Half-season Round-up Part III
This report focuses on Division 2 of the Suffolk Chess League
Not all teams have played the same number of games, as the match between Stowmarket A and Saxmundham A has been postponed.
There is very little to choose between the six teams. Adastral Park leapt to the top of the league by whitewashing Stowmarket A recently. But when the outstanding match has been played, there could be as little as two points between top and bottom. So there’s everything to play for in the second half of the season!
This is the current table:
| Team | Played | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Adastral Park | 5 | 11 |
| Sudbury | 5 | 10½ |
| Bury St Edmunds ‘C’ | 5 | 10 |
| Ipswich D | 5 | 9½ |
| Stowmarket A | 4 | 7½ |
| Saxmundham A | 4 | 6½ |
On paper, Saxmundham A has the strongest team, with Dave Brown (175), Malcolm Lightfoot (163) and John Feavyour (151). But results have not been kind to them, including an error in their first match, when boards 2 and 3 played in the wrong order, resulting in the loss of 1½ points. This would have been their only win of the season.
Several teams have strong players on their top boards. As well as Saxmundham’s Dave Brown, Stowmarket A have Richard Lamont (171), Sudbury Rob Sanders (171) and Bury St Edmunds John Peters (169).
The Player of the Season trophy is led by John Peters, who has won all five of his games. He is followed closely by Ed Kirkham (Adastral Park), on 4½/5.