Last League Matches of the Season for HA1 and HA3

HA1 needed an upset to avoid relegation. Graham B assures us that relegation is now certain unless one of the second division teams refuses promotion.

12 Apr		Heathcote Arms 1		v	Wigston 1
				1 - 4
1	B	192	Sharpe, Graham	0 - 1	Byron, Alan	197
2	W	168	Bray, Dave	0 - 1	Burrows, Martin	190
3	B	167	Ganger, Rajan	0 - 1	Morley, Andrew	178
4	W	156	Hewitt, Sean	½ - ½	Ward, Alan	162
5	B	156	Cowley, Michael	½ - ½	Dodds, Iain	157

On Wednesday, at Oadby, HA3 played their socks off. Heavily outgraded, Michael was a pawn up going into the endgame and looked like taking his second win in a row.
Gary opened well and was, at one point, close to mating his opponent.
Drew held his own and at one point had a better position than his 125 opponent.
Drew, Gary, and Michael have all improved markedly of late.
I was the last to finish. I was able to get a knight for two pawns, and then put lots of pieces close to a relatively unprotected king, eventually forcing mate.

13 Apr		Oadby 1		v	Heathcote Arms 3
				3 - 1
1	B	136	Candlin, Don	0 - 1	Ross, Colin	102
2	W	125	Pettitt, David	1 - 0	Bubb, Andrew	80
3	B	98	Williams, Ted	1 - 0	Sanders, Gary	80
4	W	72	Gutteridge, John	1 - 0	Bubb, Michael	60

Well done everyone.

HA2 face Kirby Castlers 1 away tonight - good luck.

Colin.