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Ealing win the Thames Valley Championship

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Ealing's first team were victorious over Surbiton tonight, a result that confirms our second successive Thames Valley title.

A well-contested contest ended in a narrow 4.5 - 3.5 win for Ealing at the Harvester tonight.
Ealing were White on odd boards.
1. R McMichael 1 C Briscoe 0
2. M Smith 0 M Josse 1
3. J Quinn 1 N Pelling 0
4. A Ociepka 1 M Groom 0
5. V Stanisic 0.5 P Shepherd 0.5
6. S Tserendorj 0 R Harrison 1
7. D Ebbett 1 P Durrant 0
8. S Shalabayev 0 M Hogarth 1
Adrian Ociepka won in fine style and Richard McMichael and John Quinn had excellent victories. Veljko Stanisic contributed the draw that won the match for us.