Loughton Team Rapidplay 2019

Essex Team Rapidplay

Knockout 2019

Day	Date	Venue	0pponents	Result
Tue	11-Jun-19	Away	Upminster A	W 7-3
Wed	28-Aug-19	Home	Wanstead B	D 5-5
Tue	17-Sep-19	Away	Wanstead B	L 6½-3½

Round 1

St Laurence Minor Hall, Upminster Tue 11^th Jun 2019

	Upminster A			R1		R2	Loughton
1	McCall, Martin	184r	(B,W)	½ - ½		0-1	Bowmer, Kevin	188r	(W,B)
2	Crane, Leslie J	178r		0-1		0-1	Stirling, William J	166r
3	Davenport, John	174r		½ - ½		1-0	Faulkner, David J	161r
4	Iannetta, Robert	160r		1-0		0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	141r
5	Kelsey, Stephen J	174s		0-1		0-1	Moth, Simon C	144r
				2-3		1-4
					3-7

Excellent double wins for Bill & Simon gave us a convincing victory over first division Upminster A.
We have a bye in the quarter final.

Grades above are January 2019 grades. r rapid play s standard play (if no rapid grade)

Semi Final

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 28^th Aug 2019

	Loughton			R1		R2	Wanstead B
1	Bowmer, Kevin	183	(W,B)	½-½		½-½	Bui, Kyan	182J	(B,W)
2	Stirling, William J	168		0-1		1-0	Bancroft, Paul	173
3	Faulkner, David J	154		0-1		1-0	Whitton, Terry D	170
4	van Tol, Martin	151		1-0		0-1	Staniland, Philip	158
5	Kershaw, Graham J	146		1-0		0-1	Murrell, Mark RA	159
				2½-2½		2½-2½
					5-5

A remarkable result ! The match was drawn. However, as each individual board was 1-1, it was also drawn on all tie breaks ( board count & lowest boards elimination ). No one can remember this ever happening before in Essex rapidplay history. Hence there will be a replay at Wanstead House.

Semi Final Replay

Wanstead House Tue 17^th Sep 2019

	Wanstead B			R1		R2	Loughton
1	Bui, Kyan	182J	(W,B)	½-½		1-0	Bowmer, Kevin	183	(B,W)
2	Parols, Vladimir	176		1-0		1-0	Stirling, William J	168
3	Bancroft, Paul	173		0-1		½-½	Faulkner, David J	154
4	Chirea-Florica, T Alin	164		1-0		½-½	van Tol, Martin	151
5	Staniland, Philip	158		1-0		0-1	Kershaw, Graham J	146
				3½-1½		3-2
					6½-3½

In the first ever Essex Rapid knock out replay, Wanstead B strenghend their team and made their grading advantage count. A good result for Dave.

Grades above are July 2019 rapid play grades except for Martin - January 2019 rapid play grade.

Essex Team Rapid Knockout 2019