The curtain drew on another club League season as our fatigued team playing its fourth game in under a month was soundly beaten. A defaulted board did not help, but the game was won by the 2 very good wins for the home team on the top boards. The unavailabilty of George Heath on Monday nights has cost the team in the second half of the season, although the team gathered enough points in the bag in the first half of the season to finish in sixth place in the division.. 

Team captains' reports will appear in due course. On my quick browse these appear to have been the best individual results this season. 

Trevor Lewis 114 as Black beat Drag Sudar 151

Andy Flint   123  beat Drag Sudar 151 ( Drag scored 75% for his season, which underlines. the merit of these 2 results.)

George Heath 90 beat v V Mendis  114 

Steve Burke  167 beat Robert Richmond 188

Steve Bak   139 beat Daniel Jazdzewski  154 as Black.

Steve Bak 139 drew with J Williams 182  ( Well done, Steve. I know you don't buy in to the concept of a good draw.)

Neil Graham 145 drew with J Williams 182 and a host of other 160+ players

Richard Dyce  91 drew with D Padvis 126 and in the same match George Heath 90 drew with Mick Harper 124.

Phil Morgan 141 drew with Somton Ukken 172 as Black.

Trevor Lewis 114 as Black drew with Ben Mason 146.

Nigel Wright 133 drew with Steve Hunter 162

Our second team signed off the season with one of our better team performances, avenging our low point of the season, the 4.5 - 0.5 loss to the same opponents in February. At least we were able to end the season on a positive note which lifts to a finishing position of fourth in the table.

Games have come thick and fast for our team who scored a good draw against the West Notts youngsters team. There may have been a significant age difference between the teams, but there was nothing between them over the board.

Ashfield needed a win to stay up but couldn't quite achieve this at Nomads. Presented with promotion, A3 have exceeded all expectations this year and have not been out of place in Division 2. Nomads, winners of Division 3  last season have had an excellent season, finishing just outside a promotion slot. Nomad's top boards showed their effectiveness. We edged the lower boards, with good wins for Steve and Trevor.

Our team were no match for the in-form home team. Trevor blew a winning position, and the team caused was not helped by another board default

While the first team were defeating West Notts to ensure Division ! survival, Ashfield 4 were battling problems of their own making. As a club we rarely default boards, so to default 2 boards in a home match was a rare occurrence. It will be a match that Richard will want to forget.

Arriving at 10.00 p.m., I was greeted by Neil who told me our first team were losing. Fortunately his information was about 20 minutes out of date. David had been in trouble in his game, but salvaged it. Derek notched the first win. Steve's and John's quickly followed. John's win in a complex, tactical game against Jonah was the stand-out result. Glenn looked to have at least a draw in hand against Adyita, playing on the increment, until a careless slip was punished to the full. ( Phil0

Against the top teams we've come up short on the top boards. This was repeated against the Division 2 winners. Mike  saw Jerry off pretty smartly. I was always on the back foot against Florian, and played an unsound move which cost me my c pawn, an exchange and the game. Beneath the top boards we were competitive. Neil had a rock-solid draw. Nigel showed his improvement with a fine draw against Steve ECF 166, finding some resourceful defence. Alan managed to emerge with a draw under strong pressure from Graham .