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Play commences tomorrow at 2.00pm at Telford.

By contrast to the previous weekend of "Knights", which saw a lot of 3-3 and 3.5-2.5 results, the "Bishops" section saw no drawn matches and decisive results by at least 4-2 in most matches The Manchester Woodpushers team lead with two wins and 9 game points, closely followed by Oxford 2 on 8.5 with White Rose 3 and Barnet B on 8.

Yes, and Greater Woodpushers play Oxford 2 in round 3 which will be an interesting match

Table

Pairings round 3 and round 4

Greater Woodpushers beat Oxford 2 yesterday, White Rose 3 won but Barnet B lost

Greater Woodpushers and White Rose both won again today and are due to meet in round 5

The Longsons among 3 new players gives Greater Woodpushers a rating advantage over White Rose 3 today

Hard fought 3-3 draw Another very tough match for WR3 today actually, but that is a very good team - WR1/2 strengthening feeding down etc.

The two Div 3 divisions do seem to have ended up a bit lopsided, but I imagine it was impossible to predict.

Contrast today as WR3 lose 6 nil and GW win 6 nil

As GW have already played Warks 2, I wouldn't be surprised to see Warks 2 getting promoted

Ashfield and Barnet still in the mix though

Yikes! That's a bit of a statement from Warks 2. If GW keep that strength of team then they'll surely go up, no idea who will join them.

Round 7 on 9 March @ Warwick

31 The Rookies - - - Greater Woodpushers
32 Sussex Martlets 3 - - - Brown Jack
33 Warwickshire Select 2 - - - Barnet Knights B
34 Chessable White Rose 3 - - - The MASCeteers
35 Oxford 2 - - - She Plays To Win Lionesses
36 Ashfield 1 - - - Shropshire & Friends

Big match is Warks v Barnet, both on 10 points, as are Ashfield who play GW (on 11) on the Sunday

Round 8

31 She Plays To Win Lionesses - - - The Rookies
32 Shropshire & Friends - - - Sussex Martlets 3
33 The MASCeteers - - - Warwickshire Select 2
34 Barnet Knights B - - - Chessable White Rose 3
35 Brown Jack - - - Oxford 2
36 Greater Woodpushers - - - Ashfield 1

Warks drew with Barnet

Greater Woodpushers meet Ashfield today after both won yesterday, so the promotion picture should be clearer after today

Greater Woodpushers beat Ashfield narrowly, Warks and Barnet both lost

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:29 pm

Greater Woodpushers beat Ashfield narrowly, Warks and Barnet both lost

Helped by wins from their two female players.

Yes, both days too

Table

Round 9

31 Sussex Martlets 3 - - - Warwickshire Select 2
32 The Rookies - - - Barnet Knights B
33 Oxford 2 - - - Ashfield 1
34 Brown Jack - - - Greater Woodpushers
35 Chessable White Rose 3 - - - She Plays To Win Lionesses
36 The MASCeteers - - - Shropshire & Friends

Round 10

31 Warwickshire Select 2 - - - The Rookies
32 Greater Woodpushers - - - Sussex Martlets 3
33 Ashfield 1 - - - Chessable White Rose 3
34 Barnet Knights B - - - Brown Jack
35 Shropshire & Friends - - - Oxford 2
36 She Plays To Win Lionesses - - - The MASCeteers

Round 11

31 The Rookies - - - Sussex Martlets 3
32 Brown Jack - - - Warwickshire Select 2
33 Chessable White Rose 3 - - - Oxford 2
34 Greater Woodpushers - - - Barnet Knights B
35 The MASCeteers - - - Ashfield 1
36 Shropshire & Friends - - - She Plays To Win Lionesses

Greater Woodpushers win but very close for 2nd place

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Sun May 05, 2024 8:36 pm

Greater Woodpushers win but very close for 2nd place

I think it's settled. By drawing 3-3 in Round 10 Ashfield & White Rose 3 effectively put themselves out of the running. Both these teams now trail Barnet and Warwickshire Select by a point. In Round 11, Barnet face unbeaten leaders Woodpushers whilst Warwick Select have what looks like a very easy match against Brown Jack. Warwickshire have a huge lead on Board Average and I expect them to finish second.

The Rookies played Barnet in Round Nine and Select in Round Ten and whilst average ratings looked about the same they lost 4-2 to Barnet and 5-1 to Select. We (Ashfield) had hoped that Warwickshire might have slipped up - but they didn't!