Rapidplay Team 2023

Essex Team Rapidplay

Knockout 2023

The tournament is usually held in the Summer.
Each team has five boards.
Each player plays two games against the same opponent, one with white and one with black.
The usual time limit is twenty minutes + ten seconds increment from move one.
There is a plate competition for first round losing teams.

Day	Date	Venue	0pponents	Result
Mon	26-Jun-23	Away	Chelmsford	L 2-8
Wed	19-Jul-23	Home	Barking B	W 6-4
Tue	1-Aug-23	Away	Wanstead C	W 5-5
Wed	6-Sep-23	Home	Wanstead B	L 2½-7½

Round 1

Chelmsford Hot Box Mon 26^th June 2023

	Chelmsford			R1		R2	Loughton
1	White, Russell P	2061	(B,W)	1-0		0-1	Bowmer, Kevin	2029	(W,B)
2	Myall, Ivan J	2012		½-½		1-0	Stirling, William J	1931
3	Chandler, David C	1877		1-0		½-½	Middleton, Stephen	1822
4	Smith, Ryan M	1962		1-0		1-0	Malinik, Attila	1955
5	Latypova, Olga L	1646J		1-0		1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	1718
				4½-½		3½-1½
					8-2

Parking was difficult as we were not familiar with Chelmsford. Strangely, the access to the Fairfield Road Public Car Park is blocked from Fairfield Road. You have to tour Chelmsford to find an alternative entrance. When we had recovered the traumas of our travels, we were well beaten and only won one game.

Plate Round 1

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 19^th July 2023

	Loughton			R1		R2	Barking B
1	Stirling, William J	1925	(W,B)	½-½		0-1	Naumov, Igor	1732	(B,W)
2	Middleton, Stephen	1825		1-0		1-0	Pastukhov, Boris	1791
3	Horan, George	1776		1-0		1-0	Berkley, Stephen W	1660
4	Kershaw, Graham J	1694		0-1		0-1	Mathompat, Rajyeshwar Ramesh	1536
5	Van Tol, Martin	1753		1-0		½-½	Ali, Mohammed Ishtiaq	1637
				3½-1½		2½-2½
					6-4

Plate Semi Final

Wanstead House Tue 1^st Aug 2023

	Wanstead C			R1		R2	Loughton
1	Li, Colin	1567	R1 (B)	0-1			Stirling, William J	1905	(W)
1	Jones, Keith S	1679	R2 (W)			1-0	Stirling, William J	1905	(B)
2	Diniz Afonso, Davi	1700	(W,B)	0-1		0-1	Horan, George	1788	(B,W)
3	Siddo, Charlton	1679		0-1		0-1	Moth, Simon C	1762
4	Lataille, Matthias	1652		1-0		1-0	Kershaw, Graham J	1666
5	Nickals, Peter A	1637		1-0		1-0	Collins, Fred	1731
				2-3		3-2
					5-5

Loughton win on board count !
We were 3-2 up after the 1^st round as Bill, George and Simon all won.
In the 2^nd round after Bill, Fred and Graham had lost and George won, we were 5-4 down with Simon still playing. He won well and we won the match on board count.
Not a single draw !

Plate Final

Loughton Bowls Club Wed 6^th Sep 2023

	Loughton			R1		R2	Wanstead B
1	Bowmer, Kevin	2031	(W,B)	½-½		0-1	Rix, Steven JL	2049	(W,B)
2	Stirling, William J	1892		0-1		1-0	Bancroft, Paul	1989
3	Middleton, Stephen	1868		½-½		0-1	Whitton, Terry D	1924
4	Horan, George	1819		0-1		½-½	Staniland, Philip	1877
5	Moth, Simon C	1778		0-1		0-1	Karacsony, Istvan	1755
				1-4		1½-3½
					2½-7½

Essex Team Rapid Knockout