As reported in Martin’s newsletter No.62, Dorset and Wilts did not manage to raise a combined team to play in the West of England Counties Online Championship. At that time it was being suggested that some Dorset players might be eligible to play for Hampshire, e.g. by virtue of being born in Hampshire. Somewhere along the line, and unbeknownst to many of us, a combined Hants/Dorset/Wilts team emerged! The combined team is being captained by Ashraf Syed of Hampshire and is up against individual county teams from Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire and Somerset.
The first round was on Sunday 16th January and Hants/Dorset/Wilts faced Gloucestershire, with a couple of good results for Dorset players, but overall a heavy loss for the team. More details are on the West of England website.
| Gloucestershire | 11 – 5 Hants/Dorset/Wilts | ||||
| 1 | 2221 | Duncan Dicks | ½ – ½ | Allan Pleasants | 2047 |
| 2 | 2209 | Joey Stewart | 1 – 0 | Keith Gregory | 2027 |
| 3 | 2132 | Ian Robson | 1 – 0 | Richard Thurstans | 1955 |
| 4 | 2121 | Mike Ashworth | 1 – 0 | William Adaway | 1859 |
| 5 | 2061 | John Jenkins | 1 – 0 | James Chilton | 1838 |
| 6 | 1970 | Indy Southcott Moyers | ½ – ½ | Graham Stuart | 1765 |
| 7 | 1946 | Petru Tarabuta | 1 – 0 | Tim Jones | 1758 |
| 8 | 1942 | Alistair Macnaughton | 1 – 0 | Malcolm Steevens | 1745 |
| 9 | 1906 | Rob Ashworth | ½ – ½ | Chris McSheehy | 1731 |
| 10 | 1728 | Alex Carey | 1 – 0 | Ashraf Syed | 1718 |
| 11 | 1719 | Graham Brown | 0 – 1 | Jamie Doyle | 1712 |
| 12 | 1620 | Ainsley Killey | 1 – 0 | Patrick Pavey | 1700 |
| 13 | 1579 | Matt Reekie-Black | 1 – 0 | Amanda Jones | 1681 |
| 14 | 1502 | John-Paul McDonald | ½ – ½ | Phil Pinto | 1723 |
| 15 | 1500 | Joe Feeley | 0 – 1 | David Culliford | 1661 |
| 16 | 1377 | Vince Southcott | 0 – 1 | Kenneth Burns | 1660 |
