Tonight (Wednesday) sees the crunch match for the first Division title take place as surprise package Wellington A take on Telepost at the Wrekin housing trust in the final round of league fixtures. For the first time in Shropshire Chess history, the whole match is being broadcast live and is available to watch through our website on the “LIVE chess” page from around 7:30.
A quick round-up of the situation for you:
|
TEAMS
|
PLAYED
|
WON
|
DRAWN
|
LOST
|
FOR
|
AGAINST
|
POINTS
|
| Newport A |
14
|
9
|
2
|
3
|
47.5
|
22.5
|
20
|
| Telepost A |
13
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
43
|
22
|
19
|
| Wellington A |
13
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
39
|
26
|
19
|
Remember that it is 2 points for a win and one for a draw, so whoever wins tonight will be crowned winners. A draw would leave defending champions Newport on top of the pile by virtue of their superior game points record – three teams finishing on 20 points apiece would surely be the tightest title race in history.
Wellington A 2-3 Telepost A
- T. Neal (182) 0-1 N. Ferrington (197)
- C. Roberts (166) 0-1 R. Bryant (170)
- T. Faustino (~170e) 1-0 P. Zabrocki (173)
- J. Kuczynski (153) 1-0 J. Bashall (149)
- S. Tennant (140) 0-1 M. Clark (142)