First defeat for chess team (From Kidderminster Shuttle)

First defeat for chess team

7:00pm Wednesday 10th December 2008 in Sport

CHESS: Worcestershire League’s First Division champions Kidderminster lost for the first time since March 2007.

Their 3.5-2.5 defeat at Malvern ended an unbeaten run of 13 games.

The team is missing Jim Friar, who is playing for Hagley, while John Wrench was also unavailable for this match.

Results (Kidderminster names first): M Bissell 0.5, B Turner 0.5; G Link 0, P Walker 1; F Pickett 0.5, G Herbert 0.5; D Close 0.5, J Knee 0.5; M Riley 0.5, P Yeadon 0.5; J Varilone 0.5, A Shaw 0.5.

In Division Two of the Worcester and District League Kidderminster Pawns drew 2-2 with Kidderminster Rooks.

Results: Close 0.5, Varilone 0.5; Riley 1, P Thomas 0; T Yates 0.5, K Durnell 0.5; D Digger 0, T Pountney 1.