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Berkshire Vs Oxfordshire Result U150

Wellington College (built as a national monument to the Duke of Wellington) had the honor of hosting the match.
Wellington College (built as a national monument to the Duke of Wellington) had the honor of hosting the match.
On 17th January our under grade 150 team won their Chiltern League match against Berkshire at Wellington College by 12 games to 4.

Two Cumnor players took part for Oxfordshire, Gareth Stevens who drew his game and Liam Glenn who got a win.

The team have won all three of their matches so far this season, but still have the return match against Buckinghamshire and the two matches against Hampshire to come.

Ray Cordon’s write up and the complete result can be found here.

Oxfordshire U150’s beat Buckinghamshire at chess

Oxfordshire took on Buckinghamshire in the Chiltern League on Saturday and returned home in triumph, with a 12-4 win.

Oxfordshire’s team contained two Cumnnor players, Gareth and Liam, who both won their games on boards 4 and 5.

For your interest, here is Gareth’s game which he described as “A couple of mistakes on both sides, but overall a good game – with a nice zugzwang at the end!”

The win puts Oxfordshire top of the League between the 4 county’s who make up the Chiltern League, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Hampshire. See the table and more information on the league here.

Ray Cordon has written a report for the Oxfordshire website which can be found here.

Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire
1 Kevin Hawkins 0-1 David Robson
2 Tom Rixon 0-1 Graham Cole
3 Richard Pomerenke 0-1 Geoff Rasell
4 Darrell Watson 0-1 Gareth Stevens
5 Yaqub Saeed 0-1 Liam Glenn
6 Greg Edmonds 1/2-1/2 James Cole
7 Default 0-1 Daniel Rowan
8 Eugene Bolduc 0-1 Richard Beckett
9 Richard Cranston 1/2-1/2 Malcolm Brindley
10 Ian Hall 0-1 Rod Langham
11 Andrew Hill 0-1 Zaid Marham
12 Gary Dawson 1-0 Kevin Henbest
13 Joan Gardner 1/2-1/2 Simon King
14 Troy Jitman 0-1 Bill Stanley
15 Ramesh Boury 1/2-1/2 Gary Reynolds
16 David Brown 1-0 Steve Rumsby
Match played on 25 Oct 2014. 4-12