SCCU U2050: Essex 11-5 KentAt Wanstead. First v second, final match of the SCCU stage. Essex would retain the SCCU U2050 Championship with a win or a draw; Kent would steal the crown with a win and relegate Essex to third to boot. The Kent squad was average 1895, but they found Fortress Wanstead was […]
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Having emerged from the AGM in June with absolutely no County teams personnel at all, the ECA is happy to announce that the four rating-limited teams entered for the County Championships now have team captains and, what’s more, one deptuty team captain. Team Captains for 2023-24U2050 – Michael Spurr; Deputy Captain, James Robinson;U1850 – Mark […]
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SCCU U1650: Essex 10½-5½ SurreyAt Wanstead. At the start of play skipper Malcolm was bemoaning the loss of some of his top players who were available for the original match date back on October 1st but not for the rescheduled match. On paper, Surrey out-rated Essex over the top 10 boards, but Essex won by […]
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SCCU U1850: Essex 10-6 KentAt Wanstead House Essex fielded their strongest team of the campaign, but Kent held the edge by nine points a board. At one point in the early results Essex were two down and it was not until the eighth result in the match, at 4.25 pm, that Essex U1850 took the […]
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Mark Murrel reports on another Essex double. SCCU U2050: Surrey 7-9 EssexAt Cheam. The U2050 team became the first qualifier for the ECF Counties Championships with two matches to spare after a steady-as-she-goes away win against Surrey at Cheam; and its still November! Only Kent and Middlesex can now catch run away leaders Essex if […]
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U1650 Match v Surrey, 1 October, at Wanstead Saturday’s U1650 match v Surrey at Wanstead, has been postponed to 10 December. The train strike resulted in only four players willing to travel from Surrey. The U2050 match, also at Wanstead start 13:30, is still on, though keep an eye on this page, in case. Links: U1650 […]
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Another County Championships campaign is in the starting blocks: the SCCU Fixtures are out. Follow the links below for the list for each team. Put them in your diary now, before you forget! Essex teams have been entered in the four rating-limited sections – U2050 (defending national champions), U1850, U1650 and U1450 (defending national champions) […]
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SCCU U1850: Essex 7½-8½ Middx At Wanstead. Essex appeared to be set for a comfortable home win, 4 points up with five games still in play; just one more point needed. But one by one, Middx pulled back the deficit until they completed an amazing turn around to steal the points, winning the last five […]
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SCCU U2050: Essex 9½-6½ MiddxAt Wanstead. A good, solid performance from the U180 national champions (a long while ago, wasn’t it!) at home to familiar opposition. Essex found a new player as a late replacement on Board 8 for a successful debut. The new wider rating bands allowed Essex to complete a 16 board team […]
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SCCU U1850: Surrey 7½-8½ EssexAt Cheam. Despite conceding a point by default, Essex started the comeback competition with an away win. Full details with a selection of games, on the U1850 page (link below). Other match: Kent 9½-6½ Middx SCCU U1450: Essex 9-3 SurreyAt Wanstead. The visitors gave Essex a three game start with defaulted […]
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