Match result U-160 Staffs-Notts 27 Feb 2010

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	U-160 Staffs - Notts Result of match played 27 February 2010

Match reported by Notts and Staffs.

VENUE: Bushbury, Wolverhampton, Staffs

Board	Staffordshire had white on evens	ECF Code	Grade		Nottinghamshire had white on odds	ECF Code	Grade	Score
1	Richard Parker	136884K	159	0	Robert P Taylor	104775K	157	1
2	John Staniforth	119583K	157	½	Stephen J Foster	110802F	156	½
3	Ben Zitha	264530K	156	1	Eric Williamson	246342J	156	0
4	Max Wootton	161058C	154	0	Tim R Poole	141053C	155	1
5	Peter Leary	152089B	153	0	Richard Myers	233342K	153	1
6	William Armstrong	105848E	153	1	Janos Wagenbach	120919L	152	0
7	Steve Hill	259968F	152	1	Dragoljub Sudar	119873H	151	0
8	Derek Perks	139665B	152	½	Marcel Taylor	120150F	150	½
9	Mike Groombridge	111774K	151	½	Keith W Roper	118199D	148	½
10	Phil Staley	119572E	147	1	J Keith Walters	121070B	148	0
11	Ken McNulty	261888G	146	0	John Tassi	120066F	146	1
12	William Rea	117710C	146	½	Philip D Morgan	115766J	145	½
13	Ken Francis	110855E	139	½	Stanley E E Cranmer	151489B	144	½
14	Matthew P Wyza	240298B	137	1	Keith D Brameld	125733L	143	0
15	Peter Broomhall	107382F	133	1	George J Murfet	115976J	140	0
16	Andy Lenz	273510G	128	0	Hamzah Ali	255748E	140	1
				8½				7½

Match report based closely on Staffs website. The Notts team quickly went into a 5 - 0 lead but as the other games finished, the results started to swing back to Staffs. Peter Broomhall found himself in a tense engame position, but forced the advantage by pushing his king side forward. Matthew Wyza, playing white, missed one winning opportunity, and soon found himself with pawns locked together and an opposing bishop blockading passed pawns, but won with careful play. Three ganes to go and it still looked like Notts would win. Bill Armstrong's win for Staffs brought the teams level. The last game to finish was Steve Hill against Dragoljub Sudar. In a tense position with plenty of onlookers Steve's flag had started to lift, while Dragoljub had almost 10 minutes left, but Steve held on to the win the match for Staffs.