Broadstairs 2 Ramsgate 5
| 1 | David Faldon (170) | ½-½ | David Williams (152) |
| 2 | Alan Gosman (149) | 0-1 | Geoff Williams (148) |
| 3 | Paul Carfrae (132) | 0-1 | Steve Guy (139) |
| 4 | John Couzens (131) | 0-1 | Brian Westover (138) |
| 5 | Andy Flood (e114) | ½-½ | Malcolm Snashall (127) |
| 6 | David Wheatley (106) | 1-0 | Chris Wand (114) |
| 7 | Reg Pidduck (104) | 0-1 | Bob Wallace (96) |
David Faldon writes:
Our third match, our third defeat. Disappointing, because we usually beat our local rivals at home but this match was always going to be more difficult than usual. We were missing several of our best players and Ramsgate managed to bring six of their top seven. The match got off to a bad start for us when Alan, out of practice, dropped a piece right in the opening. He struggled on, however, and after 90 minutes or so we even took the lead when David on board 6 completed an excellent win. This was as good as it got, though. Andy on board 5 was next to finish. He had a great position for most of the game but he missed something in time pressure and had to agree a draw. Ramsgate then scored three times without reply on boards 2, 3 and 4 and we were 3½ to 1½ down with two to play. We had chances on boards 1 and 7 but despite pushing right to the last pawn our players were unable to come up with the two wins we needed. Reg on board 7 even managed to lose in the end when he snatched a very poisoned pawn. Congratulations to the Ramsgate team on a deserved victory. I hope we can put up more of a fight in the return fixture next March.