Perfect 10

The ‘C’ team have started this season just like the ‘B’ team did last season – with 10 points from 10 boards. This image is used under Creative Commons terms and is sourced from owenkoghai’s Flickr photostream

This week John Kerrane provides us with a report on Monday night’s League 2 action which saw Hebden Bridge ‘C’ continue with their perfect start to the new year.

On Monday evening, Hebden Bridge ‘C’ took on Halifax ‘C’ in an ‘away’ fixture that was played at the Trades Club due to Halifax’s venue being unavailable. Two early wins by Dave Sugden and John Kerrane on boards 2 and 4 were encouraging, but the rest of the team seemed to be in some trouble against a strong Halifax ‘C’ side. However, they fought back and, despite some time trouble, in the end the team won the match 5-0. This was a rather less comfortable win than the scoreline suggests.
The individual results were:

Halifax ‘C’ vs. Hebden Bridge ‘C’
A. Whiteley 0 – 1 J. Blinkhorn
B. Wadsworth 0 – 1 D. Sugden
P. Moss 0 – 1 M. Syrett
J. Nicholson 0 – 1 J. Kerrane
M. Randhawa 0 – 1 T. Sullivan
0 – 5

The ‘D’ team were genuinely at home on Monday evening, but they did not fare so well against a very strong Courier ‘B’ side, despite a default by the visitors. Although none of the games were finished quickly, the greater experience of the Courier side told in the end, and the visitors won the match 4-1.
The individual scores were:

Hebden Bridge ‘ D’ vs. Courier ‘C’
N. Bamford 0 – 1 P. Hughes
R. Deravairere 0 – 1 G. Thompson
J. Todd 0 – 1 J. B. Smith
D. Crampton 0 – 1 P. Jacobs
K. Dickinson 1 – 0 DEFAULT
1 – 4

Josh Blinkhorn has kindly supplied us with the moves and some entertaining annotations to his action-packed game with Andrew Whiteley.