2nd Team 2019-20

Essex League 2^nd Team
2019-20

Essex League Division 3

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
7	4	0	3	8

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

Day	Date	Venue	0pponents	Result
Wed	02-Oct-19	Home	Upminster III	W 4-2
Wed	09-Oct-19	Away	Thurrock II	W 4-2
Wed	13-Nov-19	Home	Thurrock II	W 5½-½
Wed	04-Dec-19	Home	Southend II	L 2-4
Wed	12-Feb-20	Home	Barking II	L 1½-4½
Fri	28-Feb-20	Away	Southend II	W 4½-1½
Tue	10-Mar-20	Away	Upminster III	L 2-4
		Away	Brentwood II	Post
		Away	Barking II	Post
		Home	Brentwood II	Post

Match reports

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 2^nd Oct 2019

	Loughton II			Upminster III
1	Moth, Simon C	142	½-½	Rosenfeld, Paul	136
2	Kershaw, Graham J	130	1-0	Rahaman, Mustapha	136
3	Groce, Ken	135	1-0	Biggs, Peter	121
4	Newby, Jonathan	116	1-0	Estall, Kevin	120
5	Jones, Barry E	112	½-½	Hannaford, Jamie	120
6	Smith, Michael	86	0-1	Cooper, Geoffrey	116
			4-2

St Thomas Church Social Club, Grays Wed 9^th Oct 2019

	Thurrock II			Loughton II
1	Sandu, Silviu		0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	142
2	Akinyosoye, Banky		0-1	Groce, Ken	135
3	Whittaker, Len SC	89	1-0	Pintegne, Chris
4	Smith, Robin C	86	0-1	Jones, Barry E	112
5	Crosley, Steve	75	1-0	Smith, Michael	86
6	Coseru, Matei	37J	0-1	French, Harvey	67
			2-4

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 13^th Nov 2019

	Loughton II			Thurrock II
1	Kershaw, Graham J	130	1-0	Sealey, Frank A	100
2	Groce, Ken	135	1-0	Hazell, Alan	100
3	Newby, Jonathan	116	½-½	Whittaker, Len S C	89
4	Pintegne, Chris		1-0	Akinyosoye, Banky
5	Clarke, Gordon	90	1-0	Sandu, Silviu
6	French, Harvey	67	1-d	Dee, Fault
			5½-½

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 4^th Dec 2019

	Loughton II			Southend II
1	Kershaw, Graham J	130	½-½	Newton, Colin M	146
2	Groce, Ken	135	0-1	Saunders, Michael J	146
3	Newby, Jonathan	116	0-1	Whitefield, Fred R	129
4	Pintegne, Chris		½-½	Chapman, John R	70
5	French, Harvey	67	0-1	Courtenay, James I	67
6	Smith, Michael	86	1-d	Dee, Fault
			2-4

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 12^th Feb 2020

	Loughton II			Barking II
1	Moth, Simon C	145	½-½	Ramage, Colin R	161
2	Groce, Ken	136	0-1	Clow, Kenneth W	147
3	Pintegne, Christopher		0-1	Oakley, Robin J	142
4	Newby, Jonathan	114	½-½	Figgins, John A	133
5	Jones, Barry E	113	½-½	Berkley, Stephen W	121
6	Clarke, Gordon	92	0-1	Chtym, Vladimir	108
			1½-4½

Jonathan (board 4, white, Alekhine's Defence): pushed central pawns forward strongly and had a good opening. Then agreed a draw after 9 moves.
Chris (board 3, black, Bishop's Opening): Slipped up on an unfamiliar opening. Quickly fell a pawn behind, after which the opponent was able to develop a strong attack against an open king. 0-1
Simon (board 1, black, Sicilian, Morra Gambit): a characteristic risky aggressive opening from his opponent. Simon rode out the risks and the two cancelled each other out. Draw.
Gordon (board 6, white, French Defence, Advance Variation): Gordon got into a good attacking position. Opponent withstood the pressure and emerged with a better pawn structure, got control of the centre and went three pawns up. Gordon was mated after a late blunder, but in reality the game was lost before this. 0-1
Barry (board 5, black, 1. d4 d5, 2. Nf3 Nc6, 3. c3 Nf6, 4. Nbd2 Bg4): Barry achieved a space advantage early on. Opponent opened up the a-file and put doubled rooks down it. Barry successfully avoided some back-rank traps. Draw.
Ken (board 2, white, English). A tight double-edged game. Ken attacked, but his opponent emerged into the end-game with a pawn advantage, which eventually grew into a three pawn advantage. 0-1

Thorpe Bay Bridge Club Fri 28^th Feb 2020

	Southend II			Loughton II
1	Davis-Loades, Alex	143	½-½	Moth, Simon C	145
2	Saunders, Michael J	142	0-1	Groce, Ken	136
3	Evans, James	138	0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	131
4	Haggerty, Steve J	112	0-1	Pintegne, Chris
5	Wray, Christopher	91	1-0	Jones, Barry E	113
6	Pithers, Stuart A	51	0-1	Clarke, Gordon	92
			1½-4½

An excellent result.

St Laurence Minor Hall, Upminster Tue 10^th Mar 2020

	Upminster III			Loughton II
1	Pelling, Nicholas J	137	1-0	Groce, Ken	136
2	Rahaman, Mustapha	132	½-½	Kershaw, Graham J	131
3	Cooper, Geoff	124	½-½	Pintegne, Chris
4	Hannaford, Jamie	119	0-1	Jones, Barry E	113
5	Johal, Satnam S	114	1-0	Clarke, Gordon	92
6	Estall, Kevin	111	1-0	French, Harvey	65
			4-2

At a meeting of the Essex league teams, it was decided to abandon the remainder of the 2019-20 season.
As current joint leaders, Southend II and Barking II were awarded the 3^rd division trophy. 🏆
Congratulations to them.

Essex League 2nd Team2019-20

Essex League Division 3

Match reports

Essex League 2^nd Team
2019-20