The Division 4 Strong Men

The 'C' team find themselves in what is rapidly becoming their customary position of holding up the Division 4 table. A 3rd loss from our opening 4 matches last night, this time by 3.5 - 0.5 against Newcastle  'D',  leaves us rooted at the bottom of the table. It was only a draw from Ernie 'Endgame' Wilkinson on board 3 that saved us from a whitewash. Click here for the match score card.

Glyn Takes Rapidplay Championship

Congratulations to Glyn on winning the 2018 Club Rapidplay Championship last night. He finished with a score of 4/5, just half a point ahead of the Runner-Up, Petru Floresc. Click here to view the final standings and cross table of results. Many thanks to Alberto Gissi of Newcastle for acting as Tournament Controller.

Bad Weekend At The Office For Petru

Petru was playing for Cheddleton in Div 3 North of the 4NCL this weekend but, unfortunately, was beaten in both of his games.

Grenville Makes County Debut

Grenville made a winning  debut for the Staffs U140 team against Leicestershire yesterday, playing on board 11 and beating a player graded slightly higher than himself. Unfortunately it was not enough to prevent Staffs from going down to a very narrow 8.5 - 7.5 defeat. Click here for the match score card.

'B' Team Still Pointless

The 'B' team suffered their 3rd successive loss last night, going down by 3-2 against Cheddleton 'B'. A win for me on board 4, plus draws for Max and Derek on boards 3 and 5, were offset by losses for Petru and Kas on boards 1 and 2. Click here for the match score card.

Minutes Of The 2018 AGM

The Minutes of the 2018 AGM have been published and can be viewed here.

Fenton Rapidplay Championship

I've had second thoughts about the Rapidplay Championship and decided that we WILL play it after all. We have a free Monday on 12th November so we will hold it then. It will be a 5 round Swiss competition with 15 minutes each on the clock, and a play-off on the night if it ends in a tie. I have asked Alberto Gissi of Newcastle to sct as Tournament Controller.

Open Cup

We will be playing away against Macclesfield in the Open Cup Semi-Final on the 18th February following Macclesfield's 5-1 win against Crewe in last night's 1st Round match.

Petru Wins Club Championship

Congratulations to Petru on winning the 2018 Club Championship, beating Max in last night's play-off match and adding to his Performance Of The Year award.

MCCU U140 County Championship

Max and I both played for the Staffs U140 team yesterday in their opening MCCU County Championship match. However, we were unable to prevent the team going down by 9.5 - 6.5 against a much stronger Warwickshire team, with both of our games being drawn. Click here for the match score card. If anybody is vaguely interested they can view my game here.