Played 11 June 2019, at Upminster
|
Board |
UPMINSTER A |
R1 |
R2 |
Loughton |
|
1 |
Martin McCall 184 r (B, W) |
½-½ |
0-1 |
Kevin Bowmer 188 r (W, B) |
|
2 |
Les Crane 178 r |
0-1 |
0-1 |
Bill Stirling 166 r |
|
3 |
John Davenport 174 r |
½-½ |
1-0 |
David Faulkner 161 r |
|
4 |
Robert Iannetta 160 r |
1-0 |
0-1 |
Graham Kershaw 141 r |
|
5 |
Steve Kelsey 174 s |
0-1 |
0-1 |
Simon Moth 144 r |
|
|
2-3 |
1-4 |
|
|
|
UPMINSTER A |
3-7 |
Loughton |
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The first match of this year’s competition and the first casualty, seeds UPMINSTER A going out to visitors Loughton. And not just a squeeze by the odd point!
Upminster were missing a couple of players, but still held a grading advantage of an average 14 points a board, yet the visitros had a shock for them. The Loughton bottom boards in particular did exceptionally well, overturning a 25 point grading deficit in scoring 3-1 and Bill Stirling’s double over Les Crane was also a key factor.
Both teams from this fixture have a Bye to the Semi-Finals of alternate realities. Loughton advance to the Semi-Final of the main competition, where they await the winners of Match J. UPMINSTER A go into the Plate Semi-Final and await the winners of Match Q.