Ashby 2 entertained Loughborough 2 last night, although it wasn't very entertaining for Ashby as we were well beaten by 4-1.
Team Captain Larry Hayden totally abdicated his reponsibilities and dropped out in order to avoid losing any more rating points !! Into the team in his place came 1st team Captain Patrick Buckley, who then proceeded to disgrace himself by being well beaten on board 1. Paul Gibson made a speculative sacrifice in his game on board 2, which was ultimately unsound and cost him the game. Les was playing on a different planet to everybody else and was a Rook and a Bishop down after 15 moves on board 5 and was back home in bed with a cup of cocoa by 9:00. It was then left to Chris and Steve to draw their games and avoid the whitewash. With only 1 point to show from their 9 matches, Division 3 beckons.