Cumnor 1 had a tough away game on Monday night, playing against a strong City 2 side.
| City 2 | Cumnor 1 | ||
| 1 | Lee, Anthony (168) | 1 – 0 | Stevens, Gareth (143) |
| 2 | Biswas, Karl (149) | ½ – ½ | Glenn, Liam (129) |
| 3 | Yates, John O (141) | 1 – 0 | Alvarez, Francisco (118) |
| 4 | Brindley, Malcolm (137) | 1 – 0 | Cluley, Graham (118) |
| 5 | Brooke, Ian R (131) | 1 – 0 | Jones, Michael (117) |
| 6 | McLeod, Peter (133) | ½ – ½ | Bennett, Steven (108) |
| Match played: 4 Mar 2013 | 5 – 1 | ||
If you look at the grades, Cumnor 1 was outflanked on all boards, and we were suffering from two of our top players – Andrew Varney (143) and Mark Sayers (141) – not being available to play for us on the night.
Nevertheless, Steve and Liam performed well, capturing draws. Meanwhile, in what could have been a winning position, Graham made an unfortunate blunder ensuring the loss of a piece and forcing his resignation.
Although it’s never fun to lose 5-1, it looks like Cumnor 1 will escape relegation to division 3 as Cowley Workers remain a fair few points below us, and it seems unlikely that they will manage to bridge the gap.
This would mean that, for the first time in its history, Cumnor 1 will be remaining in the same division rather than yo-yoing up and down.
Here’s the latest standing of the OCA Division 2 teams:
