Staines win the Thames Valley KO Cup
: Created:16 Jun 2011 , byHome advantage was not enough tonight for Ealing as Staines achieved a great victory at the Harvester.
Ealing names first:
1. A Perkins 0.5-0.5 D Farkas, 2.T Buyandalai 0-1 P Ackley, 3.A Ociepka 0.5-0.5 P McKeown, 4.M.Smith 1-0 D McGovern, 5.A Wells 0.5-0.5 P Seymour, 6.T Foster 0-1 R Dulley
Staines upset the form book to win the Thames Valley KO Cup and we at Ealing warmly congratulate them on their triumph. We had our chances with opening advantages on board five and board one but both ended in draws. Alan Perkins was particularly disappointed because early play followed a game well known to him from recent Ealing Championship final.
Martin Smith continued his splendid form of 2011 with a great win but we went down on board two. Timothy Foster, a very promising junior was material down when he launched a great counterattack but unluckily he failed to convert and although Adrian Ociepka was as combative as ever he could not find a win.