1st Round Results

The 7 first round matches were all very exciting with the required score being exactly achieved in 4 of them and one team winning by losing! The winning teams are in bold and the average team ratings in brackets..

Southbourne Seagulls (1586) 1½ – 4½ Highcliffe Fischers (1645) – Required Score 2½ – 3½

Bournemouth (1719) 4 – 2 Southbourne Sharks (1585) – Required score 4 – 2

Highcliffe Carlsens (1788) 2½ – 3½ Poole The Other One (1847) – Required score 2½ – 3½

Dorchester (1839) 4 – 2 Weymouth (1657) – Required score 4½ – 1½

Wimborne (1836) 3 – 3 Yeovil (1730) – Required score 4 – 2

Poole Position (1784) 4 – 2 Purbeck (1672) – Required score 4 – 2

Ringwood (1579) 4 – 2 New Milton (1533) – Required score 3½ – 2½

2nd Round Draw

Highcliffe Fischers had the best win in round 1 as it exceeded its required score by +1 so it receives an automatic bye straight through to the semi-finals. The other pairings are:

• Yeovil v Weymouth

• Ringwood v Poole Position

• Poole The Other One v Bournemouth

Matches are to be played by Friday, 31st May 2024

The 1st named team has the choice of venue.

Practicalities

The rules, including the rating handicap system, can be found here and via the main menu under B&DC League.

A Match Scoresheet can be found here.

The latest live monthly ratings will be used which will include games played up to the end of the previous month. So, as an example, if a cup match was played now, it is the fixed April 2024 rating that will count (and games played in April 2024 will not count).