British League Teams – Feb 2012
By ATTC Webmaster on Mar 02, 2012 with Comments 0
First Team: Division 1 South West and North
Four matches were played this final weekend (18/19 Feb.2012).
Owing to some problems which were compounded by the unavailability of the three top players because of sports injuries, and as in previous rounds, Ashford 1 could not field their best team.
On the first day, the team comprised: Jason Tendler, John Robinson, Ramesh Bhalla and David Crowley.
This was John’s first match plus he was not fully fit and another player was recovering from a very bad flu/cold and had been in bed for six days.
Against Fusion, the team managed a draw. There was excellent play by David who won both his games against players ranked much higher than him. The second match was lost.
On the second day, the team was one player short, which meant that in both matches the opponents got a two game start. The team lost the first match but did well in the second where both John and Ramesh had good wins. Perhaps with a fourth player we could at least have managed a draw.
Finally, the team ended at the bottom of the table.
Incidentally, both the second team and the third team also finished at the bottom of the table. Consequently all three teams will be relegated to the bottom divisions, and the third team may even possibly be out of the competition – replaced by a team on the waiting list.
Over many years, one cannot recollect a period where all Ashford British League teams ended at the bottom and were relegated to the lower divisions.
Women’s Team: Division 3 of Women’s British League
In the Women’s British League, results show that this team also ended at the bottom of the table and in the relegation zone.
Veteran’s Team: Division 1B of Veteran’s National British League
Our team in the Veterans British League ended up second from the bottom position and may also go down.
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