A win, a draw and a loss to report from this week’s matches.

Let’s start with Surrey this time. On Monday our Fred Manning Trophy team travelled to Wimbledon, returning with a draw.

1. Yichen Zhang ½:½ (-) Jack Thompson (-)
2. Shahyan Ali (1355) 0:1 Steve Payne (-)
3. Nicholas Roets (-) ½:½ Mike Robinson-Chui (1442)
4. Winston Qiu (1238) 1:0 Julian Bedale (1117)

Well done to Steve for a good win.

The same evening our TVB team faced Kingston A, and, as expected, suffered a heavy defeat.

1. Peter Lalic (2314) 1:0 Jon Eckert (1895)
2. Vladimir Li (2099) 1:0 Andrew Hebron (1992)
3. Will Taylor (2060) ½:½ Bertie Barlow (1940)
4. David Rowson (2047) 1:0 Pablo Soriano (1790)
5. Julian Way (2025) 1:0 Sampson Low (1827)
6. Alan Scrimgour (2014) 1:0 Simon Illsley (1786)

Congratulations to Bertie on his draw.

Finally, our TVA team scored a comfortable win against Surbiton B, bringing their score up to 4/6, having played half their league matches.

1. Paul Dupré (1983) ½:½ Mike Healey (2250)
2. Angus James (1972) ½:½ Chris Baker (1956)
3. Nick Faulks (1956) 0:1 Maxim Dunn (1909)
4. Malcolm Groom (1832) 0:1 Jon Eckert (1895)
5. Alexey Markov (1703) 0:1 Ian McLeod (1894)
6. Robin Browne (1727) ½:½ Maks Gajowniczek (1800)

Great wins there from Maxim, Jon and Ian. Always good to avoid defeat on any board.

Maks has written a report which I’ll publish separately.

Thanks to everyone for playing in these matches.