Second team starts with a bang!

By Andrew Medworth, Hendon Club Captain
Friday 21 October, 2022

I’m pleased to report that Hendon 2 got their Middlesex League season off to a flying start this week, with a resounding away victory at Muswell Hill!

Muswell Hill 2 Muswell Hill 2 Hendon 2 Hendon 2
1
Rutter, M David
1890 0 - 1
Robinson, James M
1903
2
Norcliffe-Brown, Dominic
1828 1 - 0
Pepe, Salvatore
1700
3
Tombs, Samuel
1814 0 - 1
Maganti, Lalit
1764
4
Guinness, N
1622 0 - 1
Napolitano, Domenico N
1702
5
Burnton, Joshua
1593 0 - 1
Ainscow, Faye
1621
6
Ransome, Wilson
1581 0 - 1
Hutchinson, Mark
1 - 5

Congratulations to the team – especially to Mark, on his debut victory – and thanks to Domenico for captaining the side!

There was also a home match this week, with our third team playing our junior team Barnet Knights last night for the second time. The youngsters had won 5½–½ a few weeks earlier, but in this return match, the shoe was on the other foot, with Hendon 3 running out 5–1 winners!

Hendon Barnet Knights Hendon Barnet Knights Hendon 3 Hendon 3
1
Borces, Randolf
2016 ½ - ½
Amior, David
1884
2
Bakacsi, Zsolt
1865 ½ - ½
Medworth, Andrew
1805
3
Lewis, David
1526 0 - 1
Rogal, Chris S
1788
4
Rosen-Webb, Jonathan
0 - 1
Ainscow, Faye
1621
5
Dalah, Jacob
1257 0 - 1
Landman, Aharon
1573
6
Wen, Liana
1058 0 - 1
Dharan, Arjun Aditya
1366
1 - 5

David and I managed to hold the strong top two boards for Barnet Knights to draws, while further down, the results went according to rating, where Hendon 3 were strong favourites on paper.

The scoreline could have been the exact reverse of the previous match if I’d converted a winning ending, but these things happen!

Many thanks to everyone who played in these matches! Plenty more to come!