WVCA News


2012.01.04 -- Happy new year, everyone! Check out the Upcoming Events at the top of the page to see the announcements for the Jan 15 event in Clarksburg and the Mar 17 scholastic championship in Institute.
2011.11.01 -- The 2012 KVSCL is approaching soon. For information about the upcoming scholastic league, see the flyer here.
2011.09.06 -- David Saville and Ben Good finished with 4.5/6 and are the 2011 WVCA Co-Champions. Klaus Pohl of SC finished with 5.5 to take first place.
2011.08.31 -- For those looking for a place to stay at the state tournament this weekend, the two closest are Fairfield Inn (304-343-4661, rates are $114 plus tax and other stuff) and Best Western (304-345-9779, rates are about $100 including tax, etc.). John Roush checked this morning (Wed.) and both had rooms available. As these places are about a mile or so from the tournament site & you would likely have to drive back and forth anyway, you might check on other motels. There are lots of them in Charleston and you might get a better deal, i.e. lower rate, elsewhere.
We are also planning to have a speed tournament on Sunday night at 8 pm. It will be unrated & have a modest ($5) or no entry fee.
2011.08.31 -- We have seven paid pre-entries in the "open" at the present: Dave Saville, Ben Good, Chris Que, David Hines, James Fields, Advait Patel, and Mike Felton. We have two paid pre-entries in the "junior" at present: Advait Patel & Chris Simoni. In addition, Sam "the non-castler" Timmons has confirmed his intention to participate and perhaps Sam Walker-Matthews as well.
2011.08.16 -- After many emails back and forth with Mr. Bergquist, calculating and recalculating, and a few hours of nested if loops in Excel, I have the Grand Prix results for 2009-2010 posted. Hey, it's only about 11 months overdue!
2011.07.06 -- Happy Independence Day everyone! The announcements for the 73rd State Championship and the Junior Championship have been posted to the upcoming events page.
2011.04.25 -- Congratulations to John Roush for winning the 2011 Action Championship with 4.5/6. Lewis Sanders, also at 4.5, split the prize money with John Roush. 14 players attended this year's event in Bridgeport.
2010.10.30 -- It is with sadness that we announce that Mike Turner of Beckley passed away Thursday at the age of 45. Mike was a 1998 State Champion and organized many events in Southern WV. The obituary and funeral arrangements can be found at the Pivont Funeral Home website.
2010.09.21 -- The Board of Directors has released a statement regarding the 2010 Action Championship.
2010.09.06 -- John Roush is the 2010 State Champion, finishing with 4 wins and 2 draws. Sid Parhi and Dave Saville finished with 4.5 for a share of 2nd-3rd. More details to come.
2010.09.05 -- The Board of Directors, upon hearing an appeal from Mr. Lewis Sanders regarding the Action Championship, have voted 5-0 to overturn the previous ruling and declare him the 2010 WVCA Action Champion.
2010.09.04 -- The State Championship is underway in Bridgeport. John Roush leads the field with 2 wins. Several others are at 1.5. Ben Good and Lewis Sanders tied for the blitz championship with 9/10. Ben took home the trophy after winning the first two of a best-of-three blitz playoff with Lewis.
2010.09.04 -- The WVCA apologizes to Mr. Lewis Sanders for the regrettable incident with the Action Championship. Lewis was the highest scoring WVCA member during the Action Tournament, but the board voted to give the title to Caleb Aites, who finished higher but did not have an active membership until after the event. The bylaws have been updated to require WVCA membership in order to play in a WVCA championship event and to win any WVCA title.
2010.06.17 -- The announcements for the 2010 State Championship and State Junior Championship have been posted to the Upcoming Events page.