'Sussex Smart Controls' compete in 4NCL Division 3

The Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) is a team tournament over three divisions, with over 850 players taking part and almost £10,000 in cash prizes on offer. Their website claims "it is the most prestigious team chess event held in the United Kingdom"!

Sussex Junior Chess chairperson, Clare Salimbeni, captains a mixed-age team called 'Sussex Smart Controls' which is sponsored by Smart Home Controls of Uckfield. Sussex Smart Controls compete in Division 3.

The 2008 - 2009 season is now over, and Sussex Smart Controls finished very respectably 15th out of 32 teams.

Summary:

Weekend 5: 2nd/4th May, Daventry

The Saturday game against the Poisoned Pawns 2 was lost 1.5 - 4.5. The Sunday game against AMCA Rhinos was narrowly lost by 2.5 - 3.5. The Monday game against Metropolitan was a good win 3.5 - 2.5 and a very good way to end the season on a winning result.

It has been a good season and we have ended up just above mid table.

Thank you to all the players in the team for their support this season, and also to David Fryer and Smart Home Controls for sponsoring the team and including all the team meals.

The team: Dave Graham - Robert Elliston - Gerry Michaud - Grant Bucher - David Grant - Mathew Payne - Tim Woods - Chris Yates

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Our Saturday game against Cambridge University 2 team was hard fought and we narrowly lost 2.5 - 3.5 with several of the games not quite going our way at the end.

The Sunday game we were drawn against The Full Ponty and had a very good result winning 4 - 2

Thanks to all the players who played at the weekend and to Smart Home Controls for a very enjoyable meal.

The team: George Salimbeni - David Fryer - Grant Bucher - Andrew Tucker - Matthew Payne - Tim Woods

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Weekend 3: 7th/8th February, De Vere Staverton Park, Daventry, Northants

Saturday saw us repaired against a very strong White Rose team as bad weather conditions caused several teams to withdraw, and sadly we lost 1.5 - 4.5

Sunday, we faired much better with a fine win against Oxford 2. We won the match 3.5 - 2.5 and had several very good wins on the lower boards.

The team: Dave Graham - Robert Elliston - George Salimbeni - Matthew Payne - Tim Woods - Chris Yates.

Thanks to the players and their supporters for the weekend and for the continued support for the Sussex Smart Controls Team.

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Weekend 2: 7th/8th December, Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island

An excellent weekend for the players this weekend with a win on Saturday of 4.5 - 1.5 to Guildford AD&C 5 and a very good draw on Sunday to the Littlethorpe who were one of the top teams.

Many thanks to all who played: Robert Elliston, David Fryer, Grant Bucher, Andrew Tucker, David Grant, and Tim Woods.

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Weekend 1: 18th/19th October, De Vere Sunningdale

The first matches of the season were held over the weekend of 18th - 19th October at Sunningdale, when the team included three Sussex juniors; David Grant, Matthew Payne, and George Salimbeni.

The weekend got off to a flying start with a 6 - 0 win against Celtic Tigers 2.

However, on Sunday the opposition (Bristol 2) was much stronger and the team lost 4:2.

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