Horsham 1 narrowly defeat Eastbourne 1

Horsham 1 achieved a narrow 3-2 victory over Eastbourne 1 in their match last night. Gavin Lock, Dix Roberts and Paul Taylor all won, but Phil Stimpson lost a safe-looking endgame, while James Mansson managed to blunder his queen against Oliver Froom.

The results of the individual games are given in the table below:

Board Horsham 1 Result Eastbourne 1
1 Gavin Lock (199) 1-0 Paul Carpenter (178)
2 James Mansson (192) 0-1 Oliver Froom (175)
3 Phil Stimpson (179) 0-1 Jordan Madjovski (-)
4 Dix Roberts (170) 1-0 Adrian Pickersgill (175)
5 Paul Taylor (176) 1-0 Michael Reddie (155)
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