We were without our captain for our match against Hackney but still managed to field a pretty strong team against evenly matched opposition.
The results didn’t go in our favour this time and Hackney ran out 6:4 winners.
| Hackney 1 | Richmond | ||
| 1 | Richard Bates 225 | 1:0 | Iain Gourlay 228 |
| 2 | John Reid 211 | 0:1 | Callum Kilpatrick 222 |
| 3 | Dave Ledger 208 | 0:1 | Mike Healey 217 |
| 4 | Bob Eames 206 | ½:½ | Mark Josse 214 |
| 5 | Richard Britton 204 | 1:0 | Andreas Wetscherek 193 |
| 6 | Rob Willmoth 202 | 1:0 | Caspar Bates 200 |
| 7 | Kevin Bowmer 188 | ½:½ | Martin Benjamin 181 |
| 8 | Piro Balluglo 176 | 0:1 | John Bass 176 |
| 9 | John Tennyson 175 | 1:0 | John Burke 175 |
| 10 | Tobias Baumann 175 | 1:0 | Chris White 180 |
| 6:4 |
A round of applause to Callum, Mike and John Bass on their wins, and to Mark and Martin for splitting the point.
You can see Mike’s game here.
We wish Hackney all the best for the rest of the season.