The quarter final stage of the Knockout Plate saw the Hobbits lose on the 1.5 handicap advantage held by Alnwick after the teams drew 2-2 at Morpeth on Wednesday 13th June. Top board Michael Hubbard lost an exciting game against Phil Hemsley, while Tim Adams on two was fortunate to escape with a draw in […]

We were dumped out of the summer knockout on Tuesday night despite starting with a full point on bottom board when Jesmond defaulted.
Paul Dargan made it 2-0, but it quickly went downhill from there as both Darren and myself lost.  The handicap system gave Jesmond a 1.5 points head-start, so a final score of 3.5-2 […]

Tynemouth Trojans began our knockout cup campaign with a 4-0 victory at Forest Hall. 
Darren Laws unleashed a series of blows from his usual Colle System to win quickly, and Antonio Moneva-Jordan, despite arriving half an hour late (after several trips to the mega-bowl), soon added the second point.  Paul Dargan had his game sewn up out of the opening, […]