CWANG 2014
Report by organiser Drag Sudar
The 10th BAG/CWANG event took place on Thursday 17 July at the Horse ‘n’ Groom (Nomads’ new venue). For those unfamiliar with the pub, it’s on the corner of Radford Road and North Gate and has ample on street parking. It’s just around the corner from the Wilkinson St Tram Stop and a 6 or 7 minute walk from the Haydn Rd (BA24) stop on Nottingham Road (yellow line buses 68, 69, 70, 71).
There were some initial problems. Ashfield’s players were delayed by traffic problems but eventually 9 turned up. Nomads found out their top two boards were not turning up. West Bridgford took first prize though as they inexplicably contrived to turn up with just 3 players!
I was able to restructure the event as 5 teams of nine players. Central, who had combined forces with Mansfield to create a ‘super team’, donated a player to Nomads and their non-playing captain Steve Foster ended up playing for West Bridgford together with 5 players from Gambit.
Once the teams were sorted the event ran very smoothly. After round 1 Central/Mansfield, Ashfield and Gambit all shared the lead on 5½ with the newly renamed ‘West Gamford’ close behind on 5 points while Nomads lagged behind on 1½. John Tassi provided the round’s shock result beating Kevin Harvey.
In round 2 Gambit took a slight lead with 12½ points, Central/Mansfield were 2nd on 12, and Ashfield third on 1½. Bob Abrahart produced the shock of the round beating Mark Radford.
Round 3 was very good for Central/Mansfield as they picked up 7½ points to storm into the lead with Gambit 2½ points back. Maggie Gretton provided the surprise result beating John Tassi.
Central/Mansfield maintained their form in round 4 to win the event with 25 points. Gambit finished 2nd on 22, Ashfield were 3rd with 19½, West Gamford 4th on 17½ and Nomads 5th on 8 points. There were 4 shock results: Phil Morgan beat Steve Hunter, Graham Neil beat Alan Griffiths, Bob Abrahart beat Stan Cranmer and Simon Parham beat Pat Allen.
As expected, this format suited the Mansfield lads who all scored at least 3 points with Janos ‘The Master’ Wagenbach winning all 4 of his games, 2 of them on time (what a surprise eh?).
I’m pleased Central got their first ever win, albeit with Mansfield’s help, as they helped get this event started back in 2005, in which 11 of this year’s competitors took part (or 12 if you include me).
The player of the tournament has to be West Bridgford’s Bob Abrahart who beat two considerably stronger players and scored 3 points in total.
| E | Central/Mansfield | 25 |
| D | Gambit | 22 |
| A | Ashfield | 19½ |
| C | West Gamford | 17½ |
| B | Nomads | 8 |
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | Central/Mansfield | 5½ | 6½ | 7½ | 5½ |
| D | Gambit | 5½ | 7 | 4½ | 5 |
| A | Ashfield | 5½ | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| C | West Gamford | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3½ |
| B | Nomads | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 4 |
| A1 | Pablo Padilla Cabero | 1-0 | Mark Kenyon | B1 |
| C1 | Richard Truman | 0-1 | Michael Barnes | D1 |
| E1 | Jon Tait | ½-½ | Glenn Halfpenny | A2 |
| B2 | Shane Bhayat | 0-1 | Will Place | C2 |
| D2 | John Swain | 0-1 | Jim Burnett | E2 |
| B3 | Dave Griffiths | ½-½ | Steve Foster | C3 |
| D3 | Steve Hunter | 1-0 | Chris Cantrill | E3 |
| A3 | Jerry Herrington | 1-0 | Alan Kenyon | B4 |
| C4 | Mick Harper | 0-1 | Graeme Jennings | D4 |
| E4 | Ken Morrison | 1-0 | Phil Morgan | A4 |
| C5 | Andrew Thompson | ½-½ | Mike Naylor | D5 |
| E5 | Alan Griffiths | 0-1 | Bob Taylor | A5 |
| B5 | Robert Parker | 0-1 | Maggie Gretton | C6 |
| D6 | John Tassi | 1-0 | Kev Harvey | E6 |
| A6 | Neil Graham | 1-0 | Graham Neil | B6 |
| D7 | John Huthwaite | 0-1 | Janos Wagenbach | E7 |
| A7 | Stan Cranmer | 1-0 | Mike Swanwick | B7 |
| C7 | Derek Padvis | 1-0 | Gary Hopkinson | D8 |
| E8 | Mark Radford | 1-0 | Trevor Lewis | A8 |
| B8 | Steve Swanwick | 0-1 | Bob Abrahart | C8 |
| E9 | Pat Allen | 1-0 | Nigel Wright | A9 |
| B9 | Simon Parham | 1-0 | Ken Heath | C9 |
| D9 | Ian Barker | 1 (bye) |
| B1 | Mark Kenyon | 0-1 | John Swain | D2 |
| D1 | Michael Barnes | 1-0 | Pablo Padilla Cabero | A1 |
| A2 | Glenn Halfpenny | 1-0 | Richard Truman | C1 |
| C2 | Will Place | 0-1 | Jon Tait | E1 |
| E2 | Jim Burnett | 1-0 | Shane Bhayat | B2 |
| C3 | Steve Foster | ½-½ | Ken Morrison | E4 |
| E3 | Chris Cantrill | 1-0 | Dave Griffiths | B3 |
| B4 | Alan Kenyon | 0-1 | Steve Hunter | D3 |
| D4 | Graeme Jennings | 1-0 | Jerry Herrington | A3 |
| A4 | Phil Morgan | 1-0 | Mick Harper | C4 |
| D5 | Mike Naylor | ½-½ | Neil Graham | A6 |
| A5 | Bob Taylor | ½-½ | Andrew Thompson | C5 |
| C6 | Maggie Gretton | 0-1 | Alan Griffiths | E5 |
| E6 | Kev Harvey | 1-0 | Robert Parker | B5 |
| B6 | Graham Neil | 0-1 | John Tassi | D6 |
| E7 | Janos Wagenbach | 1-0 | Steve Swanwick | B8 |
| B7 | Mike Swanwick | ½-½ | John Huthwaite | D7 |
| D8 | Gary Hopkinson | 0-1 | Stan Cranmer | A7 |
| A8 | Trevor Lewis | 0-1 | Derek Padvis | C7 |
| C8 | Bob Abrahart | 1-0 | Mark Radford | E8 |
| A9 | Nigel Wright | 1-0 | Ken Heath | C10 |
| D9 | Ian Barker | 1-0 | Pat Allen | E9 |
| B9 | Simon Parham | 1 (bye) |
| C1 | Richard Truman | 1-0 | Mark Kenyon | B1 |
| E1 | Jon Tait | ½-½ | Michael Barnes | D1 |
| B2 | Shane Bhayat | 0-1 | Glenn Halfpenny | A2 |
| D2 | John Swain | 0-1 | Will Place | C2 |
| A1 | Pablo Padilla Cabero | 0-1 | Jim Burnett | E2 |
| D3 | Steve Hunter | 1-0 | Steve Foster | C3 |
| A3 | Jerry Herrington | 0-1 | Chris Cantrill | E3 |
| C4 | Mick Harper | 1-0 | Alan Kenyon | B4 |
| E4 | Ken Morrison | 1-0 | Graeme Jennings | D4 |
| B3 | Dave Griffiths | 0-1 | Phil Morgan | A4 |
| E5 | Alan Griffiths | 0-1 | Mike Naylor | D5 |
| B5 | Robert Parker | 1-0 | Bob Taylor | A5 |
| D6 | John Tassi | 0-1 | Maggie Gretton | C6 |
| A6 | Neil Graham | 0-1 | Kev Harvey | E6 |
| C5 | Andrew Thompson | 1-0 | Graham Neil | B6 |
| A7 | Stan Cranmer | 0-1 | Janos Wagenbach | E7 |
| C7 | Derek Padvis | 1-0 | Mike Swanwick | B7 |
| E8 | Mark Radford | 1-0 | Gary Hopkinson | D8 |
| B8 | Steve Swanwick | 0-1 | Trevor Lewis | A8 |
| D7 | John Huthwaite | 1-0 | Bob Abrahart | C8 |
| B9 | Simon Parham | 0-1 | Nigel Wright | A9 |
| D9 | Ian Barker | 1-0 | Ken Heath | C9 |
| E9 | Pat Allen | 1 (bye) |
| B1 | Mark Kenyon | 0-1 | Jon Tait | E1 |
| D1 | Michael Barnes | 1-0 | Shane Bhayat | B2 |
| A2 | Glenn Halfpenny | 1-0 | John Swain | D2 |
| C2 | Will Place | 0-1 | Pablo Padilla Cabero | A1 |
| E2 | Jim Burnett | ½-½ | Richard Truman | C1 |
| C3 | Steve Foster | ½-½ | Jerry Herrington | A3 |
| E3 | Chris Cantrill | 1-0 | Mick Harper | C4 |
| B4 | Alan Kenyon | 0-1 | Ken Morrison | E4 |
| D4 | Graeme Jennings | 1-0 | Dave Griffiths | B3 |
| A4 | Phil Morgan | 1-0 | Steve Hunter | D3 |
| D5 | Mike Naylor | 0-1 | Robert Parker | B5 |
| A5 | Bob Taylor | 1-0 | John Tassi | D6 |
| C6 | Maggie Gretton | ½-½ | Neil Graham | A6 |
| E6 | Kev Harvey | 1-0 | Andrew Thompson | C5 |
| B6 | Graham Neil | 1-0 | Alan Griffiths | E5 |
| E7 | Janos Wagenbach | 1-0 | Derek Padvis | C7 |
| B7 | Mike Swanwick | 1-0 | Mark Radford | E8 |
| D8 | Gary Hopkinson | 1-0 | Steve Swanwick | B8 |
| A8 | Trevor Lewis | 0-1 | John Huthwaite | D7 |
| C8 | Bob Abrahart | 1-0 | Stan Cranmer | A7 |
| A9 | Nigel Wright | 0-1 | Ian Barker | D9 |
| B9 | Simon Parham | 1-0 | Pat Allen | E9 |
| C9 | Ken Heath | 1 (bye) |