Heavily outgraded in all four matches, getting just one point may seem to be quite good in retrospect. In fact, Bristol had chances in all the matches, but the breaks did not go our way.
The pleasure gained from Graeme Buckley's nice win over Bernard Cafferty lasted all of thirty seconds until Dave Collier's resignation put us one point behind again. Robert McFarland should have won but blundered, and had to bail out with a perpetual. At 4-2 down, Chris Beaumont and David Moskovic both tried manfully to save a point but had to agree draws in the end.Bristol 1 BCM 1 w S Ansell 2400 0-1 J Mestel 2 b C Cobb 2275 0-1 J Richardson 3 w C Beaumont 2298 =.= M Lyell 4 b G Buckley 2285 1-0 B Cafferty 5 w D Moskovic 2248 =.= D Friedgood 6 b D Collier 2245 0-1 Z Harari 7 w R McFarland 2257 =.= D W Anderton 8 b M Buckley 2055 =.= H Milligan 3-5
Bristol 2 Wood Green 2 1 b N Jakubovics 2210 =.= A Law 2328 2 w S Buckley 2144 =.= A Norris 2332 3 b A Easton 2160 0-1 B Tiller 2380 4 w D Hodge 2120 0-1 G Lee 2319 5 b S Dilleigh 2055 0-1 J Henderson 2170 6 w D Grossett 2048 0-1 S Wastney 2155 7 b C Hanley 2110 =.= D Tan 2165 8 w S Tidman 1752 0-1 Z Lazhevskaya 2040 1.5-6.5
Bristol
2's 100% record finally came to an end against a seriously strong Wood
Green 2nds. Sophie Tidman went straight for the throat as usual, and this
time came unstuck. Simon Buckley had the better of things but had to settle
for a draw in the end. Craig Hanley managed a draw on his Bristol debut,
but David Hodge's first outing was less successful as he was ground down
by Graham Lee.
Sunday, Round 6
Bristol 1 Home House 1 b S Ansell 2400 0-1 J Hodgson 2565 2 w G Buckley 2285 0-1 D Norwood 2535 3 b C Beaumont 2298 =.= J Gallagher 2519 4 w C Cobb 2275 0-1 M Hennigan 2430 5 b R McFarland 2257 =.= A Mortazavi 2380 6 w D Collier 2245 0-1 R Tozer 2305 7 b D Moskovic 2248 0-1 D Hassabis 2176 8 w M Buckley 2055 1-0 R Hennigan 2215 2-6
A
disappointing result from a match that started well. Outgraded once again,
we were delighted to get early draws on two of our 'black' boards: namely,
Robert McFarland and Chris Beaumont. Melanie Buckley had a stunning victory
over Rita Hennigan, while Graeme Buckley had a good position against David
Norwood. But the GM kept wriggling, fought his way back and Graeme's position
collapsed. David Moskovic was the last to finish, in a game where there
seemed more chat over the board than action on it.
Bristol 2 Witney & Swindon 1 w N Jakubovics 2210 =.= A Hunt 2297 2 b D Hodge 2120 0-1 M Devereaux 2290 3 w A Easton 2160 =.= T Headlong 2270 4 b S Buckley 2144 1-0 R Haydon 2200 5 w C Hanley 2110 1-0 D Hackett 2220 6 b D Grossett 2048 0-1 M Rose 2130 7 w S Dilleigh 2055 0-1 R Churm 2147 8 b S Tidman 1752 1-0 L Smith 1616 4-4
There's
always a good dose of friendly rivalry in Bristol v Witney matches because
Witney was formed by a group of ex-Bristol players. This was the first
time that Witney had faced the Bristol second team and so it was pleasant
to take a match point off the "Witney Houstons" when the ratings were so
much in their favour. Stars of the show were Simon Buckley (who wanted
to know why the opposition were called the Witney Houstons - can I really
be that old?), Sophie Tidman - who quietly demolished Lucy Smith - and
Craig Hanley - who completed a good weekend for himself while showing great
patience in winning the last game to finish.
Of
the two Bristol debutants in the second team - Hodge and Hanley - Craig
Hanley had much the better weekend, clocking up a point and a half. David
Hodge failed to score, but he did face some very tough opposition - his
time will come.
Bristol 1 has started sliding towards the relegation zone, but there are plenty of other teams there with us; things should get clearer after the next weekend. It cannot be denied that we missed Karl Mah (who was busy with course work) which meant that others all had to move up. Robert McFarland proved a good replacement, drawing both his games.
Bristol 2 were disappointed to lose their 100% record, but it was to a very strong Wood Green side. Witney were also strong on paper, and a draw against them was a very good result.
4NCL 1998/9 - Division 1 Crosstable - After Round 6
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GPts
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Slough 1sts |
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38.5
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2
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Wood Green 1sts |
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27.0
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3
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Invicta Knights 1sts |
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25.5
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4
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Barbican 1sts |
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24.0
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5
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Bigwood 1sts |
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29.5
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6
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Richmond |
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21.0
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7
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NW Eagles |
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20.5
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8
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Barbican 2nds |
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21.0
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9
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Bristol 1sts |
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20.0
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10
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Wessex |
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19.5
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11
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Home House |
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22.0
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12
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BCM |
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19.5
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4NCL Division 2, 1998/9 Crosstable After Round 6
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GPts
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White Rose |
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30.0
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2
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Guildford |
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32.5
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3
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Coulsdon & P |
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28.5
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4
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Bristol 2nds |
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24.5
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5
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Wood Green 2nds |
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28.0
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6
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Witney |
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28.0
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7
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S Wales Dragons |
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27.5
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8
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Bigwood 2nds |
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24.5
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9
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Kings Head |
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22.5
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BCCA |
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17.5
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11
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Slough 2nds |
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19.5
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12
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Nidum Knights |
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19.5
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13
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Gwent Dragons |
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17.0
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14
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Invicta Kts 2nds |
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16.5
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| 1 | Oct 24 | Bristol 1 | 4-4 | Invicta Knights 1 | Invicta Knights 2 | 3½-4½ | Bristol 2 |
| 2 | Oct 25 | Barbican 2 | 2-6 | Bristol 1 | Bristol 2 | 5-3 | Slough 2 |
| 3 | Nov 21 | Slough 1 | 7-1 | Bristol 1 | Gwent Dragons | 3-5 | Bristol 2 |
| 4 | Nov 22 | Bristol 1 | 4-4 | Wessex | Bristol 2 | 4½-3½ | SWDragons |
| 5 | Jan 23 | Bristol 1 | 3-5 | B.C.M. | Wood Green 2 | 6½-1½ | Bristol 2 |
| 6 | Jan 24 | Home House | 6-2 | Bristol 1 | Bristol 2 | 4-4 | Witney & Swindon |
| 7 | Mar 20 | Bigwood 1 | v | Bristol 1 | Bigwood 2 | v | Bristol 2 |
| 8 | Mar 21 | Bristol 1 | v | Richmond | Bristol 2 | v | B.C.C.A |
| 9 | May 1 | Wood Green 1 | v | Bristol 1 | |||
| 10 | May 2 | Barbican 1 | v | Bristol 1 | |||
| 11 | May 3 | Bristol 1 | v | NW Eagles |