Friday, 27 September 2013

Newcastle Off The Mark In Division 1

Newcastle 'A' opened their Division 1 season with a 3 - 2 win at Holmes Chapel Kings last night. Holmes Chapel names first :

Pat Bennett  0.5  Alan Paling  0.5
John Turner  0  Reinhold Heinlein  1
Mike Hancock  0.5  Martyn Harris  0.5
Andrew Raeburn  0  Barry Jones  1
Ian Bates  1  John Day  0

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

MCCU Championship

The 2013/2014 County fixtures have now been published and added to the NSDCA Calendar. There are 4 matches in October featuring the Minor Counties team, the newly formed U100 team and the U140 team.

Newcastle 'D' Win First Match Of New Season

Newcastle 'D' kicked off the new season with a 2.5 - 1.5 win against Newcastle 'E' in Division 4. Newcastle 'E' names first :

Paul Clapham  0.5  John Day  0.5
Nic Wright  0  Pete Shaw  1
David Meakin  0  Steven Cooper  1
Derrick Jones  1  Ben Lack  0

Sunday, 22 September 2013

2013/2014 Season Kicks Off This Week

It doesn't seem like five minutes since the end of last season but the new season starts this week, with all the matches involving Newcastle. Newcastle 'E' are at home to Newcastle 'D' in Division 4 on Wednesday while Newcastle 'A' travel to Holmes Chapel Kings in Division 1 on Thursday.

Monday, 16 September 2013

South Potteries Chess Challenge Cup

Fenton beat Meir by 5.5 - 3.5 last night in the 10th anniversary playing of the South Potteries Chess Challenge Cup. Meir names first :

Steve Hill  0.5  Ray Hyde  0.5
Clive Ferry  0.5  Rob Taylor  0.5
Peter Windows  0  Tony Holdford  1
Tom Healey  0.5  Brian Birchall  0.5
Mike Judd  0  Steve Emmerton  1
Eddie Burke  0.5  Neal Davies  0.5
David Hackney  0  Geoff Yates  1
Stuart Green  1  Robert West  0
Bob Perry  0.5  Stuart Hull  0.5

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Alex Richardson Wins Leek Congress

Congratulations to Alex Richardson on winning this weekend's Leek Congress with a score of 4/5, and with it the title of NSDCA Individual Champion, just ahead of Robert Shaw on 3.5/5. Tony Soames and John-Paul Taylor were joint 6th on 3/5.

In the 'B' Section, Bill Armstrong finished joint 2nd with 4/5, just half a point behind the winner. Jon Blackburn was only another half point back in joint 4th place on 3.5/5.

In the 'C' Section, Sam Beardmore was joint 2nd with 4/5, just half a point behind the winner.

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