The Victoria Chess Club has a number of trophies that have been awarded over the years.  These trophies are:

 

The Victoria Championship (1921-1930)

The Victoria Championship (1936-.....)

The Victoria Reserves Championship

The Summer Ladder Competition

 

Winners of these trophies are listed below.

 

Victoria Championship (1921-1930)  The Gonnason Cup

Presented by A. Gonnason, March 1921.

 

 

The cup on the right is the Gonnason Cup awarded from 1921-1930.   At time of writing, this cup is in the possession of Stephen Wright.  The trophy on the left is the trophy awarded from 1936 onwards (see below).

For some more information on this Cup, see the BCCF bulliten #35 http://chess.bc.ca/Bulletins/bccfbulletin35.pdf

 

Gonnason Cup Winners:

1921 W.J. Barker

1922 A. Gonnason

1923 L. Partington

1924 W.J. Barker

1925 L. Partington

1926 L. Partington

1927 W.J. Barker

1928 F. Knowles

1929 W.J. Barker

1930 W.J. Barker

 

 

Victoria Championship (1936 onwards)

 

Photo to come: it is a very nice silver plated cup on a base and is currently being restored by the club.

It is not clear if this is for a club championship or city championship, although the distinction may not be significant.

 

1936   L.Partington

1937   E.Cox

1938   E.Cox

1939  A.G.Moody

1940  J.Baines-Lewis

1941  C.H.Dodwell.

1942  F.W.Plant

1943  Stonier

1944  N.R.Stewart

1945  F.W.Plant

1946  C.D.H.Moore

1947  J.Hobson

1948  C.D.H.Moore

1949  J.Hobson

1950  C.D.H.Moore

1951  L|.Basanta

1952  T.N.Curteis

1953   O.Sarakannas

1954  T.N.Curteis – J.Baines –Lewis

1955  T.N.Curteis

1956  B.A.Potter

1957  Len Hall

1958  D.B.S.Marinker – L.Basanta

1959  J.Doesburg

1960  L.Basanta – J.Hobson

1961  J.Chapman

1962  J.Hobson

1963  O.Sarakannas

1964  O.Sarakannas

1965  A.Lane

1966  A.Lane

1967  A.Lane – Ed Seedhouse

1968  Ed Seedhouse

 

 

Victoria City Chess Club "B" Trophy

(Presented by F. W. Plant, 1948)

 

 

Apparently awarded to the winner of the Reserves Section of the Club Championship.   However, the years awarded do not match the years for the club championship trophy.

The plaque  is labled the "B Class Trophy" and was donated by F. W. Plant in 1948

 

Year	Name
1948	O. Jowett
1949	A.F. Sheperd
1950	S. Turner
1950	R. Restall
1951	T. J. Stewart
1952	A. J. Drinkwater
1953	J. Lees
1954	J. A. Muir
1955	A. G. Higgs
1956	A. G. Higgs
1957	A. Colonval
1958	W. Luney
1959	Dr. M. L. Olsen
1961	A. Napierala
1962	E. Seedhouse
1964	C. E. Dalziel
1968	J. O'Neill
1969	M. Maniec
1970	L. D. Hunt
1971	J.E.C. Clarke
1972	C. Birch

 

 

Eric A. Cox Trophy for the winner of the Summer Ladder Competition 

 

 

 

Year	Winner
1951	H. Parry
1952	O. Sarakannas
1953	T. N. Curteis
1954	Dr. S. Marinker
1955	B. A. Potter
1956	M.S. Horn
1957	W. de Havilland
1958	L. M. Basanta
1958	W. Kobenter
1959	J. Hobson
1960	Len Hall
1961	P. Nixon
1962	O. Rasmussen
1963	E. Raeder; K. Loeschnik
1964	A. Strodyk
1965	O. Rasmussen
1966	Ed Seedhouse
1967	E. Seedhouse
1968	D. Scoones
1969	J. H. Brown-Hasse
1970	H. R. Moore
1971	P. Mortimer
1975	M. K. Bateman
2009	R. Patterson