Inverclyde 1.5 - 6.5 Polytechnic A

Inverclyde Central finished the Glasgow League season with a defeat by the always strong Polytechnic A team. Outgraded on every board, the margin of defeat was not surprizing. Inverclyde were not able to win any of the eight games, but Stephen Hilton, Jim McGranaghan and Marc Sheridan performed well to secure draws.

Bd	Grade	Inverclyde	(4)	vs	(5)	Glasgow Polytechnic A	Grade	Comments
1	2102	McDonald, Kevin	0	-	1	Biro, Peter	2183	Away Win
2	2095	Montgomery, Jim	0	-	1	Davis, Eddie	2169	Away Win
3	1847	Hilton, Steve H	½	-	½	Swan, Iain	2060	Draw
4	1737	Doherty, Stephen	0	-	1	Kirk, Larry G	2050	Away Win
5	1691	McPheator, Gary	½	-	½	Stewart, Ken W C	1866	Draw
6	1662	McGranaghan, James	0	-	1	Watt, David A	1855	Away Win
7	1454	Smith, Andy	0	-	1	Kravtsova, Victoria	1823	Away Win
8	1315	Sheridan, Marc	½	-	½	Laidlaw, Basil H	1581	Draw
			1½	-	6½

Having already secured enough points to avoid relegation, defeat had no impact on Inverclyde's standing in the final league table, where they finished a respectable seventh.

GCL Division 1 League Table

								Boards
			Matches					Played			Defaults			Score
Pos	Team	Team Name	P	W	D	L	Pts	W	D	L	W	D	L	Boards	%
1	6	Bearsden A	9	8	0	1	16	42	20	10	0	0	0	52	72
2	3	Shettleston A	9	7	0	2	14	36	23	13	0	0	0	47½	66
3	5	Glasgow Polytechnic A	9	6	1	2	13	36	18	16	2	0	0	47	65
4	1	Hamilton A	9	6	1	2	13	40	13	14	0	0	5	46½	65
5	2	Cathcart A	9	5	0	4	10	27	27	18	0	0	0	40½	56
6	7	Giffnock A	9	5	0	4	10	19	16	31	6	0	0	33	46
7	4	Inverclyde	9	3	0	6	6	19	18	35	0	0	0	28	39
8	8	Crowwood A	9	2	0	7	4	15	19	35	2	0	1	26½	37
9	9	Dalmuir	9	1	0	8	2	13	14	44	0	0	1	20	28
10	10	Hamilton B	9	1	0	8	2	10	18	41	0	0	3	19	26
			90	44	2	44	90	257	186	257	10	0	10	361