Teams for New Season

You've probably already seen the announcement by email from Malcolm Mourant, but in case not, here are the teams for 2011 - 12.

London Leagues

Everyone can play for either of the two teams. The second team has a 145 grading limit and is captained by Richard Putman. The first team, which we run jointly with Charlton, is run by Andy Heard and John Lewin.  Speak to any of these gentlemen for fixtures, selection etc.  Games are played in Central London, usually at 7pm.

Kent League

The first team, playing in the Open section, comprises Ian Snape (Cap.), Michael Prizant, Nick Briggs, John Duggan, Andrew Ponting and Richard Selway.

The 2nd Team, playing in the Lewis Cup, is run by John Duggan, and his normal team includes Ian Snape, Alan Sands, Duncan Bell, John Lewin, and Raunak Rao. On the bench are John Alderson and Doug Vleeshhouwer.

Malcolm Mourant is running the En Passant team and has in his squad Gautham Reddiar, Stephen Cousins, Jon Griffiths, and Fred Wellings.

For the Harvey Cup, Chris Bernard's starting team are Jon Griffiths, Chris Bernard, Fred Wellings, Paul Andrews, Richard Putman, and Justin Brown.  Alexander Selway is the backup.

Mike Spencer has control of the Tom Fuller and Intro teams and will choose from Howard Walden, James Kinsella and Alan Fraser in the former; and Geoff Kelsey, Mike Smee and Stephen Roberts.  Jason Kevan can also expect some games for this team as well, I'm sure.

Croydon League

• Nick Briggs captains the first team and has available John Duggan, Ian Snape, Richard Selway and Duncan Bell.
• John Lewin is running the second team, who are Raunak Rao, John Alderson, Malcolm Mourant, and Stephen Cousins.
• Howard Walden has the third team, and his selection is everyone not mentioned above!

Hope there's no mistakes there, and let's bring home some trophies!

Andy Heard

Annual Handicap Quickplay Competition

The Handicap Quickplay Competition for the Rosebowl Cup took place at the club on 2nd June. There were 14 players and, as usual, the competition was fought over two rounds. The eventual winner was Ian Sanpe, followed by Nick Briggs and Jon Griffiths.

Third in Division Two of London League

With David Sandham finally overcoming his Wimbledon opponent after two adjournments, the match is drawn 5-5. We finished third in the league, just missing out on the second promotion place by a handful of game points. Full details here.

Bromley v Beckenham Annual Match 2011

Twenty club members turned out last night for the annual Bromley v Beckenham match. In a closely fought contest, a five-all result was finally achieved when Alan Sands (borrowed for the night by Beckenham) offered John Lewin a draw with only minutes left on the clock.

As they say, an enjoyable evening was had by one and all.

Thanks to match captains John Lewin and James Kinsella.

Fred Wellings

	Bromley		Result		Beckenham
1	Ian Snape	204	0	1	Nick Briggs	185
2	John Lewin	157	½	½	Alan Sands	166
3	John Alderson	154	½	½	Ranuk Rao	144
4	Geoff Kelsey	140	½	½	Chris Barnard	127
5	Malcolm Mouant	140	½	½	Fred Wellings	124
6	Gautham Reddiar	135	½	½	Richard Putman	123
7	Paul Andrews	126	½	½	Mike Smee	124
8	Alan Fraser	113	1	0	James Kinsella	109
9	Howard Walden	105	1	0	Mike Spencer	102
10	Jason Kevan	27	0	1	Steven Roberts	40e
	Average	130	5	5		124

Clean Sweep by West Wickham in the Croydon League

Howard Walden reports that West Wickham [that's Beckenham and Bromley's nom de guerre in South London. Ed.] teams have won all three divisions of the Croydon League this year.  Well done to everyone who took part in the teams this year.

West Wickham A won Division 3 for the second year running which means this team have been champions three times and runners up once in the last four years!!!

COUNTY CUP FINAL: Beckenham 1 v Charlton 1

The result in the final was a 4½-1½ loss as follows:

Ian Snape ½-½ Philip Morris
Nick Briggs 0-1 Alan Hanreck
John Duggan 0-1 Tony Stebbings
Michael Prizant 0-1 Philip Gregory
Kevin Bailey 1-0 Conor Murphy
Alan Sands 0-1 Renee DuToit

However, that doesn’t reflect the full story. My game was the first to finish. I had a minute temporary advantage through control of the e file which Morris set about neutralising and the game ended in threefold repetition. Kevin played a storming game to beat Conor Murphy. Next to finish was Nick with a loss having looked uncomfortable from the opening. John was very cramped but had some hopes of drawing but it was not to be. This left us 2½-1½ down with two to play and (on account of board count) needing two wins. However, this looked more than possible as Michael was won and Alan was having an up and down game. Not much later Alan dropped a rook and it was all over. The final calamity befell Michael when he lost a won ending.

Ian

PS Thanks to Malcolm for his support.