Press Report 14^th February 2020

Thursday the 30th Jan was a busy night at the club when South Hams hosted two different league matches:

The Div Four team took on Teignmouth and ended up victorious on all four boards. James Fowler (95) beat Raymond Chub (93), Trevor Hurt (98) managed to wear down Michael White (70), Ken Ashby (96) took no prisoners against Dorothy Dawson (20) and Barry Sweetman (72) was successful against Kenneth Hayden-Sadler.

On the same night The Div One team were out for revenge against the visiting Totnes team after a 3-1 mauling on their last encounter. Things went well on the night...Steve Levy (184) shared the point with David Archer (170), Denis Cowley (175) seized on an error by Charles Howard to win, Steve Dickinson (141) got a draw against Ben Wilkinson (140) and James Schofield (156) won a strong game against Rob Wilby (129) The overall result being 3-1 to South Hams.

On Sat 1st Feb it was a visit from a higher rated Newton Abbott team in the DCCA Mamhead tournament. It was a tough day for South Hams. Steve Levy (184) was beaten by Alan Brusey (176), Cliff Peach (107) fell short against Charles Howard (159), Alan Davies (107) was bettered by Joshua Blackmore (150), and Ken Ashby (96) was unsuccessful against Piotr Ruszelak (138). The visiting team won 4-0.

There was opportunity for revenge on the 6th Feb when South Hams travelled to Newton Abbott for a Rapidplay match. Steve Levy faced Joshua Blackmore, Steve Dickinson took on Andrew Kinder, Ben Wilkinson was against Bradley Holland, and Trevor Hurt played Aarv Paul. South Hams won all 8 games on the night.

In the Internal Dunleavey League Alan Davies scored a fine victory against Ken Ashby which moved him snuggly into fourth place with 6 points. The game of the week though has got to go to James Schofield who played and beat top of the table Denis Cowley which brought them neck and neck on 7 points each, leap frogging David Archer into 3rd with 6.5 points. Nail biting stuff.