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After seven losses on the spin, the U140 got a monkey off their back, in style, winning away to Sussex by the convincing margin of 10-6. The match had the additional interest of what may be the first mother and son in an Essex team together.
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The Open team, were also away, to Surrey at Ashtead, but were less fortunate, going down 9-7. Read more...

The final result of the opening quartet of matches leaves the County with an overall 50% record, the U120 team having lost at home to Herts by 3½-8½. Details and stats..

Three of the County's teams have already been in action, with a decent start to the SCCU campain. The only casualties were the U140 team, going down 10-6 to Middlesex, but the U160 team and the U100 team, national champions, both had good wins, the former 9-7 away to Middlesex and the latter 8-4 at home to Surrey.
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The finals of the two Knockout competitions took place on 28th September, when Barking retained the Sims Trophy with a 9½-2½ win over Ilford.

Meanwhile, Upminster, one point behind after the first round, came back strongly to defeat Basildon, winning the second round 4½-2½ for an overall victory by 7-5.

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The Essex A team assembled by Ivor Smith for the ECF Counties Rapidplay blew away the opposition to win the event with 37½/48 and a margin of 9½ points over Middlesex. A measure of the team's success was that they also finished second in the Handicap event.

The Essex B team with its eye on the Handicap prize scored 15½. Read More...

Barking pulled off a most extraordinary turn around in an archetypal "match of two halves", in their KO semi-final at home to Writtle. After a disastrous first round Barking trailed 1½-4½, but in the second round, pulled from the hat not just a rabbit, but a dove, a bunch of flowers - you name it - in winning 5-1 for an unlikely overall score of 6½-5½; a reversal that totally stunned the visitors. Read more...

Barking now meet Ilford in the final, which we understand is provisionally arranged for 28th September. Activities: Knockout

Thurrock, having to overcome a deficit of four points, were unable to raise "a reasonable team" and conceded their final Group 1 match against Basildon without a fight. Basildon progress to the Plate Final against Upminster. Knockout

David Millward has published the fixtures for the Essex Chess League 2010-11 which can be accessed via the League Index (link follows). A couple of new website features are planned, so watch this space! League Index

The first qualifiers from the two round robin groups in the Plate are Upminster, who collected the minimum five points they needed with a 7-5 away victory against Roding & Loughton. One match remains in Group A, between Basildon and Thurrock, fixed for 16th September, to complete the Plate final pairing.

The main Knockout competition is in a similar state, where Ilford, having accounted for Wanstead on board count, await the winners of the other semi-final between Barking and Writtle - a repeat of the last year's final. 

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