Hampshire scored 5.5 points in the latest instalment of the Chiltern Open jamboree, played at Basingstoke on 2nd December 2017, with wins for Bill McDougall, Fraser McLeod, Gareth Jones, Phil Stimpson and Tim Davis. Oxfordshire scored 6.5 points; Berkshire 3 points; Buckinghamshire did not compete.
Hampshire players in bold text. | Result | |||||
Bd. | Name | Grade | Grade | Name | ||
1 | John Wager | 194 | 0 | 1 | 187 | Bill McDougall |
2 | Christopher Archer-Lock | 180 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 186 | Will Burt |
3 | David Fowler | 180 | 0 | 1 | 174 | Ray Starkie |
4 | Mike March | 172 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 169 | Charles Bullock |
5 | Nikhil Kadambadi | 168 | 0 | 1 | 175 | Fraser McLeod |
6 | Gareth A Jones | 173 | 1 | 0 | 172 | Gary Jackson |
7 | Sean Terry | 166 | 1 | 0 | 164 | Paul Janota |
8 | Mike Marlow | 163 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 169 | Stuart Knox |
9 | Phil Stimpson | 168 | 1 | 0 | 161 | Peter Isaksen |
10 | Ivan Stipcevic | 168 | 0 | 1 | 161 | Neil Staples |
11 | Graham Cole | 159 | 0 | 1 | 155 | George Green |
12 | Philip Ware | 106 | 0 | 1 | 165 | Tim Davis |
13 | Richard Beckett | 150 | 1 | 0 | 106 | Philip Ware |
14 | Gillian Moore | 141 | 0 | 1 | 147 | Nigel Dennis |
15 | Michael Redmond | 145 | 0 | 1 | 149 | Asif Hameed |
The next round will be hosted by Berkshire on Saturday 27th January. After 2 rounds, this gives the following overall standings:
- Hampshire 11½ pts,
- Oxfordshire 11 pts,
- Berkshire 8½ pts,
- Buckinghamshire 4 pts.
The 2017-18 Open team competition is being conducted as a jamboree over ten boards and four rounds. The fixtures are:
- Sat 07 Oct 2017 round 1, Oxford
- Sat 02 Dec 2017 round 2, Hampshire
- Sat 27 Jan 2018 round 3, Berkshire
- Sat 10 Mar 2018 round 4, Buckinghamshire
Update kindly provided by Fraser McLeod