Frome Congress Winners
Tournament Winners
| Year | Open | Major | Intermediate | Minor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CM Jan Murawski | Kyle Caudill | John Symons, James Rigby, David Weston, James Hennefeld |
Owen Hopkins |
| 2025 | Jacob Connor Boswell, IM Chris R Beaumont |
Simon Arnold, Matthew A Holmes, George I Miller, Elliot Bleeg |
Helen Archer-Lock, Robert G Thompson, Stephen Williams |
Lewis Jackson |
| 2024 | IM Andrew Horton | Simon Arnold | AIM Robert Radford, Huw Jones, David McGeeney, Adrian Lawrence |
Scott Hammett |
| 2023 | GM Keith Arkell | Richard Johnson | Matthew Coldwell | Gabriel Keech |
| 2022 | Roland Bezuidenhout (Fareham), Michael Ashworth (Wotton Hall), Steven Jones (Basingstoke), Dominic Bennett (Bristol & Clifton) |
Sam Cotterill (Stratford) | Matthew Holmes (Witney) | Wieslaw Stanicki (Trowbridge) |
| 2019 | GM Keith Arkell (4NCL Cheddleton) | Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS) | Jack Tye (Downend & Fishponds) | Elmira Walker (Downend & Fishponds) |
| 2018 | Steven Jones (Basingstoke), Viktor Stoyanov (Battersea), Roger de Coverley (Bourne End) |
Dave Marshall (Trowbridge), Jon Fisher (Horfield & Redland), Stephen Appleby (Wimborne), Frank Pittman (Weymouth) |
George Miller (Keynsham) | Shaun Walsh (Downend & Fishponds), Martin Archbold (Bath) |
| 2017 | Allan Pleasants (Weymouth), WFM Jane Richmond (Brown Jack), Scott Crockart (Didcot) |
Ed Osbourn (Worcester) | David McGeeney (Bristol Cabot), Laurence Tarbuck (Lichfield), Nigel Mills (Yeovil) |
Jack Opie (Frome) |
| 2016 | David Buckley (Bath) | James Forster (Southbourne), Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS), Tim Woodward (Trowbridge), Lynda Roberts (Thornbury) |
Hugo Fowler (Millfield), Robin Morris-Weston (Reading) |
Alastair Drummond (Bristol Cabot), Bill Read (Witney) |
| 2015 | Matthew Turner (Millfield), Gediminas Sarakauskas (Guildford) |
Matthew Wilson (Torquay), Alex Rossiter (Bristol Cabot), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) |
Chris Snook-Lumb (Swindon/Clevedon) | Mark Cockerton (Torquay) |
| 2014 | Paul Byway (Hertford) | Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) | Jamie Macdonald (Wimborne) | Stephen Crockett (Redditch), Matthew Hutt (Wiltshire), Frank Cheeseman (Sportsman Kent) |
| 2013 | David Buckley (Bath) | Bob Radford (South Bristol), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) |
Adrian Champion (Frome) | Marian Cox (Southampton) |
| 2012 | Paul Byway (Hertford), Oliver Gill (Southampton), Gareth Morris (Bristol & Clifton) |
Ian Ponter (Downend & Fishponds) | Peter Dimond (Bath) | David Woodruff (Keynsham), Stephen Crockett (Redditch), William Curry (Fareham) |
| 2011 | Chris Jenks (Southbourne) | Stephen Williams (Colchester), Russell Barlow (South Bristol), Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) |
Roger Walker (Belper) | Geoff Gammon (Downend & Fishponds), Phil Summers (Sportsman, Kent) |
| 2010 | James Sherwin (Bath), Arturo Wong (Chard & Ilminster) |
John Footner (Telford) | David Woodruff (Keynsham) | Alan Evans (Sportsman, Kent) |
| 2009 | James Sherwin (Bath), Michael Franklin (Richmond), Alex Galliano (Wellington), Ieuan Ward (Salisbury) |
Paul Jackson (Coulsdon) | Roger Greatorex (Wales) | Davis Spowart (Norton Radstock), Michael Meadows (Bristol University), Tony Tatam (Plymouth) |
| 2008 | Keith Arkell (4NCL Bristol) | Pavel Ondrejka (Rugby) | Mauro Farina (Bath) | G. Gammon (Downend), Gareth Williams (Trowbridge) |
| 2007 | Chris Beaumont (Clifton) | Carl Bicknell (London), Paul Stephenson (Merseyside) |
James Galloway (Andover) | Cameron Lange (Frome & Trowbridge) |
| 2006 | Andrew Greet (St. Austell) | M. Abbot (Exmouth), Paul Stephenson (Merseyside), R. Everson (Dartford) |
Richard Desmedt (Netherton), Rod Langham (Wantage) |
G. Gammon (Downend), Steve Mullins (Yate and Sodbury) |
| 2005 | Chris Beaumont (Clifton), Peter Chaplin (Downend) |
M. Abbot (Exmouth), R. Clegg (Huddersfield), B. O'Gorman (DHSS), D. Wood (Glastonbury) |
P. Tew (Cardiff), Duncan Macarthur (Keynsham) |
Katie Hale (Millfield) |
| 2004 | Matthew Turner (Millfield) | Joshua Hall (Brown Jack) | Joseph Jervis (Sedgemoor) | Carl Davis (Neath), Marian Warner (Ashtead) |
| 2003 | Julian Hodgson (London) | R. Perrin (Southampton), P. Carlucci (Morley College), R. Wilcox (Wimbledon), C. Edwards (London) |
Peter McAfee (Yate and Sodbury) | G. Amos (Horfield), P. Dimond (Bath) |
| 2002 | Rafe Martyn (Belgium) | T. Anderson (Southampton) | Nigel Wood (Downend and Fishponds) | K. Langmaid (Yate), P. Terry (Barry) |
| 2001 | J. Hodgson (Beeson Gregory) | T. Bamford (Glastonbury), T. Anderson (Southampton), K. Byard (Kings Head), O. Hardy (Loughborough), R. Perrin (Southampton), F. Pittman (Weymouth) |
Tim Chapman (Guildford), Stephen Williams (Cwmbran) |
Joshua Hall (Thamesdown Jnrs) |
| 2000 | J Sherwin (Bristol Grendel/Bath), C. Crouch (Barbican), S. Buckley (Bath) |
F. Mcleod (Southampton) | N. Lake (Handsworth) | T. Stacey (Gill'ham & Shaftesbury), Clare Morris (Cowley) |
| 1999 | D. Gormally (Coulsdon & Purley) | T. Nitz & L. Cheung (Bath University) | D. Macarthur (Keynsham) | J. Whitfield (South Hams), R. Wilkinson (Churchill School), P. Allaway (South Bristol) |
| 1998 | K. Arkell & M. Turner (Midland Monarchs) | C. Purry (Guildford), A. Ruffle (Birmingham City) |
T. Millard (Bath), A. Rawlinson (Hereford/Bath Univ.), R. Turner (Sedgemoor) |
P. Sartain (Keynsham) |
| 1997* | J. Rudd (Yeovil & Keynsham) | M. Brown (Clevedon), E. Matthewson (Reading) |
S. Chadaway (Handsworth Wood) | T. Chapman (Yeovil) |
| 1996* | C. Baker (Keynsham), A. Martin (Guildford) |
M. Waddington (Wimborne) | C. Kidd (Hounslow and Watford), R. Allen (Bristol & Clifton), I. Ponter (Gloucester), J. Grant (Bath) |
L. Wright (Harambee) |
| 1995 | D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford), M. Franklin (Richmond), J. Rudd (Yeovil) |
D. Buckley (Keynsham) | S. Chadaway (Handsworth Wood) | M. Brierley (Burnham), M. Carver (Reading) |
| 1994 | D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford), A. Martin (Guildford), A. Summerscale (Slough) |
F. McLeod (Southampton) | P. Chaplin (Weston-super-Mare) | I. Ashford (Exmouth), D. Buckley (Keynsham) |
| 1993 | A. Summerscale (Hackney) | P. Briggs (Tamworth) | T. Remington (Southampton Knights) | A. Camilleri (Horfield & Redland), D. Hudson (Horfield) |
| 1992 | M. Adams (Truro) | R. Barlow (Frome), D. Egginton (Nailsea), D. Norman, E. Sandercock (Gerrards Cross) |
. | A. R. Willis (Exeter) |
| 1991 | A. Martin (Barbican) | D. James (Pontypridd) | . | G. Berkins (South Manchester) |
| 1990 | C. Beaumont (Bristol & Clifton), G. Lane (Palace) |
G. M. Brown (Yatton), E. T. Smith (Basingstoke), A. Champion (Devizes), A. Spice (Norwood) |
. | S. Bartlett (Liskeard), P. Holton (Andover) |
* In 1996 and 1997 there were 5 sections, a ‘Contenders’ section being added below the Minor. Winners were B. Childs (Bodmin) in 1996 and D. Macarthur (Keynsham) in 1997.
Somerset Trophy Winners
| Year | Denys Bonner/ Somerset Champion |
Leon York/ Mendip Major |
Roy Hossell | Cyril Chapman | Jean Mackereth | Cuprinol Junior (discontinued) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Leon Nelson | George Miller | David Weston | Thomas Alsop | Hamish Simpson | |
| 2025 | Andy Hill | Simon Arnold | Binoy Manimala | Lydia Sun | Dillon Harle | |
| 2024 | AGM Oleksandr Matlak | Simon Arnold | AIM Robert Radford | Ian Threlkeld | Mark Barrett, Jamie Hurford |
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| 2023 | Oleksandr Matlak | Thomas Matko | Freddie Pick | Gabriel Keech | Julian Townshend | |
| 2022 | Dominic Bennett (Bristol & Clifton) | Thomas Matko (Chippenham) | Luis Tang (Richmond/Kew *) | Wieslaw Stanicki (Trowbridge) | Nick Best (Somerset *) | |
| 2019 | George Miller (Keynsham) | Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) | Matthew Goatcher (Wells) | Theo Kirby (Glastonbury) | Brendon Gibbs (Shepton Mallet) | |
| 2018 | Tim Headlong (4NCL Brown Jack) | Dave Marshall (Trowbridge) | Jamie Beviss (Sedgemoor) | Martin Archbold (Bath) | James Grover (Langport) | |
| 2017 | Andrew Gregory (Bath) | Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) | David McGeeney (Bristol Cabot) | Jack Opie (Frome) | Jack Opie (Frome) | |
| 2016 | David Buckley (Bath) | Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) | Hugo Fowler (Millfield) | Alastair Drummond (Bristol Cabot) | Robert Skeen (Churchill Academy) | |
| 2015 | Matthew Turner (Millfield) | Andrew Gregory (Bath) | Chris Snook-Lumb (Clevedon) | Ivan Stringer (Yeovil) | Eva Goldie (Millfield) | . |
| 2014 | Barry Morris (Bath) | Tim Woodward (Trowbridge) | Thomas Cooper (Trowbridge) | Ivan Stringer (Yeovil) | Martyn Maber (Taunton) | . |
| 2013 | David Buckley (Bath) | Bob Radford (South Bristol) | Adrian Champion (Frome) | John Leon (Bath) | Roberto Garcia-Rodriguez (Millfield) | . |
| 2012 | Patrick Krzyzanowski (Yeovil) | Mark Leonard (Frome) | Peter Dimond (Bath) | David Woodruff (Keynsham) | David McGeeney (Bristol Cabot) | Max French (Frome) |
| 2011 | David Buckley (Bath) | Stephen Williams (Colchester) | Patrick Wojcik (Taunton) | Roger Fenton (Glastonbury) | Pawel Ploskonka (Weston-s-Mare) | Thomas Thorpe (Pete's Potentials) |
| 2010 | James Sherwin (Bath) | Stephen Williams (Colchester) | David Woodruff (Keynsham) | John Leon (Bath) | Peter Horne (Norton Radstock) | Thomas Thorpe (Pete's Potentials) |
| 2009 | James Sherwin (Bath) | Jim Fewkes (Yeovil) | Paul Moody (Glastonbury) | David Spowart (Norton Radstock) | David Spowart (Norton Radstock) | Harry Streeter (Millfield) |
| 2008 | Tyson Mordue (Downend & Keynsham) | Duncan Macarthur (Keynsham) | Mauro Farina (Bath) | Gareth Williams (Trowbridge) | Alec Shute (Bath) | Megan Owens (Downend) |
| 2007 | James Sherwin (Bath) | Andrew Gregory (Bath) | John Latham (Weston-s-Mare) | Cameron Lange (Frome & Trowbridge) | Christian Brown (Frome) | Cameron Lange (Frome & Trowbridge) |
| 2006 | Tyson Mordue (Keynsham) | Dave Wood (Glastonbury) | Stuart Hay (Frome) | Roy Ludlow (Trowbridge) | Roy Ludlow (Trowbridge) | Robbie Coats (Brown Jack) |
| 2005 | Peter Chaplin (Downend) | D. Wood (Glastonbury) | Duncan Macarthur (Keynsham) | Katie Hale (Millfield) | Katie Hale (Millfield) | |
| 2004 | Matthew Turner (Millfield) | Joshua Hall (Brown Jack) | Joseph Jervis (Sedgemoor) | Peter Carrick (Bath) | R. Williams (Trowbridge) | Joshua Hall (Brown Jack) |
| 2003 | James Sherwin (Bath) | R. Radford (Grendel), D. Thorne (Norton-Radstock) |
D. Cooper (Norton Radstock) | P. Dimond (Bath) | Adrian Davis (Trowbridge) | Daniel Hall (Thamesdown) |
| 2002 | Jack Rudd (Yeovil) | Dave Wood (Weston s Mare) | Alex Langford (Weston s Mare) | Roger Waters (Taunton) | Adrian Davis (Trowbridge) | Rafe Martyn (Belgium) |
| 2001 | Jack Rudd (Yeovil) | T. Bamford (Glastonbury) | Tim Chapman (Guildford) | Wayne Jukes (Gillingham and Shaftesbury) | J. Leon (Bath) | Joshua Hall (Thamesdown Jnrs) |
| 2000 | Simon Buckley (Bath) | A. Bosworth (Trowbridge) | D. Weston (Trowbridge) | Trevor Stacey (Sedgemoor) | Peter Tench (Trowbridge) | Simon Buckley (Bath) |
| 1999 | Simon Buckley (Keynsham) | T. Nitz (Bath University) | D. Macarthur (Keynsham) | Rachael Wilkinson (Churchill School) | Rachael Wilkinson (Churchill School) | Rachael Wilkinson (Churchill School) |
| 1998 | D. Pugh (Grendel) | A. Bamford (Wells) | R. Turner (Sedgemoor) | P. Sartain (Keynsham) | D. Roberts (Gillingham & Shaftesbury) | J. Macarthur (Keynsham) |
| 1997 | J. Rudd (Yeovil & Keynsham) | M. Brown (Clevedon) | R. Eadie (Wells and Street) | T. Chapman (Yeovil) | D. Macarthur (Keynsham) | J. Macarthur (Keynsham) |
| 1996 | C. Baker (Keynsham) | J. Fewkes (Yeovil) | J. Grant (Bath) | L. York (Reading) | W. Jukes (Gillingham) | J. Grant (Bath) |
| 1995 | J. Rudd (South Bristol/Yeovil) | D. Buckley (Keynsham) | G. Berryman (Frome) | M. Brierley (Burnham) | . | D. Buckley (Keynsham) |
| 1994 | J. Rudd (South Bristol/Yeovil) | J. Brogden (Yeovil/Wincanton) | P. Chaplin (Weston s Mare) | D. Buckley (Keynsham) | . | P. Chaplin (Weston s Mare) |
| 1993 | G. Moore (Hounslow) | R. Barlow (Frome) | J. Hurd (Frome) | K. French (Weston s Mare) | . | T. Remington (Southampton Knights) |
| 1992 | G. Moore (Hounslow) | . | D. Egginton (Nailsea) | S. Mills (Nailsea) | . | J. Rudd (Yeovil) |
| 1991 | D. Pugh (Sun Life) | . | N. Dicker (South Hants.) | G. Berryman (Frome) | . | M. Hobbs (Wellington) |
| 1990 | T. Headlong (Bristol & Clifton) | . | G. M. Brown (Yatton) | A. Gredziak (Norton Radstock) | . | J. Rudd (Yeovil) |
The Mendip Major Trophy was replaced by the Leon York Memorial Trophy in 1999. The Cuprinol Junior Trophy was discontinued in 2013.
British Championship Qualifiers 1991–2017
In 2018 the ability for players to qualify for the British Championship directly from a regional Congress was discontinued.
| 2017 | Allan Pleasants (Weymouth), Andrew Gregory (Bath), Philip Holt (Olton) |
| 2016 | Matthew Payne (Bath), George Crockart (Wilts), Scott Crockart (Didcot), David Onley (Combined Services) |
| 2015 | Jeremy Fallowfield (Stourbridge), Sam Gower (South Bristol) and Jeremy Menadue (Truro) |
| 2014 | Paul Byway (Hertford) |
| 2013 | Tyson Mordue (South Bristol), Chris Ross (New England) and Paul Bonafont (Hemel Hempstead) |
| 2012 | Paul Byway (Hertford) |
| 2011 | Chris Jenks (Southbourne) |
| 2010 | Alan Pleasants (Weymouth) |
| 2009 | James Sherwin (Bath) |
| 2008 | Meri Grigoryan (West London) |
| 2007 | Chris Beaumont (Clifton) |
| 2006 | Charles Tipplestone (Northampton) |
| 2005 | Peter Chaplin (Downend) and Michael White (Cheltenham) |
| 2004 | Jasper Sisask (Bristol University) |
| 2003 | Mark Lyell (West London) |
| 2002 | Rafe Martyn (Belgium) |
| 2001 | Mark Lyell (Hackney) |
| 2000 | A. Pleasants (Weymouth) |
| 1999 | S. Buckley (Keynsham) |
| 1998 | A. Hunt (Cowley) and A. Lewis (Barbican) |
| 1997 | J. Rudd (Yeovil) and R. Barton (Morecambe/Shepshed) |
| 1996 | R. Phillips (Grendel) and S. Buckley (Keynsham) |
| 1995 | D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford) and J. Menadue (St. Austell) |
| 1994 | D. Coleman (Powdermill/Ilford) and G. Wall (Richmond) |
| 1993 | M. Ferguson (Haslemere) and A. Hunt (Cowley) |
| 1992 | K. Norman (Crowthorne) and T. Headlong (Bristol & Clifton) |
| 1991 | D. Pugh (Sun Life) and R. Haydon (Bristol & Clifton) |