Lichfield runaway leaders of Birmingham 3

Birmingham League Division 3

Lichfield now have a seven point lead at the top of Birmingham Division 3 following their 5-1 win over strugglers Olton B. Redditch in second place have two games in hand but it is highly unlikely they will stop Lichfield taking the championship.

Lichfield have played nine games, winning eight and drawing the other match. Tony Green on board one won comfortably and then Adam Routledge maintained his remarkable form this season, first winning the exchange and then a piece.

John Staniforth agreed a draw after trading a number of pieces a nd shortly afterwards Mike Hoare found a nice tactic and with a pawn on 7th rank his opponent resigned As the match was won David Fone settled for a sraw and finally Peter Rose enjoyed a beautiful endgame in which he was pushing both the B and E pawns and his opponent was unable to take one of them without the other Queening.(Match played