SNCL Rounds 3 and 4
VIDEO The SNCL has been a mixed bag for the Central League teams, very up and down. One of the ups was mentioned in this quote off the Scottish bulletin board by Andy Howie "Quote of the day is from Andrew MacQueen on learning that Giffnock lose a point for defaulting 3 games already this season. "Thats fine, we will be safe as Forth Valley and Greenwood will go down". 4 hours later and Forth Valley have just beaten Hamilton A 3-2 putting them 4th and 4 points ahead of Giffnock..." The moral of this story has to be has to be that you cannot rely on others to fail. My team the Dunfermline Knights have suffered a serious dose of that message in the first four rounds. On paper we are good enough to have scored a result in two or three of the matches we have played. Instead we have seriously underperformed and faced opponents who have seriously upped their game. We therefore cannot rely on playing well, or rely on teams to play to their grading. The result of this is that the Knights have lost all four games and short of the world ending will most likely be relegated back to div 3.
The whole sequence of events started when Andrew Burnett for good reasons, pulled out of the Kings in the 1st div. This turned the Kings from a title contenders to a relegation candidate. They are doing only slightly better than us with one draw and three losses. Our most dependable player Stuart Blyth has been drafted to the Kings to replace him and this has left us very exposed. It is amazing how one person leaving can put two teams in danger of relegation.
Cumbernauld shocked the Kings in round one, but have failed to capitalise on this and lost the next three. Although they are still one point clear of the Kings. While Forth Valley have all but ensured div one survival with three games to go. Beating the red hot title contenders Hamilton in round four must go down as one of the biggest upsets in SNCL history.
The new teams the Kingdom Knaves and Forth Valley has been entered into the fouth div. The Knaves are doing as expected with a win, a draw and two losses, but I am sure the players are getting a lot from the chance to play in the SNCL. While Forth Valley 2 look good for promotion at the top of the tables. Looks like the Knights and Forth Valley 2 will be facing each next year in the 3rd div, can't wait.
Relevant league results are copied below from the SNCL website http://www.sncl.org.uk/
SNCL Division 1 League Table
Bd Grade Cumbernauld (1) vs (2) Kingdom Kings Grade Comments 1 2173 Grant, Alan G ½ - ½ Robertson, Ian C 2092 Draw 2 1884 Marks, Ian A 1 - 0 Kynoch, Russell J F 1920 Home Win 3 1841 Kelly, J Steven ½ - ½ Pyrich, George D 1908 Draw 4 1717 Stirrat, Ralph 1 - 0 Jenkins, Ben J 1842 Home Win 5 1473 Thomson, George ½ - ½ Blyth, Stuart 1705 Draw 3½ - 1½
Bd Grade Forth Valley (5) vs (6) Edinburgh West Grade Comments 1 1870 Will, Douglas 0 - 1 Farrell, Neil R 2133 Away Win 2 1866 Mason, Ian C 0 - 1 Neave, George 2126 Away Win 3 1846 McGeoch, Kenny R ½ - ½ Bell, Alan D 1970 Draw 4 1670 Smith, Stephen H 0 - 1 Walker, Duncan 1961 Away Win 5 1628 Smith, John 0 - 1 Robinson, Martin E 1786 Away Win ½ - 4½
Bd Grade Hamilton A (4) vs (1) Cumbernauld Grade Comments 1 2244 Coffey, Patrick ½ - ½ Grant, Alan G 2173 Draw 2 2271 Redpath, Joe 1 - 0 Marks, Ian A 1884 Home Win 3 2240 Tweedie, Steven 1 - 0 Kelly, J Steven 1841 Home Win 4 1987 Donohue, Tom 1 - 0 Stirrat, Ralph 1717 Home Win 5 1795 O`Rourke, Dominic 1 - 0 Thomson, George 1473 Home Win 4½ - ½
Bd Grade Kingdom Kings (2) vs (5) Forth Valley Grade Comments 1 2092 Robertson, Ian C 1 - 0 Will, Douglas 1870 Home Win 2 1920 Kynoch, Russell J F ½ - ½ Mason, Ian C 1866 Draw 3 1908 Pyrich, George D ½ - ½ McGeoch, Kenny R 1846 Draw 4 1842 Jenkins, Ben J ½ - ½ Smith, Stephen H 1670 Draw 5 1705 Blyth, Stuart 0 - 1 Smith, John 1628 Away Win 2½ - 2½
Bd Grade Cumbernauld (1) vs (8) Dundee City A Grade Comments 1 2173 Grant, Alan G 0 - 1 Findlay, David J 2167 Away Win 2 1884 Marks, Ian A 0 - 1 Rutherford, Elaine (WFM) 2120 Away Win 3 1841 Kelly, J Steven 0 - 1 Rocks, Daniel 2056 Away Win 4 1717 Stirrat, Ralph 1 - 0 Spencer, Edwin A 2046 Home Win 5 1473 Thomson, George ½ - ½ Hogg, Stephen W 2010 Draw 1½ - 3½
Bd Grade Kingdom Kings (2) vs (4) Hamilton A Grade Comments 1 2092 Robertson, Ian C 0 - 1 Redpath, Joe 2271 Away Win 2 1920 Kynoch, Russell J F 0 - 1 Coffey, Patrick 2244 Away Win 3 1908 Pyrich, George D ½ - ½ Donohue, Tom 1987 Draw 4 1705 Blyth, Stuart 1 - 0 O`Rourke, Dominic 1795 Home Win 5 1306 Grant, Glynis 0 - 1 Mulholland, Arthur L 1670 Away Win 1½ - 3½
Bd Grade Forth Valley (5) vs (7) Greenwood Grade Comments 1 1870 Will, Douglas 0 - 1 Frew, Elliot 2088 Away Win 2 1866 Mason, Ian C ½ - ½ Gillespie, David M 1754 Draw 3 1846 McGeoch, Kenny R 1 - 0 McGovern, Patrick 1703 Home Win 4 0 DEFAULT W - L DEFAULT 0 Win by Default 5 0 DEFAULT W - L DEFAULT 0 Win by Default 3½ - 1½
Bd Grade Edinburgh West (6) vs (1) Cumbernauld Grade Comments 1 2133 Farrell, Neil R 1 - 0 Grant, Alan G 2173 Home Win 2 2126 Neave, George 1 - 0 Marks, Ian A 1884 Home Win 3 1970 Bell, Alan D 1 - 0 Kelly, J Steven 1841 Home Win 4 1961 Walker, Duncan 0 - 1 Stirrat, Ralph 1717 Away Win 5 1786 Robinson, Martin E 0 - 1 Thomson, George 1473 Away Win 3 - 2
Bd Grade Dundee City A (8) vs (2) Kingdom Kings Grade Comments 1 2167 Findlay, David J ½ - ½ Robertson, Ian C 2092 Draw 2 2120 Rutherford, Elaine (WFM) 1 - 0 Kynoch, Russell J F 1920 Home Win 3 2056 Rocks, Daniel ½ - ½ Pyrich, George D 1908 Draw 4 2046 Spencer, Edwin A 1 - 0 Blyth, Stuart 1705 Home Win 5 2010 Hogg, Stephen W 1 - 0 Grant, Glynis 1306 Home Win 4 - 1
Bd Grade Hamilton A (4) vs (5) Forth Valley Grade Comments 1 2271 Redpath, Joe ½ - ½ Will, Douglas 1870 Draw 2 2244 Coffey, Patrick 1 - 0 Mason, Ian C 1866 Home Win 3 1987 Donohue, Tom 0 - 1 McGeoch, Kenny R 1846 Away Win 4 1795 O`Rourke, Dominic 0 - 1 Smith, Stephen H 1670 Away Win 5 1670 Mulholland, Arthur L ½ - ½ Smith, John 1628 Draw 2 - 3
Bd Grade Kingdom Knights (5) vs (6) Stonehaven Grade Comments 1 0 Carpenter, Paul ½ - ½ Grant, David 1878 Draw 2 1828 Forbes, Garry 0 - 1 Harrold, Bruce T 1823 Away Win 3 1752 McBride, John ½ - ½ Curry, Charles 1782 Draw 4 1558 Smith, Calum V 0 - 1 Emery, Keith 1704 Away Win 5 1448 Horne, Peter 0 - 1 Bridges, David 1246 Away Win 1 - 4
Bd Grade CS Bos 1 (8) vs (5) Kingdom Knights Grade Comments 1 1756 Murray, Findlay R 1 - 0 Carpenter, Paul 0 Home Win 2 1621 Chapman, Nigel ½ - ½ Forbes, Garry 1828 Draw 3 1622 Stewart, David ½ - ½ McBride, John 1752 Draw 4 1568 Scott, Richard ½ - ½ Roy, Michael 1730 Draw 5 1587 Heatlie, Douglas S 1 - 0 Horne, Peter 1448 Home Win 3½ - 1½
Bd Grade Kingdom Knights (5) vs (4) Edinburgh University Grade Comments 1 0 Carpenter, Paul 0 - 1 Capuzzo, Marcos 2230 Away Win 2 1828 Forbes, Garry 0 - 1 Mitrovic, Boris 2219 Away Win 3 1752 McBride, John 0 - 1 Bremner, Adam 2068 Away Win 4 1618 Ossowski, Francis G ½ - ½ Ho, Weiyang 1969 Draw 5 1448 Horne, Peter 0 - 1 Edwards, Jonathan 1825 Away Win ½ - 4½
Bd Grade East Kilbride (2) vs (5) Kingdom Knights Grade Comments 1 1860 Jelfs, Alan 1 - 0 Carpenter, Paul 0 Home Win 2 1698 Dunlop, Anthony 1 - 0 Forbes, Garry 1828 Home Win 3 0 Koehn, Lennart 0 - 1 McBride, John 1752 Away Win 4 1499 Brisbane, Tom 0 - 1 Roy, Michael 1730 Away Win 5 1479 Robertson, Jim 1 - 0 Ossowski, Francis G 1618 Home Win 3 - 2
SNCL Division 4
Bd Grade Forth Valley 2 (1) vs (2) CSBOS 2 Grade Comments 1 1529 Anderson, Graham C 1 - 0 Forbes, Alistair 1440 Home Win 2 1537 Kelly, Harvey 1 - 0 Murray, Robin H 1415 Home Win 3 1519 Gray, William B ½ - ½ West, Nicholas C 1278 Draw 4 1292 Blake, Jonathan 1 - 0 Ferrie, Louis C 1231 Home Win 5 0 DEFAULT W - L DEFAULT 0 Win by Default 4½ - ½
Bd Grade Giffnock and Clarkston B (5) vs (6) Kingdom Knaves Grade Comments 1 1400 Mitchell, Mike ½ - ½ Morris, Ian G 1431 Draw 2 1356 McDonald, David ½ - ½ Doherty, Terry 1343 Draw 3 1113 Rank, Darren 0 - 1 O`Rourke, Bryan 1341 Away Win 4 1112 McCulloch, Andrew 0 - 1 Stewart, Charlie 1130 Away Win 5 869 McCulloch, Aletia 1 - 0 Connelly, Joe 954 Home Win 2 - 3
Bd Grade Kingdom Knaves (6) vs (7) North Ayrshire Crusaders Grade Comments 1 1431 Morris, Ian G 0 - 1 MacDonald, Paul H 1822 Away Win 2 1343 Doherty, Terry 0 - 1 Deary, David 1655 Away Win 3 1341 O`Rourke, Bryan 0 - 1 McCusker, Andrew 1217 Away Win 4 1148 Newton, Calum 0 - 1 Deary, Daniel 1269 Away Win 5 954 Connelly, Joe 1 - 0 McCusker, Kirsty 468 Home Win 1 - 4
Bd Grade SJC (8) vs (1) Forth Valley 2 Grade Comments 1 1414 Thomas, Matthew R 0 - 1 Hayles, Robin W 1624 Away Win 2 1253 Shannon, Adam 0 - 1 Kelly, Harvey 1537 Away Win 3 1065 Wynne, Stuart 0 - 1 Gray, William B 1519 Away Win 4 775 Bryson, Iona 0 - 1 Blake, Jonathan 1292 Away Win 5 654 Emery, Nicola 1 - 0 Brodie, David 1252 Home Win 1 - 4
Bd Grade Bon Accord (3) vs (1) Forth Valley 2 Grade Comments 1 0 DEFAULT L - W DEFAULT 0 Loss by Default 2 0 DEFAULT L - W DEFAULT 0 Loss by Default 3 0 DEFAULT L - W DEFAULT 0 Loss by Default 4 0 DEFAULT L - W DEFAULT 0 Loss by Default 5 0 DEFAULT L - W DEFAULT 0 Loss by Default 0 - 5
Bd Grade Kingdom Knaves (6) vs (8) SJC Grade Comments 1 1431 Morris, Ian G 1 - 0 Thomas, Matthew R 1414 Home Win 2 1343 Doherty, Terry 0 - 1 Shannon, Adam 1253 Away Win 3 1341 O`Rourke, Bryan ½ - ½ Wynne, Stuart 1065 Draw 4 1130 Stewart, Charlie 1 - 0 Bryson, Iona 775 Home Win 5 954 Connelly, Joe 0 - 1 Emery, Nicola 654 Away Win 2½ - 2½
Bd Grade Corstorphine (4) vs (6) Kingdom Knaves Grade Comments 1 1871 Massa, John A 1 - 0 Smith, Calum V 1558 Home Win 2 1696 Timms, Michael A 1 - 0 Horne, Peter 1448 Home Win 3 1244 Watson, David 0 - 1 Morris, Ian G 1431 Away Win 4 1181 Hepburn, Bill ½ - ½ Doherty, Terry 1343 Draw 5 890 Crerar, James D 1 - 0 Connelly, Joe 954 Home Win 3½ - 1½
Bd Grade Forth Valley 2 (1) vs (5) Giffnock and Clarkston B Grade Comments 1 1566 Blake, John 1 - 0 Mitchell, Mike 1400 Home Win 2 1511 Hanlon, Hugh ½ - ½ McDonald, David 1356 Draw 3 1292 Blake, Jonathan 0 - 1 Weames, Richard A 1348 Away Win 4 1252 Brodie, David ½ - ½ McCulloch, Andrew 1112 Draw 5 0 Richmond, Ian 0 - 1 McCulloch, Aletia 869 Away Win 2 - 3
