The latest from Lichfield's league and cup matches.
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Cannock League Division 2 Lichfield 2A and Stafford will have to win the three matches they have in hand to overtake Lichfield 2B after the B team’s 2-2 draw with Mercia. Lichfield had to win the last two …
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Derby League Division 1 The Burton and Lichfield ‘A’ side faced bottom side Rolls Royce ‘B’ in a Monday night match at The King’s Head and emerged as convincing 3-1 winners. First to finish was John Hoddy, playing …
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Cannock League Division 3 Elliott Ward would surely improve on his already considerable talent if he would just slow down a little. In his own word he” battered” his Norton Canes opponent using just eight minutes of his time against …
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Wolverhampton Division 1 Lichfield ‘A’ suffered a disappointing match defeat to a strong Warley Quinborne side in their Wolverhampton Division 1 clash at the Guild Hall. It was wonderful to see Turan Asgarova back in action on Board 1 following …
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Cannock League Division 3 Fourteen years old Emilie Nastase has been playing chess for not much more than 12 months and she has still to get another seven league match opportunities to qualify for a genuine rating. Leading club members …
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Birmingham League Division 3 An Olton default on Board 6 helped Lichfield to a 4-2 win and to ensure promotion from Division 3. Now the aim is to maintain the team’s unbeaten record and win the league title. …
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Birmingham Division 5 Connor Whetnall lost his first few league games but on the evidence of this match he has started to look a seasoned player. He was cool and calculated as he punished his opponent’s early blunder, forced …
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Wolverhampton League Lichfield B crushed Wolverhampton 3.5 – 1.5 at the Guildhall with wins from Adam Routledge, Tony Green and David Hulme, Adam’s victory probably now has an invincible total of 21 in the race for theClub’s …
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Derby League Heavy traffic held up the Lichfield/Burton combined team and cost them all 10 minutes playing time agaainst Clay Cross. It proved no handicap to Adam Routledge. His win on bord one was described by Mike Hoare as …
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Cannock League Ben Adams maintained his good form with a top board draw against a much higher rated player but that was as good as it got for Lichfield who lost 3.5 – 1.5. Ben’s son, Isaac lost …
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Cannock League Diviion 1 Albert Chacko had every chance to win his game against Kath Hiley and with it the match, He won the opening and the middle game but then relaxed and got the end game all wrong, allowing …
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Cannock League Division 2 A great win by Adam Routledge was the prime reason why Lichfield’s 2B team was able to maintain their title challenge. Playing board one above first team skipper David Hulme, Adam overcame a 130 point …
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