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Challenge Match - 13th September 2005 |
PAGE DATE: 21-Sep-2005 |
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Wanstead & Woodford |
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President's team |
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John Duggan 177 (B) |
½-½ |
Jeff Goldberg 176 (W) |
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Larry Marden 172 |
½-½ |
Ivor Smith 172 |
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John Philpott 150 (res) |
½-½ |
Kevin White 168 |
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Ian Hunnable 165 |
0-1 |
David Millward 166 |
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Mark Murrell 151 |
0-1 |
Howard Grist 162 |
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Nayeem Syed 143 |
½-½ |
Sid Kalinsky 157 |
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Paul Barclay 140 |
0-1 |
Dave Pearse 157 |
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Graham Brown 132 (res) |
1-0 |
Roy Heppinstall 154 |
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Philip Staniland 137 |
½-½ |
Aidan Corish 150 |
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John Keehner 131 |
0-1 |
Mark Weighell 148 |
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Dave Rawlings 128 |
0-1 |
Steve Abbott 139 |
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Bob Heyman 125 |
0-1 |
David Payne 133 |
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David Gibbs 112 |
0-1 |
Ken Groce 124 |
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Sid Burns 95 |
½-½ |
Joe Rosenberg 123 |
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John Niewerf |
½-½ |
Mike Cresswell 115 |
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Daniel Niewerf |
0-1 |
John Campbell 106 |
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4½-11½ |
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Report by John Philpott
After the successful revival of the pre-season Essex League Champions v President's team match at Writtle in 2004, Wanstead & Woodford, who had won both Division 1 and Division 2 in 2004/5 accepted a challenge over 16 boards. Unfortunately, Wanstead were not at full strength on the night. Their problems were compounded by the non-arrival of the scheduled boards 3 and 8, leading to Essex President John Philpott having to step in to play for his club against the President's team. With a substantial grading advantage from board 5 onwards, the President's team were clear favourites, and wins were secured on a regular basis to secure a comfortable victory. Graham Brown, the second Wanstead reserve, scored the one victory for the club despite being half an hour down on the clock and the exchange down on the board, but Nayeem Syed very nearly pulled off a second win before allowing Sid Kalinsky to wriggle out of a pawn down rook ending in the last game to finish.
JAP
