We're nearing the end of the season now and it's going to be a top half finish for both the 5th and 6th teams this year. I regard this as a huge success team so well done to all of you.
 

01 Apr		Braunstone 3		v	Wigston 5
				3 - 1
1	B	139	Wells, Jeremy	1 - 0	Chalashkanov, Nikola	129
2	W	128	Reid, Conor	1 - 0	Eastlake, Charles	120
3	B	127	Hamby, Stephen	1 - 0	Hammond, Grant	109
4	W	122	Robinson, Anthony	0 - 1	McKiernan, John	110

An expected, if not disappointing result. Braunstone 3 are a very strong side this year.
A good result for John on board four though, well played John.
 

03 Apr		Wigston 6		v	Braunstone 6
				1 - 3
1	B	107	Cooper, Barrie	0 - 1	Reid, Patrick	100
2	W	102	Poulacheris, Darren	½ - ½	Read, Barry	100
3	B	104	Vaughan, Ben	½ - ½	Martin, Paul	88
4	W	69	Dean, Simon	0 - 1	Yang, Shangqing	59

Another disappointing result. We did the right thing though because if we'd have won, there's a chance we'd have got promoted!
Unfortunately, I didn't see any other games aside from Darren's bore draw at the end of the night.
Simon was first to fall with a disappointing loss to a talented junior player.
I then offered a draw after my opponent was short on time and was clearly going for three fold repetition after blowing my Kingside open.
Barrie lost out in a King and pawn ending after his own King was tied up with advanced pawns, leaving his opponent's King to mop up Queenside.

Ben Vaughan