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The Wolves League team lost 4-2 to Bushbury. We had no wins but draws came from Trevor, Dave, Colin and Iain. Bushbury are a useful side, probably outgrading us on most boards but, even so, that is the first occasion this season when the team has lost to a team whose name does not start with a 'W',
Good luck to the D team, playing away to Oswestry B tomorrow. We have a full team, I believe, and only narrowly lost to Oswestry early in the season, mainly through inexperience,
Good luck to the A team, at home to Telepost B on Wednesday,
The B team's match against Wellington has been postponed again. Stefan told me the revised date earlier this evening, but I've forgotten it,
The end to my game against Graham Shepherd has aroused a lot of interest, with many comments both by email and over the phone following the Shropshire Star coverage last week. On the night, we adopted the most sensible approach, in that both players wrote down the position at the point Graham claimed a draw, before resuming with an observer from each team. Indeed that approach was encouraged by Colin, who was League Controller when this type of situation was first envisaged. However, although FIDE rules cover the circumstances their solution is impractical as it invoves post-match arbitration and our Shropshire League rules provide no guidance whatsoever. Colin is right in saying that the League decided captains or competent players should act as arbiters on the night but maybe we should have something in the League rules. As for the game, a number of people have asked for a note of the position when Graham stopped the clocks. Unfortunately I didn't take my note of it away with me and am trying to reconstruct it from my scoresheet,
Iain