March So Far...

At the time of writing HA1 is five points clear at the top of Division 2.
So confident are they of promotion that they let me play for them on board 4.
Ray played a blinder.

04 Mar		Heathcote Arms 1		v	Braunstone 2
				3 - 2
1	B	178	Sharpe, Graham	1 - 0	Salisbury, Michael	159
2	W	141	Cowley, Michael	½ - ½	Bingham, James	146
3	B	140	Manger, John	½ - ½	Wells, Jeremy	139
4	W	107	Ross, Colin	0 - 1	Reid, Conor	128
5	B	92	Beach, Ray	1 - 0	Reid, Patrick	100

A strong HA2 wins away at Kirby.

06 Mar		Kirby Muxloe 1		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				1½ - 2½
1	B	140	Walton, David	0 - 1	Bray, Dave	176
2	W	135	Gray, Paul	½ - ½	Cowley, Michael	141
3	B	125	Townsend, Ray	0 - 1	Manger, John	140
4	W	124	McEachran, Ewan	1 - 0	Beach, Ray	92

Gordon was last to finish and achieved an impressive victory over Paul Martin.

11 Mar		Heathcote Arms 3		v	Braunstone 5
				1½ - 2½
1	B	80	Roberts, Bill	0 - 1	Closs, Guy	101
2	W	70	Urquhart, Graham	0 - 1	Barlow, Steve	89
3	B	65	Harbidge, Drew	½ - ½	Chen, Qiyuan	95
4	W	49	Milner, Gordon	1 - 0	Martin, Paul	88

HA2 is three points clear in Div 3 ahead of Market Harborough 1 and looks good for the silverware.

13 Mar		Market Harborough 1		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				1 - 3
1	B	161	Ilersic, Romilly	½ - ½	Ganger, Rajan	183
2	W	139	Oppenheim, Charles	0 - 1	Bray, Dave	176
3	B	121	Hatton, Paul	0 - 1	Booley, Graham	153
4	W	102	King, Robert	½ - ½	Manger, John	140

Tonight (Tuesday 18/03/14), HA1 are at home to Syston 1, and HA3 play at home against Braunstone 6 over 5 boards.

Well done everyone,

Colin.