Still Not Over The Finishing Line ......

Last Wednesday saw the 'C' Team in action against Newcastle 'D' and needing a win to guarantee us at least a share of the Championship.  Things looked rosy to start with as Newcastle defaulted on Board 4. Unfortunately Emperor Ming then dragged them back into the match by playing his usual Fuckwit Opening and was duly polished off by Paul Clapham. Draws by myself and Richard resulted in the match being drawn 2-2. Next week we are at home to Kidsgrove 'B' where, realistically, a draw could still give us the Championship, with 3 games still to play, as other teams will be playing each other and taking points off each other.

Saturday saw the usual Fenton contingent of myself, Richard, Carl, Stuart and Emperor Ming travel to Birmingham to play for the Staffs Terriers against Warwickshire, where their top 8 boards all outgraded our Board 1.  Richard unfortunately lost his game but draws by Carl and Emperor Ming, plus a win for me, meant that Fenton contributed 2 of the Staffs total of 5.5 points. So yet another match where Staffs lost by the odd point and I'm still waiting to be on a winning side !!