HA2 Almost Win, but then Don't, at Braunsone 1.

Ben Vaughan (he of Wigston) reckons that I only write blogs these days when I have something to brag about...
This is utter nonsense, of course.


HA2 were playing away against Braunstone 1.Gordon and Ben showed up to support.


First, Ray lost to Mike Salisbury; then, against Richard Hanscombe, I managed my best ever win; Pete then beat John Robinson. Things were looking promising at this point, but then Mike's position, on board 1, collapsed against Paul Colburn. The match now rested on board 5 where Bill Roberts and Jez Wells were absolutely equal. Jez had, earlier, looked around the boards a couple of times and we think might have been considering a draw offer. It all went wrong for Bill under time pressure, however, in what had been a very close fight.  Pete said after the match that he had half been expecting a 5-0 defeat.

13 Jan		Braunstone 1		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				3 - 2
1	B	179	Colburn, Paul	1 - 0	Cowley, Michael	169
2	W	172	Robinson, John	0 - 1	Harrison, Peter	138
3	B	165	Hanscombe, Richard	0 - 1	Ross, Colin	108
4	W	153	Salisbury, Michael	1 - 0	Beach, Ray	93
5	B	140	Wells, Jeremy	1 - 0	Roberts, Bill	80

Colin.

Wigston 3 (1-4) Heathcote Arms 2

Following fast on the heels of Tuesday's HA1 defeat of Wigston 2, HA2 managed a 4-1 win against Wigston 3 on Thursday:

08 Jan		Wigston 3		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				1 - 4
1	B	139	Wylie, Stephen	½ - ½	Cowley, Michael	169
2	W	143	Pike, Andrew	½ - ½	Booley, Graham	160
3	B	132	Sim, George	0 - 1	Harrison, Peter	138
4	W	131	Chalashkanov, Nikola	0 - 1	Manger, John	132
5	B	124	Beasley, Neil	0 - 1	Ross, Colin	108

Here was my game against Neil Beasley: