North Circular League – 2024-25

In the North Circular League this season we are entering three teams, one in each of the three Divisions.

In addition we are entering three teams in the two KO Rapid competitions, the Lawrance Cup for Division A teams and two teams in the Finchley Cup for teams in Divisions B and C. The Club’s KO teams are numbered 1, 2 and 3, with team 1 in the Lawrance Cup (team LC1) and teams 2 and 3 in the Finchley Cup (labelled FC2 and FC3 respectively).

In the tabbed display below, select the team tab along the top, then the individual matches for that team down the left.

NB In the Fixture List for each team, dates in bold red text indicate home fixtures which are not on Tuesdays.

Team Captains

NC1 and LC1Vacant*
NC2 and FC2Vacant*
NC3 and FC3Vacant*

*Any member willing to consider captaincy of any of the above teams, please contact Club Match Captain, Paul Barclay. (Use the Contact form from the main menu above scroll own the list of contacts and select ‘Match Captain’).

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North Circular League 1st Team, Division A

 Date Home Team Score Away Team Result
Thu 26 September 2024 Wanstead 1 2–4 Ilford 1 Lost
Mon 02 December 2024 Chingford 1 Wanstead 1  
*Tue 14 January 2025 Wanstead 1 Chingford 1  
Tue 28 January 2025 Wanstead 1 Barking 1  
Mon 17 February 2025 Ilford 1 Wanstead 1  
Thu 03 April 2025 Barking 1 Wanstead 1  

* Moved from 13 May 2025

NC1
 North Circular League Div A at 26 Sep 2024 P W D L Pts %
Paul Bancroft 2014 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Steve Rix 2019 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
John Cawdery 2086 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
David Spearman 2110 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Partha Mulay 2119 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
John Hodgson 2040 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
             
6 Players 6 1 2 3 2 33.33
NC1
Played Thursday 26 September 2024, at Home
  W&W 1
v Ilford 1
1 Mulay, Partha 2119 (2112) (B) 0-1 Pereslavtsev, Alexandr 2090 (2112) (W)
2 Spearman, David 2110 (2101) 0-1 Ghose, Rahul 1993 (1993)
3 Cawdery, John 2086 (2086) ½-½ Jaiswal, Adhar 1794 (1794)
4 Hodgson, John H 2040 (2040) 0-1 Page, Jeffrey 1685 (1685)
5 Rix, Steven JL 2019 (2011) ½-½ Nicosia, Vincenzo 1692 (1692)
6 Bancroft, Paul 2014 (2014) 1-0 Undre, Taha 1561 (1561)
  Average: 2065 2-4 Average: 1803

“On a sodden gridlocked evening, great perseverence was shown by all four teams to reach the venue and ensure no defaults” – MM on Breaking News.

But for Wanstead the evening turned into a “perfect storm”. Outrating Ilford on every board by an average 262 points a board, Wanstead, the defending Champions, who triumphed last season with a 100% record, could manage only one win, to fall at the first hurdle in the new campaign. But well-played Ilford for a famous victory.

NC1
To be Played Monday 02 December 2024, Away
  Chingford 1 v W&W 1
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NC1
To be Played Tuesday 14 January 2025, at Home
  W&W 1
v Chingford 1
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NC1
To be Played Tuesday 28 January 2025, at Home
  W&W 1
v Barking 1
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NC1
To be Played Monday 17 February 2025, Away
  Ilford 1 v W&W 1
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NC1
To be Played Thursday 03 April 2025, Away
  Barking 1 v W&W 1
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North Circular League 2nd Team, Division B

 Date Home Team Score Away Team Result
Mon 28 October 2024 Chingford 2 Wanstead 2  
Mon 04 November 2024 Ilford 2 Wanstead 2  
Tue 28 January 2025 Enfield 1 Wanstead 2  
Thu 06 February 2025 Barking 2 Wanstead 2  
Tue 11 February 2025 Wanstead 2 Chingford 2  
Tue 25 March 2025 Wanstead 2 Enfield 2  
Wed 02 April 2025 Loughton Wanstead 2  
Wed 16 April 2025 Wanstead 2 Enfield 1  
Tue 29 April 2025 Enfield 2 Wanstead 2  
Thu 15 May 2025 Wanstead 2 Barking 2  
Wed 21 May 2025 Wanstead 2 Ilford 2  
Thu 29 May 2025 Wanstead 2 Loughton  

NC2 Player Stats will appear here…

NC2
To be Played Monday 28 October 2024, Away
  Chingford 2 v W&W 2
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NC2
To be Played Monday 04 November 2024, Away
  Ilford 2 v W&W 2
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NC2
To be Played Tuesday 28 January 2025, Away
  Enfield 1 v W&W 2
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NC2
To be Played Thursday 06 February 2025, Away
  Barking 2 v W&W 2
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NC2
To be Played Tuesday 11 February 2025, at Home
  W&W 2
v Chingford 2
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NC2
To be Played Tuesday 25 March 2025, at Home
  W&W 2
v Enfield 2
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NC2
To be Played Wednesday 02 April 2025, Away
  Loughton v W&W 2
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NC2
To be Played Wednesday 16 April 2025, at Home
  W&W 2
v Enfield 1
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NC2
To be Played Tuesday 29 April 2025, Away
  Enfield 2 v W&W 1
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NC2
To be Played Thursday 15 May 2025, at Home
  W&W 2
v Barking 2
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NC2
To be Played Wed 21 May 2025, at Home
  W&W 2
v Ilford 2
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NC2
To be Played Thu 29 May 2025, at Home
  W&W 2
v Loughton
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North Circular League 3rd Team, Division C

 Date Home Team Score Away Team Result
Mon 28 October 2024 Chingford 4 Wanstead 3  
Thu 31 October 2024 Wanstead 3 Enfield 3  
Mon 18 November 2024 Chingford 3 Wanstead 3  
Tue 14 January 2025 Enfield 3 Wanstead 3  
Mon 20 January 2025 Chingford 4 Wanstead 3  
Thu 20 February 2025 Wanstead 3 Chingford 4  
Mon 03 March 2025 Chingford 3 Wanstead 3  
Tue 11 March 2025 Enfield 3 Wanstead 3  
Thu 10 April 2025 Wanstead 3 Chingford 4  
Tue 29 April 2025 Wanstead 3 Chingford 3  
Tue 13 May 2025 Wanstead 3 Enfield 3  
Mon 29 May 2025 Wanstead 3 Chingford 3  

NC3 Player Stats will appear here…

NC3
To be Played Monday 28 October 2024, Away
  Chingford 4 v W&W 3
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NC3
To be Played Date, at
  Home Team
v Away Team
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NC3
To be Played Monday 18 November 2024, Away
  Chingford 3 v NC3
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NC3
To be Played Date, at
  Enfield 3
v W&W 3
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NC3
To be Played Monday 20 January 2025, Away
  Chingford 4 v W&W 3
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NC3
To be Played Thursday 20 February 2025, at Home
  W&W 3
v Chingford 4
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NC3
To be Played Monday 03 March 2025, Away
  Chingford 3 v W&W 3
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NC3
To be Played Tuesday 11 March 2025, Away
  Enfield 3 v W&W 3
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NC3
To be Played Thursday 10 April 2025, at
  W&W 3
v Chingford 4
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NC3
To be Played Tuesday 29 April 2025, at Home
  W&W 3
v Chingford 3
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NC3
To be Played Tuesday 13 May 2025, at Home
  W&W 3
v Enfield 3
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NC3
To be Played Monday 29 May 2025, at Home
  W&W 3
v Chingford 3
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North Circular League, Team 1, Lawrance Cup
 Date Home Team Score Away Team Result
Thu 24 Ooctober 2024 Wanstead 1 Chingford 1  

LC1 Player Stats will appear here…

LC1
To be Played Thursday 24 October 2024, at Home
  W&W 1
v Chingford 1
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North Circular League,  Team 2, Finchley Cup
 Date Home Team Score Away Team Result
Thu 26 September 2024 Wanstead 2 4½–3½ Loughton Won

FC2 Player Stats will appear here…

FC2
Played Thursday 26 September 2024, at Home
Wanstead 2 R1 R2 Loughton
Whitton, Terry D 1913 (1913) (B, W) 0-1 0-1 Middleton, Stephen 1848 (1841) (W, B)
Hunnable, Ian D 1957 (1957) ½-½ 0-1 Moth, Simon C 1739 (1739)
Murrell, Mark R A 1887 (1870) 1-0 1-0 Kershaw, Graham J 1656 (1653)
Staniland, Philip 1766 (1753) 1-0 1-0 Gudovijus, Kestutis 1231 (1231)
Wanstead 2 2½-1½ 2-2 Loughton
Average 1881 4½-3½ Average: 1691

Wanstead seconds, in the Finchley Cup Rapid KO, skirted with the dark side, as did their first team colleagues in the Division A encounter with Ilford, who were playing alongside, and came close to meeting the same fate, but scraped through.

The match starkly divided into two. Loughton “shaded” the top two boards by 3½-½ and the Wanstead top two had their colleagues on the the bottom two boards to thank for their two “win doubles”; just as well, as the tie-break in the event of the scores finishing level is elminimation of bottom board. By a strange quirk, the average rating difference between the two teams in this match was identical to the Division A match, Wanstead 2 having the edge over Loughton by the same average of 262 points a board.

North Circular League,  Team 3, Finchley Cup
 Date Home Team Score Away Team Result
Thu 31 October 2024 Wanstead 3 Enfield 3  

FC3 Player Stats will appear here…

FC3
To be Played Thu 31 October 2024, at Home
  W&W 3
v Enfield 3
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