South Hams Hosts the 2015 Torbay League AGM

On 11th June, The Annual General Meeting of the Torbay Chess League for 2014-15 was held at the South Hams Club venue.

Ben Wilkinson had announced at the previous AGM that he would be standing down as secretary, and Phil McConnell was elected as the new secretary - so the post moves from one South Hams member to another. Alan Kinder (Newton Abbot) was re-elected as President, Tony Tatam (Plymouth) was re-elected as Competition Secretary, and Alan Brusey (Teignmouth) was re-elected as Treasurer.

Concluding another successful season for the Torbay League, trophies were presented as follows.

Division	Winner	Presented To	Individual Award
One	Newton Abbot	Andrew Kinder	Stephen Homer (absent)
Two	Newton Abbot	Wilf Taylor	Wilf Taylor
Three	South Hams	Phil McConnell	Phil McConnell
Four	Plymouth	Tony Tatam	Tony Tatam
Rapidplay	Newton Abbot	Andrew Kinder	Trefor Thynne (absent)
Knockout Cup	Newton Abbot	Wilf Taylor

Ben Wilkinson presents the Division 1 Team Trophy to Andrew Kinder (Newton Abbot)

Andrew Kinder presents the Division 2 Team Trophy to Wilf Taylor (Newton Abbot)

Andrew Kinder presents the Division 3 Team Trophy to Phil McConnell (South Hams)

Andrew Kinder presents the Division 4 Team Trophy to Tony Tatam (Plymouth)

Ben Wilkinson presents the Rapidplay Team Trophy to Andrew Kinder (Newton Abbot)

Andrew Kinder presents the Knockout Cup to Wilf Taylor (Newton Abbott)

Stephen Homer (Newton Abbot) was not present to collect the Divison 1 Individual Trophy

Andrew Kinder presents the Divison 2 Individual Trophy to Wilf Taylor (Newton Abbot)

Andrew Kinder presents the Divison 3 Individual Trophy to Phil McConnell (South Hams)

Andrew Kinder presents the Divison 4 Individual Trophy to Tony Tatam (Plymouth)

Trefor Thynne (Newton Abbot) was not present to collect the Rapidplay Individual Trophy Ben Wilkinson presents the Division 1 Team Trophy to Andrew Kinder (Newton Abbot)

So, two trophies went to South Hams:

the shield for the Division 3 champions was won by the South Hams team - the first time South Hams has won a Torbay League title since 2005
the trophy for the Division 3 "Player of the Year" was awarded to Phil McConnell for his 6½ points out of 10.

Photographs of the presentations of the trophies are on the right. Hover your mouse pointer over one of the photos to see an enlargement of that photo.