Wednesday 15th December 

Nomads B 4½-1½ Rotherham Juniors B
Stuart Crosthwaite 1-0 M Coupe
Ken Dewhurst 1-0 A Coupe
Masrura Khakimova 0-1 Holroyd-Doveton
Phil Ford ½-½ T Whitaker
Kevin Marshall 1-0 A Littlewood
Jon Woollard 1-0 D Coupe

Captain's Corner

A comfortable win. The top two boards and 'dependable Kev' sailed through. Masrura ran into time difficulties and succumbed in the end game. John ('I wish I'd practised more') eventually prevailed and I scraped a draw after running into a prepared Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon (9.0-0-0). Who said that RxN on c3 was always productive?! Merry Christmas to all our readers...