Some weeks ago Darnall & Handsworth crashed out of the Richardson Cup to Barnsley in Round 1. On 16th January we got a 3 - 3 result against Clay Cross in what was the quarter-final of the Plate, but we lost on board count because all our points were on the bottom four boards. This result will give us more time to concentrate on the league and we duly won the next match 3½ - 2½, at home against Aughton 'B' on 23rd January. Our top boards were victorious and they got good support from lower down the order. Captain Bob reports that we also had the largest crowd yet, comprising 3 people and 1 dog!

Details of both matches can be found on the Results page.