Grantham 1 lose at West Bridgford

Grantham 1 suffered a shock defeat at the hands of West Bridgford 1 to record their first loss of the season in the Nottinghamshire League. After winning 6 matches in a row with the loss of only 7.5 points, the defeat came as a surprise given that Grantham outgraded their opponents on 4 of the 5 boards. 
Nigel Birtwistle and Claudio Mangione drew their games on boards 1 and 2 and Paul Cumbers won on board 3. Unfortunately, Nick Payne and Ivan David lost on boards 4 and 5 to leave the result as 3:2 to West Bridgford.

West Bridgford 1	3:2	Grantham 1
R Richmond	½:½	N Birtwistle
T Walker	½:½	C Mangione
R Hearne	0:1	P Cumbers
R Webster	1:0	N Payne
R Truman	1:0	I David