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Match details 2011-2 season

2011-2 Division One

Kidderminster I - Malvern			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Frank Pickett Maurice Bissell Tim Yates Mark Riley John Gittus Ken Durnell	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert Ian Clarke John Knee Tony Shaw Barry Stone
	Result	2 - 4	Played 21 September
Match reported by Frank Pickett and Geoffrey Herbert.

Hagley - Worcester City			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Steve Mellor Peter Kitson Nick Harris Ray Collett Jim Keene Andrew Farthing	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Jim Friar (snr) Andrew Moore Craig Evans James P Friar (jnr) Kyle Reed Joseph D Friar
	Result	1 - 5	Played 7 October
Match reported by Ray Collett. For once Hagley's engine room of juniors failed to deliver. In the unfinished game, Steve Mellor was the excahnge up and all the pawns were on one side of the board at adjournment, but the Hagley player conceded without resuming.

Hagley - Redditch			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Jim Friar Kyle Reed Andrew Moore Joseph D Friar Mike Friar Peter Keate	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Nigel Towers Jason Cole David Spowart Rob Bricknell Giles Stanton Irina Amelkina
	Result	4 - 2	Played 21 October
Match reported by Jim Friar and Giles Stanton. Rob Bricknell's gambit play gave Joseph a headache Joseph got into time trouble and was two pawns down when his flag fell. Irina, Redditch'e new player, achieved a well earned draw against Peter Keate. Jason Colelost the exchange and a pawn and was ground down by Kyle Reed. David Spowart lost quickly to Andrew Moore. On top board Nigel Towers and Jim Friar both held fast to earn a draw. Giles Stanton was still playing with the score at 3-2, but had given up the exchange to get a passed pawn, but with queen side weaknesses. Giles lost a critical tempo rather than pushing a passed pawn, which would have given strong winning chances, and Mike Friar won.

Kidderminster I - Worcester City			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Frank Pickett Dave Close Maurice Bissell John Chester Mark Riley Paul Thomas	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Steve Mellor Peter Kitson Nick Harris Ray Collett Andrew Farthing Rob Sutton
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 26 October
Match report by Ray Collett. A closely fought match. Boards 3 and 4 agreed early draws in balanced, but interesting positions. Board 5 was at an equal rook, minor piece and pawn ending when truce was declared. The first and only decisive result of the night was Peter Kitson's stout defence of the gambit pawn in a King's Gambit Accepted. Both players sent pawns forward to attack kings on opposite sides of the board in a queenless middlegame. Peter Kitson (Worcester) won a piece after an error.

Malvern - Hagley			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Brian Turner Geoffrey herbert Ian Clarke John Knee Paul Fairbrass Barry Stone	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	Jim Friar (snr) Kyle Reed James P Friar (jnr) Mike Friar Andrew Moore Joseph D Friar
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 28 October
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert

Worcester City - Halesowen			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Ray Collett Andrew Farthing Roger Yates Rob Sutton Pat Greenow	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Stewart Fishburne Mark Bethel Mike Hadley Jorge Zavaleta Bob Grimes Jon Asbury
	Result	1 - 5	Played 3 November
Match reported by Halesowen website. Halesowen's new signing, Jorge from Mexico scored an early win and Mark Bethel soon had Worcester's captain in trouble. In the adjourned game, Mike Hadley had a pawn advantage in an ending with all the major pieces in action and Andrew Farthing resigned without resuming.

	Malvern - Redditch
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Brian Turner Geoffery Herbert Ian Clarke John P Knee Maurice Ginger Barry Stone	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	Tom Robinson Rob Bricknell Jason Cole David Spowart Giles Stanton Daniel Gander
	Result:	3 - 3	4 November
Match report by Giles Stanton. The match started late with the away team having been delayed by heavy traffic. Geoff Herbert's game finished early, when his opponent accepted a piece sac and fall into an early mate. Next, the top board playersr agreed a peaceful ending. On board 5 Glies Stanton adopted a Kings Indian Attack to avoid Maurice Ginger's French Defence, gaining the exchange and a passed pawn. On bottom board Redditch's new player, Daniel Gander played with vigor gaining the upper hand with the black pieces and converting to win the game. On board 3, Ian Clarke took Jason Cole into an unfamiliar Sicilian Defence. Jason lost time on the clock and Ian's better coordinated pieces gained material and the game. Last to finish was board 4 where the Redditch player was a pawn down with a knight and four pawns v bishop and five pawns. John Knee created a passed a pawn, but David Spowart's knight won pawns. A draw was agreed as both players' pieces were stopping pawns from making progress

Halesowen I - Hagley			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishurne Mark Bethel Mike Hadley Jorge Zavaleta Bob Grimes Jon Asbury	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Jim Friar (snr) Craig Evans Andrew Moore Mike Friar James P Friar (jnr) Joseph D Friar
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 8 November
Match report by Stewart Fishburne. It was an exiting match with no dull game. One by one, though, games reached a draw or were agreed drawn in balanced positions where both players were short of time. The only decisive game was the last to finish. Both players had about 5 minutes for their last 20 moves. Everyone gathered round to watch. The position was highly unbalanced, Jorge Zavaleta having sacrificed a piece to expose Mike Friar's King. In the end time pressure told and Halesowen triumphed.

Worcester City - Malvern			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Steve Mellor Peter Kitson Ray Collett Jim Keene Andrew Farthing John Clark	½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert Ian Clarke John Knee Tony Shaw Barry Stone
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 10 November
Match report from Ray Collett. Board 1 was adjourned after the first session with Mellor (Worcester) two pawns up in a rook and minor piece ending, but Turner had advanced pawns restricting Mellor's king. The players exchanged into a knight and pawn ending, but Mellor's winning attempts were repulsed and the players agreed a draw when faced with a drawn king and pawn ending.

Redditch I - Malvern			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Tom Robinson Rob Mitchell Jason Cole Dave Spowart Daniel Gander Jeff Heath	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	Brian Turner Geoff Herbert Ian Clarke John Knee Tony Shaw Barry Stone
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 15 November
Match report from Giles Stanton.

Worcester City - Redditch I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Ray Collett Jim Keene Andrew Farthing Phil Smith John Clark	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	Tom Robinson Jason Cole Dave Spowart Steve Crockett Rob Bricknell Giles Stanton
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 17 November
Match report from Andrew Farthing.

Kidderminster I - Hagley			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	John Wrench Frank Pickett Dave Close Maurice Bissell John Gittus Clive Billinge	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Jim Friar (snr) Andrew Moore Craig Evans James P Friar (jnr) Joseph D Friar Peter Keate
	Result	2 - 4	Played 29 November
Match report from Jim Friar.

Malvern - Halesowen I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Artur Vaskovets Max Wong P Fairbrass	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	Stewart Fishburne Jorge Zavaleta Mike Hadley Jon Asbury John Llewelyn Richard Woolley
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 2 December
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert.

Hagley - Halesowen I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Jim Frair (snr) Andrew Moore Joseph D Friar James P Friar Mike Friar Graham Wyle	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Stewart Fishburne Jorge Zavaleta Mike Hadley Bob Grimes Jon Asbury Andy Ambrose
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 9 December
Match reported by Stewart Fishburne

Kidderminster I - Halesowen I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Charles Higgie Frank Pickett Dave Close Maurice Bissell John Chester Mark Riley	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Stewart Fishburne Mark Bethel Jorge Zavaleta Mike Hadley Bob Grimes Jon Asbury
	Result	1½ - 4½	Played 22 December
Match reported by Stewart Fishburn and John Wrench.

Halesowen I - Malvern			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishburne Mark Bethel Jorge Zavaleta Mike Hadley Jon Asbury John Llewelyn	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Tony Shaw Default Default
	Result	4 - 2	Played 10 January
Match report by Stewart Fishburne. John Knee was first to finish. He played a sharp line which young Jorge Zavaleta had probably not seen before. John soon had a huge advantage and duly won. Board 2 was next to finish. Mark Bethel offered the Morra Gambit but Geoffrey declined and played an equalising line ending in a draw, resulted. On board 1, Brian fell into a piece of preparation and the resultant late ending was more familiar to Black. A sneaky tactic lead to White not being able to castle. Black was able to open the centre and whilst it may have been possible to get to an ending with only a small material deficit, in practice a rook fell off. With the match decided Mike and Tony agreed draws in still complex positions with chances for both sides.

Worcester City - Kidderminster I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Steve Mellor Peter Kitson Nick Harris Ray Collett Jim Keene Andrew Farthing	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	John Wrench Charles Higgie Frank Pickett Maurice Bissell John Chester Mark Riley
	Result	3½ - 2½	Played 12 January
Match result from Andrew Farthing and John Wrench, report from Ray Collett. A tight match that Worcester must consider a close shave. Worcester's man was a pawn down on Board 1 and players adjourned. Overnight cogitation allowed players to agree a draw. Nick Harris' game was an early finish and the only decisive one. Maurice Bissell and Ray Collett played a French Exchange Variation and repeated moves in a position where where both players thought they stood worse. Mark Riley won a pawn against Andrew Farthing, but Andrew steered the game to a rook and pawn ending where winning chances were 'thin' and a draw was agreed.

Hagley - Malvern			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Jim Friar Craig Evans Andrew Moore Mike Friar Joseph D Friar Francis O'Gorman	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert Ian Clarke John Knee Peter Yeadon Tony Shaw
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 20 January
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert.

Redditch - Worcester City			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Dave Spowart Steve Crockett Rob Bricknell Giles Stanton Irena Amelkina Daniel Gander	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	Steve Mellor Peter Kitson Nick Harris Ray Collett Andrew Farthing default
	Result	2 - 4	Played 24 January
Match reported by Andrew Farthing..

Kidderminster I - Redditch 1			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	John Wrench Frank Pickett John Chester Mark Riley Dave Close John Gittus	½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Tom Robinson Rob Mitchell Rob Bricknell Dave Spowart Andrew Wiggins Giles Stanton
	Result	2½ - 3½	Played 8 February 2012
Match reported by John Wrench.

Worcester City - Hagley			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Peter Kitson Nick Harris Jim Keene Ray Collett Andrew Farthing Pat Greenow	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Andrew Moore Craig Evans Jim Friar (Snr) Mike Friar James P Friar (Jnr) Jason Pereira
	Result	3 - 3	Played 8 March
Match reported by Ray Collett and Andrew Moore. Without their normal board 1, City were worried about this match. In what turned out to be a hotly fought contest, this was a cracking game. Hagley went ahead early when young Jason Pereira fionished off his opponent after winning a piece. The other games looked balanced at this stage. Ray Collett and Mike Friar agreed a draw after early exchanges had resulted in an open board with little material. About 30 minutes later, James P Friar agreed a draw with Andrew Farthing after a good combination to maintain a level position. On board 3, Jim Keene had a promising position, but only five minutes for 15 moves. Calm under fire, Keene negotiated a complex position where players were attacking kings on opposite sides. The City player got his threats in first and the Hagley player faced mate or loss of a rook at the end. Board 1 was agreed a draw after Peter Kitson played a combination to relinquish the pawn advantage he gained from a Blackmar Diemer Gambit. Craig Evans agreed a draw with Nick Harris after a time scramble so drawing the match. The result puts Worcester at the top of the table but Halesowen have 2 games in hand to make up the 1 point deficit. Worcester play Halesowen later in the month in a showdown for the title.

Redditch I - Hagley			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Rob Mitchell Andrew Wiggins David Spowart Rob Bricknell Giles Stanton Daniel Gander	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	Kyle Reed Jim Friar (snr) Andrew Moore Joseph D Friar James P Friar (jnr) Peter Keate
	Result	1½ - 4½	Played 13 march
Match report by Andrew Moore. In what was a closer match than the score suggests, Redditch came close to winningt. Board 1 was agreed a draw by repetition of moves inside 30 minutes and an hour later board 6 lost having transposed into a lost end game. The remainder of the games were very close and finished at about the same time. Board 3 saw David Spowart resign in a position where white could mate in 4 or 5 different ways. Board 4 was an interesting rook and pawn end game. Both sides pushed their pawn but Joseph D Friar promoted first and quickly converted. On board 2 Andrew Wiggins applied sustained pressure on Jim Friar's position. Jim sacrificed a pawn in the centre to avoid defeat and then exploited a weak kingside to seal the victory for Hagley. Board 5 resigned soon after when he couldn't stop three marching pass pawns.

Malvern - Worcester			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Brian Turner Ian Clarke Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Tony Shaw Barry Stone	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	Peter Kitson Nick Harris Jim Keene Ray Collett Andrew Farthing Phil Smith
	Result	3 - 3	Played 23 March
Match reported by Ray Collett. The deciding board 1 game is very much in Kitson's favour being two pawns up in a knight and pawn ending. Harris and Clarke started as an Alekhine but transposed into a Four Knights with neither side being able to take the initiative. John Knee played the Fianchetto Variation against Collett's Kings Indian and reduced Collett's position to passivity after a successful pawn advance to e5. Although Collett tried to complicate the position, his struggles were in vain. Update on 26 March: Turner resigned his adjourned game to make the match a draw.

Halesowen I - Kidderminster I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishburne Jorge Zavaleta Mark Bethel Mike Hadley Jon Asbury Richard Woolley	½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	John Wrench Frank Pickett Charles Higgie Maurice Bissell John Chester Mark Riley
	Result	3 - 3	Played 27 March
Match reported by John Wrench. Hard fought very close match, perhaps unexpected with Halesowen top of the league having won all their previous games and Kidderminster at the foot of the table having yet to score a point. Having said that, most of those loses have been very close. For once Kidderminster had their strongest team and showed what a difference this can make. This result still leaves Halesowen strong favourites for the championship and Kiddermnster facing relegation unless things change dramatically in the remaining few games.

Hagley - Kidderminster I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Jim Friar Mike Friar Andrew Moore Joseph D Friar James P Friar (jnr) Greg Voskanian	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	John Wrench Charles Higgie Mark Riley Tim Yates John Gittus Paul Thomas
	Result	3 - 3	Played 30 March
Match reported by Andrew Moore and John Wrench. In this match there was some good chess and both teams deserved a point in this local derby. A draw was agreed on board 6 fairly early in the evening. Further draws resulted a while later on boards 5 and 1. Things started to look promising for Kidderminster when Mark Riley got two rooks on the seventh rank and a neat mate soon followed when the king's escape route was blocked by a pawn forcing Andrew to resign. Board 5 ended in a draw, which left Kidderminster ahead with board 4 to finish. In typical 'Friar' style Joseph had sacrificed a Pawn for the initiative. Tim looked to be holding the position well, securing a strong pawn-centre. A few of us popped next door to the pub for a quick beer, thinking Tim would at least draw to secure the match for Kidderminster. We returned just in time to see Joseph conjure up a neat mating trap with his bishop on the long diagonal, queen on h6 and the final blow came when Joseph placed a rook on the third rank at which point Tim resigned. Tim had earlier offered a draw when a pawn up so Joseph deserves credit for battling on to earn Hagley a draw. This match result gives Kidderminster a fighting chance of avoiding last place if they beat Redditch

Halesowen I - Worcester City			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishburne Jorge Zavelata Mark Bethel Mike Hadley Jon Asbury Bob Grimes	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	Andrew Farthing Ray Collett Roger Yates Rob Sutton William Greenow (jnr) Default
	Result	6 - 0j	Played 3 April
Match reported by Ray Collett. Worcester's campaign to retain the league championship was blown away in this match by a resurgent Halesowen team. Worcester were weakened by absencesand defaulted on board 6. After an hour's play Halesowen were ahead in three of the five games. Mike Hadley won a piece and then mopped up. Mark Bethel faced a wall of static central pawns, but broke through. Although losing in the end, Worcester's new player, William Greenow, aquitted himself well against a much higher graded opponent. Although Jon Asbury won a pawn in the opening, William defended stoutly and forced Jon to demonstrate his ending technique in a rook and pawn ending. On board 2, Jorge Zavelata faced king side pressure but cool defence saw off a sacrificial attack. At the end of the session, Stewart Fishburne and Andrew Farthing adjourned in a minor piece ending where both sides have five pawns and Stewart has two bishops against two knights where the blocked central pawns may nullify the normal advantage of the bishops. Andrew conceded this game, having to little time to prepare for the second session and play.

Redditch I - Halesowen I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Rob Bricknell Dave Spowart Andrew Wiggins Giles Stanton Steve Crockett Daniel Gander	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	Stewart Fishburne John Edge Jorge Zavaleta Mike Hadley Rob Grimes Jon Asbury
	Result	2 - 4	Played 10 April
Match reported by Stewart Fishburne. The match was much closer that the gradings of the two teams would suggest! At one time or another Redditch were pressing in all bottom 4 games. Only on the top two boards did Halesowen have an advantage. On board 1, FishburneI won a pawn in the opening, but Bricknell got a fair amount of play for it and It took a while for Fishburne to win.

Halesowen I - Redditch I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stewart Fishburne John Edge Jorges Zavelata Mark Bethel Mike Hadley Richard Woolley	1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Tom Robinson Rob Mitchell Rob Bricknell David Spowart Andrew Wiggins Giles Stanton
	Result	4 - 2	Played 24 April
Match reported by Stewart Fishburne. [Names on boards 4 and 5 now assigned to correct teams - sorry for the error, Ray]

Redditch I - Kidderminster I			Div I
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Tom Robinson Rob Mitchell Rob Bricknell Dave Spowart Andrew Wiggins Giles Stanton	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	John Wrench Frank Pickett Charles Higgie Maurice Bissell Mark Riley John Gittus
	Result	1 - 5	Played
Match report by John Wrench

Malvern - Kidderminster I			Div 1
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5 6	Brian Turner Ian Clarke geoffrey herbert John Knee Artur vaskovets Tony Shaw	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	John Wrench Chrales Higgie Maurice Bissell John Varilone Mark Riley Clive Billinge
	Result	2 - 4	Played 4 May
Match reported by John Wrench. Good wins for Maurice Bissell in a complicated position. Also for Mark Riley who won his last three games for Kidderminster

2011-12 Division Two

Droitwich - Headless Cross			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Loynes Arnold Kirkland John Hargreaves Barry Tisdell Rhodri Furlong	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	Ashley Davis Dave Richardson Terry Radford Mark Hore Gareth Hunter
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 19 September
Match reported by Mark Hore and Arnold Kirkland.

Greenlands - Halesowen II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Laurence Wheatley Ian Truscott Brian Allsop Richard Collett Mark Brewer	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0	Don Curry Richard Woolley Maureen Clark John Southcote Chris Haddon
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 4 October
Match reported by Richard Collett. Halesowen's Board 3 surname corrected 10 November.

Droitwich - Kidderminster II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Loynes Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson John Hargraves Rhodri Furlong	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Default Clive Billinge Ken Durnell Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 3 October
Match reported by Ken Durnell

Droitwich - Halesowen II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Loynes Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson John Hargreaves Jack Chen Wimpey	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	Jon Asbury John Llewelyn Don Curry Paul Evans A (Tony) Taylor
	Result	1½ - 3½	Played 24 October
Match reported by Halesowen website result of adjourned game reported by Arnold Kirkland.

Greenlands - Headless Cross			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Laurence Wheatley Ian Truscott Richard Collett Mark Brewer Peter Hughes	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	Ashley Davis Glenn Cox Dave Richardson Terry Radford Mark Hore
	Result	0 - 5	Played 1 November
Match reported by Richard Collett.

Kidderminster II - Headless Cross			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Mark Riley Ken Durnell Clive Billinge Paul Thomas Terry Pountney	½ - ½ o - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	Ashley Davis Glenn Cox Dave Richardson Terry Radford Mark Hore
	Result	1 - 4	Played 16 November
Match report from Mark Hore.

Droitwich - Greenlands			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Loynes WW (Bill) Watson Dave Adshead John Hargreaves Rhodri Furlong	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	Roy Peters Ian Truscott Ian Ellis Richard Collett Frank Cassidy
	Result	2 - 3	Played 21 November
Match report from Arnold Kirkland and Richard Collett

Headless Cross - Halesowen II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Asley Davis Geln Cox David Richardson Terry Radford Ron Thompson	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	Jon Asbury Don Curry Maureen Cark Paul Evans John Southcote
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 5 December
Match reported by Mark Hore.

Halesowen II - Droitwich			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Robert Grimes Jon Asbury Maureen Clark Richard Woolley Paul Evans	1 - 0 ½ - ½ o - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	Arnold Kirkland Bill Watson Tom Parkes Jack Chen Wimpey John Hargreaves
	Result	3 - 2	Played 17 January
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland.

Headless Cross - Droitwich			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ashley Davis David Richardson Terry Radford Richard Thompson Gareth Hunter	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	John Loynes Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson John Hargreaves Rhodri Furlong
	Result	2 - 3	Played 23 January
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland and Mark Hore.

Kidderminster II - Greenlands			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Mark Riley Ken Durnell Paul Thomas Terry Pountney Igor Shevchenko	½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	Ian Truscott Richard Collett Mark Brewer John Lloyd Frank Cassidy
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 1 February
Match reported by Richard Collett.

Headless Cross - Greenlands			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ashley Davis Terry Radford Mike Hore Ronald Thompson John Holmberg	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Roy Peters Ian Truscott Richard Collett Mark Brewer John Lloyd
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 27 February
Match reported by Richard Collett and Mark Hore. Ian Truscott asks whether the board 5 game in this match holds a record for players' longevity - their combined ages are 175 years (93+82).

Greenlands - Droitwich			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ian Ellis Ian Truscott Brian Allsop Richard Collett Peter Hughes	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	John Loynes Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson Jack Chen Wimpey Rhodri Furlong
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 28 February
Match reported by Richard Collett. The adjourned game on board one was finally agreed drawn in May!

Greenlands - Kidderminster II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Roy Peters Brian Allsop Richard Collett Peter Hughes John Lloyd	½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	John Varilone Mark Riley Ken Durnell Terry Pountney Paul Thomas
	Result	2 - 3	Played 6 March
Match reported by Richard Collett. Corrected result: names of Greenlands players on the 4th and 5th boards were originally transposed and the correct situation is now shown above.

Halesowen II - Greenlands			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Llewelyn Windsor Peck Don Curry Maureen Clark Paul Evans	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½	Brian Allsop Richard Collett Peter J Hughes Mark Brewer Frank Cassidy
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 13 March
Match reported by Richard Collett

Kidderminster II - Droitwich			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Mark Riley John Gittus Clive Billinge Ken Durnell Mike Kitchen	1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson Tom Parkes Jack Chen Wimpey Rhodri Furlong
	Result	3 - 2	21 March
Match reported by Ken Durnell and Arnold Kirkland.

Kidderminster II - Halesowen II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	John Chester Mark Riley Ken Durnell Paul Thomas Terry Pountney	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	John Llewelyn Windsor Peck Don Curry Maureen Clarke (corrected 10 Apr) A (Tony) Taylor
	Result	2½ - 2½	Played 4 April
Match reported by Ken Durnell.

Halesowen II - Headless Cross			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Windsor Peck Adrian Priest Don Curry Maureen Clark Paul Evans	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	Glen Cox Dave Richardson Terry Radford Mark Hore Ronald Thompson
	Result	3 - 2	Played 10 April
Match reported by Mark Hore.

Headless Cross - Kidderminster II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Ashley Davis Glenn Cox David Richardson Terry Radford Mark Hore	1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	Default Clive Billinge Ken Durnell Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	3 - 2	Played 16 April
Match report by Mark Hore and Ken Durnell.

Halesowen II - Kidderminster II			Div 2
Board	Home team	Score	Away team
1 2 3 4 5	Robert Grimes Jon Asbury John Llewelyn Don Curry Maureen Clark	1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	John Varilone Clive Billinge Mike Kitchen Paul Thomas Terry Pountney
	Result	3½ - 1½	Played 24 April
Match reported by Stewart Fishburne.

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