The RAC beat the Chelsea Arts Club 4-2 in the Cup
Natasha Regan v Richard Black 1/2 – 1/2
Stephen Meyler v Isambard Thomas 1/2 – 1/2
Trevor Dunmore v Mike Radcliffe 1-0
Paul Weston v Will Timbers 1-0
Robert Feather v Lino Mannocci 1-0
Richard Hughes v Marc Wolff 0-1
This week’s friendlies:
Wed 17 Oct 2018 HUR v MCC 4.5-1.5
Wed 17 Oct 2018 NLC v ROE 2-2
Two friendlies:
Tue 9 Oct 2018 ATH v MCC 1-4
Tue 9 Oct 2018 RAC v ROE 0.5-5.5
One Cup match:
Wed 10 Oct 2018 ORI/EIC v O&C 3.5-4.5
Match card (ORI/EIC first):
Sam Franklin 1- 0 Julio Brau
Yaroslav Voropayev 0.5-0.5 Peter Webster
IJ Parry 0-1 Chris Heath
Hamilton McMillan 0.5-0.5 Ian Coleman
Robert McClatchey 0.5-0.5 Anna York-Andersen
Luke King 0-1 John Godfray
Habib Amir 0.5-0.5 David Jones
Callum Lee 0.5-0.5 Adrian Bingham
The Reform Club at home beat the National Liberal Club 5-2 in the Cup
Full match card below:
Peter Evans 0.5-0.5 Nick Kirby
Mark Glover 1-0 James Whiteley
Danny Rosenbaum 1-0 Paul Chamberlain
Richard Saunders 1-0 Nigel Giffin
Nicholas Cron 0.5-0.5 Ben Widdicombe
Benedikt Koehler 0-1 Gordon Hamme
David Saunders 1-0 (walkover)
Nicholas Cron and Ben Widdicombe concentrating hard
The tense last game!
This year the National Liberal Club hosted the annual dinner and thy did it in fine style.
Champagne followed by an excellent meal followed by coffee with port and brandy.
Gordon Hamme gave an entertaining speech, and the trophies were presented.
Stephen Meyler of the RAC presented the Sheldon Marshall Trophy to David Longrigg, receiving on behalf of the MCC A team and then Danny Rosenbaum presented the Hamilton Russell Cup to Stephen who collected it on behalf of the 2017/18 winners the RAC.
David Longrigg with the Sheldon Marshall Trophy (HR secretary in the foreground!)
Gordon Hamme of the NLC with the HR Cup in the foreground
Stephen Meyler of the RAC
Hurlingham defeated The Reform 3-2 in the Cup
Match card below:
| 1 | W | Mark Woloshyn | 0 | 1 | Mark Glover |
| 2 | B | Stephen Quartermaine | 1 | 0 | Rob Forrest |
| 3 | W | Michael Yeoh | 0.5 | 0.5 | Paul Hendrick |
| 4 | B | Robert Gordon | 0.5 | 0.5 | Mehul Trivedi |
| 5 | W | David Mendes da Costa | 1 | 0 | David Saunders |
Another thoroughly enjoyable Knights’ Tour was held today and it was another close run contest.
Team Morphy and Team Chigorin ended up joint winners with both scoring 2 wins out of 3.
Many thanks to The Oxford & Cambridge, The RAC and The Reform for their terrific hosting and to John Godfray, Peter Lee and Henry McWatters for all their help organising the event.
Thanks above all to the players who made this such a convivial event. The teams are listed below:
Team 1: Chigorin
Trevor Dunmore (RAC)
David Openshaw (ROE)
James Whiteley (NLC)
Danny Rosenbaum (Reform)
Richard Jones (RAC)
Stephen Hunt (RAC)
John Curran (RAC)
Edina Seiben (ex LAN)
Team 2: Tal
Peter Lee (ATH)
Izzie Thomas (CAC)
David Shankland (ATH)
Ben Widdicombe (NLC)
Gordon Hamme (NLC)
Paul Hendrick (Reform)
Mark Taylor (LAN)
Tatiana Mallinson (CAC)
Team 3: Morphy
Henry McWatters (RAC)
John Godfray (O&C)
Robert Feather (RAC)
Habib Amir (ORI)
Alan Fishman (Reform)
Scott Samuel (RAC)
Lawrence Wilcox (RAC)
Anne Abel Smith (Reform)
Team 4: Capablanca
Ian Reynolds (MCC)
Wil Ransome (MCC)
Richard Hughes (RAC)
David Longrigg (MCC)
Richard Saldanha (ex O&C)
Alex Lynford (RAC)
Steve Phillips (LAN)
Janine Mackinlay (RAC)
The combined East India and Oriental team beat The Reform 6-1 in the Cup.
Sam Franklin 1-0 Richard Saunders
I.J. Parry 1-0 Mark Glover
Peter Haddock 1-0 Robert Forrest
Robert McClatchey 1-0 Paul Hendrick
Luke King 1-0 Ken Tweedie
Habib Amir 1-0 Alan Fishman
Michael Charlton 0-1 Emir Feisal
