by Andy | Apr 21, 2024 | Results
Originally, this match was to be a 4 board match but Maryport announced, at short notice, that they had a player drop out and couldn’t get a replacement. Our team was to be Ciso, Yousef, Richard and Teo so, rather than someone not get a game, I asked Teo and...
by Andy | Mar 17, 2024 | Results
Our C team made the long journey to play Barrow at their home venue, the Navy Club. Barrow’s team consisted of Cumbria’s highest rated player, Matthew Mackenzie, Russ Hayley and Alan Llewellyn. The match started just before 2 pm and what seemed like 5...
by Andy | Mar 1, 2024 | Results
After Ulverston came to Penrith to beat our Penrith II team in the first round, they were drawn at home in the semi-final against Penrith I so, reluctantly, Penrith I made the journey to them on a cold, wet Monday evening with three players; we did have 4 but one fell...
by Andy | Feb 25, 2024 | Results
Our A team were home to a tough Carlisle B team on Saturday. Despite some stiff resistance, our A team managed to overpower the visitors, dropping only half a point. Holden, on board 2, met tough opposition in the form of Ian Mackay, who has upset many a strong player...
by Andy | Feb 22, 2024 | Results
For this match, the second friendly against Keswick this season, we were the home team. Again, I tried to match our players strength to theirs but perhaps I underestimated theirs. As last time, it was to be a 5 board match to be played on our club night with, at...
by Andy | Feb 11, 2024 | Results
Although we had many players unavailable for this match, we still managed to populate 4 boards and as you’d expect, our A team out-rated our C team by quite a margin. Board 2, between Yousef, playing in his first ever over the board match and Eggert, was first...
