2nd Team 2022-23

Essex League 2^nd Team
2022-23

Essex League Division 2

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
10	1	1	8	3

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

Wed 19-Oct-22 Home Ilford I L ½-5½

Wed 26-Oct-22 Away Witham L 1-5

Wed 16-Nov-22 Home Upminster II L 1½-5½

Thu 24-Nov-22 Away Barking II L 2-4

Wed 25-Jan-23 Home Thurrock I D 3-3

Tue 7-Feb-23 Away Brentwood II W 5-1

Tue 14-Feb-23 Away Wanstead II L 1½-4½

Day	Date	Venue	Opponents	Result
Wed	19-Oct-22	Home	Ilford I	L ½-5½
Wed	26-Oct-22	Away	Witham	L 1-5
Wed	16-Nov-22	Home	Upminster II	L 1½-5½
Thu	24-Nov-22	Away	Barking II	L 2-4
Wed	25-Jan-23	Home	Thurrock I	D 3-3
Tue	7-Feb-23	Away	Brentwood II	W 5-1
Tue	14-Feb-23	Away	Wanstead II	L 1½-4½

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

Tue 28-Mar-23 Away Upminster II L 1½-4½

Wed 19-Apr-23 Home Brentwood II L 1½-4½

Wed 31-May-23 Home Wanstead II L ½-5½

Day	Date	Venue	Opponents	Result
Tue	28-Mar-23	Away	Upminster II	L 1½-4½
Wed	19-Apr-23	Home	Brentwood II	L 1½-4½
Wed	31-May-23	Home	Wanstead II	L ½-5½

Match reports

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 19^th Oct 2022

	Loughton II			Ilford
1	Moth, Simon C	1792	½-½	Barton, Tom A	1935
2	van Tol, Martin	1782	0-1	Twitchell, Neville H	1965
3	Groce, Ken	1700	0-1	Subramanian, Venkatesh	1801
4	Brunger, Myles	1523	0-1	Kent, Anthony R	1792
5	Collins, Fred		0-1	Page, Jeffrey	1644
6	Smith, Michael	1308	0-1	Schreuder, Biel	1419
			½-5½

We got a pasting from Ilford’s 1^st team, with only your captain getting a consolation half-point on top board !

Simon’s opponent reacted passively to the Sicilian dragon and Simon was easily able to equalise and secure the half-point.
Martin lost a pawn in the opening and was then steamrollered by his opponent’s central pawns.
Ken was overcome by an improving opponent.
Myles had an excellent position but alas, blundered a knight.
Mick battled hard to reach an endgame, but his opponent’s bishop proved superior to his knight.

see Ilford report and pictures.

Witham Library Wed 26^th Oct 2022

	Witham			Loughton II
1	Coughlan, Stephen	1975	1-0	Moth, Simon C	1792
2	Steele, James D	1865	½-½	van Tol, Martin	1782
3	Barnes, Nathan	1829	1-0	Brunger, Myles	1523
4	Cook, Keith B	1661	½-½	Collins, Fred	1500
5	Stiffell, Lyn	1582	1-0	Sargent, Leslie J	1351
6	White, Simon A	1565	1-0	Smith, Michael	1308
			5-1

This was our first ever visit to Witham who have only just joined the Essex league mainly thanks to Loughton old boy Lyn Stiffell who has recently moved to Witham. We were outgraded on all boards so credit to Martin and Fred for getting us on the scoresheet.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 16^th Nov 2022

	Loughton II			Upminster II
1	Groce, Ken	1700	0-1	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1722J
2	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	½-½	Pelling, Nicholas J	1699
3	Collins, Fred	1500	1-0	Biggs, Peter	1686
4	Sargent, Leslie J	1351	0-1	Rahaman, Mustapha	1667
5	Smith, Michael	1308	0-1	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1587
6	Gudovijus, Kestutis		0-1	Cooper, Geoffrey	1612
			1½-4½

Ken lost a couple of pawns in the middle game to a rapidly improving youngster. In his typical style, Ken tried to complicate things, but his opponent comfortably steered the position into a winning endgame.
Graham and his opponent agreed a draw in the middle game as they were both short of time.
Fred’s game was exciting with the players attacking on opposite wings. Fred exploited his opponent’s bad bishop and broke through on the kingside and although there was not a checkmate, he managed to swap off pieces to reach an easily winning endgame.
Les was very slow in developing his pieces and was blown away on the long diagonal when his opponent quickly opened up the position.
Mick was very unlucky. He easily held his much higher graded opponent and reached a level endgame. He missed an opportunity to pin his opponent’s bishop on the back rank and then sadly shortly afterwards fell to a tactical shot which lost him a piece.
The quickly improving Kestutis was even unluckier. He reached a winning endgame position with his two rooks and knight crawling all over his opponent’s rearguard. He then won a knight with a superb combination. Alas, he was extremely short of time at this point and subsequently blundered back the piece and eventually lost on time. Chess is a cruel game !

Thanks to those who played.

St. Margaret’s Church, Barking Thur 24^th Nov 2022

	Barking II			Loughton II
1	Robinson, James M	1903	0-1	Malinik, Attila
2	Clow, Ken W	1835	0-1	Moth, Simon C	1792
3	Berkley, Stephen W	1761	1-0	Collins, Fred	1500
4	Figgins, John A	1637	1-0	Sargent, Leslie J	1351
5	Blagianu, Mihaita	1626	1-0	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1300
6	Chtym, Vladimir	1513	1-0	Smith, Michael	1308
			4-2

Excellent wins on the top two boards especially by Attila who is new to the club.

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 25^th Jan 2023

	Loughton II			Thurrock I
1	Moth, Simon C	1792	½-½	Woodward, Ian P	1805
2	van Tol, Martin	1782	0-1	Wilson, Mathew	1530
3	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	1-0	Lawrence, Drew	1589
4	Groce, Ken	1700	1-0	Van Litsenborgh, Rudi	1550
5	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1300	0-1	Reynolds, Derek J	1499
6	Smith, Michael	1308	½-½	Crane, Malcolm K	1488
			3-3

Brentwood Baptist Church Tue 7^th Feb 2023

	Brentwood II			Loughton II
1	Kingsley, Malcolm P	1850	1-0	Malinik, Attila	1900
2	Davies, Robert JV	1738	0-1	van Tol, Martin	1782
3	Mason, Michael	1750	0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
4	Wang, Luoke	1551	0-1	Collins, Fred	1500
5	Crossley, Joe	1800	0-1	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1300
6	Ellis, Colin L	1515	0-1	Smith, Michael	1308
			1-5

An excellent result especially as we were out graded on average by over 100 points per board.
Our first win of the season!

Wanstead House Tue 14^th Feb 2023

	Wanstead II			Loughton II
1	Hunnable, Ian D	1913	1-0	Malinik, Attila	1900
2	Whitton, Terry D	1892	½-½	van Tol, Martin	1782
3	Staniland, Philip	1855	1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
4	Barclay, Paul R	1804	½-½	Collins, Fred	1500
5	Harte, Ben	1726	½-½	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1300
6	Lataille, Matthias	1737	1-0	Smith, Michael	1308
			4½-1½

A tough match against a strong Wanstead II team who were aiming for a top four finish in this league.

Martin finished his game first. It came down to a Queen and Bishop each and pawn ending when a draw was agreed.
Good draws by Fred and Kestutis who were heavily out graded.
Graham lost a pawn in the opening, but managed to win two knights for a rook. However, he was eventually checkmated when he had less than two minutes left.
Attila was unlucky. He was winning easily two pawns up, but he only had twenty seconds left on his clock for more than a dozen moves and eventually lost his knight which swung the game.

Some good performances against a strong Wanstead team who out graded us on every board.

St Laurence Minor Hall, Upminster Tue 28^th Mar 2023

	Upminster II			Loughton II
1	Pereslavtsev, Alexandr	1722J	1-0	Malinik, Attila	1774
2	Corish, Aidan T	1776	½-½	van Tol, Martin	1782
3	Pelling, Nicholas J	1699	0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	1683
4	Biggs, Peter	1686	1-0	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1330
5	Pereslavtsev, Sergey	1587	1-0	Sargent, Leslie J	1351
6	Smith, Ian P F	1504	1-d	Dee, Fault
			4½-1½

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 19^th Apr 2023

	Loughton II			Brentwood II
1	Moth, Simon C	1792	1-0	Adams, Ronald F	1929
2	van Tol, Martin	1782	½-½	Kingsley, Malcolm P	1850
3	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	0-1	Davies, Robert JV	1738
4	Groce, Ken	1700	0-1	Willoughby, Andrew P	1734
5	Brunger, Myles	1523	0-1	Ellis, Colin L	1515
6	Smith, Michael	1308	0-1	Fisher, Russell	1438
			1½-4½

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 31^st May 2023

	Loughton II			Wanstead II
1	van Tol, Martin	1782	0-1	Nigrelli, Vittorio	1753
2	Kershaw, Graham J	1683	½-½	Veselow, Zoe	1688
3	Dee, Fault		d-1	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1141
4	Gudovijus, Kestutis	1330	0-1	Stamper, Cormac P	1482
5	Sargent, Leslie J	1351	0-1	Demetriou, Jay	1477
6	Smith, Michael	1308	0-1	Mukherjee, Aradhya
			½-5½

Grades are ECF Standard OTB September 2022

Essex League 2nd Team2022-23

Essex League Division 2

Match reports

Essex League 2^nd Team
2022-23