Recent Results and Fixtures for this Week.

 By drawing with Ashby, HA1 maintain a three point lead at the top of Div 2.

16 Jan		Ashby 1		v	Heathcote Arms 1
				2½ - 2½
1	B	185	Agnew, Alan	½ - ½	Sharpe, Graham	178
2	W	177	Dove, Tom	½ - ½	Hewitt, Sean	166
3	B	156	Vann, Richard	½ - ½	Booley, Graham	153
4	W	157	Evans, Roy	½ - ½	Peter the President	156
5	B	144	Hayden, Lawrence	½ - ½	Mad Mike	141

HA3, however, got absolutely panned.

14 Jan		Heathcote Arms 3		v	Wigston 6
				½ - 5½
1	B	92	Raymondov	0 - 1	French, Barry	115
2	W	80	Maconnachie, Richard	½ - ½	Winterton, Paul	111
3	B	80	Urquhart, Graham	0 - 1	Hammond, Grant	109
4	W	78	AWOL Hacker	0 - 1	McKiernan, John	110
5	B	65	Harbidge, Drew	0 - 1	Poulacheris, Darren	102
6	W	49	Golf Man	0 - 1	Ben Wotsisname	104

Tonight, HA3 are at home to Ashby 4, whilst HA1 are away to Braunstone 2.

On Wednesday, HA2 are away at Thurnby 2.

Colin

All 3 Teams in Action this week

Let me start by apologising to those people who went to the Arms on Tuesday instead of to Braunstone. This was my fault.

Having torn across town to beat the 8PM default cut off, HA3 were able to draw the match. Richard won his second game for us, and Drew was able to draw against impressive opposition.

07 Jan		Braunstone 5		v	Heathcote Arms 3
				2 - 2
1	B	101	Closs, Guy	½ - ½	Beach, Ray	92
2	W	89	Barlow, Steve	0 - 1	Maconnachie, Richard	80
3	B	95	Chen, Qiyuan	½ - ½	Harbidge, Drew	65
4	W	60	Lo, Matthew	1 - 0	Milner, Gordon	49

HA1 were on fine form at home. This was Pritpal's first game for us - which he followed up with a blindfold game against Stewart.

07 Jan		Heathcote Arms 1		v	Loughborough 2
				4½ - ½
1	B	178	Sharpe, Graham	½ - ½	Glover, John	139
2	W	183	Thethi, Pritpal S	1 - 0	Hickman, Peter	126
3	B	176	Bray, Dave	1 - 0	Adcock, Terry	121
4	W	156	Harrison, Peter	1 - 0	Gordon, Stewart	52
5	B	141	Cowley, Michael	1 - 0	**DEFAULT**	?

I was the weakest link away at Ashby on Thursday when I gave away a free pawn in what had been a very drawish position.

09 Jan		Ashby 3		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				2½ - 1½
1	B	142	Gibson, Paul	1 - 0	Harrison, Peter	156
2	W	136	Reynolds, David	½ - ½	Booley, Graham	153
3	B	134	York, Russell	0 - 1	Manger, John	140
4	W	118	Armstrong, Victor	1 - 0	Ross, Colin	107

This coming week, HA2 has a rest; HA3 play at home on Tuesday against Wigston 6 (where there may even be a chance to see the Lesser Spotted Ricketts), and HA1 play away at Ashby on Thursday.

Well done everyone.

Colin