Shrewsbury Juniors continue winning run

Shrewsbury Juniors chalked up another victory in division 3 with a win against Telepost C. Wins for Chris Lovejoy, Jonathan Newey and Matthew Best added to a draw from Henry Graham to secure the win. Telepost C 1.5-3.5 Shrewsbury Juniors S Jones 0.5-0.5 H Graham C Micallef 1-0 F Rooney J Casewell 0-1 C Lovejoy B Holdford 0-1 J Newey S Sweeney 0-1 M Best

Shropshire Juniors take on Bulldogs

Shropshire's junior county team lost 8-4 away to Staffordshire Bulldogs this month. Still looking for their first county win, the juniors tied the top six boards 3-3 but lost the middle order boards. Wins came from Nathanael Paul, Mark Richards and Angelica Dean, with draws from Athar Mehmood and Francis Rooney. MATCH - Staffordshire Bulldogs v Shropshire

SECTION - U100

DATE - 10 January, 2009

VENUE - Bushbury Community Centre, Bushbury, Wolverhampton

Board	Colour	Staffs Bulldogs	BCF Code	Grade	Score	Shropshire	BCF Code	Grade	Score
1		Peter Broomhall	107382F	99	1	Peter Mellor		85	0
2		Ravi Patel	252770E	91	½	Athar Mehmood		78	½
3		Robert Brodie	143228L	90	0	Nathaniel Paul		65	1
4		Paul Walters	259317J	90	0	Mark Richards		59	1
5		Peter Crozet	176457D	88	1	Huw Davenport		56	0
6		John Fenby	185108B	83	½	Francis Rooney		49	½
7		Tony Meakin	104387A	84	1	Jonathan Newey		49	0
8		Kevin Moore	181458J	79	1	Matthew Bent		37	0
9		Paul Guest	263626J	75	1	Jamie Allen		35	0
10		Simon Jones	113908D	75	1	Joe Mellor		29	0
11		Peter Evans	128860L	68	1	Matthew Mellor		23	0
12		Siddharth Singh		Ung	0	Angelica Dean		Ung	1
		FINAL SCORE			8				4

Shrewsbury Juniors do the double

Shrewsbury Juniors completed a double over Newport Juniors in the return league match this month. Wins for Chris Lovejoy against Jamie Allan and Francis Rooney against Luke West plus a default win for Matthew Best sealed the win early on, with Jonathan Newey also securing a draw for the home side against Mark Richards. Athar Mehmood got Newport's only win against Henry Graham on board one. Shrewsbury Juniors 3.5-1.5 Newport Juniors H Graham 0-1 Athar Mehmood J Newey 0.5-0.5 M Richards C Lovejoy 1-0 J Allan F Rooney 1-0 L West M Best 1-0 default

Congress success for juniors

Shropshire Juniors stormed the Wrekin Chess Congress held in Madeley last weekend with Ieuan Fenton (17) from Oswestry winning the Major section with 4.5 points from five games and Athar Mehmood (12) from Newport club winning the Minor section with a stunning 5 points after winning all five games. A number of the county's juniors competed in the Minor section with many of them chalking up wins against higher-graded and mainly adult opponents. Full results: Major section (under 150 grade) Ieuan Fenton 4.5/5 1st place Minor section (up to 99 grade) Athar Mehmood 5/5 1st place Nathanael Paul 4/5 joint 2nd place Peter Mellor 3.5/5 Angelica Dean 2.5/5 Mark Richards 2.5/5 Chris Lovejoy 2/5 Jamie Allan 1.5/5 Matthew Best 1.5/5 Huw Davenport 1.5/3 Francis Rooney 1.5/5 Alex Dillon 1/5