Summer Cups and County Championships

This week, we were pretty busy with the first round of the summer cups:

Chapman Cup

We took an absolute pasting from a stronger Wigston side.

21 May		Heathcote Arms 2		v	Wigston 1		GD
				0 - 4			111
Handicap				1½ - 0
				1½ - 4
1	W	139	The Grinder	0 - 1	Cohen, Gerry	173	34
2	B	117	Not as big boss	0 - 1	Eastlake, Charles	125	8
3	W	67	Drew the younger	0 - 1	Winterton, Paul	106	39
4	B	50	Golf Man	0 - 1	Poulacheris, Darren	80	30

Horrid Cup

A more respectable loss.

23 May	Hinckley 1		W - B	B - W	Heathcote Arms 1
			5 - 3
1	130	Phillips, Howard	0 - 1	½ - ½	Mad Mike	146
2	128	Rayner, John	½ - ½	0 - 1	The Grinder	143
3	123	Smith, Jason	1 - 0	1 - 0	Raymondov	99
4	116	Rist, T	1 - 0	1 - 0	Golf Man	50

In the next round, we play at home to Wigston 1 before 21st June.



Wylie Cup

A win! HA1 often wins the Wylie outright. Could they do it again?

23 May	Wigston 2		W - B	B - W	Heathcote Arms 1
			2½ - 5½
1	173	Horspool, Philip	0 - 1	0 - 1	Sharpe, Graham	185
2	156	Dodds, Iain	0 - 1	½ - ½	Ganger, Rajan	178
3	146	Wylie, Stephen	½ - ½	0 - 1	Bray, Dave	167
4	137	Vaja, Ricky	½ - ½	1 - 0	Harrison, Peter	151

In the next round, we play at home to Willowbrook before 21st June.


County Championship News


Minor - Thursday 30th May 2013

This Thursday, I play black against Andy Carter; Golf Man plays white against Paul Findley; and Ray plays white against N Chalashkanov.

Major

The second round has not yet been drawn.

Challengers - Thursday 30th May 2013

The Grinder plays black against Andy Pike.

The Open

The second round has not yet been drawn.


Club Night

A club night is unlikely this week owing to the County Championship games at Wigston on Thursday.


Eastlake Vs Ross

Oh dear...




Afterwards, I was asked why I played 34...h5 rather than taking the knight on d2 (which appears to be en pris). Ok, I could have resigned already and h5 was rubbish, but 35 Rxc4+ Kd5 (or Kd6, or Kd7) 36 Rd4+ and then 37 Rxd2 Game Over.

Eastlake Vs Ross after 34 Rg4

























Well done everyone,

Colin

Drew Wins Junior Championship, Next Week's Matches, and CCs Minor Ross Vs Slater.

Leicestershire Junior Championships

Congratulations to Drew on winning the Under 13s Section.


Chapman Cup.

HA2 (We only have one team, but we asked to be known as HA2) will be playing at home to Wigston on Tuesday 21st.

Harrod Cup.

We play away at Hinckley on Thursday 23rd.

Wylie Cup.

We play away at Wigston 2 on Thursday 23rd.

Ross Vs Slater

Here is the game that Mick and I played at Wigston last night. This had been postponed from two weeks ago. Wigston were holding their AGM upstairs, but they kindly allowed us to use the bar:



Well done Drew,


Colin.

Final League Standings, and County Championship.

HA1 will be relegated to Division 2 following its final league match loss to Shepshed 2.

07 May		Heathcote Arms 1		v	Shepshed 2
				2 - 3
1	B	196	Sharpe, Graham	0 - 1	Henfrey, Robert	174
2	W	169	Bray, Dave	1 - 0	Jimenez, Alfonso	157
3	B	174	Ganger, Rajan	½ - ½	McDermott, Patrick	155
4	W	164	Hewitt, Sean	½ - ½	Farrall, David	157
5	B	151	Harrison, Peter	0 - 1	Sheahan, Sean	157

Our final standings are as follows:

Division 1

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GPD	Pts
1	Wigston 1	13	12	1	0	27	25
2	Shepshed 1	14	7	5	2	9	19
3	Melton Mowbray 1	14	6	2	6	0	14
4	Shepshed 2	14	4	5	5	-5	13
5	Wigston 2	14	4	4	6	-2	12
6	Braunstone 1	14	5	1	8	-1	11
7	Heathcote Arms 1	14	4	2	8	-9	10
8	Ashby 1	13	2	2	9	-19	6

HA2 finished mid table.

Division 3

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GPD	Pts
1	Syston 1	14	9	2	3	22	20
2	Willowbrook 2	14	9	1	4	17	19
3	Loughborough 2	14	9	1	4	8	19
4	Ashby 3	14	8	1	5	-2	17
5	Heathcote Arms 2	14	6	1	7	5	13
6	Wigston 4	14	5	2	7	-11	12
7	Kirby Muxloe 1	14	3	2	9	-13	8
8	Melton Mowbray 3	14	2	0	12	-26	4

As usual, HA3 was stuck, like a postage stamp, to the bottom of Division 5 (although, we did have a few wins).

Division 5

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	GPD	Pts
1	Wigston 5	16	12	2	2	22	26
2	Red Admiral 1	16	12	1	3	22	25
3	Braunstone 5	16	9	3	4	14	21
4	Syston 3	15	7	3	5	4	17
5	Ashby 4	16	5	3	8	-12	13
6	Braunstone 6	16	5	3	8	-4	13
7	Syston 4	16	4	2	10	-17	10
8	Kirby Muxloe 3	15	4	2	9	-13	10
9	Heathcote Arms 3	16	2	3	11	-16	7

County Champs

This year Graham S, Rajan, and Graham B are competing in the Open Section, The Grinder is competing in the Challengers and the Major. Raymondov and I are both competing in the Major and Minor, and, I think, Golf Man is joining the Minor late.

The Minor results from the previous week have not been published yet (perhaps because I have not yet played my game against Mick Slater), but I understand that Ray drew against Paul Findley.

This week, I was drawn (with the black pieces) against The Grinder - with predictable results:



On the same evening, Graham S played with the white bits against Rajan. I am told that Rajan won.

One of the last games going, was Mike Salisbury Vs Paul Deacon. R & K Vs R,K & P. There was a long struggle, but Paul was eventually able to convert the point.

No matches this week - maybe a few casual games at the Heathcote tonight, although Ray is otherwise engaged, and I probably will not be able to get there.


Well done everyone,


Four stone smaller and almost ready to run a 5K Boss.

This week's news and a game from Gordon.

Tuesday 7th May 2013

HA1 plays its last remaining league match of the season, on Tuesday, in what will probably be a relegation play off against Shepshed 2.

County Championship Competition

Two of the four sections began in Wigston last Thursday and the remaining two sections begin this coming Thursday.

Gordon's Game

Gordon has sent in one of his internet games from Gameknot and asks for constructive criticism of his play:



Good Luck to our first team,

Colin.