For the second year running, our London League team - run jointly with our friends in Charlton - didn't quite make promotion from Division Two of the London League. The deciding match had been postponed because of the snow earlier in the year, and now become the "crunch" fixture. Played on Monday against Athenaeum, their comfortable victory carried them upwards.
Athenaeum are a strong central London club with plenty of strength in depth; and they'll need all their talent to survive in the hothouse of the premier division of what must be the strongest evening chess league in the UK (at least).
Division 2 winners were Ilford. They arrived in Division 2 by way of relegation last season, but this year they won every one of their matches by at least +2; and in our case by +6 (that's 8-2).
Try again next year!