County match 13 December

The county team travelled to Redditch for their last county match in the first half of the season. Good wins were achieved by Peter Mellor, Francis Rooney and Jamie Allen; with draws for Nathanael Paul and Huw Davenport. The match ended 8-4 to Worcestershire but it was another good battle for the Shropshire juniors. Peter Mellor's win on board one followed a period when his king was under strong attack but he calmly rebuffed his opponent's attempts to break through and moved into an ending in a winning position which he duly converted. Francis Rooney's game was the last to finish and was a very tight middle game when Francis' bishops exerted strong pressure against his opponent whose position became more and more cramped. Francis eventually won a piece and his opponent resigned. Jamie Allen won his game when his opponent missed some tactics in the ending. Both Nathanael Paul and Huw Davenport drew their games without ever looking in trouble. Huw has 2.5 points out of three in this season's county matches, a fantastic result so far! MATCH - Worcs v Shropshire

SECTION - Under 100

DATE - 13^th Dec 2008

VENUE - Webheath Village Hall

Board	Colour	Name	BCF Code	Grade	Score	Name	BCF Code	Grade	Score
1		Peter Banks	165118D	92	0	Peter Mellor		85	1
2		Maureen Clarke	108407A	92	1	Athar Mehmood		78	DEF
3		Rob Bricknell	234732F	91	1/2	Nathanael Paul		65	1/2
4		Michele Clack	108320D	89	1	Mark Richards		59	0
5		Richard Turner	157246F	89	½	Huw Davenport		56	1/2
6		Richard Collett	108620A	88	0	Francis Rooney		49	1
7		Tony Taylor	192111D	62	1	Jonathan Newey		49	0
8		James Friar		ug	1	Matthew Best		37	0
9		Joseph Friar		ug	0	Jamie Allen		35	1
10		David Curzon	270899B	33	1	Matthew Mellor		23	0
11		Krzysztof Krowicki		ug	1	Angelica Dean		Ug	0
12		Kevin Day		ug	1	Chris Paul (Substitute)		75	0
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14		TOTAL			8				4