Monarchs v Friars

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 5 Mar 2020
Monarchs				Friars
Tim Wrigley	2	0-4	0	Roy Ellames
Dave Humphreys	5	4-0	4	Bill Burgess
Jonny Kearney	6	4-0	5	John Lydon
Tim Barmby	8	0-4	5	Dave Willey
	21	8-8	14
		29-22

Newcastle Uni v Tans

By far the most interesting game of the evening was Derek’s game against
Shawn Edgar Miranda. Particularly the ending, a tense Q,R and 3/4 pawns
which saw mate threats for both sides, Q & R face-offs where both sides looked
vulnerable. It seemed hard to me just watching, but I was not aware of any
mistakes made by either side. The game finished when Derek forced a perpetual
check. I think he had to in order to avoid a mate behind his own pawns on the h
file.

Match Played at the University Fri 28 Feb 2020
Newcastle University		Tans
Hanif Zaman	0-1	David Wrigley
Mez Benmaamar	½-½	Tim Wrigley
Shawn Edgar Miranda	½-½	Derek Harris
Abdulrahman Jalili	1-0	Steve Larkin
Mohammed Alsharif	0-1	Dave Humphreys
	2-3

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

Reivers v Monarchs

Match Played at Corbridge Thu 30 Jan 2020
Monarchs				Reivers
Peter Crichton	3	2-2	2	Tim Wrigley
Steve Larkin	5	4-0	5	Dave Humphreys
Christine Moorcroft	5	4-0	6	Johnny Kearney
Dave Foster Jnr	8	0-4	9	Tim Barmby
	21	10-6	22
		31-28

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

Christmas rapidplay

This event was held on Thursday December 19th, with 12 club members participating. There were 5 thirty-minute rounds, with the time divided between the two players on a handicap system, meaning that in some cases the weaker player had 27 minutes and the stronger one 3 minutes. Nonetheless the cream still rose to the top, with the 3 strongest players all finishing on 4/5. Tim Wrigley got the nod over son David and Peter Crichton by virtue of some arcane information on Peter’s pairing programme, thus avoiding the need for an Armageddon play-off. Well done, Tim!

Tans v Gateshead

Match Played at The Dyvels Thu 13 Dec 2019
Tans		Gateshead
David Wrigley	1-0	Andrew Robinson
Tim Wrigley	½-½	Kevin Cox
Peter Crichton	1-0	Bill Noble
Steve Larkin	1-0	Peter Wells
Dave Humphreys	0-1	Asa Bayran
	3½-1½

NCA Rapidplay

Tynedale were well represented at the NCA Rapidplay help in Forest Hall yesterday. Jonny, Dave H and Peter participated scoring 3/6, 2.5/6, and 2.5/6 respectively. Jonny (still ungraded) and Dave H (graded 99 but who came agonisingly close to scoring 50% against opponents with an average grade of 144) deserve particular mention for their efforts. It was an open event with a wide range of abilities playing in the same section which was highlighted by Peter meeting opponents graded 35 and 211 in consecutive rounds.

Dec 12th – Meet in the Dyvels

12 Dec 2019 is election day, and Corbridge Parish Hall is not available to us. The home match against Gateshead will take place in The Dyvels. The room allocated is not big enough for anything other than the match. The pub have indicated that will be happy for members not playing in the match to play elsewhere in the pub.

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