Ben Nevett Farmer is the new club champion

When the Lichfield Club Championship continuedwith the final three rounds on Thursday, 2nd January it was expected to be a close finish with five leading players separated by only half a point. And that is how it turned out when the final three rounds were played on 2nd January.

Ben was held to a draw in round three but then won his next three games to finish on 5.5 points. Adam Routledge lost in the fifth round but fought back to win his last game and finish on 5 points whilst Murcea Mesesan wfinished third with 4.5 points. There was an outstanding performance by 16 years old newcomer Josh Clarke who joined the club before finishing on four points

Forty of the club’s 50 members initially entered the competition and but for sickness which ruled out several members it would have been a record. Twenty five members contested the final rounds,