Southport Chess Club News

  The junior and senior sections of the chess club will not meet on Tues 27th Dec, but we’ll be back again on Tues 3rd Jan.  All welcome.

The club blitz competition was played on Tuesday 20th Dec. Congratulations to Geoff Sage who won with a perfect score of 5 out of 5. Thanks to Charlie for bringing his wife’s excellent lemon drizzle cake. The results were: Geoff Sage 5 / 5 Phil Ramsey 4 Ken Payne 3 Charlie Fletcher, Iain Smith, Chris Kaye / Harry Pollock 2 Andy Williams, Danny Holmes 1 Thanks to all who played.  Have a good Xmas, see you next year.  Phil.

The 5th and final round of the Club Championship will be held on Tues 6th Dec.  The draw is: Ken Payne (2) vs Geoff Sage (3.5) Phil Ramsey (3) vs Danny Green (3) Charlie Fletcher (2) vs Jane Reece (2) Chris Kaye (1.5) vs Harry Pollock (2) Andy Williams (2) vs Iain Smith (1.5) Tony Yih (1.5) vs Barry Pursall (0.5) Louis Burt (2.5), Kevin Walsh (2) and Harry Baybutt (1.5) are unavailable and will have half-point byes. I hope you can all make it next week for an exciting conclusion and crowning of the Club Champion!

The results of Round 4, played on Tues 29th Nov were: Louis Burt 0-1 Phil Ramsey Danny Green 1-0 Charlie Fletcher Iain Smith 0-1 Ken Payne Jane Reece 0-1 Kevin Walsh Tony Yih 0-1 Andy Williams The other players received half-point byes. The standings after 4 rounds are: Geoff Sage 3.5 Phil Ramsey, Danny Green 3 Louis Burt 2.5 Ken Payne, Charlie Fletcher, Jane Reece, Andy Williams, Harry Pollock, Kevin Walsh 2 Chris Kaye, Iain Smith, Harry Baybutt, Tony Yih 1.5 Harris Khalid 1 Barry Pursall 0.5 The 5th and final round will be played next Tues (6th Dec).

  We have two teams in the Merseyside leagues.   Southport 1 play in Div 2.  The division is very competitive and we have done well to be mid-table so far with 2 wins and 2 losses.   Southport 2 has been re-born this season in Div 4 after a couple of years without a 2nd team.  Our new members have performed really well and we are currently top of the league with 4 wins and 1 loss!   Both teams have one more league match before we reach the Xmas break, the midway point of the season. All the detailed results, fixtures and league tables can be found on the MCA website which can be accessed from the ‘Leagues’ tab.

The results of the 3rd round games played on Tues 25th Oct are below.  Round 4 won’t be played until Tues 22nd Nov due to Merseyside league matches. Geoff Sage 1-0 Phil Ramsey Ken Payne 0-1 Louis Burt Chris Kaye 0-1 Danny Green Kevin Walsh 0-1 Jane Reece Harry Baybutt 0-1 Iain Smith Barry Pursall 0-1 Tony Yih 0.5-pt byes for Charlie Fletcher, Andy Williams, Harris Khalid and Harry Pollock. The scores after 3 rounds are: 3: Geoff Sage 2.5: Louis Burt 2: Phil Ramsey, Danny Green, Charlie Fletcher, Jane Reece, Harry Pollock 1.5: Iain Smith, Tony Yih 1: Chris Kaye, Ken Payne, Harry Baybutt, Andy Williams, Kevin Walsh 0.5: Harris Khalid 0: Barry Pursall Cheers, Phil

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