Inter County Terriers Team (U120)

Team Captain: Denis Nesbitt

MCCU Under-120 Championship

First report by Denis Nesbitt (Capt)
Not a good start to 2012, but nevertheless special mention should be given to Karthik Selvan who was last to finish and won against his more experienced higher rated opponent.  Also to David Barker who, likewise, won in his first ever match representing the terriers.

I’ve also added below a summary very kindly provided by Abby Sergeant, who attended as a reserve and cheerleader, so my gratitude extends to Abby and the rest of the team who gave up another Saturday afternoon in the name of Staffordshire chess.

Cheers
Denis

Report by Abby Sargeant (Club Sec for Meir)
The first match of 2012 with the Terriers was going to be a late start.  However, by 1.50pm and a full team for Staffordshire it looked like another promising win.  Into the first 20 minutes of play we had our first loss, followed by an unfortunate drastic game on the table behind.  The next hour proved interesting as I watched Fenton, Cheddleton, Newcastle and Cannock battle it out and take draws, wins and three losses against Warwickshire.  With the final two boards reaching a time of 4.45pm it was suitably a quick finish for both teams.

With tea, coffee and biscuits on offer in the next room, I could see most players needed revival whilst analysing their games.  Thanks to Pauline Woodward Warwickshire captain.

Bye for now
Abby Sergeant

	Grade	Warwickshire			Terriers	Grade
1	119	John Donovan	½	½	Denis Nesbitt (Stafford)	119
2	118	Pauline Woodward (Warley Quinborne)	½	½	Peter Shaw (Newcastle)	116
3	117	Harvey Quail	½	½	John Montague (Cannock)	115
4	116	Stuart Black (Warley Quinborne)	1	0	Nicholas PA Wright (Newcastle)	110
5	115	Wilf Morgan	½	½	Alex J Cartlidge (Cheddleton & Leek)	108
6	113	Guy Greenland	1	0	Paul Shelley (Cheddleton & Leek)	105
7	111	Graham Gee	½	½	Stuart E Hull (Fenton)	105
8	110	David J Reeves	1	0	Carl K Mustafa (Fenton)	99
9	106	John Pakenham (Warley Quinborne)	0	1	David J Barker (Stafford)	99
10	102	Peter Hughes (Warley Quinborne)	1	0	Stuart Green (Meir)	91
11	101	Bill Dixon (Boldmere)	1	0	Peter R Tideswell (Fenton)	85
12	98	Bramwell Garner	0	1	Karthik Selvan (Bloxwich Juniors)	UG
		TOTAL	7½	4½

 
This year, the Terriers have a new captain, Denis Nesbitt who will already be well known to many of you.  Twice in the last four years, the Terriers reached the National quarter finals.  In spring 2009, they fought Kent, and in spring 2008 they played Suffolk.

Matches are played on Saturday afternoons, with no adjournments.  If you are interested in playing, I'm sure Denis would like to hear from you.  Please get in touch - contact details in the left hand column.