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The 2020-21 Season started online on 5th Nov with victory for Monarchs against Austins
| Match Played Online – Thu 5 Nov 2020 | ||||
| Monarchs | Austins | |||
| Derek Harris | 2 | 4-0 | 3 | Dave Siddall |
| Steve Larkin | 4 | 4-0 | 5 | John Lydon |
| Jonny Kearney | 5 | 4-0 | 5 | Bill Henderson |
| Dave Foster Jnr | 8 | 0-4 | 5 | Bill Hardwick |
| 19 | 12-4 | 18 | ||
| 31-22 | ||||
We don’t seem to have a post that describes the end of the 2019-20 season.
I will attempt to address this shortly.
Tim
Congratulations to Carlisle Dumfries Castles
Wityh 5 players in the Austins team, the tournament was won by the team with
the best points per player, which was Carlisle Dumfries Castles with 11 points from 16 games, or 2.75 pts per player.
| South Tyne Jamboree May 28 2020 | ||||||||||
| Teams | Aus – Austins | |||||||||
| Cas – Carlisle Dumfries Castles | ||||||||||
| HB – Haydon Bridge | ||||||||||
| Mon – Monarchs | ||||||||||
| Reiv – Reivers | ||||||||||
| Sp – Spare | ||||||||||
| Players | Team | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | 0 | ||||
| Opp | Res | Opp | Res | Opp | Res | Opp | Res | Total | ||
| Alan L | Aus | Christine M | ½-½ | David Wr | 0-1 | Bill He | 0-1 | Drew M | 1-0 | 1.5 |
| Bill He | Aus | John L | ½-½ | Roy E | 0-1 | Alan L | 1-0 | Paul R | 1-0 | 2.5 |
| David Si | Aus | Stavros K | 0-1 | David Sc | 1-0 | Bill Ha | 1-0 | John L | 1-0 | 3 |
| Drew M | Aus | Steve L | 0-1 | Ian M | 0-1 | Paul R | 0-1 | Alan L | 0-1 | 0 |
| John L | Aus | Bill He | ½-½ | Christine M | 1-0 | Roy E | 0-1 | David Si | 0-1 | 1.5 |
| John K | Cas | Bill Ha | 1-0 | Bruce R | 1-0 | Derek H | 0-1 | Roy E | 1-0 | 3 |
| Mike G | Cas | David Wi | 1-0 | Peter C | 1-0 | Stavros K | 1-0 | Derek H | 1-0 | 4 |
| Paul R | Cas | 0-0 | 0-0 | Drew M | 1-0 | Bill He | 0-1 | 1 | ||
| Stavros K | Cas | David Si | 1-0 | Tom B | 1-0 | Mike G | 0-1 | Peter C | 1-0 | 3 |
| David Wi | HB | Mike G | 0-1 | John M | 0-1 | Full Bye | 1-0 | Bill Ha | 0-1 | 1 |
| Ian M | HB | Full Bye | 0-1 | Drew M | 1-0 | Steve L | 1-0 | John M | 1-0 | 3 |
| Roy E | HB | Derek H | ½-½ | Bill He | 1-0 | John L | 1-0 | John K | 0-1 | 2.5 |
| Tom B | HB | Full Bye | 1-0 | Stavros K | 0-1 | Peter C | 0-1 | Zero Bye | 0-1 | 1 |
| Derek H | Mon | Roy E | ½-½ | Steve L | 1-0 | John K | 1-0 | Mike G | 0-1 | 2.5 |
| John M | Mon | Peter C | 0-1 | David Wi | 1-0 | Christine M | 1-0 | Ian M | 0-1 | 2 |
| Christine M | Mon | Alan L | ½-½ | John L | 0-1 | John M | 0-1 | David Sc | 1-0 | 1.5 |
| David Sc | Mon | Bruce R | 0-1 | David Si | 0-1 | Dave F | 1-0 | Christine M | 0-1 | 1 |
| Dave F | Reiv | Full Bye | 0-1 | Bill Ha | 0-1 | David Sc | 0-1 | Zero Bye | 0-1 | 0 |
| Peter C | Reiv | John M | 1-0 | Mike G | 0-1 | Tom B | 1-0 | Stavros K | 0-1 | 2 |
| Bruce R | Reiv | David Sc | 1-0 | John K | 0-1 | David Wr | 0-1 | Steve L | 1-0 | 2 |
| Steve L | Reiv | Drew M | 1-0 | Derek H | 0-1 | Ian M | 0-1 | Bruce R | 0-1 | 1 |
| Bill Ha | Sp | John K | 0-1 | Dave F | 1-0 | David Si | 0-1 | David Wi | 1-0 | 2 |
| David Wr | Sp | Zero Bye | 0-1 | Alan L | 1-0 | Bruce R | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2 | |
| Tim W | Sp | Zero Bye | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |||
| Full Bye | X | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | ||||
| Half Bye | X | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | ||||
| Zero Bye | X | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | ||||
| AN O | X | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | ||||
| South Tyne Jamboree – Team Result | ||||||||||
| Teams | Scores | No of Players in Team | Pts per player | |||||||
| HB | 7.5 | 4 | 1.88 | |||||||
| Sp | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | |||||||
| Mon | 7 | 4 | 1.75 | |||||||
| Reiv | 5 | 4 | 1.25 | |||||||
| Cas | 11 | 4 | 2.75 | |||||||
| Aus | 8.5 | 5 | 1.70 | |||||||
| X | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Match Played at Stone Inn – Hayton Tue 10 Mar 2020 | ||||
| Friars | Monarchs | |||
| Roy Ellames | 0 | 2-2 | 2 | Tim Wrigley |
| Bill Burgess | 4 | 0-4 | 3 | Derek Harris |
| John Lydon | 5 | 0-4 | 5 | Dave Humphreys |
| Bill Hardwick | 5 | 0-4 | 6 | Jonny Kearney |
| 14 | 2-14 | 16 | ||
| 16-30 | ||||
| Match Played at Corbridge Thu 5 Mar 2020 | ||||
| Monarchs | Friars | |||
| Tim Wrigley | 2 | 0-4 | 0 | Roy Ellames |
| Dave Humphreys | 5 | 4-0 | 4 | Bill Burgess |
| Jonny Kearney | 6 | 4-0 | 5 | John Lydon |
| Tim Barmby | 8 | 0-4 | 5 | Dave Willey |
| 21 | 8-8 | 14 | ||
| 29-22 | ||||
| Match Played at Corbridge Thu 30 Jan 2020 | ||||
| Monarchs | Reivers | |||
| Peter Crichton | 3 | 2-2 | 2 | Tim Wrigley |
| Steve Larkin | 5 | 4-0 | 5 | Dave Humphreys |
| Christine Moorcroft | 5 | 4-0 | 6 | Johnny Kearney |
| Dave Foster Jnr | 8 | 0-4 | 9 | Tim Barmby |
| 21 | 10-6 | 22 | ||
| 31-28 | ||||
| Match Played 16 Jan 2020 | ||||
| Austins | Friars | |||
| D Siddal | 2 | 2-2 | 0 | R Ellames |
| B Burgess | 4 | 0-4 | 2 | P Rivers |
| J Lydon | 5 | 2 -2 | 5 | W Henderson |
| J Ovens | 9 | 0-4 | 9 | J Majewski |
| 20 | 4-12 | 16 | ||
| 24-28 | ||||
League Table courtesy of Bill Hardwick
| South Tyne Chess League Table 2019-20 | |||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Handicap Pts | Results Pts | Match Pts |
| Monarchs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 4 |
| Austins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 2 |
| Reivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| Friars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Match Played in Corbridge Thu 28 Nov 2019 | ||||
| Monarchs | Austins | |||
| Tim Wrigley | 2 | 4-0 | 3 | George Glover |
| Dave Humphreys | 5 | 2-2 | 4 | Bill Burgess |
| Jonny Kearney | 6 | 2-2 | 4 | John Lydon |
| Tim Barmby | 9 | 4-0 | 9 | James Ovens |
| 22 | 12-4 | 21 | ||
| 34-25 | ||||
The first results of the new season are :
| Match Played at Corbridge Thu 7 Nov 2019 | ||||
| Monarchs | Reivers | |||
| P Crichton | 3 | 4-0 | 2 | J Ross |
| D Humphreys | 5 | 2-2 | 5 | S Larkin |
| J Kearney | 6 | 4-0 | 5 | C Moorcroft |
| J Morgan | 7 | 0-4 | 8 | D Foster Jnr |
| 21 | 10-6 | 20 | ||
| 31-26 | ||||
| Match Played Thu 7 Nov 2019 | ||||
| Friars | Austins | |||
| P Rivers | 2 | 0-4 | 3 | G Glover |
| D Willey | 5 | 0-4 | 4 | B Burgess |
| A Little | 8 adj | 0-4 | 5 | J Lydon |
| 15 | 0-12 | 12 | ||
| 15-24 | ||||
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