Broadstairs 3½ Woodnesborough ½
| 1 | Reg Pidduck (107) | ½-½ | Steve Garrett (e82) |
| 2 | Bob Cronin (104) | 1-0 | David Seunarine (e53) |
| 3 | Josh Vaughan (98) | 1-0 | Daniel Allen (36) |
| 4 | Michael Doyle (81) | 1-0 | George Allen (36) |
Reg Pidduck writes:
BOARD 4. Captain Michael put his opponent’s king under threat from the start, even stopping him from castling. Finally young George resigned after a fierce attack from Michael’s knight and queen. 1-0 up.
BOARD 2. Our Bob also had a young opponent (they certainly bring them on well at the Woody club). Always in control, Bob duly won. 2-0 up.
BOARD 1. Steve Garrett’s estimated grade of 82 looked about correct after 15 moves as I was well in control. But then he played like a 110 and parried and found all the right moves to stop me breaking through and by move 37 I offered a draw which was agreed. Lovely game, Steve. Hope we play again soon. 2.5-0.5 up
BOARD 3. Daniel Allen also played well above his grade as he kept his game with Josh tight till quite late in the evening. Finally, Josh found a knight fork and Daniel’s position crumbled.
Result: a 3½-½ victory for Broadstairs. Now we have played 2 won 2.