Please note results details at foot of this report
12 Sept. Poole Captain Eric Sachs Reports:
On a most enjoyable night as the season commenced with the traditional curtain raiser, Poole beat Bournemouth 17-12 to win the trophy for the first time in 4 years. Quote from the losing captain Martin Simons “it was a great night, great venue, great spirit and some great chess and very well done to Poole”. Martin complimented his team on arriving by 7.15pm for the match and he had no withdrawals. His actual words….”proud and impressed”.
Winning captain Eric Sachs commented ‘ I am so proud of our team where 18 Poole club members took part and were supported ably by Wimborne and Ringwood players. It was a night when all the players came together, but it is lot of work arranging. Martin did much to bring all his players to the match and was very gracious in stepping down to even up the pairings on the top board. It’s nice to win at the time, and disappointing to lose on the night, but the overall success of the event and the spirit of 58 local players giving their best, playing chess, is the real winner. Special thanks to the helpers Steve Bailey, John Weatherlake, Adam Jaggard and Graham Morris for managing the bookstall etc and anyone else I have forgotten who supported the evening”.
In the main photo (top of this item) Martin, on the left passes the 2 Towns Trophy to winners Eric Sach’s Poole.
ps Many thanks to Poole for providing the excellent facilities and also the Captains – Martin Simons (Bournemouth) & Eric Sachs (Poole) who put so much work in to make the evening such a success. There were 62 on the night, of whom 58 took part
Result details
Bournemouth | v | Poole | |||||
No | Name | Club | Grade | Score | Name | Club | Grade |
1 | Bruce Jenks | Southbourne | 180 | 0-1 | Mike Duggan | Poole | 192 |
2 | James Forster | Southbourne | 176 | 0-1 | Ian Clark | Wimborne | 191 |
3 | Grzegorz Sawicki | Southbourne | 175 | 0-1 | Henryk Subaru | Unattached | 190 |
4 | Russ Pegg | Southbourne | 172 | 0-1 | Allan Pleasants | Wimborne | 190 |
5 | Reenen Du Toit | New Milton | 166 | 0-1 | John Weatherlake | Poole | 175 |
6 | David Bradley-Brock | New Milton | 159 | 1/2 -1/2 | David Fuller | Poole | 164 |
7 | Michael Williams | Southbourne | 147 | 0-1 | Martin Clancy | Ringwood | 152 |
8 | CANCELLED | CANCELLED | |||||
9 | Len Laker | Southbourne | 144 | 1/2-1/2 | Dragi Popovic | Poole | 146 |
10 | Richard Ursell | Highcliffe | 142 | 1/2-1/2 | Steve Pollyn | Unattached | 144 |
11 | Michael Litchfield | Southbourne | 139 | 0-1 | Tim Joyce | Wimborne | 140 |
12 | Ivan Willis | Bournemouth | 138 | 0-1 | Richard Smith | Poole | 137 |
13 | Steve Disney | New Milton | 132 | 1/2-1/2 | Simon Fox | Poole | 136 |
14 | Phil Sorensen | Bournemouth | 131 | 1-0 | Simon Patterson | Poole | 136 |
15 | Paul Errington | Bournemouth | 130 | 1/2-1/2 | Alan Tyler | Wimborne | 135 |
16 | Andrew Alderton | Bournemouth | 130 | 0-1 | Tarik Reghif | Poole | 132 |
17 | John Harris | Southbourne | 128 | 1-0 | Tony Leach | Poole | 130 |
18 | John Oldfield | Bournemouth | 128 | 0-1 | Adam Jaggard | Poole | 122 |
19 | John Belinger | New Milton | 124 | 1-0 | Mike Rutter | Poole | 117 |
20 | David Arorash | Southbourne | 115 | 0-1 | Graham Hillman | Wimborne | 114 |
21 | Chris Lane | Southbourne | 114 | 1-0 | Christine Roberts | Poole | 108 |
22 | Ron Salinger | Highcliffe | 109 | 1-0 | Tony Pritchard | Poole | 103 |
23 | Frank Hamilton-Taylor | Southbourne | 108 | 1-0 | Bryan Lose | Poole | 100 |
24 | Andrew Manson | Highcliffe | 105 | 0-1 | David Lewis | Wimborne | 100 |
25 | John Beasant | New Milton | 97 | 1/2-1/2 | Ted Paul (Junior) | Poole | 100 |
26 | Bill Page | New Milton | 95 | 1/2-1/2 | Greg Webb | Wimborne | 97 |
27 | Nigel Purry | Southbourne | 89 | 1/2-1/2 | Paul Trowbridge | Poole | 75 |
28 | Tim McCullagh | Southbourne | 86 | 1/2-1/2 | David Lockwood | Poole | 76 |
29 | John Jenkins | Highcliffe | 82 | 1-0 | Steve Bailey | Poole | 69 |
30 | Rachel Richardson | Highcliffe | 81 | 1-0 | Derek Jones | Bournemouth | 66 |
Score | 12-17 |