrest Park	24-25 April	Paul Gunn	Paul Durkin	Ron Carter	Tony Butcher	report by Richard Keighley	Yes
Phyllis Court / High Wycombe	30 Apr-01 May	Paul Gunn	Andrea Huxley	Ron Carter	Stephen Harbron		Yes
Hamptworth	15-16 May	Louise Smith	Neil Humphreys	Paul Gunn	Jonny Claxton	report by Richard Jenkins	Yes
Sidmouth	05-06 June	Aston Wade	Louise Smith	Colin Britt	Stephen Pearson	report by Stuart M Smith	Yes
Crake Valley	19-20 June	Paul Durkin	Charlie Sale	David Cornes	Jane Pringle		Yes
Woking	19-20 June	Tony Butcher	Jane Humphreys	Paul Gunn	Geoff Johnson		Yes
Hunstanton	17-18 July	John Hague	John Gosden	Chris Jackson	Mike Bilton	report by David Boxall	Yes
Ashby	24-25 July	Paul Gunn	Mike Bilton	Ray Mounfield	Tony McCann		Yes
Chester	07-08 August	James Thomas	John Hampson	Philip Blake	Tony McCann	report by David Crawford	Yes
Sussex County	14-15 August	Colin Britt	Neil Humphreys	Liz Farrow	Stephen Custance-Baker		Yes
Guildford & Godalming	03-04 Sep	Peter Balchin	Neil Humphreys	Paul Gunn	Jane Humphreys	report by Mike Huxley	Yes
Pendle	11-12 Sep	- Cancelled -
Ryde	25-26 Sep	Tony Butcher	Geoff Johnson	Stephen Hayns	Roy Tillcock	report by Andrew Larpent	Yes
Final Standings		PAUL GUNN (42 points)	Tony Butcher (22)	Neil Humphreys (18)	Paul Durkin & Louise Smith (16)

Points Totals 2021

Name	Points
Paul Gunn	42
Tony Butcher	22
Neil Humphreys	18
Paul Durkin	16
Louise Smith	16
Colin Britt	14
Peter Balchin	10
John Hague	10
James Thomas	10
Aston Wade	10
Mike Bilton	8
Ron Carter	8
Jane Humphreys	8
John Gosden	6
John Hampson	6
Andrea Huxley	6
Charlie Sale	6
David Cornes	4
Philip Blake	4
Stephen Haynes	4
Liz Farrow	4
Chris Jackson	4
Tony McCann	4
Ray Mounfield	4
Christine Wood	4
Jonny Claxton	2
Stephen Custance-Baker	2
Stephen Harbron	2
Geoff Johnson	2
Stephen Pearson	2
Jane Pringle	2
Roy Tillcock	2