Challenge Match against Hemel Hempstead
21st September 2026
Played at Hemel Hempstead
| Match Score : | 15½ – 6½ | |||||||
| St Albans | Hemel Hempstead | |||||||
| Board 1 | Simon Roe | 118147G | 2244 | 1 – 0 | Ed Holland | 112845A | 2214 | |
| Board 2 | Ben Sommerbauer-Cornell | 327343L | 2080 | 1 – 0 | John Sharp | 118775C | 2087 | |
| Board 3 | Elia Karachaliou | 386257E | 2092p | 0 – 1 | Andrew Gilfillan | 145529B | 2076 | |
| Board 4 | Ryan Smith | 304869L | 2003 | 1 – 0 | Dietmar Sturmayr | 348406D | 2027 | |
| Board 5 | Ovidiu Bodnar | 274793F | 1962 | 1 – 0 | Steve Law | 114126A | 1943 | |
| Board 6 | Mike Lexton | 179196F | 1943 | 1 – 0 | Jon Beedle | 106513A | 1922 | |
| Board 7 | Stephen Grant | 242697D | 1896 | 0 – 1 | Alistair Taylor | 271075E | 1835 | |
| Board 8 | Adam Robinson | 267824L | 1886 | 1 – 0 | Kevin Chojnacki | 108336D | 1832 | |
| Board 9 | David Bower | 107067J | 1845 | 1 – 0 | Pete Morrisby | 362787B | 1775 | |
| Board 10 | Matt Kortekaas | 359971B | 1765 | 1 – 0 | Derek Simpson | 288847G | 1633 | |
| Board 11 | Oleksandr Vitvitskyi | 355512E | 1720 | ½ – ½ | Peter Dunks | 290605D | 1607 | |
| Board 12 | Ian Cross | 109134H | 1658 | ½ – ½ | Ian Bambrough | 350042B | 1556 | |
| Board 13 | Chris Pines | 253269E | 1628 | 1 – 0 | David Rollinson | 118179J | 1523 | |
| Board 14 | Stephen Taylor | 174884B | 1611 | ½ – ½ | Ian Wolstencroft | 314349B | 1459 | |
| Board 15 | Oliver McWilliams | 342301D | 1609 | 1 – 0 | Adam Lazenby | 391807F | 1440e | |
| Board 16 | Luca Calvia | 342640D | 1602 | 1 – 0 | Ed Holden | 365158H | 1416 | |
| Board 17 | Oliver Cuzick-Leigh | 380387K | 1593 | 0 – 1 | Mary Mackay-James | 360871C | 1306 | |
| Board 18 | John Baguley | 294222H | 1556 | 1 – 0 | Robert Giambrone | 292280A | 1314 | |
| Board 19 | Graham Branch | 327478A | 1555 | 0 – 1 | John Cooper | 316987L | 1294 | |
| Board 20 | Stephen Deland | 327973L | 1529 | 1 – 0 | Roman Wrzesinski | 329317J | 1272 | |
| Board 21: | Lee Dawson | 344120K | 1372 | 1 – 0 | Michael Bird | 380810F | 1227p | |
| Board 22: | Maurice Moore | 344049H | 1173 | 0 – 1 | Phil Lazenby | 391808H | 1200e | |