28 April 2014 - Central League Division 2

Dunfermline B v Stirling C
Fred Ossowski Douglas Rew Bryan O'Rourke Derek Rodger	1662 1569 1474 1239	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1d - 0d	1318 1245 1207 1182	Craig Manson Robert Togneri David Brodie Robert Leckie
		4 - 1

28 April 2014 - Central League Division 1 - League Decider!

Both teams went into tonight's re-arranged match with a league record of played 7, won 3, drawn 3, lost 1. No other teams in the league can catch either team. Badgers Brook had a slight advantage in board points, meaning a drawn match would have been enough for them, whereas Stirling had to win.

The match got off to a bad start for Stirling when Robin lost to Kenny - although the match could have been settled sooner if Kenny had noticed Robin's en prise knight. I then finished against Andrew with a draw (game below). I looked at the other games, and thought they could all have gone either way. I nipped downstairs to the toilet, came back upstairs and found that all the remaining games had finished as draws.

Congratulations, then, to Badgers Brook on their league title!

Stirling A v Badgers Brook
Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles   Neil Irving	1810   1750   1670   1660   1657	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	1904   1942   1792   1776   1629	Martin Clancy   Mark Cooke   Andrew McHarg   Kenny McGeoch   Graham Kerr
		2 - 3

McHarg - Anderson

Thornton Cup winner - Robert Leckie

Congratulations to Robert Leckie, who beat David Brodie in the final of the Thornton Cup on Monday night. Well done, Robert!

Comiserations to David Brodie, who has been runner-up in this competition for four seasons in a row...

2 April 2014 - Under 1500 Cup

Stirling v Grangemouth
Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon Crawford Welsh Ross Heenan David Fowler	1496 1442 1259 764	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1383 1318 1323 1245 1207	Gordon Allcock Craig Manson Mick Bloor Robert Togneri David Brodie
		3 - 2

I'm a bit late posting this - going to blame the Easter holidays...

14 April 2014 - Central League Division 1

Cumbernauld v Stirling A
Steven Kelly   Mark Monaghan   Ralph Stirrat   David Johnstone   George Thomson	1830   1715   1703   1599   1518	½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1810   1670   1660   1657   1616	Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles   Neil Irving   Bill Cook
		3½ - 1½

A disappointing result for Stirling A, as we slipped to our first defeat of the season. The three drawn games finished very close together, and then Neil lost on board 4. I battled on looking for a win, but spent much of the game in time trouble, and eventually lost on time while lost on the board.

7 April 2014 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Dunfermline B
Jim Shemilt Bill Cook John Blake Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt	1810 1616 1559 1520 1518	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1662 1569 1474 1342 1335	Fred Ossowski Douglas Rew Bryan O'Rourke Peter Horne Tom Russell
		5 - 0