Stafford 'B' won the first of their games in hand in Division 3 last night with a comprehensive 3.5 - 0.5 victory over Newcastle 'C'. The win takes them up to joint 2nd in the table but they still have 2 games in hand of both Fenton 'A' and Cheddleton 'E' and must now be narrow favourites to take the title. Stafford names first :
Kazik Wozniak 1 Alan Paling 0
Ken McNulty 1 Paul Clapham 0
Denis Nesbitt 1 Steven Cooper 0
David Barker 0.5 Derrick Jones 0.5