A busy month has seen the club play 19 league matches with just 4 defeats and a couple of draws but the most important news is that G team captain Steve Ballantyne is back home following a recent hospital emergency as he awaits further operations.
The league tables all make positive reading with Crewe B, D, F & H all topping their respective divisions, albeit very early in the season and no doubt making targets for all chasing teams from other clubs and not to mention our other teams in each division.
Division 1 has only seen 6 matches played with both of our A & C teams being frustrated by postponements.
Division 2 has seen a total of 8 matches played with our D & E teams having played 4 each already. Although the D team heads the table, it is expected Macclesfield will be strong favourites as their team is rated far higher than all other teams in the division.
Division 3 has 9 teams involved with our F & G teams having a hectic schedule. The F team have excelled so far and collected 8 pts from 6 matches to lead the table. With several teams having strong players on boards 1 and 2, we will do well to keep in touch with Newcastle and Gables who have games in hand in a closely contested division.
The H team have been the surprise package and have now won 7 consecutive matches to move onto 15 pts after starting with a loss and a draw. It’s hard to believe 9 matches have already been played just two months into an 8 month season. With every other team having games in hand the H team will be watching how they progress. Just one player has featured in all 9 matches and that is Tim Weston who has been in fine form with 8 wins. Our I team has performed extremely well under the enthusiastic captaincy of Mario Scarpa, with 8 pts from 7 matches sits nicely in 3rd position
In the U1300 division our U team, captained by Mal Green will hopefully stay in contention with the opposition from The Gables.
The internal Club Championships now have four sections, and are all on a slow burner mainly due to the packed league fixture schedule over the first two months of the league season. Activity should increase after the xmas break but before then the club has two more match nights and our xmas social night on 17th December.