It was a busy night last night with three cup matches and one league match taking place.
In the Perry Trophy Meir won 2.5 - 1.5 at Holmes Chapel to set up a local derby against Fenton in the next round. The Holmes Chapel cause was not helped by defaulting on Board 4. Holmes Chapel names first :
Paul Clifford 0.5 Bob Perry 0.5
Joe Moris 1 Stuart Green 0
Ted Fletcher 0 Mike Judd 1
Default 0 Dave Hackney 1
In the Open Cup Newcastle squeezed past Macclesfield on board count following a 4-4 draw at the Bridge Club. Newcastle will now meet Alsager in the next round. Newcastle names first :
Alex Richardson 1 Anthony Soames 0
Alan Paling 0.5 Geoff Laurence 0.5
Robbie Coats 1 John-Paul Taylor 0
Barry Jones 0 Vijay Kumar 1
Martyn Harris 1 Phil Cattermole 0
Pete Shaw 0 Marc Jouannet 1
Paul Clapham 0 Ray Pomeroy 1
Nic Wright 0.5 Alan Sime 0.5
In Division 3 Kidsgrove ended Alsager's unbeaten start to the season with a 2.5 - 1.5 win, sending them to the top of the table. They have now won 3 of their opening 4 matches, which is as many as they won in the whole of last season. Kidsgrove names first :
Ian Jamieson 1 Doug Barnett 0
Derek Northage 0.5 Alan Thomason 0.5
Juliuan Cook 0 Michael Matar 1
Dave Johnson 1 Les Hall 0
Stafford were also due to play Holmes Chapel in the Open Cup but this result is not yet in.
