A slightly weakened Richmond B team faced a visit to Surbiton B, the strongest team in Division 2. They had declined promotion to Division 1 this season.
On the lower boards at least, things, not unexpectedly, didn’t go well.
Surbiton B | Richmond B | ||
1 | Jasper Tambini 192 | 0:1 | Bertie Barlow 167 |
2 | David Scott 191 | ½:½ | Sampson Low 155 |
3 | Tony Stewart 179 | 1:0 | Raghu Kamath 157 |
4 | Nick Faulks 169 | 1:0 | Adrian Waldock 146 |
5 | Steve Kearney 164 | 1:0 | Masoud Molazadeh 126 |
6 | Heiko Cassens 159 | 1:0 | Lewis Low 94 |
7 | Liam Bayly 152 | 1:0 | Huw Williams 97 |
5½:1½ |
What great results for Bertie and Sampson, though! Well done!
Surbiton B had previously beaten Staines A 6½:½ and Wimbledon B 6:1 so at least we did better than their previous opponents.
Surbiton’s Steve Kearney tweeted:
“It was a very friendly and sporting match and the final match score belies how close the games were. My opponent played very well and I was pleased to squeeze a win at the end. Hope my opponent and his team Richmond have a very good season.”