Latest Result from the ELL Div 2 24Apr19
| Heywood | 1.5 | 3.5 | Clitheroe 'A' | |
| Con Carey | 0 | 1 | Dave Talbot | |
| James Wildsmith | 1 | 0 | Keith Melling | |
| John T Crompton | 0.5 | 0.5 | Eric Mansfield | |
| John Pickersgill | 0 | 1 | Colin Knight | |
| Joshua Woodbridge | 0 | 1 | John Moxham | |
A close match against a strong team but a good win for James.
Latest Result from the CLL Div A 24Apr19
| Heywood 'A' | 3 | 2 | Rochdale | |
| Phillip Armstrong | 1 | 0 | Robert Newton | |
| Matthew Searles | 1 | 0 | Armand Catz | |
| Bill O'Rourke | 0 | 1 | Mark Whitehead | |
| James Carrington | 0 | 1 | Mark Taylor | |
| John Addison | 1 | 0 | Default | |
A good win for us we need to go too Preston and beat their 'A' team to secure the legue title!
Latest Result from the MCF Div D 24Apr19
| Heywood '4' | 3.5 | 1.5 | Chorlton '4' | |
| Tarini Jayawarna | 1 | 0 | Phil Bennett | |
| Tony Jinks | 0 | 1 | Joel Prittie | |
| Steve Mason | 0.5 | 0.5 | Conor Hicks | |
| Peter Hurn | 1 | 0 | Anthony Fagan | |
| Derek Marsden | 1 | 0 | David Hynes | |
Latest Result from the MCF Div D 15Apr19
| Bolton '4' | 2.5 | 2.5 | Heywood '4' | |
| John Skipworth | 0 | 1 | Tony Jinks | |
| P. D. Patel | 0 | 1 | Steve Mason | |
| Andrew Beavan | 0.5 | 0.5 | Peter Hurn | |
| Peter Hosie | 1 | 0 | Derek Marsden | |
| Mike Swift | 1 | 0 | Joshua Woodbridge | |
This was a very close encounter both Tony and Steve finished their games quickly,followed by Derek, my game was a close affair I feel I should have won having 2 pawns and Rook vs a rook but my opponent played all the right moves and I played the right moves but in the wrong order so a draw and Josh was still playing. But Josh's opponent just got the better of him winning in the end. So we ended up with a draw.
Latest Result from the ELL Div 2 18Apr19
| Crusaders 'C' | 1 | 4 | Heywood | |
| Goodchild Ndou | 0 | 1 | Con Carey | |
| Asad Syed | 0 | 1 | Steve Mason | |
| Regan Topham | 0.5 | 0.5 | Peter Hurn | |
| William T Jones | 0 | 1 | Derek Marsden | |
| Robert Grounds | 0.5 | 0.5 | John T Crompton | |
Well done to one and all, Ian was working again but the stand ins did well. Many thanks to Con for providing team transport.
Latest Result from the ELL Div 2 17Apr19
| Heywood | 3.5 | 1.5 | Clitheroe 'B' | |
| Con Carey | 0.5 | 0.5 | Eric Mansfield | |
| Mark Southby | 1 | 0 | John Moxham | |
| John T Crompton | 0 | 1 | Colin Knight | |
| Mark Woodbridge | 1 | 0 | Patricia Talbot | |
| Josh Woodbridge | 1 | 0 | Karl Barnsley | |
This was a good win for us with the Woodbriges forming a winning duel, well done to all that played, captain Ian Mitchell was unfortunately working so could not attend.
Latest Result from the CLL Div B 17Apr19
| Heywood 'B' | 5 | 0 | Crusaders 'B' | |
| Walk Over | 1 | 0 | De Fault | |
| Walk Over | 1 | 0 | De Fault | |
| Walk Over | 1 | 0 | De Fault | |
| Walk Over | 1 | 0 | De Fault | |
| Walk Over | 1 | 0 | De Fault | |
Crusaders could not field a team they told us with just 2 days notice and so we were unable to offer an acceptable re match date, with it being nearly at the end of the season.
Latest Result from the MCF Hartley Cup 17Apr19
| Heywood '5' | 2.5 | 2.5 | Chorlton '4' | |
| Peter Hurn | 0.5 | 0.5 | Howard Hughes | |
| Derek Marsden | 0 | 1 | Phil Bennett | |
| Ross Greenhalgh | 1 | 0 | Joel Prittie | |
| Thisumi Jayawarna | 0 | 1 | Conor Hicks | |
| Walk Over | 1 | 0 | Dee Fault | |
Board 1 - Pete, played an outstanding game a got a fantastic draw against a mush higher graded opponent.
Board 2 - Derek, again faced a much high graded opponent and appeared to have the upper hand until losing a Knight.
Board 3 - Ross, continued having a fantastic season with a well earned win against a very good opponent.
Board 4 - Thisumi, Played a very tactical game and found it quite tough to develop some pieces, lost a couple of pawns and worked very hard to try and get back into the game. Beaten by a very good opponent, very well done Thisumi.
Board 5 - Pauly Knight - Opponent never turned up, was probably scared of Pauly.
Vic Pelling
Latest Result from the B&R Cup Final 16Apr19
| Bury | 2 | 2 | Heywood 'C' | |
| John Briggs | 0 | 1 | Mark Southby | |
| Steven Press | 1 | 0 | Ian Mitchell | |
| Jeremy Peach | 0.5 | 0.5 | Peter Hurn | |
| Brian Forrest | 0.5 | 0.5 | John T Crompton | |
Mark had a quick win on the top board, I think his opponent blundered.Mine was next and it was a complicated position I was stuck on my Qeen side and he didn't want to break through so we agreed a draw. Next was John's game, he was 2 rooks against a rook and 2 bishops and to his amazement hi opponent offered the draw (meaning that we win the match on board count) so he accepted taking the pressure of our captain Ian. He was in a awkward position his opponent had connected pawns on g2 and h3 with his king stuck on h1, he had to sacrifice his knight for the 2 pawns but missed his rook getting forked so lost in the end. No probs we won the cup on board count. Well done to all who took part many thanks to Ian for the transport.
Latest Result from the MCF Div D 15Apr19
| Bolton '4' | 2.5 | 2.5 | Heywood '4' | |
Latest Result from the B&R Rapid 15Apr19
| Blue Club 'B' | 1.5 | 8.5 | Heywood 'A' | |
| R. Gavin | 0 | 2 | William O'Rourke | |
| N. Jerzynek | 0 | 2 | John Addison | |
| J. Wilson | 1.5 | 0.5 | Steve Flaherty | |
| P Czyrski | 0 | 2 | Ian Mitchell | |
| A. Jennings | 0 | 2 | Thisumi Jayawarna | |
The absence of three regular players did not faze our team at all. Special thanks to Ian and Thisumi who not only played at short notice, but also demonstrated why they should have been picked in the first place, both of them collecting maximum points without any apparent difficulty. This match concludes our rapidplay season, and the victory ensures us of second place in the league. Congratulations to Blue Club A, who have secured the league title with one match still to play, having won all their matches to date by handsome margins.
Latest Result from the CLL Div. A 10Apr19
| Heywood 'A' | 4 | 1 | Crusaders 'A' | |
| Mathew Searles | 0.5 | 0.5 | Martyn Hamer | |
| Bill O'Rourke | 1 | 0 | John Whitfield | |
| James Carrington | 1 | 0 | Default | |
| John Addison | 0.5 | 0.5 | Peter Dickinson | |
| Dave Almond | 1 | 0 | Shaun Tumelty | |
A good win for us.
Latest Result from the MCF Div. A 09Apr19
| Altrincham | 2.5 | 4.5 | Heywood '1' | |
| Mark Hann | 0 | 1 | Peter Jowett | |
| Reg Clucas | 0 | 1 | Martyn Hamer | |
| David Newell | 0 | 1 | Carl Tillotson | |
| Mark E Whalley | 0.5 | 0.5 | Bill O'Rourke | |
| Sheraz Khalil | 0 | 1 | James Carrington | |
| Anthony J Lane | 1 | 0 | John Addison | |
| Nick Lowe | 1 | 0 | Tarini Jayawarna | |
A good win against a strong team.
Latest Result from the B&R Div. B 09Apr19
Bury 1 3 Heywood 'B'
Jeremy Peach 0 1 Steve Flaherty
Brian Forrest 0 1 Con Carey
Ash Freeman 1 0 John Pickersgill
Cheers Con
Latest Result from the MCF Div. C 08Apr19
Notheneden 1.5 5.5 Heywood '3'
Thomas Davidson 0 1 Dave S Almond
Vijay Kumar 0 1 Con Carey
Liam Lougheed 1/2 1/2 Kyle Pelling
Anthony Hunt 1 0 Steven Mason
Gary Jackson 0 1 Anthony Jinks
Lionel Taylor 0 1 Peter Hurn
Nathan Harvey-Jones 0 1 Ross Greenhalgh
This was a topsy turvy match, most of the team in Con's car were about 15 mins late, due to traffic etc. Clocks were started when we arrived! Con was first to finish with an easy win, but then Steve Mason lost his game. Ross got the better of his opponent after swapping his queen for 2 rooks and quickly mated his opponents King. My game was next and after blundering a piece early on I was always under the cosh, but my opponent didn't go for the kill, he swapped off all the pieces leaving his knight plus 4 pawns against my 6 pawns, with a passed pawn on the A file he could't get his knight across the board quick enough. My great escape and Queen v knight he soon resigned. The next to finish was Kyle his game looked very even and so he eventually agreed the draw. That left Dave on the top board and Tony on board 5. There was controversy on the top board, Dave's opponent made 2 illegal moves and after checking the rules etc, Dave won the game. Tony was a piece down in his game but looking like a draw, but his opponent ran out of time claiming that he thought he had 20 more mins, (this was at around 11pm) and so Tony won on time! Well done to all that attended it is quite a journey if you drive through the centre.
Pete Hurn
Latest Result from the CLL Div. B 04Apr19
Crusaders C 1 4 Heywood 'B'
Syed, Asad 0 1 Carrington, James
Topham, Regan 0 1 Almond, Dave S
Crook, Harrison 0 1 Flaherty, Steven M
Grounds, Robert 0 1 Pelling, Kyle
Jones, William T 1 0 Default
Nice win to say we only had 4 players.
Latest Result from the MCF Div B 03Apr19
Heywood '2' 4.5 2.5 Chorlton '2'
William O'Rourke 0 1 Alan Beresford
James Carrington 1 0 Graham Phythian
John Addison 1 0 Paul Harnett
Dave S Almond 1/2 1/2 Howard Hughes
Steve Hutchinson 1/2 1/2 Phil Bennett
Con Carey 1/2 1/2 Joel Prittie
Walk Over 1 0 Dee Fault
A good win for us.
Latest Result from the MCF Div E 03Apr19
Heywood '6' 2.5 2.5 Bolton '5'
Peter Hurn 1/2 1/2 P D Patel
John Crompton 1 0 Leon Hunt
John Pickersgill 0 1 William Fairclough
Michael Woodbridge 1 0 Bryony Eccleston
Joshua Woodbridge 0 1 Sam Hunt
This was a tight match, Josh was first to finish, playing a good game but just losing. Mike was second to finish and he played a sound game and eventually overpowered his opponent. My game was next and after a shaky start I ended up a pawn down in a tight position, so a draw was quickly agreed. John Crompton looked to be losing, a pawn down but managed to win in the end with 2 passed pawns on the seventh rank. So John only needed a draw to win the match, he did offer a draw but his young opponent was a pawn up and a better position,John soon crumbled when his opponent got a pawn on the 7th rank and John's King was stuck. So a drawn match and fair result.
Pete Hurn
Latest Result from the B&R Div B 02Apr19
Bury 1 3 Heywood 'C'
G James 1/2 1/2 M Southby
S Press 1/2 1/2 I Mitchell
A Freeman 0 1 R Greenhalgh
Smith 0 1 J Crompton
A good win for us
Latest Result from the B&R Rapid Play 27Mar19
Heywood 'A' 9.5 0.5 Tameside 'A'
Martyn Hamer 2 0 James Carrington
Bill O'Rourke 2 0 Kyle Pelling
Dave Almond 2 0 M Benhamida
Steve Hutchinson 1.5 0.5 P Knight
Steve Flaherty 2 0 J Benhamida
A strong team a but good experience for the Tameside juniors + James.
Latest Result from the B&R Rapid Play 26Mar19
Blue Club 'A' 8 2 Heywood 'A'
Hilton, Tim 1 0 O'Rourke, William
Hilton, Tim 1 0 O'Rourke, William
Whitehead, Mark 1 0 Almond, Dave S
Whitehead, Mark 1 0 Almond, Dave S
Catz, Armand 1 0 Mitchell, Ian
Catz, Armand 1 0 Mitchell, Ian
Searles, M 1 0 Jinks, Anthony
Searles, M 1 0 Jinks, Anthony
Jenkins Adam 0 1 Wildsmith, James
Jenkins Adam 0 1 Wildsmith, James
We were mostly heavily outgraded but well done to James on the bottom board for his 2 wins!
Latest Result from the MCF Div. C 20Mar19
Heywood '3' 4.5 2.5 Stockport '3'
Dave S Almond 0 1 Peter H Taylor
Steven M Flaherty 1/2 1/2 Gareth Griffiths
Steve Hutchinson 1/2 1/2 Anthony Prime
Kyle Pelling 1 0 John Kelly
Con Carey 1/2 1/2 Ian Anderson
Ian Mitchell 1 0 Walk Over
Anthony Jinks 1 0 David Peatfield
A good win for us, we are now mid table.
Latest Result from the MCF Div. A 20Mar19
Heywood '1' 5 2 3C's '2'
D Brett Lund 1 0 Robert McLean
Nugith Jayawarna 1/2 1/2 Yaoyao Zhu
Martyn Hamer 1/2 1/2 Kevin Ye
Scott Riley 1/2 1/2 Ran Song
Carl Tillotson 1/2 1/2 Paul Keech
William O'Rourke 1 0 John F Walton
James Carrington 1 0 Ben Newton
A good win for us which puts us in 2nd place in Div A.
Latest Result from the CLL Div. A 19Mar19
Rochdale 3 2 Heywood 'A'
Newton, Robert A 1 0 Searles, Matthew JE
Hilton, Tim 0 1 Armstrong, Philip
Catz, Armand 0 1 O'Rourke, William
Whitehead, Mark A 1 0 Carrington, James
Pope, Martin 1 0 Almond, Dave S
Result was 3-2 to rochdale mat lost, phil won, bill won, i lost and dave lost, we were white on odds bill won with a good fast check mate rest aint worth reporting.
James
Latest Result from the B&R Rapid Play 13Mar19
Heywood 'A' 3 7 Blue Club 'A'
Hamer, Martyn 1 0 Armstrong, Philip
Hamer, Martyn 1 0 Armstrong, Philip
O'Rourke, William 0 1 Hilton, Tim
O'Rourke, William 1 0 Hilton, Tim
Marsden, Derek 0 1 Whitehead, Mark A
Marsden, Derek 0 1 Whitehead, Mark A
Crompton, T John 0 1 Catz, Armand
Crompton, T John 0 1 Catz, Armand
Jones, Paul 0 1 Searles, Matthew JE
Jones, Paul 0 1 Searles, Matthew JE
A makeshift team due to fixtures clashes we did well to get 3 points.
Latest Result from the B&R Div. B 13Mar19
Heywood 'B' 2.5 1.5 Blue Club 'C'
Almond, Dave S 0 1 Jerzynek, Neil
Flaherty, Steven M ½ ½ Wilson, Jeff
Hutchinson, Steve 1 0 Dean, Bernard
Carey, Con 1 0 Czyrski, Paul H
We had a strong team but only just won.
Latest Result from the ELL Div. 2 13Mar19
Rossendale 'C' 1.5 3.5 Heywood
Bancroft, B ½ ½ Southby, Mark
Rushworth, Ray 0 1 Hurn, Peter
Martin, Paul 0 1 Wildsmith, James
McCarthy, David 0 1 Greenhalgh, Ross
Judge, Owen 1 0 Pickersgill, John
This was a good win for us against ungraded players? James was on top of his game and was a queen up in a few moves and eventually his opponent folded. John was next up he was an early pawn up but got stuck in a corner with a mate soon to follow. My game was next to finish I was apawn down in a poor opening but eventually managed to put a lot of pressure on the g7 pawn eventually gaining a Knight followed by a Rook, so I then sacrifised my rook and knight for his Queen and he quickly gave up. Ross played another blinder on board 4 managing to get 3 pawns up in the end game and after he forked his opponents bishop and King his oppponent soon resigned.The top board was last and Mark looked like winning being 2 pawns up in the end game but his opponent managed to get a draw via perpectual check. So the final score was 3.5 to 1.5, well done to all and many thanks to John for transporting me.
Pete Hurn
Latest Result from the B&R Div. B 06Mar19
Heywood 'C' 2 2 Bury
I Mitchell 1 0 J Briggs
J Wildsmith 1 0 J Peach
J Pickersgill 0 1 B Forrest
R Powell 0 1 A Freeman
This was a very close match no details provided but great win for James!
Latest Result from the B&R Div. A 06Mar19
Heywood 'A' 0.5 3.5 Blue Club 'B'
M. Hamer 0 1 A. Catz
W. O'Rourke 1/2 1/2 R. Gavin
J. Addison 0 1 M. Taylor
D. Almond 0 1 M. Esperitu
John's opponent sacrificed a piece for a dangerous attack which he was unable to repel either during the game or in the post mortem. Dave never recovered the pawn he gave up in his wild opening and steadily shipped more material as his opponent gradually increased his grip on the position. Martyn's position looked promising but when his attack failed to break through his wily opponent quickly turned the tables. Bill had some pressure in his game which eventually transformed into a small endgame advantage that never looked like being enough for more than a draw against a resourceful opponent, and so it proved. A disappointing result, but well played by the Blue Club.
John Addison
Latest Result from the MCF Hartley Cup 06Mar19
3C's '4' 2.5 2.5 Heywood '4'
Helal Ahmed 0 1 Anthony Jinks
Karl Moorcroft 1/2 1/2 Peter Hurn
Stephen Rigby 0 1 John T Crompton
John F Walton 1 0 Michael Woodbridge
Everson Correa 1 0 Joshua Woodbridge
A game we thought we would get battered! Josh was first to finish his opponent just too strong, Mike was next to succomb to a stronger player, but he battled well. Next my game was very topsy turvy, I threw all my king side pawns at my opponent and ended up in a drawn position with the Queens swapped off, he offered the draw so I took it, thinking that the match was lost? Next Tony who was a piece down managed to gain a whole rook in the middle game and with 2 connected passed pawns on the G and F files the game was settled shortly after. That meant it was all on John to win the match on board count. He was a pawn up most of the game but managed to promote his g pawn with his opponent unable to stop it. Result 2.5 - 2.5 and we win on board count, onward to the final!!
Pete Hurn
Latest Result from the MCF Alfred Milner Cup 05Mar19
Chorlton '5' 3.5 1.5 Heywood '6'
Andrew Beswick 1/2 1/2 Peter Hurn
Herach Manassian 1 0 Jason Chapman
Joel Prittie 0 1 T John Crompton
Conor Hicks 1 0 Joshua Woodbridge
Anthony Fagan 1 0 Michael Woodbridge
Josh was first to finish his opponent was just too strong for him, next Mike was beaten by his opponent. Then John secured a good win on board 3 and Jason was asking for a draw in his game thinking that I would win?? Jason was apawn down and his opponent ground him down, so the match being lost now I accepted the draw from my oponent who was in time trouble. Many thanks to the Woodbridges drafted in late and special thanks to Michael who drove us there and back.
Pete Hurn