The July 2017 ECF grades have been published today, so it must be time for my bi-annual summary of the progress we have all made - or not as the case may be - over the last 6 months. Here is the latest KCC Report Card:
Top of the Form
Roy +8
Carl +7
Paul +6
Rod +5
Mike D +4
The Club Organiser +4
Chris +2
Ben +2
Dave +2
Phil +2
Stuart +1
See Me After Class
Steve -1
Andy B -2
Tony -2
Nick M -3
Bernard C -4
Bruce -4
Andrew P -4
Mike J -5
Nick F -15
So from our 20 active players we had 11 risers and 9 fallers. Collectively we gained 43 grading points and lost 40, for a net club gain of 3 points, which shows that the anti-ageing tablets must be working!
Many congratulations to Roy for heading the table of improvers - all that money he's spending on lessons is clearly paying off! Great efforts, too, from Carl, Paul and Rod. And somehow Stuart managed to increase his grade despite never being seen anywhere near a chess match (or so it seemed to me!)
Poor Nick F has gone from star pupil in January when he burst onto the ECF grading list at a dizzyingly high 162 to July's classroom dunce, by dropping 15 points. Hopefully he will bounce back into the 150s by the time of the next list. Normal order at the top of the list has not quite been restored, as the seldom sighted (except when there is a curry and a pint on offer) Andy B clings onto the number one slot, by a single point from a resurgent Paul. A slight hiccup for Andrew P means that my dream of fielding a full 190+ team in the Leamington League is on the back burner once again.
These grades are, of course, more important than the January ones, as they determine eligibility and board order for the coming season. I will be in touch with all the match captains shortly to discuss player arrangements for next season, following which we'll let everyone know what the various team squads will look like. Much the same as last season is my guess!
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