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  • ASBXII
    Large dominates All Saints Blitz XII
    Peter Large won the twelfth edition of the All Saints Blitz on Wednesday with a perfect score 5/5. He has won the event each of the five times he has entered. There were 16 entrants spanning a range of expertise. The most improved player was John Hawes who scored 3/5. Church organ music was playing in the background for the first time.
  • Weakened Wimbledon prove far from kids’ play for anxious Kingston A
    Our penultimate Thames Valley League division 1 match of the season found us away to Wimbledon, playing in the kindergarten surroundings of St Winefride’s Church Hall. On arrival I showed the Wimbledon captain, Ian Heppell, our team’s line-up, and he commented dryly, “You didn’t need to bring such a strong team.” This was because Wimbledon were missing all their top players and the rating differences between the two teams made the contest look as if it would be a huge mismatch. Little did either Ian or I suspect how the evening would go.
  • John Rennocks (Surbiton) v John Bussmann (Kingston)
    John Bussmann has been playing a lot more for Kingston this season and has made important contributions to both the first and second teams. This was a very fine victory playing for Kingston 2 against Surbiton 1, contributing to an emphatic 6-1 win against our neighbours. The game, which hinges on a lovely sacrifice for long-term positional advantage, shows John’s great tactical flair.
  • John Nunn, Oxford, 1970
    ‘Playing for Kingston put me off smoking for life’
    I played 45 games altogether for Kingston in various competitions in the period 1967-73. There were also many games in internal events such as the club championship, which I won in 1969 and 1970. After I went to Oxford in 1970 my appearances became less frequent since I could only play in the university vacations, and soon international appearances started to occupy even those.
  • Magical Maycock wins Easter Blitz with perfect score
    As the league season becomes a little less full on, we can start to turn our attention to internal club activities such as the blitz run on bank holiday Monday. Organised by Julian Way, John Foley and David Bickerstaff, this was an enjoyable 26-player event won by David Maycock with 6/6, closely pursued by Vladimir Li and Zain Patel with 5/6.
  • Kingston A beat Surbiton to preserve perfect TVL record
    We confirmed our retention of the Thames Valley League division 1 title in mid-March with three matches still to play; paradoxically, could it be said that we had won the league too soon? What I’m trying to say is, how would the team find the motivation to win the remaining three “dead rubber” matches?
  • CSC/Kingston 1 feast on Sharks in historic win
    CSC/KIngston’s first team record a remarkable victory over the formidable Sharks 1 and the second team win both their matches to give themselves a shot at promotion on a riveting fourth weekend at 4NCL.
  • Kingston 2 ease past local rivals Surbiton 1
    Surbiton 1 brought a surprisingly weak team to the Willoughby for this Surrey division 2 match against Kingston 2, and were duly despatched 6-1. Both teams are safe in this division, so perhaps their attention was elsewhere.
  • Kingston 4 end season with win against Chessington
    Kingston 4 concluded their Surrey division 5 campaign with an emphatic 5-1 win over bottom-of-the-table Chessington 2 to end with four wins and three losses during the season. That meant Ed Mospan’s team finished in a comfortable mid-table position.

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