Bishops defend title this season

Introducing the Team

Jim Keene continues as captain for the 2017-8 season. The Bishops team are current Worcester & District League champions. The Division has one new team compared with last season: Stourbridge A. Kidderminster Rooks were relegated to Division 2. The team competes against other teams playing home and away: Kidderminster Knights, Malvern, Redditch A and Stourbridge A. Matches are over 4 boards. Time control is 35 moves in 1¼ hours followed by an additional 15 min to complete the game. Detailed league results are available for the recent seasons starting with the 2016-7 page.

2017-8 news

31 Oct. With captain absent, the team made a poor start to the season going down away to Redditch.

Worcester Bishops: captain: Jim Kene (tel 01905 458 417 ) For detailed match results, click on the score in the 2017-8 results column.
Date	Venue	Opponents	Result in 2017-8	Result in 2016-7
Tue 31 Oct	Away	Redditch A	lost 3 - 1	won 3 - 1
Fri 15 Dec	Away	Malvern		won 2½ - 1½
Wed 10 Jan	Away	Stourbridge A		no match
Thu 25 Jan	Home	Malvern		lost 1 - 3
Thu 1 Feb	Home	Stourbridge A		no match
Thu 15 Feb	Home	Kidderminster Knights		lost 1½ - 2½
Thu 15 Mar	Home	Redditch A		won 2½ - 1½
Wed 11 Apr	Away	Kidderminster Knights		drew 2 - 2