Update April 2025: This article was originally published in November 2022. As I have now reached this season in the updates I have added some additional material on the AGM and other activities.
Hampshire had been playing in the SCCU since 1894, but the Montague Jones Cup was introduced in 1925. This article looks at Hampshire’s second win of this Cup in 1929/30 and their five County Chess matches in the season.
The third Hampshire Chess club which I have completed a small article on their history is Basingstoke. David Graham has supplied additional information, which has been added to the article.
Hampshire B beat Wiltshire B 5.5 – 4.5 at Farley Hill on the 30th March. Winners for Hampshire were Scott Leadbetter, Gillian Moore, Jon Young and Bob Cleave.
The second Hampshire Chess club which I have completed a small article on their history is Andover. I would welcome additional material, so please do send me details.
Update April 2025: With the sad passing of Clive Cubitt, his fellow Southampton University player Tony Stebbings has kindly supplied his memories of Clive, and this tournament (including two new games). The article has been updated with the information from Tony’s emails.
After winning the Montague Jones cup for the first time the previous season, Hampshire would have gone into this season in a confident mood. But the defeat to Berkshire by a single point meant they did not qualify from the league stage. It was actually their opponents, Berkshire who would win this competition this year. … Read more