Travelling to Crewe to take on Crewe A in the North Staffs League on Wednesday, a somewhat weakened Macclesfield side came a cropper losing 3.5-0.5. Out graded on each board, the team put up a fight with skipper Phil looking good for a while against Karl Lockett and Geoff on top board holding Martin Burns. The latter game saw the clock stopped when Geoff noticed no time increments were being used. Given Geoff's frequent time problems anyway, this did seem a bit over the top!
Normality returned to the club championship on Monday when the higher graded player won all 3 games.
Joachim overcame Carl who was aiming for top spot on his own. Denzil, following a good start, looked rather rusty after a considerable lay-off from the longer form of the game. Tony capitalised. John put up a spirited fight in his first game in the main club championship, but eventually lost to Geoff.
In the sole Pomeroy game of the week, Ant was beaten by Dan who was making his debut in club competition. Mike Edwards has been added to the list of competitors.
Macclesfield welcomed Cheddleton in their first league game since March 2020. John, making his debut, fought hard against young star Sam Perry but succumbed at the end of a long battle. On board 3 Joachim won well against Bill Armstrong and skipper Phil was held to a draw by Roger Edwards. At 10:15 Geoff was a piece up and seemingly coasting to a win against Simon Edwards when his concentration lapsed and he blundered away a piece into a lost ending. He's obviously getting too old....