Sat 5th July, Moira Manager: Richard
Four East Midlands clubs contested the 14-point AC league at Ashby. This is a handicap competition for teams of 3 players, all single games with a time limit of 1hr 45 mins. Players from each club are ranked in order of handicaps, and each player plays the equivalent ranked player from each of the other three clubs, so everyone gets three games.
After two rounds Ashby were in pole position, having won matches 2-1 against both Leicester and Nottingham. Meanwhile, Leicester and Nottingham both beat Pinchbeck 2-1.
However, in the final round Pinchbeck stepped up a gear and beat Ashby 2-1, whilst Nottingham had an impressive 3-0 win against Leicester. As a result, Ashby and Nottingham both finished on two match wins, but Nottingham’s clean sweep against Leicester gave them an extra game win overall to ensure they finished as champions, ending Ashby’s four-year period of dominance (2021 to 2024).
Each player won at least one game during the day, but Mark Innes (Nottingham) was the only one to finish on 3 wins.
Teams:
Ashby: Adam Wheatley (11), Richard Sanville (12), Mike O’Brian (14)
Leicester: Owen Pugh (6), Richard Whiting (9), Anne Wright (22)
Nottingham: Mark Innes (9), Ant Graham (16), Peggy Deller (18)
Pinchbeck: Charles Ostler (4.5), Ken Knock (6), David Boxell (16)
Ashby 2-1 Leicester
Adam beat Owen 10-7
Richard S beat Richard W 14-6
Mike lost to Anne 7-9
Nottingham 2-1 Pinchbeck
Mark beat Charles 11-6
Ant beat Ken 14-7
Peggy lost to David 3-13
Ashby 2-1 Nottingham
Adam lost to Mark 8-9
Richard S beat Ant 14-1
Mike beat Peggy 14-6
Leicester 2-1 Pinchbeck
Owen beat Charles 14-2
Richard W beat Ken 14-6
Anne lost to David 3-14
Ashby 1-2 Pinchbeck
Adam lost to Charles 2-12
Richard S lost to Ken 6-14
Mike beat David 6-4
Leicester 0-3 Nottingham
Owen lost to Mark 3-14
Richard W lost to Ant 4-9
Anne lost to Peggy 9-14
Final placings:
1st Nottingham (2 match wins, 6 game wins)
2nd Ashby (2 match wins, 5 game wins)
3rd Pinchbeck (1 match win, 4 game wins)
4th Leicester (1 match win, 3 game wins)
