6th team progress

The 6th team have won their first two matches!

We beat East Grinstead (2) away 4-1 back in January and last night Woodpushers (3) 4-1. We also narrowly missed out on points against Horsham (5) who just beat us 2-3.

Near 6th team misses

The 6th team was once again close to scoring some points in their last two matches.

The home game against Worthing 3 we lost 1.5 - 3.5, where I was a bit lucky to win and Michael Chau did well to earn a draw.

The away game against Horsham 4 we also lost 1.5 - 3.5 with Hussaini winning on top board and Sue drawing on board 2. Carl and Oli gained strong positions, but unfortunately could not convert, and the less said about my game the better!

No more matches until next year so lets hope we can get some points in 2013.

Progress and opportunity

Congrats to the sixth team in their match against Haywards Heath 2 (average grade 135) and also to the fifth team who pulled off a similar feat against Worthing 3 last Monday (average grade 142). With 2-3 scores they didn't quite win but these results prove we can surprise the best of the third division. I hope we can continue as far as possible to field our strongest teams early in the season, giving our promoted teams the best chance of staying up and the sixth team a good run for its money.

Meanwhile e2e4 Brighton is filling up with 90 entrants so far. Two weeks to go if you still want to join the dozen or so members already signed up. This is always a very well run event and, well, why not? Eat your sandwiches on the seafront and it's as cheap as it gets!

Having lost 5-0 to the fifth team the week before, the sixth team were unlucky not to score with a 3-2 loss against St Francis & Haywards Heath 2 last Thursday. Thanks to Andrew S, Bob, Carl, Maria and Oli L.