Cheshire Board Results for 2011
The annual Cheshire Board match between St Albans and Watford took place on Tuesday 27 September at Watford.
The match was played over 17 boards. St Albans turned over a big grading differential (288 ECF points total) to draw the match 8½ - 8½.
The draw means that St Albans retain the trophy for another year.
The detailed results were as follows.
| Col. | Bd | Watford | Grade | Result | St Albans | Grade | Grade diff. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | T Venkataramanan | 215 | 1-0 | Geoff Hollis | 188 | 27 |
| B | 2 | Edward N Holland | 202 | 0-1 | Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell | 187 | 15 |
| W | 3 | Andrew M Stone | 198 | 1-0 | David Bower | 165 | 33 |
| B | 4 | Jerry F Rudge | 186 | 1-0 | Gwyn Havard | 161 | 25 |
| W | 5 | Liam Hylands | 181 | 1-0 | Ian Cross | 154 | 27 |
| B | 6 | Roger Lancaster | 178 | 0-1 | Paul Laskier | 147 | 31 |
| W | 7 | Mace Carnochan | 167 | 0.5 | Tim Acton | 137 | 30 |
| B | 8 | Steven R Smith | 167 | 0-1 | David Phillips | 134 | 33 |
| W | 9 | Simon Charles | 144 | 0.5 | Terry Douse | 133 | 11 |
| B | 10 | Chris J Byrne | 139 | 1-0 | Andrew Marsh | 132 | 7 |
| W | 11 | William Broome | 138 | 0.5 | John Leake | 131 | 7 |
| B | 12 | Chris Russell | 136 | 1-0 | Ed Magee | 131 | 5 |
| W | 13 | Philip Abbott | 127 | 0-1 | Richard Walsh | 122 | 5 |
| B | 14 | Nick Blinko | 124 | 0-1 | Phil McConnell | 120 | 4 |
| W | 15 | Roger DJ Kearns | 121 | 0-1 | Austin McMahon | 117 | 4 |
| B | 16 | David J Healy | 116 | 1-0 | Peter Baker | 92 | 24 |
| W | 17 | P Hylands | Ung. | 0-1 | Angelo Colacino | Ung. | 0 |
| Total: | 8.5-8.5 | Total: | 288 | ||||
| Average difference: | - | 14 |
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