Monday 26 January 2009

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

Monday 19 January 2009

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

Monday 5 January 2009

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