July 2018 ECF grades

The July 2018 ECF Grading List has been published. The standard play grades for active Colchester players are:

Ref	Name	Age	Standard	Previous
316761G	Cesenek, Jan		201F
186371L	Stemp, Matt		196C	196C
302172L	Voelker, Norbert		176E	178C
139627E	Gooding, Ian		175C	170C
274746H	Catabay, Michael		169D	170E
299554C	Kjenner, Svein		164B	162B
140673F	Barnes, Nathan		161A	163A
301977A	Schnell, Felix		154C	152C
120924D	Wagstaff, Michael		147D	147C
286077G	Tihov, Emil		143E
250046C	Bellinger, Clive		135C	136C
117812L	Remmer, Brian		116C	114C
293018D	Johnson, Mark		114C	113C
155695C	Daley, Phil		110D	117D
213710A	Smith, Peter		103C	111B
227455D	Duff-Cole, John		103C	102C
253530A	Johnson, Zoe	10	82E
314944E	Bradshaw, Craig		73F
307566H	Catabay, Mae	8	66E
298999C	Catabay, Asci	15	48F

A few players have increased their grades with Ian Gooding (+5) having the most significant increase.

Zoe Johnson and Mae Catabay appear on the list for the first time; Jan Cesenek, Craig Bradshaw, Asci Catabay also get provisional F grades and appear on the list for the first time.

Emil Tihov gets his highest ever grade, his first grade as a Colchester player; slight increases for Svein Kjenner, Mark Johnson and John Duff-Cole also see them reach their highest ever standard play grade.

Colchester B round-up

Colchester B finished mid-table in NECL Division 1 with four wins, one draw and four defeats in the league. Their best results were a 2.5-1.5 win against Chelmsford A, a 4-0 win against Billericay A and a 3.5-0.5 win against Chelmsford B. The B team had a few problems getting players in some of the matches early in the season resulting in a few defaults on board 4.

The player statistics (by board) are:

Board 1 (Total 3.5/9)
Michael Catabay	1.5/4
Jan Cesenek	1/1
Nathan Barnes	1/4

Board 2 (Total 5.5/9)
Michael Catabay	1.5/3
Jan Cesenek	1/1
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Svein Kjenner	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/3

Board 3 (Total 5/9)
Clive Bellinger	2/3
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Michael Catabay	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/2
Svein Kjenner	0/1
Pete Smith	0/1

Board 4 (Total 5.5/9)
Felix Schnell	1.5/2
Nathan Barnes	1/1
Svein Kjenner	1/1
Emil Tihov	1/1
Pete Smith	1/1
Default	0/3

Colchester A round-up

Colchester A finished in 3rd place (out of 11) in NECL Division 1 with six wins, two draws and two defeats in the league. Their best result was probably a 3.5-0.5 win against Brentwood A. The A team reached the quarter-finals of the knockout where, fielding no nominated A team players, they narrowly lost to eventual winners Chelmsford A.

It was very close at the top of the table, with Writtle, Chelmsford A and Colchester A all getting 25 board points. Chelmsford and Writtle had an extra match point, with Writtle A winning the title on board count. A single extra half point could have resulted in Colchester winning the title.

The player statistics (by board) are:

Board 1 (Total 7/12)
Matt Stemp	5/9
Ian Gooding	1.5/2
Nathan Barnes	0.5/1

Board 2 (Total 7/12)
Ian Gooding	4/6
Norbert Voelker	2/3
Jan Cesenek	0.5/1
Michael Catabay	0.5/2

Board 3 (Total 7.5/12)
Jan Cesenek	2/2
Nathan Barnes	1.5/4
Norbert Voelker	1/1
Felix Schnell	1/1
Michael Catabay	1/2
Clive Bellinger	0.5/1
Svein Kjenner	0/1

Board 4 (Total 9.5/12)
Michael Catabay	4/4
Nathan Barnes	2.5/3
Emil Tihov	1/1
Svein Kjenner	1/2
Felix Schnell	1/2