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Shrewsbury A’s title hopes were all but extinguished after they found themselves on the wrong side of a 3.5-1.5 scoreline away to super-strong Newport A. Jamie Hopkins’ side were without the services of Peter Kitchen on board 4, so Dan Lockett moved up to board 4 and Ivor Salter, fresh from his impressive performance against… Continue reading A Team lose ground in title race

Shrewsbury B were just unable to secure a result against second division title favourites Wellington A on Friday night. Wellington had a grading advantage on every board – at its smallest on board 5 and increasing on each board, to the stage where the visitors had a 38 point grading advantage on top board. Shrewsbury… Continue reading B Team fall just short against heavyweights Wellington

Dan Lockett secure his first win of the season for Shrewsbury A to help the team record a second consecutive win and move to within 3 points of table-topping Telepost A to set the stage for a critical clash away to second-placed Newport on December 6th. Lockett, who was promoted to the A team on… Continue reading Lockett off the mark as A Team ignite title charge

Shrewsbury A were given an enormous fright by Shifnal and Telford B on Friday night. The visitors came into the game propping up the first division table and without the services of Windsor Peck, and so Steve and Richard Szwajkun stood in – the duo both having played against Shrewsbury B for Shifnal and Telford C on… Continue reading Plucky Visitors Give A Team a Scare

Shrewsbury B moved themselves into the top half of the second division table with a second consecutive victory. Matt Best’s side were away to Shifnal and Telford C, and, with the knowledge that both Ludlow and Telepost C had lost recently, knew a victory would be sufficient to propel them into 4th position. They were… Continue reading B Team Consolidate with Consecutive Wins

Controller Matt Best has published the draw for the second round of the Shrewsbury Club Championship. The pairings can be viewed on the Club Championship tab.

Matt Best’s wait for a first point (or two) as captain of Shrewsbury B was ended with a trip to fellow strugglers Priorslee Lions C – the only other team in the division without a point. The two sides both had identical league records going into the game – 0 match points and 5 game… Continue reading B Team off the Mark!

Shrewsbury A’s unbeaten start to the season continued with a 4-1 victory over Church Stretton A. However, although the hosts were blessed with the addition of Phil Makepeace for a match as well as benefiting from Church Stretton being short a few players, the match was very tight and could have easily gone either way. Things were… Continue reading A Team scrape win as C Team are held to draw

Shrewsbury B’s worrying start to the season continued with a third consecutive defeat, this time at home to Newport B. Deprived of Mark Smith for the second game, captain Matt Best opted to give Geoff Knox his first game for the club on board two. The match got off to a fairly steady start, with… Continue reading B Team Continue Sorry Start as C Team Record Whitewash

There was a sombre mood at Shifnal & Telford on Wednesday night on account of the fact that Iain Wilson, previous President of the Shropshire Chess Association, had died that afternoon.  Iain had been suffering from cancer for a while and was a good friend of Shropshire Chess over many years, as well as of… Continue reading A Team Continue Solid Start with Draw in Telford.