KENT SUMMER QUICKPLAY FINAL: BECKENHAM v FOLKESTONE ON 9 OCTOBER

After a somewhat calamitous start in round 1, including me blundering a piece, we clawed our way back to be slightly down after 3 rounds at 5½-6½. The last round went our way 3½-½, resulting in a 9-7 win.
Nick Briggs was the star, and indeed the only light in the first two rounds, with 3½/4.

	Match between BB and Folkestone.  Folkestone had White in Rounds 2 and 4.
	Round 1 Results
	B		G	M	Home Team		Result			Away Team		G	M
	1		207	12	H1	Ian Snape	0.0	v	1.0	A2	Jim Bayford	188	18
	2		194	15	H2	Richard Selway	0.0	v	1.0	A1	Andrew Hammond	201	15
	3		191	9	H3	John Duggan	0.5	v	0.5	A4	John Atherton	163	21
	4		185	15	H4	Nick Briggs	0.5	v	0.5	A3	Jo Schultz	179	15
			SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 1				1.0	v	3.0	SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 1
	Round 2 Results
	B		G	M	Home Team		Result			Away Team		G	M
	1		207	5	H1	Ian Snape	0.5	v	0.5	A4	John Atherton	163	25
	2		194	12	H2	Richard Selway	0.0	v	1.0	A3	Jo Schultz	179	18
	3		191	15	H3	John Duggan	0.5	v	0.5	A2	Jim Bayford	188	15
	4		185	18	H4	Nick Briggs	1.0	v	0.0	A1	Andrew Hammond	201	12
			SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 2				2.0	v	2.0	SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 2
	Round 3 Results
	B		G	M	Home Team		Result			Away Team		G	M
	1		207	9	H1	Ian Snape	1.0	v	0.0	A3	Jo Schultz	179	21
	2		194	7	H2	Richard Selway	0.5	v	0.5	A4	John Atherton	163	23
	3		191	18	H3	John Duggan	0.0	v	1.0	A1	Andrew Hammond	201	12
	4		185	15	H4	Nick Briggs	1.0	v	0.0	A2	Jim Bayford	188	15
			SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 3				2.5	v	1.5	SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 3
	Round 4 Results
	B		G	M	Home Team		Result			Away Team		G	M
	1		207	15	H1	Ian Snape	1.0	v	0.0	A1	Andrew Hammond	201	15
	2		194	15	H2	Richard Selway	1.0	v	0.0	A2	Jim Bayford	188	15
	3		191	12	H3	John Duggan	0.5	v	0.5	A3	Jo Schultz	179	18
	4		185	9	H4	Nick Briggs	1.0	v	0.0	A4	John Atherton	163	21
			SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 4				3.5	v	0.5	SUB-TOTAL FOR ROUND 4
			MATCH TOTAL FOR HOME TEAM				9.0	v	7.0	MATCH TOTAL FOR AWAY TEAM

Great start to the season!

3 matches into the season and we've got 3 wins under our belt!

Last week our Beckenham & Charlton team played its first match of the London League season and beat Dulwich's first team 5.5 - 4.5.
On Monday we played our first ever match in the Surrey League. We played a weak Ashstead 2 and thrashed them 8 nil. I think I was the only one who struggled a bit, until my opponent overlooked a simple pin, resulting in the loss of a minor piece, after which I checkmated him with rook and knight:

Last but not least, yesterday our 4th team scored a convincing victory against Eynsford's second team in the Kent League: 3.5 - 0.5.
A truly great start to the season.

KENT SUMMER QUICKPLAY

Beckenham was away to Weald of Kent in the semi final of the Kent Summer Quickplay on Monday, 29 September. After a nail biting finish, we won 8½-7½. We will be at home to Folkestone in the final which will be held at Parklangley next Thursday, 9 October, starting at 8pm.