Passports in order we faced the daunting task of taking on league and cup winners 3 C's on there own patch, in the Lancashire foothills, at a frontier outpost called Lees on the wrong side of Oldham.

Travel sickness enforced wholesale changes too our "premium" line up,so board order went on the back burner, Crystal went under the gun, cruising to a "grandmaster draw" against Ashton, (e-mail addresses were exchanged for further analysis.) John on board five caused a few problems for Lewis, his hand grenade of a discovered check forced Lewis to concede any ultra aggressive variations, well played John!

Phil was offered the draw as he went the distance with James, hoping his two bishops and the better position would win the day, unlucky phil.

Well worth a stroll round is the 3 C's trophy room with the league and Reyner shield on display, an impressive roll of honour board, plus large photographic prints of every world Champion from Steinitz to Kasparov with their years of tenure.

Thanks to everyone who turned out for this one, just two games left now, both at home to Atherton one and two,see you all there!

(w) Adam Ashton 0.5 - 0.5 Crystal Zhu

(b) Ali Jaunooby 1 - 0 Dennis Owen

(w) Dale James 1 - 0 Phil Wheldon

(b) Alan Walton 1 - 0 Denis Horton

(w) Andy Lewis 0.5 - 0.5 John Hopkins

(b) Mitchell Burke 1 - 0 Reitze Brouwer

(w) David Ashton 1 - 0 Joe Royle

Final Score 6 - 1