B batters Maryport C on their home turf

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

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

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...

Xmas Blitz 2024

Our Christmas Blitz competition was held on Wednesday December 18th at the Crown Hotel. We had eight players at 7:30 pm so decided on a  double round robin with 5 minutes on the clock. Everyone paid £1 entry and the winner would take all. The games began immediately...

C team lose at Carlisle

After eventually, finding somewhere to park, five of us arrived at the Social Club, Spencer Street, Carlisle, to play Carlisle B. Captain, James Ovens, asked if we could play a 5 board match, to which I replied “Of course we can.” The first board to finish...