Tans v S Shields B

What a strange evening. As I opened the front door of the Parish Hall, the alarm went off.
Absolutely deafening, but nobody in Corbridge seemed too concerned.
After a few phone calls, the caretaker arrived and turned the alarm off, but not before I had
had gone into panic mode.
Many thanks to Tim Barmby & John Morgan who both played at short notice.

Match Played in Corbridge Parish Hall Thu 13 Feb 2020
Tans		S Shields B
Tim Wrigley	0-1	Brian Towers
Peter Crichton	1-0	Kevin Rowden
Dave Humphreys	0-1	Dave Campbell
Tim Barmby	0-1	Lewis Self
John Morgan	0-1	Eddie Czestochowski
	1-4

Morpeth B v Tans

Match Played at Morpeth Rugby Club Wed 22 Jan 2020
Morpeth B		Tans
Martin Seeber	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Phil Eastlake	0-1	David Wrigley
Bob Mitcheson	0-1	Peter Crichton
Alan Welsh	1-0	Steve Larkin
John Horton	1-0	Dave Humphreys
	2½-2½

Tynemouth C v Tans

Match Played at Tynemouth Tue 26 Nov 2019
Tynemouth C		Tans
Simon Matthews	0-1	David Wrigley
Christian Smith	1-0	Tim Wrigley
Keith Marshall	½-½	Steve Larkin
Andrew Perella	1-0	Dave Humphreys
Alex McFarlane	1-0	Jonny Kearney
	3½-1½

Tans v Forest Hall D

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 14 Mar 2019
Tans		Forest Hall D
Derek Harris	0-1	Ian Rook
David Wrigley	1-0	Mehdi Mazarei
Steve Larkin	0-1	Alex Brodie
Dave Humphries	0-1	Jamie McIntosh
David Foster	0-1	Ryan Duff
	1-4

S Shields B v Tans

Match Played in South Shields Thu 28 Feb 2019
South Shields B		Tans
Brian Towers	1-0	Derek Harris
Kevin Rowden	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Dave Patterson	0-1	James Ross
Konstantinos Decidimonous	1-0	Ian Mackay
Eddie Czestochowski	0-1	Peter Crichton
	2½-2½

Tans v Tynemouth C

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 14 Feb 2019
Tans		Tynemouth C
Derek Harris	0-1	Antonio Moneva-Jordan
Tim Wrigley	0-1	Gary Cornwall
Peter Crichton	½-½	Christian Smith
Steve Larkin	0-1	Alex McFarlane
Dave Humphreys	1-0	Joe Murray
	1½-3½

Gosforth Salters v Tans

The Tans had to field a weakened team, but called in David Wrigley to help.
The match went right down to the wire. Playing without increments and needing to win, David Wrigley’s game went to a tense endgame scramble, his speciality.
Elsewhere Tim & Peter had tame draws. Dave Foster Jnr was heavily outgraded on Board 5, played well, but two pawns lost in a sharp exchange proved fatal.
Dave Humphreys had the better of an awkward Q, R & pawn endings, but was caught by a perpetual check, a fine draw that could so easily have been a win.
Although Gosforth Salters are bottom of the league they are a strong team, and this is a point won, rather than one lost. Well played all, especially David Wrigley and Dave Humphreys.

Match Played at Gosforth Mon 28 Jan 2019
Gosforth Dalters		Tans
Ray Devenney	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Dave Baynes	0-1	David Wrigley
Paul Sumner	½-½	Peter Crichton
Martin Beardsley	½-½	Dave Humphreys
Alistair Ridley	1-0	Dave Foster Jnr
	2½-2½

Tans v Forest Hall C

The NCA Second division is a competitive league, both teams put out strong teams, and this was a hard fought match.
Briefly, Derek lost a rook, a mistake with little time left on the clock, defending against a marching passed pawn.
My (Tim’s) opponent resigned in a position with chances for both sides. It seemed premature, but he was about to lose the exchange, and I think he just didn’t know what to do. He could have tried to exploit an open file and an exposed king, and then play for either a win or a perpetual check.
James won, his pawn ending technique proving better than his young opponent.
Ian surprised me a little, he accepted a draw, and from 4 boards away I thought he had chances in a Bishop(same colour)& Pawns ending.
Peter also surprised me, I thought he was losing, but suddenly appeared with a win. Not sure what happened.
So a good win, 3½-1½, and some rather odd games.

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 17 Jan 2019
Tans		Forest Hall C
Drek Harris	0-1	Stuart Skelsey
Tim Wrigley	1-0	John Wall Jnr
James Ross	1-0	Ciaran Mcdonald
Ian Mackay	½-½	Paul Charlton
Peter Crichton	1-0	John Wall Snr
	3½-1½

 

Gosforth Ivy v Tans

Another hard match, but this time lady luck was smiling on us. Tim was completely outplayed by John Wheeler, but John made one mistake, and lost a bishop and the game. Elsewhere James was short of time, and accepted a draw when offered by Dave Stebbings. Ian was lucky to escape with a draw after misplaying a 2R v R&B ending. So, lucky point for the Tans.

Match Played at Gosforth Mon 3 Dec 2018
Gosforth Ivy		Tans
John Wheeler	0-1	Tim Wrigley
Dave Stebbings	½-½	James Ross
Paul Costello	½-½	Ian Mackay
Bob Heyman	½-½	Peter Crichton
Ted Jarah	1-0	Dave Humphreys
	2½-2½

Tans v Tynemouth B

 

Match Played at Corbridge Tues 22 Nov 2018
Tans		Tynemouth B
Tim Wrigley	1-0	Keith Rockett
Peter Crichton	0-1	Paul Edwards
Steve Larkin	0-1	Steve Burnell
Bruce Reed	0-1	Dave Hair
Dave Humphreys	1-0	Ray Garside
	2-3