1970

2/7-8   11-MAN BALLOT MATCH.

ROBERT MARTIN VS. ELBERT LOWDER.

3-3-6 DRAWS at ST. PETERSBURG, FL. US.

2/9-13   18th FLORIDA OPEN at ST. PETERSBURG, FL.

ROBERT MARTIN WINS TOURNEY. 

2/14    FIRST ISSUE OF ECB LADDER LETTER, EDITED BY DICK PARSONS.

3/7-8  ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PEORIA.

PAUL TSCHAPPAT WINS TITLE.

3/14-15  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPEN TOURNAMENT at LONG BEACH. "THE LEONARD HALL MEMORIAL".

GERRY LOPEZ WINS TOURNAMENT. DOYLE SAUCIER WINS FREESTYLE TOURNAMENT.

SPRING???  SURREY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

W. "BILL" SCHOLLICK VS. JIM O'DEA 3-1-1 DRAW IN FINAL.

SCHOLLICK WINS TITLE.

SPRING???  WARWICKHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

ARTHUR F. BUTCHER BEATS STAN AGER TO WIN THE TITLE.

SPRING???  NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP IS WON BY JOHN ANDERSON.

5/11-16   NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at DUNEDIN.

J. DOWIE WINS TITLE.

6/13  DEATH OF A. J.  "ABE" MANTELL, USA, AGED 72 (BORN 6 FEB 1898). KNOWN CHIEFLY AS AN ANALYST AND PROBLEMIST.

7/4-  NORTH CAROLINA STATE TOURNAMENT at ASHEVILLE.

7/14-18  19th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at BALLYMENA, NORTHERN IRELAND.   

IVOR EDWARDS WINS TITLE.

7/27-31  SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MEMPHIS, TN.

AFTER  A TWELVE YEAR ABSENCE FROM ACTIVE CROSSBOARD COMPETITION, MARION TINSLEY RETURNS AND DOMINATES THIS TOURNEY.

8/3-7  58TH LAKESIDE TOURNAMENT at LAKESIDE, OH.

DON LAFFERTY WINS TOURNEY.

8/24-30  27th US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (3-MOVE) at HOUSTON, TX.  75 PARTICIPANTS.

MARION TINSLEY WINS TITLE OF AMERICAN CHAMPION.

ALSO AT THIS TOURNEY, ACF TREASURER LEE MUNGER  RETIRES AFTER 22 YEARS.

9/5-7  KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT at LIBERTY.

DR. RAYMOND FIELDS WINS TITLE.

9/5-7  OHIO STATE TOURNAMENT at ALLIANCE.

ALAN MILLHONE WINS TITLE.

9/5-7 PENNSYLVANIA STATE TOURNAMENT at COLLEGE STATION.

TONY KOZENSKI WINS TITLE.

9/5-7 AND 12  WASHINGTON STATE TOURNAMENT at SEATTLE.

AL FLOWER WINS TITLE.

9/7-  VIRGINIA  STATE TOURNAMENT at ???

LESTER A. BALDERSON WINS TITLE.

9/19   RELEASE OF RICHTER'S COMPILATIONS.

11/21-22 SOUTHWESTERN OPEN TOURNAMENT at COLLEGE STATION, TX.

DR. H. L. CRAVENS JR WINS TITLE.

DATE??? CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

E. THOMPSON WINS TITLE.

JOHN CALDWELL WINS ACF INTER-DISTRICT MAIL PLAY OFFS, AND BECOMES AMERICAN CORRESPONDENCE (MAIL-PLAY) CHAMPION.

  

1971

JOHN CALDWELL WINS TITLE.

5/29-30  LOUISIANA OPEN TOURNAMENT at BATON ROUGE.

DR H. L. CRAVENS WINS TOURNEY.

ALBERT TUCKER BECOMES LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPION AS HIGHEST-FINISHING RESIDENT.

5/31-6/4  ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at BOURNEMOUTH. ALF G. HUGGINS & FRED BUCKLOW CO-CHAMPIONS.

6/5  DEATH OF EARL ARNOLD, ST LOUIS, MO., AGED 63 (BORN 29 JUNE 1907). HE WAS MANY TIMES WINNER OF THE ST. LOUIS CITY CHAMPIONSHIP.

6/5-6  NORTH DAKOTA STATE TOURNAMENT at BISMARK.

HARRIMAN NEAL WINS TITLE FOR THE 3RD TIME IN A ROW.

7/5-7  NORTH CAROLINA OPEN TOURNAMENT at FOREST CITY.

 

 

1972

JAN. 1ST ISSUE WORLD CHECKER MAGAZINE LOUIS GIROUX.

1/29  DEATH OF PROF WILLIAM R. FRASER, ONE OF CANADA'S GREATEST PLAYERS.

5/10-   WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 11 MAN BALLOT.

KEN GROVER VS. ROBERT MARTIN  5-5-22 DRAWS  at SEATTLE, WA.

GROVER RETAINS TITLE.

APRIL.  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at LONDON.

YORKSHIRE VS CORNWALL 7-1-16 DRAWS IN FINAL.

YORKSHIRE WIN TITLE AND THE SUNDAY CITIZEN CUP.

SPRING?  LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

TOM A. LANDRY VS DANNY SHIELDS 2-1-3 DRAWS IN FINAL.

LANDRY WINS TITLE.

SPRING ?  WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

HAROLD PRITCHARD BEATS ARTHUR BUTCHER TO WIN THE TITLE.

5/29-6/2  20th BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at PWLLHELI, WALES. 

GRAHAM DAVIES WINS TITLE. 

6/18   DEATH OF SAMUEL COHEN.

DATE???  LAKESIDE TOURNAMENT.

WALTER HELLMAN WINS TOURNEY. SELECT MASTER DIVISION GAMES PUBLISHED IN KEYSTONE CHECKER REVIEW , JAN. 1990. 

8/28-9/2   28TH US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (3-MOVE)  at MEMPHIS, TN.

CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION HELLMAN WINS TITLE OF AMERICAN CHAMPION.

FINAL WIN IN HELLMAN’S GRAND SLAM.

9/25-28 DEREK OLDBURY VS. GRAHAM DAVIES 9-0-13 DRAWS at ???

DATE??? TOM WISWELL RELINQUISHES WORLD FREESTYLE TITLE.

DATE??? 61st NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP at TIMARU.

J. DOWIE WINS TITLE.

DATE??? CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

E. MORRISON WINS TITLE.

DATE??? CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

J.F. THOMPSON VS. B. MORRISON 3-3-14 DRAWS at ??? 

 

1973

SPRING???  NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

R. NOONAN WINS TITLE.

DATE??? CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

ED BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

DATE???  CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

J.F. THOMPSON VS. E. MORRISON 6-3-8 DRAWS at ???

SPRING  CORNWALL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP IS WON BY HARRY ROWE.

SPRING  CORNISH MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

E. DEETMAN VS BRIAN BAWDEN (HOLDER)  5-0-3 DRAWS.

DEETMAN WINS TITLE.

SPRING???  WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP IS WON BY ARTHUR F. BUTCHER.

SPRING??? ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

J. LYONS OF LONDON BEATS C. T. MAHON TO WIN THE TITLE AND THE ALEXANDER SHIELD.

SPRING  ABERDEEN CHAMPIONSHIP, SCOTLAND.

JIM GRANT DEFEATS J. BUDGE IN FINAL TO WIN THE TITLE.

4/28  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE VS. YORKSHIRE 5-5-10 DRAWS IN FINAL.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE WINS TITLE  AND SUNDAY CITIZEN CUP BY BOTTOM BOARD ELIMINATION.

5/28-6/1  ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at LISKEARD, CORNWALL.

ALF HUGGINS WINS TITLE. 

6/18  DEATH OF JIM KEMP, AGED 63. HE WAS ORKNEY CHAMPION FOR MANY YEARS.

BILL EDWARDS WINS TITLE.

BELOW,BILL EDWARDS RECEIVING CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

TOM LANDRY ORGANISED AND FINANCED THE EVENT AT GREAT COST TO HIMSELF. THE PREVIOUS MATCH TOOK PLACE IN 1927.

BELOW, A PHOTO FROM THE 3RD US/GB INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

9/29  AT THE ENGLISH DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION AGM at LEEDS THE HUFF WAS ABOLISHED.

 

 

1974

1/18  DEATH OF MILTON LOEW.

4/13, 15-16  NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT  at BALLYMENA.

R.D. LYNN WINS TITLE.

3/14 DEATH OF HAROLD W. ELKINGTON, AGED 88. A POULAR FIGURE, WELL-KNOWN TO PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH ISLES OWING TO HIS MANY  TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES. FOUNDER OF THE WARWICKSHIRE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION AND AN EXCELLENT ORGANISER.

SPRING?  WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP IS RETAINED BY ARTHUR F. BUTCHER.

SPRING.  WORLD MAIL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

ALF HUGGINS OF GREAT BRITAIN VS RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN OF AUSTRALIA  0-0-24 DRAWS.

HUGGINS RETAINS TITLE.

SPRING.  DEVON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

JOHN NAPIER BEATS DENNIS BEADELL IN FINAL TO RETAIN TITLE - HIS 5TH WIN.

SPRING?  LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

LEN CHANDLER WINS TITLE FOR THE 2ND TIME.

4/13-15  SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at PORT ELIZABETH.

MONDE MPULAMPULA WINS TITLE.

4/27  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at LONDON.

MIDDLESEX VS GLOUCESTERSHIRE  10-2-4 DRAWS.

MIDDLESEX WIN TITLE AND SUNDAY CITIZEN CUP.

5/1 DEATH OF SAUL CASS, LONDON. A WELL KNOWN PROBLEMIST.

5/23  DEATH OF BRIAN GOUGH, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. HE WAS ONE OF 5 MEMBERS OF THE WARWICKSHIRE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION WHO DIED IN 1974.

5/-   64TH NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at GREYMOUTH.

GORDON PEACH WINS TITLE. 

SUMMER.  CORNWALL COUNTY CHAMPIONHIP TOURNAMENT.

W. F. "FRANK" GLASSON BEATS DESMOND RETALLICK TO WIN THE TITLE FOR THE 26TH TIME.

7/7  DEATH OF IVOR EDWARDS, GWENT, WALES, AGED 63. HE WAS BRITISH CHAMPION IN 1970.

7/8-12   WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH  11 MAN BALLOT.

DEREK OLDBURY VS. KEN GROVER  6-2-9 DRAWS at PHILADELPHIA, PA.

OLDBURY WINS TITLE.

7/13  FIRST BRITISH LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

JOAN CAWS VS. SALLY JONES 2-2-0 DRAWS at BRISTOL. 

DRAWN MATCH.

8/1 DEATH OF HAROLD PRITCHARD. HE WAS WARWICKSHIRE CHAMPION ON 7 OCCASIONS.

7/13-20  29TH US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

MARION TINSLEY WINS TITLE OF AMERICAN CHAMPION, AND CHALLENGES WALTER HELLMAN FOR THE WORLD 3-MOVE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

7/22-25   2ND US 11 MAN BALLOT  NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at PHILADELPHIA, PA.

ASA LONG, FORMER WORLD 3-MOVE CHAMPION, WINS TOURNEY.

7/22-26   21st BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at DUNDEE. 

JOHN McGILL WINS TITLE.

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

ROBERT BURROUGHS WINS TOURNEY.

10/12  REMATCH FOR BRITISH LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP.

SALLY JONES VS. JOAN CAWS 2-0-1 DRAW at BRISTOL.

MRS S. JONES WINS TITLE.

 

 

1975

FEB???   FLORIDA OPEN  at ???

MARION TINSLEY WINS TOURNEY. TINSLEY LOSES ONE GAME TO EVERETT FULLER, HIS FIRST LOSS SINCE HIS RETURN TO ACTIVE PLAY IN 1970.

2/14   DEATH OF EMIN ELAM, A GREAT AMERICAN PATRON OF THE GAME. HE PUBLISHED "ELAM'S CHECKER BOARD", CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE GREATEST CHECKERS PERIODICAL EVER PUBLISHED.

3/29,31 - 4/1  NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP at LISBURN, CO ANTRIM.

R. SILCOCK WINS TITLE.

SPRING ? WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

ARTHUR F. BUTCHER BEATS JACK QUINN TO RETAIN TITLE.

5/10  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at BIRMINGHAM.

YORKSHIRE VS AVON  6-3-7 DRAWS.

YORKHIRE WIN TITLE AND SUNDAY CITIZEN CUP.

5/26-30   ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at BRISTOL.

JAMES MARSHALL WINS TITLE.

SUMMER?  NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP at PALMERSTON NORTH.

R. DIXON WINS TITLE.

SUMMER???  LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

TOM A. LANDRY VS LEN CHANDLER 3-2-7 DRAWS IN FINAL.

LANDRY WINS TITLE.

SUMMER.  CORNWALL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CAMBORNE.

N. J. THOMAS AND W.C. OSBORNE ARE JOINT CHAMPIONS.

SUMMER.  ABERDEEN CHAMPIONSHIP, SCOTLAND.

JIM GRANT BEATS J. BUDGE IN FINAL TO WIN TITLE.

7/21-25   56TH SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at  DUMFRIES.

BILL EDWARDS WINS TITLE.

7/28   DEATH OF WALTER HELLMAN OF GARY, INDIANA, AGE 59, AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER IN PANAMA CITY, FL. 

  AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HELLMAN HAD JUST RESIGNED AS THE WORLD CHAMPION, DUE TO HIS FAILING HEALTH. 

THIS HEALTH CONDITION CAUSED HIS INABILITY TO PROPERLY PREPARE FOR A DEFENSE OF HIS TITLE AGAINST CHALLENGER MARION TINSLEY. 

  HELLMAN WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS TO EVER COMPETE, WINNING FIVE AMERICAN NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, AND COMPETING IN NINE 3-MOVE WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES, WITH SIX MATCHES WON, 2 DRAWN, AND ONE MATCH LOST TO MARION TINSLEY .

  HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST ANALYSTS ON THE THREE MOVE RESTRICTION. MOST EXPERT ANALYST/PLAYERS REGARD WALTER HELLMAN  AS ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME. 

10/6   DEATH OF EDWARD EBERT.

11/8  ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at BRISTOL.

CHARLES HEWARD-MILLS VS JOE PHILPIN 3-1-2 DRAWS.

HEWARD-MILLS WINS TITLE AND THE ALEXANDER SHIELD.

DATE???  CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at ???

E. BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

DATE???  CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP .

B. MORRISON VS. JACK JOHNSON 6-0-3 DRAWS  at ???

 

 

1976

JAN???  DEATH OF H. O. KITCHENER, AGED 93. FOUNDER OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION IN 1959.

4/17-22  WORLD MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP   FREESTYLE.

DEREK OLDBURY (ENGLAND) VS. LEO LEVITT (USA) 1-1-22 DRAWS at GLASGOW, KY. PREVIOUS CHAMPION TOM WISWELL HAD RELINQUISHED THE TITLE PROVIDED THAT IT WAS KEPT ALIVE. ALTHOUGH THE SCORE WAS DRAWN, OLDBURY WAS DECLARED CHAMPION, AS IT WAS CONTRACTED THAT THERE WOULD BE PLAYOFFS IF THE SCORE WAS TIED, BUT LEVITT HAD TO LEAVE FOR BUSINESS REASONS.

4/24  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL at BASINGSTOKE.

MIDDLESEX VS. AVON 7-2-7 DRAWS.

MIDDLESEX WIN TITLE AND THE SUNDAY CITIZEN CUP.

MAY   NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP at CHRISTCHURCH.

ALBERT HRSTICH WINS TITLE. 

5/31-6/6   22nd BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at MORECAMBE.

ALF HUGGINS WINS TITLE. 

SUMMER.  CORNWALL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

N.J. "NICK" THOMAS DEFEATS DESMOND RETALLICK IN FINAL TO WIN THE TITLE.

 

 

1977

WINTER.  THE WELSH DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION WAS RE-FORMED.

JAN?   WORLD MAIL PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP. MATCH STARTED IN AUTUMN 1975.

RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN OF AUSTRALIA DEFEATS MARVIN REX OF USA, RONALD ROMPH OF CANADA AND A. L. RILEY OF ENGLAND TO WIN THE TITLE, WHICH BECAME VACANT WHEN THE THE REIGNING CHAMPION, ALF HUGGINS OF GREAT BRITAIN, RETIRED UNDEFEATED.

FEB. DEATH OF BOBBY MELVILLE, AGED 81. AN OFFICIAL OF THE SCOTTISH DRAUGHTS ASOCIATION AND TOURNAMENT ORGANISER.

2/17   DEATH OF NEWELL W. BANKS, DETROIT, AGED 89. HE WAS ONE OF THE GAME'S GREATEST PLAYERS AND PROMOTORS, BEING ACTIVE FOR OVER 80 YEARS. HE GAVE COUNTLESS EXHIBITIONS OF SIMULTANEOUS AND BLINDFOLD PLAY AT BOTH DRAUGHTS AND CHESS.

3/4-6  TENNESSEE STATE TOURNAMENT at KINGSPORT.

HUGH BURTON WINS TITLE.

3/5-6  TEXAS STATE TOURNAMENT at TEMPLE.

DR H. L. CRAVENS JR WINS TITLE.

3/26-27  ILLINOIS STATE TOURNAMENT at MT VERNON.

RICHARD FORTMAN WINS TITLE.

3/26-27  MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT at MANKATO.

JACK MOURNING RETAINS TITLE.

4/9  ONTARIO OPEN TOURNAMENT at OSHAWA.

ROBERT BURROUGHS WINS TOURNEY.

4/23-24  LOUISIANA OPEN TOURNAMENT at SHREVEPORT.

ALBERT TUCKER WINS TOURNEY.

4/29  INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

 

 

1978

1/30  DEATH OF ARTHUR E. BAKER, NOTTINGHAM. A DEDICATED OFFICIAL OF THE EDA.

3/3-5  TENNESSEE STATE TOURNAMENT at LEBANON.

HUGH BURTON WINS TITLE.

SPRING.  8TH INTERNATIONAL MAIL MATCH, USA VS GREAT BRITAIN, IS UNDER WAY. 

SPRING. ABERDEEN CHAMPIONSHIP, SCOTLAND.

JIM GRANT DEFEATS DAVE GLENNIE IN FINAL TO WIN TITLE.

4/1-2  ILLINOIS STATE TOURNAMENT at PEKIN.

RICHARD FORTMAN WINS TITLE.

4/8-9    68TH MINNESOTA STATE TOURNAMENT at MANKATO.

JACK MOURNING WINS FOR THE 21ST CONSECUTIVE TIME.

4/8-9  FIRST CLACTON OPEN TOURNAMENT at CLACTON-ON-SEA.

W. J. "LIAM" STEPHENS WINS TOURNEY.

4/22-23  TEXAS STATE TOURNAMENT at TEMPLE.

H. L. CRAVENS JR WINS TITLE.

4/3-7  FLORIDA OPEN at  ST PETERSBURG.

RICHARD HALLETT WINS TOURNEY. THIS WAS HALLETT’S FIRST TOURNEY SINCE 1950.

4/29  BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP at BIRMINGHAM.

BRIAN MARTIN (ENGLISH CHAMPION) VS STEVEN BOWEN (SCOTTISH CHAMPION) 2-1-1 DRAW.

MARTIN WINS TITLE.

4/29  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP CUP FINAL at BRISTOL.

ESSEX VS CORNWALL  5-4-7 DRAWS.

ESSEX WIN TITLE.

4/29-30  LOUISIANA OPEN TOURNAMENT at BATON ROUGE.

ELBERT LOWDER WINS TOURNEY.

MATT LONG BECOMES STATE CHAMPION.

5/6-7  OKLAHOMA STATE TOURNAMENT at OKLAHOMA CITY.

BOB HINER WINS TITLE FOR THE 10TH TIME.

5/27-28  MISSISSIPPI OPEN TOURNAMENT at PETAL.

CHARLES WALKER WINS TOURNEY AND STATE TITLE.

6/24-25  ALABAMA OPEN TOURNAMENT at FORT PAYNE.

ROBERT BUTLER WINS TOURNEY.

LLOYD TAYLOR BECOMES STATE CHAMPION.

6/24-25  NORTH DAKOTA STATE TOURNAMENT at BISMARCK.

HARRIMAN NEAL WINS TITLE.

7/9-15  31st US NATIONAL TOURNAMENT (3-MOVE) at MURFREESBORO, TN. 

MARION TINSLEY WINS TITLE. 

"CHECKER CHALLENGER" (THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER GAME) COMPETES IN MINORS.

7/1-3  KENTUCKY OPEN TOURNAMENT at ELIZABETHTOWN.

7/17-21   23rd BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at  ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND. A RECORD 70 ENTRANTS.

JOHN McGILL WINS TITLE.

7/24-28  SOUTHERN STATES OPEN TOURNAMENT at LONGVIEW, TX.

ELBERT LOWDER WINS TOURNEY.

8/7-11  LAKESIDE OPEN TOURNAMENT at LAKESIDE, OH.

ED BRUCH WINS TOURNEY.

8/18-20  NORTH CAROLINA OPEN TOURNAMENT at STATESVILLE.

LES BALDERSON WINS TOURNEY.

RUNNER-UP ANGUS SIMPSON BECOMES STATE CHAMPION.

9/2-4  CALIFORNIA STATE TOURNAMENT at LOS ANGELES.

ED MARKUSIC WINS TOURNEY.

9/2-4  VIRGINIA STATE TOURNAMENT at BUENA VISTA.

PAUL DAVIS WINS TITLE.

9/2-4  INDIANA STATE TOURNAMENT at BEDFORD.

DWIGHT STAGGS WINS TITLE.

9/2-4  GULF COAST OPEN TOURNAMENT at MOBILE.

HUGH BURTON WINS TOURNEY.

AUTUMN.  NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at TIMARU.

RALPH DIXON WINS TITLE.

9/9-11  OHIO STATE TOURNAMENT at ALLIANCE.

LOUIS COWIE WINS TITLE FOR THE 18TH TIME.

9/23-24  SOUTH DAKOTA STATE TOURNAMENT at MILBANK.

HAPPY WIEDMANN WINS TITLE.

SEPT.  SOUTH DAKOTA MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

FRED FIEBELKORN VS KENNETH WOLD  6-3-11 DRAWS.

FIEBELKORN WINS TITLE.

10/7-8  NEW YORK OPEN TOURNAMENT at POUGHKEEPSIE.

EARL MORRISON WINS TITLE.

10/28-29  INDIANA OPEN TOURNAMENT at MARTINSVILLE.

CARL RENO WINS TOURNEY.

10/28-11/1   1st IRISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at DUBLIN.

DEREK OLDBURY WINS TITLE.

12/27-30   NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

at CRUMLIN.

CON McCARRICK WINS TITLE.

CHECKER HALL OF FAME IS BUILT BY CHARLES WALKER AT HIS HOME IN PETAL, MISS.

 

 

1979

 

4/28  BRITISH COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP CUP FINAL at BRISTOL.

AVON VS MIDDLESEX  6-5-5 DRAWS.

AVON WIN TITLE.

5/20  DEATH OF FRED BUCKLOW, SHEFFIELD, AGED 91. HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED ON THE DAY HE WAS DUE TO PLAY A MATCH. AN EX-ENGLISH CHAMPION AND MANY TIMES SHEFFIELD AND YORKSHIRE CHAMPION.

5/21- 26  WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH   3-MOVE.

MARION TINSLEY VS.  ELBERT LOWDER 15-0-10 DRAWS at PETAL, MS.

TINSLEY RETAINS TITLE.

5/27?  BRITISH LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP at CLACTON-ON-SEA..

JOAN CAWS vs SALLY JONES (HOLDER) 2-1-0 DRAWS.

JOAN CAWS WINS TITLE.

5/28-6/1   ENGLISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at CLACTON.

BILL EDWARDS WINS TITLE.

7/-   NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP at WELLINGTON.

GORDON PEACH WINS TITLE.

7/16-2  SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP at GLASGOW.

JOHN McGILL WINS TITLE. 

SUMMER.  LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

LIAM STEPHENS WINS TITLE.

8/21-27   WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH  FREESTYLE.

DEREK OLDBURY (ENGLAND) VS. ELBERT LOWDER (USA) 7-2-10 DRAWS at DUBLIN, IRELAND.

OLDBURY RETAINS TITLE.

AUTUMN.  CORNWALL COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

JOHN GILLBARD WINS TITLE.

10/13  ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.

JOHN MIZZI VERSUS C. H. "BILL" BREWER 2-1-3 DRAWS.

MIZZI WINS TITLE. 

11/1-4   2nd IRISH CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP at LIFFORD.

PAT McCARTHY WINS TITLE.

12/26-29   NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

at CRUMLIN.

TOM WATSON WINS TITLE.