Ian Snape wins the Beckenham FIDE rated championship

Ian takes the crown by winning a thrilling rapidplay play off against John Duggan!

Unfortunately Michael had to default his last 2 games due to health issues, which took him out of the running.
John had to win his final game against yours truly last night to force a playoff against Ian and have a chance at regaining his title.
Unfortunately for Ian, I played an absolutely shocking game and John took full advantage.
Ian and John decided to play the deciding rapidplay games immediately after and played 2 very complex games. Ian managed to win his game with white and draw his game with black, taking the title from John 1½-½.
Final standings:

1. Ian Snape, John Duggan 5½
3. Michael Prizant 4
4. Nick Briggs and Richard Selway 3½
6. Andrew Ponting and yours truly 2½
8. Graeme Plato 1

First team wins Beamont Cup in Surrey League!

Promotion to Surrey Trophy division gained

Congratulations to our first team: In its first year in the Surrey League, the team has managed to win the Beamont Cup (division 2), winning an impressive 6 matches and thus has gained promotion to the first division, called the Surrey Trophy.
A great achievement!

Final division standings:

Individual scores of the team in the Surrey League:

Player	Score	# of games	%
Briggs, John Nicholas	5.5	7	79%
Newman, Joel	4	4	100%
Snape, Ian L	4	5	80%
Prizant, Michael	4	5	80%
Plato, Graeme	4	7	57%
Vleeshhouwer, Douglas	3	4	75%
Foster, James C	2.5	6	42%
Gregory, Philip J	2	3	67%
Ponting, Andrew	2	4	50%
Selway, Richard P	1.5	4	38%
Sands, Alan VH	1	2	50%
Duggan, John E	1	3	33%