Tuesday 11 May 2010

Grantham win Lincolnshire League Title

Grantham's Lincolnshire League team made it a hat trick of league titles for Grantham teams last night. Having secured the title after Lincoln failed to beat Spalding, Grantham then duly finished the season in fine style with a 2.5 - 1.5 win against Louth. With wins for Chris Cumbers and Grenville Wollerton with Georgio Pierbattisti drawing on top board. Ivan David lost a closely fought game.

Wednesday 5 May 2010

Grantham win 2 Divisions of Nottinghamshire League

Grantham I and Grantham II have both won their respective Divisions of the Nottinghamshire League.

Grantham I won Division I for the first time since the 2001/2002 season with and broke the hold that Nottingham University had on the Division for the last three years by a single point.



TeamPWDLFADfPnPt
1Grantham 1 (C)14102246.523.523022
2University 1141013462422021
3Gambit 1 14851403010021
4Ashfield 11472536.533.53016
5West Bridgford 1144283337-4010
6Newark 1144192941-1109
7Nottingham Central 1 (R)1424826.543.5-1708
8West Nottingham 1 (R)14211122.547.5-2505

Grantham II won Division 3 by 3 clear points


TeamPWDLFADfPnPt
1Grantham 2 (C)14112149.520.529024
2Ashfield 3 (P)1493241.528.513021
3Gambit 31482441.528.513018
4Newark 21472539.530.59016
5West Bridgford 2144553337-4013
6West Nottingham 21433828.541.5-1309
7Mansfield 2 (R)144192644-18-27
8West Nottingham 3 (R)14021220.549.5-2902

Grantham II also had a 25 month unbeaten streak come to an end with a 3.5 to 1.5 loss to newark 2 near the end of the season. Rather than causing a collapse, the loss seems to have spurred the team on to win their remaining matches to clinch the title.

Nottingham Congress Results

Local players were in action at the recent Nottingham Congress. In the Open Section, Paul Cumbers and David Coates came equal 8th position with 3 points, one point behnd four players who finished first equal. Dr. Giorgio Pierbattisti scored 1.5 in a very strong section.

In the Major Section, Ivan David scored 3 points for a share of 9th place with Ben Mason a point behind.

In the Intermediate Section, Chris Cumbers scored 2 points.