Broadstairs 2 Herne Bay 2
| 1 | Reg Pidduck (107) | 0-1 | Paul Johnson (113) |
| 2 | Bob Cronin (103) | 1-0 | Ronnie Melhuish (96) |
| 3 | Michael Doyle (90) | 0-1 | Eddie Ridley (64) |
| 4 | Michael Jenkinson (83) | 1-0 | John Heath (48 ) |
Reg Pidduck writes:
BOARD 4 – A NEW SUPERSUB. Last minute sub Michael J. got us off to a flying start with a win against John Heath inside an hour and a half.
1-0 to us
BOARD 3 – CUT AND THRUST. Every time I glanced at Michael’s game, first one then the other looked in control. Then Michael went an exchange up. I looked again and then Eddie was looking the more dangerous. In the end Eddie wore our Michael down.
1-1
BOARD 2 – A GREAT WIN. I have always thought Ronnie a very difficult opponent and he always plays better than his 96 grade suggests so our Bob needed to play a solid game against him and Bob came up trumps gaining control with a pawn advantage that Ronnie could not stop.
2-1 to us
BOARD 1 – A CAPTAIN’S INNINGS? SADLY NOT. Early exchanges were even until Paul gained a centre pawn. I then had to withstand a constant attack to try and maintain a position but to no avail as Paul captured my king.
2-2 draw Played 3 Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 1