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EL3 v Southend 1 Away, postponed

Match: Friday 2 February, Southend 1 v W&W 3 – Essex League Division II postponedThere are scheduled train strikes across c2c and Greater Anglia on Friday 2 February; part of a week-long action by Aslef. Appropriately, we agreed with Southend that if the strikes were not called off by Friday 26 January, the match would be moved to Friday 8 March. This agreement has now been actioned and the above match has been postponed to Friday 8 March. For the […]

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Champions win high-octane encounter

The traditional Essex League challenge match Champions v The Rest has a chequered history, but whenever Wanstead are the Champions, the challenge is made. These affairs usually favour The Rest, but Mark assembled a star-studded line-up over 15 boards with an average of 1909 against The Rest 1832. Wanstead built a 3 point lead and held it, winning the top six by 4-2 and a clean sweep of the bottom three boards. Picture gallery on the match card page. Board-by-board: […]

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White to play, what’s the best move?

This remarkable position occurred in actual play. Imagine you have this position in a match game; you have White and you have to find your next move, what will you play? Your clock is ticking and, by the way, you have less than five minutes plus 10 second increments. Black has around the same, but his clock is not ticking. If you don’t want to play the “clock game” just analyse the position and find White’s best move, then see […]

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Another splendid team performance

The skipper was pleased with “another splendid team performance” when the 1st team defeated Writtle away by a comfortable margin (5-3), with no draws, to maintain top spot in the Essex League Division 1 table. Having defeated the defending Champions (Barking) and Writtle – the most successful Essex League team in the last 25 years by a mile* – puts Wanstead in pole position, particuarly in this shortened programme with no return fixtures. But there are still some stern tests […]

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Blistering start

The Club has made in instant impact in the newly-constituted Essex League, to date with a 100% record and two whitewashes. Results to date Division I 21 Oct: Barking I 3½-4½ WW I 9 Nov: WW I 6-2 Upminster I Division II 3 Nov: Loughton II 0-6 WW II Minor League 9 Nov: WW M 4-0 Upminster MB All the results are up to date in the team pages, links below, now complete with player stats. Look out for the […]

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Opening salvo

Meeting the Essex League Champions head-on, the Wanstead first team came away from their opening fixture at Barking with both points, winning 4½-3½. A great result for debut skipper, Ashley Freeman, who contributed to the blitz of the top order by winning his own game. This fine result came after losing two players from the top half in the previous 48 hours and at one point being 3-1 behind and will send a few ripples through the League, with a […]

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