In awful weather conditions we made our Friday night excursion to Eastbourne,where we met highly graded opponents,who gave us a sound beating.
All games were still going after 2 hours – showing a valiant fighting spirit – but we were material down in every game.
Richard Moorhouse gained us our only score – shortly before Chris Heath finally resigned as time was called.
My thanks to all players, especially the drivers, who met driving wind and rain, hidden water deluges and road closures and diversions on the way home.
Submitted by Paul Richardson on 27 January, 2014 - 19:44
Unfortunately Uckfield were not able to field a full team for this match which gave us a 2 game lead but we still needed at least the one game, you never know...
The ECF has released the new grades on their website, Horsham members are listed below...
We were able to field a very strong Horsham 2 team on Thursday - so strong in fact that the captain was not able to play ;)
Chris Lowe 1/2 Dix Roberts 1/2
Mustapha Othman 0 Phil Stimpson 1
Martin Rowe 0 Paul Taylor 1
Callum Brewer 1/2 Amy Hoare 1/2
Paul Selby 1/2 Peter Harbott 1/2
Horsham 2 win 3.5- 1.5
Update : Paul Taylor was successful in his adjudication and this resulted in a nice overall result
In previous seasons Horsham have had to face Brighton in the first round of the McArthur Cup and have progressed no further. This year we had to visit their venue but to face a different team - Woodpushers...
Submitted by Mick Harris on 16 January, 2014 - 18:36
Horsham 3 won a second match within 5 days. This time against a spirited Worthing side who gained some valuable grading points. John Marshall and debutante Tim Pavlovic provided us with victories, whilst the top 3 boards drew.
Our next match will be away to Eastbourne 1at the end of January.
Full match details are:
Chris Heath (146) draw David Chilvers (135)
Mick Harris (146) draw Cassie Graham (125)
Nick Warren (143) draw David Wallis (126)
John Marshall (144) 1 - 0 Keith Guinness (113)
Tim Pavlovic ( 140e) 1 - 0 Phil Crompton (112)
Submitted by Mick Harris on 11 January, 2014 - 09:46
Horsham 3 registered its first point of the season with a convincing win over Brighton and Hove 3.
Chris Heath easily held Robin Jones in a Sicilian, before John Marshall, playing the Sicilian as Black (!!?) gained a piece and a first win for Horsham. This was followed by Richard's subtle sacrificial tactics on the Q side duping his opponent to succumb to a Kingside attack and defeat.
First off, thanks to Phil for the top quality pun. Secondly, I can report success for Horsham in the farthest-flung corner of Sussex...
6th team stalwart Dick Newman celebrates his 94th birthday today - he is quite possibly the most venerable graded player actively playing in the UK today. Congratulations Dick!
Wishing you all an exciting 2014..
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