Worcester & District Chess League
2017-8 Division 2: Redditch B are champions
| Worcester & District Chess League 2017-8 Division 2 |
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Won games |
Match points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redditch B | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16½ | 12½ | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Worcester Pawns | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | |
| Kidderminster Rooks | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14* | 13 | 8* | 7 | |
| Kidderminster Pawns | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12½ | 15½* | 10 | 6 | |
| Mercia | 6† | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11* | 8 | 6 | |
| Greenlands | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | |
| Droitwich | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | |
| Stourbridge B | 6† | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| * Includes defaulted board or match; † one match was declared void. | |||||||||
22 May. Kidderminster Pawns get an end-of-season win against Mercia
25 Apr. Kidderminster Rooks drew with Mercia.
25 Apr. Stourbridge beat Kidderminster Pawns
17 Apr. Redditch B increase their lead over Worcester in a draw with Mercia
10 Apr. Redditch B draw with Kidderminster Pawns and now top the table.
28 Mar. Greenlands follow up with a second victory, this time over Stourbridge.
25 Mar. Greenlands get first match win of the season with victory over Droitwich
22 Mar. Kidderminster Rooks beat Worcester Pawns probably scuppering their chances of glory this season.
14 Mar. Droitwich beat Kidderminster Rooks to jump into third position in the table.
28 Feb. Stourbridge B draw with Droitwich.
15
Feb. Worcester Pawns beat Greenlands.
7 Feb. Kidderminster Pawns inflict first defeat of Worcester Pawns.
6 Feb. Mercia beat Greenlands
30 Jan. Redditch B score another victory to top the division
24 Jan. Redditch B beat Kidderminster Rooks to draw level with Worcester Pawns on match points, but Worcester are still a nose ahead on games won. The match featured two first appearances of new players; one for each team.
11 Jan. Kidderminster Pawns and Greenlands both get first match point on the board with a draw in the New Year.
15 Dec. Worcester Pawns consolidated their position at the head of the table by beating Droitwich.
14 Nov. Kidderminster Pawns pop into third place with an away win against Greenlands.
13 Nov. Redditch beat Droitwich to join Worcester pawns on match points at the top.
30 Oct. Droitwich have an emphatic victory over Kidderminster Pawns.
24 Oct. Redditch beat Stourbridge
18 Oct. Stourbridge beat Kidderminster Rooks
17 Oct. Worcester pawns consolidate their top position with a win over Mercia
4 Oct. Worcester Pawns beat Stourbridge to go top of Division 2.
28 Sep. Redditch and Worcester Pawns draw.
27 Sep. The first match result is in - an emphatic win for Kidderminster Pawns in their local Derby
14 Sep. Annual Meeting. Kidderminster Rooks were demoted from Division 1 replacing Stourbridge who were promoted. Stourbridge have entered an additional B team into Division 2. Teams agreed to play each other once.
Team captains
- Droitwich: Captn, Arnold Kirkland
- Greenlands: Captn Richard Collett
- Kidderminster Pawns: Capn Mike Kitchen
- Mercia: Secy : Capn Kevan Ward
- Redditch B: Secy, Ian Clack
- Stourbridge: Capn Paul Sharratt
- Worcester Pawns. Captain Roger Yates