All things come to an end. Events started badly last night when Charlton defaulted board 4 and Nick had a wasted journey.
Robert and I played badly and lost. Alan drew; although how I am not sure. This left the score at 2½-1½ to Charlton with us needing at least 1½ points from the last 2 games – John Duggan who was much better against Alan Hanreck and Michael Prizant who was level against Gregory. Michael played on trying to win his drawn game and came close but in the end it was a half point. This left John, who was still much better, needing to win. However, he was well down on the clock. Valiantly, for the sake of the team, he turned down a draw, converted to R+3P v R+2P but soon thereafter his flag fell just as he blundered on the board. An undeserved loss and a final 4-2 team loss.
Detailed results were:
Ian Snape 0-1 Philip Morris
John Duggan 0-1 Alan Hanreck
Michael Prizant ½=½ Philip Gregory
Nick Briggs 1-0 Default
Robert Maguire 0-1 Conor Murphy
Alan Sands ½-½ Du Toit