Bragging Rights Shared

Ashby 4 held Ashby 3 to 2.5 - 2.5 draw in last night's Division 5 derby match, despite being significantly outrated on 4 of the 5 boards. Ashby 3, fielding 2 titled players in GM Brown and IM Maskery, were unable to make the rating difference count, with inspirational Captain Ric Dawson being the only player to score a full point on board 3, offsetting an Ashby 4 win on board 1 by Paul Mayer.

Ashby Calendar

All of the Ashby fixtures for 2026/2027 have now been added to the Club Calendar. You will need to be logged in to your Google account to view the Calendar and then add the Ashby Calendar to your own Google Calendar the first time you open it.

ECF September Newsletter

The ECF September Newsletter is now available and can be viewed here for mobile devices, or here for laptops and desktops.

Leicestershire v Derbyshire

Neil Roberts and Graham Bird both played for Leicestershire in their MCCU U1650 match against Derbyshire last weekend. Unfortunately the team lost by 10.5 - 5.5 and Neil and Graham both lost. Next up is an away match against Worcestershire on the 10th Ocober, with Steve, Graham and David Holmes all playing.

Club Championship Results

There were 4 matches played in the 5th round of the Club Championship on Thursday evening, with Chris Tipper beating Ollie Fordham, Paul Harrison beating Nick Wyld, Neil Roberts beating Ric Dawson and Dan Vernon beating Peter Anderton.

LRCA 2026/2027 Fixture Lists

The 20262027 Fixture Lists have now been published on the LRCA website. I will transpose these onto the Club Calendar as soon as possible.

Ashby 2 Fall Short In Harrod Cup

Despite a guest appearance from GM Mick Brown, Ashby 1 were beaten 5-3 in their final Harrod Cup match at Latimer on Wednesday evening, a result that sent Latimer into joint first place, along with Anstey, Ashby 2 and Market Harborough, However, after applying the first tie break rule - Game Point Difference - Market Harborough and Latimer were eliminated. With both Anstey and Ashby having identical GPD the second tie break - least number of defaulted boards - came into play. Once again, this could not separate the two teams so the third tie break - highest number of individual wins - came into play. This did produce a result, with Anstey having 22 and Ashby 17, so Anstey are this season's winners. Many congratulations to them.

It was a disappointing ending for Ashby 1, finishing third from bottom, with one win and one draw from their five matches.

Club Championship Results

There were 2 games played in the Club Championship this evening. Roy Evans beat Steve E., but the important top of the table game between Richard Vann and Tom Dove ended in a draw.

The Championship now hinges on the game beween Andrew Wilson and Tom Gerrard. If either of them win they will win the Championship by half a point. If they draw it will be a 3 way tie between Richard, Andrew and Tom G.