The Glorney Gilbert International This is a team event that has been
running continuously since 1949. It has a long and
varied history and is currently run as four
competitions
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Glorney Cup
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Under 18's |
5 boards |
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Robinson Cup |
Under 14's |
6 boards |
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Gilbert Cup |
Girls under 18 |
3 boards |
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Stokes Cup |
Under
12's |
6 boards |
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Sponsor
The
Glorney Bloodworth Trust
Ken Bloodworth
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Holders 2017 |
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Glorney |
France |
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Gilbert |
France |
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Robinson |
Ireland |
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Stokes |
England |
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Participating Nations |
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England |
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France |
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Ireland |
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Scotland |
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Wales |
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The Original Glorney Cup
Trophy |
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Trophy Winners: 27 July 2017
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Glorney |
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France |
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Gilbert |
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France |
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Robinson |
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Ireland |
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Stokes |
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England |
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Congratulations to all sucessful teams.Rolling Tournament Report: 24 July 2017
Keep up to date with the action down here at Cardiff by
reading the Rolling Tournament Report on the
Irish Chess Union website.
News: 24 June 2017 Valentine Baldi, Communication manager, League IDF of chess has created
a poster for the Glorney Gilbert International
Tourmament. You can download it
here. David Clayton
News: 6 November 2016 The website
has now switched over to publicising the 2017 event that
will be held in Wales. Click
here
to view the 2016
event. David Clayton
Some Historic Information from Ian Eustis 1964
was the first six nation Glorney (almost certainly the
home nations plus France & Netherlands). 1968 was
the first eight nation Glorney. I think that
Scotland, in 1974, was the first Celtic country to host
six nations and it remained at six for all the following
years. An eight year cycle was initiated in 1991. It
ran as agreed until 1998. There appears to have been six
nations in 1990. Belgium were present, but France were
not.
A second cycle ran for seven years from 1999 to
2008 in which Netherlands did not host. In 2006 a new
financial regime was instituted, but only three Nations,
England, Ireland and Wales participated. Thereafter, it
has remained as a competition between the four home
nations.
In 2007 the Robinson and Stoke cup
competitions were added to the Glorney and
Gilbert-Faber. The first Faber competition was
held in 1968. Initially they were held at the British
Championships. The Faber was staged alongside the
Glornay for the first time in 1976 and by 1979 it
appears to have been the regular practice.
The
first Glorney competition that I was involved in was
1975 in Carmarthen. I was elected as secretary, in
sucession to Ken Bloodworth, in 1991 and I have been
to every Glorney tournament since, although my memory of
most of them, especially the players, somewhat hazy.
Ian Eustis Secretary January 2016
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