1st Team 2022-23

Essex League 1^st Team
2022-23

Essex League Division 1

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
10	5	1	4	11

To see any match report, click on score, or scroll down.

Initially each team plays all the other teams once.

Day Date Venue Opponents Result

Tue 27-Sep-22 Away Upminster I W 4½-3½

Tue 1-Nov-22 Away Brentwood I L 1-7

Wed 23-Nov-22 Home Basildon W 5½-2½

Wed 18-Jan-23 Home Wanstead I D 4-4

Wed 1-Feb-23 Home Southend I W 5-3

Thu 9-Feb-23 Away Barking I L 2½-5½

Wed 22-Feb-22 Home Writtle L 3½-4½

Day	Date	Venue	Opponents	Result
Tue	27-Sep-22	Away	Upminster I	W 4½-3½
Tue	1-Nov-22	Away	Brentwood I	L 1-7
Wed	23-Nov-22	Home	Basildon	W 5½-2½
Wed	18-Jan-23	Home	Wanstead I	D 4-4
Wed	1-Feb-23	Home	Southend I	W 5-3
Thu	9-Feb-23	Away	Barking I	L 2½-5½
Wed	22-Feb-22	Home	Writtle	L 3½-4½

Then, the top four teams will play each other again and the bottom four teams will also play each other again to make a total of ten matches. Home/Away will be reversed.

Day Date Venue Opponents Result

Fri 24-Mar-23 Away Southend I W 5-3

Wed 3-May-23 Home Upminster I W 4½-3½

Thu 11-May-23 Away Basildon L 3-5

Day	Date	Venue	Opponents	Result
Fri	24-Mar-23	Away	Southend I	W 5-3
Wed	3-May-23	Home	Upminster I	W 4½-3½
Thu	11-May-23	Away	Basildon	L 3-5

Match reports

St Laurence Minor Hall, Upminster Tue 27^th Sep 2022

	Upminster I			Loughton I
1	Davenport, John	2002	½-½	Bowmer, Kevin	2061
2	McCall, Martin	1958	1-0	Stirling, William J	2041
3	Robertson, Andrew E	1868	0-1	Middleton, Stephen	1948
4	Crane, Leslie J	1863	0-1	Horan, George	1879
5	Corish, Aidan T	1776	1-0	van Tol, Martin	1782
6	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1722J	½-½	Moth, Simon C	1792
7	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1587	½-½	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
8	Murphy, William	1539	0-1	Brunger, Myles	1523J
			3½-4½

An excellent start to the season thanks to early wins by Stephen, George and Myles. Bill made an unsound piece sacrifice while Kevin drew. However, we had three difficult positions in the remaining games. Martin lost but Graham held on for a draw. In the last game to finish, Simon's opponent had a winning position but then lost a piece. An ending of Kt+B+P vs. R+P was reached but Simon defended well to draw and win us the match.

see Upminster report and pictures.

Brentwood Baptist Church Tue 1^st Nov 2022

	Brentwood I			Loughton I
1	Haydon, David L	2361	1-0	Bowmer, Kevin	2061
2	Bowden, Karl	2188	1-0	Stirling, William J	2041
3	Adams, Ronald F	1929	1-0	Middleton, Stephen	1948
4	Castellanos Palop, Davis	1900	1-0	Horan, George	1879
5	Kingsley, Malcolm P	1850	½-½	van Tol, Martin	1782
6	Davies, Robert JV	1738	½-½	Moth, Simon C	1792
7	Willoughby, Andrew P	1734	1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
8	Willoughby, Christopher	1731J	1-0	Brunger, Myles	1523J
			7-1

We had a heavy defeat at Brentwood who are currently one of the strongest teams in Essex.
It wasn't Brentwood's strongest line-up, but they still out-graded Loughton across the team, and fielded FMs on the top two boards. Although we were well beaten, our side might feel it deserved a bit better than just a point for its efforts.

The point came from two quick bloodless draws from Martin and Simon. In both games the pieces all seemed to get exchanged off very quickly, leaving very few winning chances.
Myles lost early against another strong junior, but some of the losing players had some more interesting games.
Kevin came down to a Queen and pawns endgame, in which his opponent's Queen was more active.
Bill got into an awkward position, with Bishop and Rook stuck on the back rank.
George ran his opponent close but blundered late on to get his Bishop trapped.
Game of the night was Stephen, who went a Rook vs. Knight exchange down half-way through. He then responded by going on a tactically complex attack full of pins and traps everywhere. It didn't quite make it, but at least he gave his opponent some problems and gave us an interesting game to watch.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 23^rd Nov 2022

	Loughton I			Basildon
1	Eames, Robert S	2214	½-½	Baptie, Justin P	2160
2	Bowmer, Kevin	2061	1-0	Somogyi, Tamas	2035
3	Stirling, William J	2041	½-½	Kraszewski, David	2009
4	Middleton, Stephen	1948	1-0	Gedvilas, Arunas	1888
5	Horan, George	1879	1-0	Savin, Paul A	1880
6	Malinik, Attila		0-1	Laundy, Peter R	1840
7	Faulkner, David J	1853	½-½	Siddharth, Lakshan	1724
8	van Tol, Martin	1782	1-0	Higgins, Steve	1769
			5½-2½

An excellent victory over a strong Basildon team who finished 3^rd in last year's Essex league division one.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 18^th Jan 2023

	Loughton I			Wanstead I
1	Bowmer, Kevin	2061	0-1	Hodgson, John H	2152
2	Stirling, William J	2041	1-0	Spearman, David	2073
3	Middleton, Stephen	1948	0-1	Cawdery, John	2068
4	Horan, George	1879	1-0	Freeman, Ashley	2000
5	Malinik, Attila	1900	0-1	Rix, Steven JL	2033
6	Faulkner, David J	1853	1-0	Whitton, Terry D	1892
7	Moth, Simon C	1792	0-1	Hunnable, Ian D	1913
8	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	1-0	Murrell, Mark R A	1908
			4-4

White 0 Black 8
Amazingly, every single game was won by the player with the Black pieces !
An excellent result against a team out grading us on every board and aiming to win the Essex league division one.
Actually we were very close to winning the match as Wanstead won two tricky endings to equalise the match.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 1^st Feb 2023

	Loughton I			Southend I
1	Bowmer, Kevin	2061	1-0	Sutherland, Neil A	2014
2	Stirling, William J	2041	½-½	Grist, Howard	2015
3	Horan, George	1879	0-1	Wedlock, Stephen L	1916
4	Malinik, Attila	1900	½-½	Paul, Dennis B	1729
5	Faulkner, David J	1853	½-½	Newton, Colin M	1719
6	Moth, Simon C	1792	1-0	Saunders, Michael J	1692
7	van Tol, Martin	1782	1-0	Whitefield, Fred R	1663
8	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	½-½	Lacey, Nick J	1672
			5-3

A good win as Southend had good results against Brentwood and Barking in their two previous matches.
Simon clinched the match winning a rook and pawn ending after earlier wins by Kevin and Martin.

St. Margaret’s Church, Barking Thu 9^th Feb 2022

	Barking I			Loughton I
1	Sands, David A	2246	½-½	Bowmer, Kevin	2061
2	Goldberg, Jeff A	2136	1-0	Stirling, William J	2041
3	Ismailov, Roman	2031	1-0	Middleton, Stephen	1948
4	Ponulak, Czeslaw (Sebastian)	1960	1-0	Malinik, Attila	1900
5	Robinson, James M	1903	½-½	Faulkner, David J	1853
6	Figueroa, Edison	1890	½-½	Moth, Simon C	1792
7	Ramage, Colin R	1900	1-0	van Tol, Martin	1782
8	Clow, Ken W	1835	0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
			5½-2½

A tough match against the pre covid 2019-20 league champions.
Captain Graham had a good win. Kevin, Dave and Simon all drew against higher rated opponents.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 22^nd Feb 2023

	Loughton I			Writtle
1	Bowmer, Kevin	2061	0-1	White, Russell P	2155
2	Stirling, William J	2041	½-½	Myall, Ivan J	1994
3	Middleton, Stephen	1948	0-1	Williamson, Paul L	1968
4	Malinik, Attila	1900	1-0	Moore, John C	1970
5	Faulkner, David J	1853	½-½	Millward, David J	1985
6	Moth, Simon C	1792	0-1	Killeen, Robert T	1922
7	van Tol, Martin	1782	½-½	Morgan, Ian P	1785
8	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	1-0	Forrester, Andrew	1676
			3½-4½

We were very close to taking the first match point of the season off league leaders Writtle who had won all five of their previous matches this season. There were excellent wins by Attila who played his best game for the club and Graham. In the final game to finish, Martin played well to achieve a winning position and was on the verge of equalising the match when low on time he blundered. Writtle maintained (just!) their winning run.

Thorpe Bay Bridge Club Fri 24^th Mar 2023

	Southend I			Loughton I
1	Grist, Howard	2015	½-½	Bowmer, Kevin	2061
2	Wedlock, Stephen L	1916	0-1	Stirling, William J	2041
3	Newton, Colin M	1719	0-1	Middleton, Stephen	1948
4	Paul, Dennis B	1729	0-1	Horan, George	1879
5	Saunders, Michael J	1692	1-0	Malinik, Attila	1774
6	Lacey, Nick J	1672	½-½	van Tol, Martin	1782
7	Davis, Joshua	1493	1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
8	King, David	1461	0-1	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1330
			3-5

Kestutis won quickly in his first game for the first team.
Martin had lots of piece exchanges and got into a repeated move sequence while Kevin also drew early.
We clinched the match with a sequence of good wins by Bill, George & Stephen who won a nice knight and pawn ending.
Attila's game was the last to finish and very interesting. He sacrificed an exchange for an excellent attack. It looked as though he would land the knockout blow at any moment, but he got short on time. His opponent held on and won the ending.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 3^rd May 2023

	Loughton I			Upminster I
1	Bowmer, Kevin	2061	1-0	Davenport, John	2002
2	Stirling, William J	2041	½-½	Robertson, Andrew E	1868
3	Middleton, Stephen	1948	0-1	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1722J
4	Faulkner, David J	1853	½-½	Crane, Leslie J	1863
5	van Tol, Martin	1782	1-0	Corish, Aidan T	1776
6	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	1-0	Biggs, Peter	1686
7	Brunger, Myles	1523J	½-½	Rahaman, Mustapha	1667
8	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1330	0-1	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1587
			4½-3½

Martin won us the match, winning on time, when the exchange up. Graham and Kevin had earlier wins.
Upminster's wins were by father and son !
see Upminster report and pictures.

Papworth Trust Centre, Basildon Thu 11^th May 2023

	Basildon			Loughton I
1	Baptie, Justin P	2160	½-½	Stirling, William J	2041
2	Kraszewski, David	2009	0-1	Middleton, Stephen	1948
3	Bara, V Radu	1959	0-1	Faulkner, David J	1853
4	Reynolds, D Ian W	1953	½-½	van Tol, Martin	1782
5	Gedvilas, Arunas	1888	1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
6	Laundy, Peter R	1840	1-0	Collins, Fred	1703
7	Higgins, Steve	1769	1-0	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1330
8	Mane, Mandar	1298	1-0	Smith, Michael	1308
			5-3

Despite missing several regular players, we looked on course for a good result at Basildon. However, we stumbled at the end and were defeated in the final league game of the season. An excellent performance by the top boards with good wins by Stephen and David and solid draws for Bill and Martin. Kestitus was a piece up and winning but lost on time. Also Fred looked as though he had at least a draw.

Grades are ECF Standard OTB September 2022

Essex League 1st Team2022-23

Essex League Division 1

Match reports

Essex League 1^st Team
2022-23