KENT FINALS DAY

Close, but no cigar. The County Cup team recorded a 3-3 result against Charlton as follows but lost on board count:


202 Ian Snape (B)   ½-½ Philip Morris 224
181 John Duggan      0-1 Alan Hanreck 211
186 Michael Prizant ½-½ Anthony Stebbings 195
185 Nick Briggs      ½-½ Philip Gregory 182
169 Rohan Shiatis    ½-½ Conor Murphy 178
168 Richard Selway  1-0 Reenan duToit 153


The Lewis Cup team lost 4-2 to Gravesend 1:

166 Alan Sands (W)            0-1 Cliff Chandler 208
157 John Lewin                   0-1 Andrew Mayhew 186
158 Duncan Bell                 ½-½ Dave Clear 161
146 Douglas Vleeshhouwer ½-½ Paul Rutland 153
135 Graeme Plato               ½-½ Phil Humphries 153
138 Malcolm Mourant        ½-½ Simon Court 147


However, the Tom Fuller team (no idea why this team played and not the Intro team as scheduled) brought home the bacon on board count after a 2-2 draw with Sidcup 2:

118 Richard Putman (B) 1-0 Keith Thompson 121
111 Howard Walden      1-0 Dennis Halton 112
104 Mike Spencer          0-1 Leon Hopkins 97
60 Ajoy Deshmukh         0-1 Ian Reeve 85

BECKENHAM FIDE RATED CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

The remaining game was played last night and the final positions are:

1st     Ian Snape 6/7
2nd= John Duggan, Michael Prizant and Nick Briggs 3½/7
5th    Andrew Ponting 3/7
6th    Richard Selway 1½/7

KENT FINALS DAY

Kent Finals Day will be held on Sunday 13 May at The Mick Jagger Centre, Shepherds Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA1 2JZ.  Play starts at 2pm.

Beckenham & Bromley teams in the final are:

County Cup - Beckenham 1 v Charlton 1
Lewis Cup - Beckenham 2 v Gravesend 1
Intro Cup - Beckenham 6 v Snodland 3

All in all, a good proportion of the club's membership will be playing.  All visitors/supporters welcome.