Horsham 1

Horsham 1's title hopes took a knock (ok, enough with the kn's now) last Tuesday when we were defeated 3.5-1.5 at home...

Apologies for the late report - Horsham 1 beat Worthing 2 away this time last week which puts us 2nd with three matches to play...

Worthing 1 visited us on Tuesday and inflicted our only loss so far. The visitors fielded their strongest possible lineup and beat us 3-2 in a close match...

First off, thanks to Phil for the top quality pun. Secondly, I can report success for Horsham in the farthest-flung corner of Sussex...

Horsham 1 defeated Hastings 2 by a comfortable scoreline on Tuesday night, in a match where Black dominated White, scoring 4/5 unbeaten across the two teams...

Last Friday night Horsham 1 visited Crowborough for a league match against their first team. In the end both teams deserved to get something from the match and that was how it ended...

The Horsham first team hosted Lewes 1 on Tuesday, and ended up 4.5-0.5 victors against an under-strength opposition that nevertheless acquitted itself well...

A somewhat depleted Horsham 1 faced Knoll Knights on the dreaded Friday night (can't the League ban Fridays?)...

Horsham 1 hosted Crowborough 1 last night and despite a strong visiting lineup including two of Sussex's best juniors, Horsham prevailed without conceding a game. Phil was acting captain in Dix's absence and there were two subs in the form of Mike and myself promoted to cover for James and Dix.

Horsham 1 scored an excellent win away at Worthing, defeating their first team by 3.5-1.5. This opens the league up, as Brighton 1 now have the chance to overtake the leaders.

The results of the individual games were:

Bd.1: Therrien, Alex L (207) 0-1 Lock, Gavin R (202)
Bd.2: Graham, David B (205) 0.5-0.5 Stimpson, Philip M (179)
Bd.3: Jones, Chris (189) 0-1 Roberts, David N (170)
Bd.4: Payne, Matthew J (172) 1-0 Taylor, Paul (176)
Bd.5: Homeyard, Keith (164) 0-1 Harbott, Peter (166)