Durham League Position Update . – South Shields Chess Club

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February 20, 2018

Durham Association League Table February 2018

Division A	P	W	D	L	GPts	MPts
South Shields	8	5	1	2	23	11
Durham City ‘Abbots’	7	4	3	0	20½	11
Durham University	8	4	0	4	18	7*
Darlington ‘Quakers’	7	2	1	4	17	5
Durham City ‘Bishops’	7	2	1	4	17	5
Hetton Lyons ‘A’	7	2	0	5	14½	4

Despite getting resoundly beaten by Durham University in our last match . South Shields hang on to top place in the Durham League by 2.5 game points . That half point gained by Paul Bielby last night may yet prove to be a valuable half point at the end of the season . We now face two very tough games against DURHAM A and B .

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