Broadstairs 3½ Bridge ½
| 1 | Andy Flood (e114) | 1-0 | Cal Hewitt (111) |
| 2 | David Wheatley (106) | 1-0 | Graeme Boxall (98) |
| 3 | Reg Pidduck (104) | ½-½ | Ian Redmond (86) |
| 4 | Bob Cronin (101) | 1-0 | Ray Rennells (82) |
Reg Pidduck writes:
Board 3: Lost advantage. This game looked quite even at first until Reg blocked in Ian’s rook, which he then had to swap for a bishop and two pawns. So still even? The endgame revealed no advantage for Reg’s rook so in desperation he swapped it for Ian’s knight but to no effect and the game was drawn.
½-½
Board 4: Pawns galore. During the first hour of play I kept looking over to Bob’s game and he seemed to be picking off Ray’s pawns at will. With such a great advantage he swapped off as many pieces as possible and won comfortably.
1½-½ to us
Board 2: David wins again. After an even game, David finally got an advantage by swapping off the last two main pieces which gave him an extra pawn. With his king in a good position, he was able to win.
2½-½ to us
Board 1: Draws declined. Once we had won the match, Andy asked for a draw in a very even game with which was declined. From then Andy’s position got better and better so Cal asked for a draw which then Andy declined and he duly won in crushing style.
3½-½
A terrific win