The League Jamboree was held on 31/08/2002
Stratford Chess Club
Home The now legendary report from Colin Searle:-
Tournaments
  11 intrepid players turned up on a bright late summers day at the Leamington Chess Club on a Saturday afternoon

The teams were:-

Stratford Supersonics
Colin Searle
Andy Chowne
Jonathan Rashleigh

Leamington Halema (1st/2nd letters of their surnames...)
Roy Hadleigh
Jason Madden
Peter Leggett

Banbury Bears
Arran Gundry
Steve Rumsby
They did not have a third player so their score was multiplied by 1.5 to make it fair

Olton Orribles
Richard Reynolds
Rob Reynolds
Trevor Gazee

Round 1 saw Stratford beat Leamington 3-0 and Olton beat Banbury 2½-½
Round 2 saw Stratford beat Banbury 2½-½ and Olton beat Leamington 2-1

The last round brought the two favourites together - Stratford vs Olton
Richard Reynolds beat Colin Searle in a fine attacking game by both players
Jonathan Rashleigh won quite easily and the match rested on Andy Chowne vs Rob Reynolds

A win or draw for Andy against a much higher graded player would give the Jamboree to Stratford

This was the last game to finish and was the most tense of the whole day with Andy Chowne probably having a won game but agreeing a draw due to time pressure. This was enough and Stratford ended up deserving winners

Round 3 Olton vs Stratford 1½-1½ Leamington vs Banbury 2-1

Final Scores

1. Stratford 7
2. Olton 6
3. Leamington 3
4. Banbury 2 plus 50% = 3

 
 
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