C crushed by A

by | Feb 23, 2025 | Results

The Crown Hotel, Eamont Bridge was the venue for our A versus C derby match. The games got under way about 1 pm, all except board 4. Michael was supposed to be playing Dave H but Dave was nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, Dave lives only 5 minutes away so, a quick...

Mixed fortunes for Penrith teams

by | Feb 16, 2025 | Results

Penrith I were at Carlisle on Saturday, to play their second team in the Whitaker Cup semi-final, in their new venue on Abbey Street. Our team had the higher rating on all four boards so, if this were a league match, we’d be expected to win. However, in the...

B batters Maryport C on their home turf

by | Feb 4, 2025 | Results

We arrived at Maryport a bit late…two weeks late, in fact, as we had arranged this match for January 18th but their venue contacted captain, Andy Pringle, to say that they’d double booked. The soonest available Saturday was February 1st. I agreed to that...

C off the bottom and A on top

by | Jan 12, 2025 | Results

Penrith C were at home to Maryport B yesterday, in a match that we expected to lose but we almost won it!. Maryport’s board 1 was a new player to Cumbria, Jesmond’s Andy Trevelyan was a last minute replacement for his son, Sam. Unfortunately for Penrith,...

A bash B in Penrith derby

by | Jan 5, 2025 | Results

The Crown Hotel, Eamont Bridge was the venue for our A versus B derby match, won last year by our B team. This year our A team were out to avenge that defeat. All four games were very close, hard fought, long games but eventually, our A team started to get the upper...