Dave Drew who formed the Ordnance Survey chess club along with Marshall Painter in 1969 has died. His twin brother John was a long serving C tram captain and league treasurer, Dave was at his peak an accomplished player who gave great service to his club.

Results

Division 1
University A 2.5 Ringwood A 2.5
(M Harvey 1 M Simons 0, M Fernandez 1 C B Jenks 0, P Waddingham 0.5 R Pegg 0.5, J Abrams 0 M Clancy 1, T Evans 0 R W Ursell 1)

Division 3
Southampton C 3 Salisbury B 2
(D Soares 1 D Renham 0, T Chapman 0.5 R McClatchey 0.5, D Agostinelli 0.5 J Barnett 0.5, J Wiseman 1 A Jones 0, K Sawers 0 M Pope 1)

Division 4
Chandlers Ford B 1.5 University C 2.5
(S Murphy 0 M Markenstein 1, J Kooner 0 M Kocabinar 1, R Sims 1 P Wei 0, N George 0.5 J Early 0.5)

Salisbury C 1 Chandlers Ford B 3
(J Barnett 0.5 R Meredith 0.5, K Huntley 0.5 S Murphy 0.5, E R Tapper 0 N George 1, M Barrett 0 Maha Chandar 1)

Division 5
Winchester C 3 Basingstoke C 1
(S Kitley 1 P Ware 0, B Jack 0 G Phillips 1, J Schoneneberger 1 A Smith 0, B White 1 Y Phillips 0) match for grading purposes only h Moore 0 A Matthews 1)

Basingstoke C 2 Southampton D 2
(A Smith 0.5 D Nelson 0,5, A Matthews 0 M Childs 1, G Phillips 0.5 D Murchie 0.5, Y Phillips 1 T Hutchins 0)

Basingstoke C 4 Ringwood C 0
(By default)

Article kindly contributed by Malcolm Clarke for the Southern Daily Echo dated Saturday 11th November 2017