I have three losses, a postponement, and, finally, a win to report today.

On 9 January our TVC team made the long journey to face a strong Maidenhead B team.

1. Simon Foster (1949) 1:0 George Milligan (1554)
2. Steve Piercey (1882) 1:0 Roger Scowen (1710)
3. John Snead (1725) 1:0 Andreas Maroulis (1493)
4. Stephen Briggs (1690) 1:0 Ron Bilkhu (1340)
5. William Castaneda (1714) ½:½ Viorel Scobioala (-)
6. Yuri Krylov (1518) ½:½ Ollie Taylor (1404)

Welcome to Viorel on his first match for Richmond and congratulations to both Viorel and Ollie on their draws.

On 10 January our Fred Manning Trophy team welcomed Chessington B to the Adelaide.

1. Steve Payne (1569) 1:0 Graham Legg (1535)
2. Mike Robinson-Chui (1442) 0:1 Kevin Martin (1437)
3. Ron Bilkhu (1404) 0:1 Edward Jenes (1429)
4. Julian Bedale (1117) 0:1 Henry Cramer-Todd (-)

Well done to Steve, whose win prevented a whitewash.

The TVX match scheduled for 10 January between Surbiton D and Richmond E was postponed. I’ll add the date to the Fixtures Page when I have it.

On 16 January our Ellery Williams Trophy team visited Wimbledon, who outgraded and outplayed us.

1. Craig Fothergill (1841) 1:0 Steve Payne (1569)
2. John Polanyk (1706) 1:0 George Milligan (1539)
3. Omar Selim (1422) ½:½ Mike Robinson-Chui (1442)
4. Paul Lickman (1481) 1:0 Ollie Taylor (-)

This time it was Captain Mike’s job to prevent the whitewash.

Finally, some good news!

On 17 January Richmond D scored a big win against Ealing D in Division 3 of the Thames Valley League.

1. Alex Shard (1752) 1:0 Subas Subbaraj (1515)
2. Barry Sutton (1614) 1:0 Lewis Crook (1475)
3. Dan Donohoe (1490) ½:½ David Websdale (1464)
4. George Dokic (1369) 1:0 David Hasen (1292)
5. Laurie Catling (1362) ½:½ Neville Rowden (1247)
6. Julian Bedale (1125) 1:0 Jason Neish (1236)

Congratulations to everyone on a great result!

Thanks to all players who took part in these matches, and, especially, to the match captains, for organising the teams and transport!