Richmond D (last year’s Richmond C, but as Richmond D gained promotion the teams have swapped names) opened their campaign back on 1 October at home to a higher graded team from Harrow. (This was, in effect, last season’s Harrow B, but as Harrow A withdrew from the league it’s now the only Harrow team. I do hope you’re paying attention and keeping up with all this.)

	Richmond D		Harrow
1	Alex Shard 142	½:½	Mary Deans 129
2	Omar Anbargi 108	0:1	David Wray 121
3	Richard Sleep –	1:0	Alan Marshall 120
4	Laurie Catling 90	½:½	David Stott 116
5	George Dokic 87	½:½	Phil Humphry 108
6	Jim Anandajeyarajah 81	0:1	Jennifer Goldsmith 97
		2½:3½

An excellent performance, but not quite enough for a result. Richard’s comeback continued with another win, while there were creditable draws for Laurie and George against stronger opposition, along with another half point from Alex.