Open University

Open University - 2026 Season

Team members

Captain: James Alexander

• James Alexander
• Vincent Edwards
• Matthew Jacques
• Mark Osborn
• David Phillips

League table

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Bedford C	6	5	0	1	20	10	10
Leighton Buzzard B	5	5	0	0	18½	6½	10
Milton Keynes C	7	3	1	3	18	17	7
Milton Keynes D	5	3	1	1	14½	10½	7
Bedford D	7	2	1	4	14½	20½	5
Open University	6	1	1	4	13½	16½	3
University of Bedfordshire	5	1	1	3	9½	15½	3
Bedford E	5	0	1	4	6½	18½	1

Fixtures

Date	Home	Result	Away
Thu 23 Oct 25	Open University	1 - 4	Leighton Buzzard B
Thu 6 Nov 25	Milton Keynes D	3 - 2	Open University
Thu 13 Nov 25	Open University	2 - 3	Milton Keynes C
Thu 27 Nov 25	Bedford D	2½ - 2½	Open University
Thu 4 Dec 25	Bedford E	1 - 4	Open University
Thu 11 Dec 25	Open University	2 - 3	Bedford C
Tue 13 Jan 26	University of Bedfordshire	TBC	Open University
Thu 22 Jan 26	Milton Keynes C	TBC	Open University
Thu 12 Feb 26	Open University	TBC	Bedford D
Thu 26 Feb 26	Open University	TBC	Milton Keynes D
Thu 26 Mar 26	Open University	TBC	University of Bedfordshire
Tue 14 Apr 26	Leighton Buzzard B	TBC	Open University
Thu 23 Apr 26	Bedford C	TBC	Open University
Thu 7 May 26	Open University	TBC	Bedford E

Full results

Open University vs Leighton Buzzard B

Result: 1 - 4 on Thu 23 Oct 25

Open University		Result	Leighton Buzzard B
James Alexander (B)	1857	0 - 1	Williamson, Kevin J (W)	1833
Vincent Edwards (W)	1642	0 - 1	Taylor, Peter (B)	1802
Dexter Caplin Lazard (B)	1520	0 - 1	Bhoi, Kewal Krishna (W)	1791
Matthew Jacques (W)	1499	1 - 0	Dorn, C Fred H (B)	1750
Mark Osborn (B)	1315	0 - 1	Matthews, Adrian MS (W)	1845

Milton Keynes D vs Open University

Result: 3 - 2 on Thu 6 Nov 25

Milton Keynes D		Result	Open University
Thomas Evans (B)	1715	1 - 0	James Alexander (W)	1857
Dominic Watson (W)	1710	0 - 1	Vincent Edwards (B)	1642
Richard Keane (B)	1614	½ - ½	Dexter Caplin Lazard (W)	1520
Rikin Burse (W)	1656	½ - ½	Matthew Jacques (B)	1499
Olajide Mabogunje (B)	1469	1 - 0	David Phillips (W)	1444

Open University vs Milton Keynes C

Result: 2 - 3 on Thu 13 Nov 25

Open University		Result	Milton Keynes C
James Alexander (B)	1857	1 - 0	John McNamara (W)	1615
Vincent Edwards (W)	1642	0 - 1	Dave Wells (B)	1617
Dexter Caplin Lazard (B)	1520	0 - 1	Colin Solloway (W)	1595
David Phillips (W)	1444	0 - 1	Michael Page (B)	1414
Mark Osborn (B)	1315	1 - 0	John McKeon (W)	1396

Bedford D vs Open University

Result: 2½ - 2½ on Thu 27 Nov 25

Bedford D		Result	Open University
Hickman, Neil (B)	1727	1 - 0	James Alexander (W)	1857
Mangarayi, Abigail (W)	1636	½ - ½	Vincent Edwards (B)	1642
Gill, Peter S (B)	1606	½ - ½	Matthew Jacques (W)	1499
Bennett, Stephen J (W)	0	½ - ½	David Phillips (B)	1444
Dairi, Daniella (B)	0966	0 - 1	Mark Osborn (W)	1315

Bedford E vs Open University

Result: 1 - 4 on Thu 4 Dec 25

Bedford E		Result	Open University
Cox, Lucian (B)	1697	0 - 1	James Alexander (W)	1857
Goodman, James (W)	1500	0 - 1	Vincent Edwards (B)	1642
Cox, R David (B)	1389	0 - 1	Dexter Caplin Lazard (W)	1520
Muir, Steven (W)	0	1 - 0	Matthew Jacques (B)	1499
Barbarino, Romeo (B)	1300	0 - 1	Mark Osborn (W)	1315

Open University vs Bedford C

Result: 2 - 3 on Thu 11 Dec 25

Open University		Result	Bedford C
Vincent Edwards (B)	1642	1 - 0	Shields, Callum T (W)	1747
Dexter Caplin Lazard (W)	1520	0 - 1	Potts, Alexander (B)	1683
Matthew Jacques (B)	1499	1 - 0	Walker, Nigel B (W)	1446
David Phillips (W)	1444	0 - 1	Muir, Steven (B)	0
Mark Osborn (B)	1315	0 - 1	Graf, Francesco (W)	0