CHESS: David Close made a winning return after 18 years out of the area as Kidderminster scored a 6-2 home win over Walsall Kipping in round one of the Wolverhampton League Pittaway Cup.
Full results (Kidderminster names first): B Sharp 1, D Anderton 0, J Friar 0, D Pritchard 1, M Bissell 0.5, D Whitmore 0.5, J Wrench 1, W Rea 0, F Pickett 1, C Pohribnyj 0, G Link 0.5, D Friend 0.5, D Close 1, A Shrimpton 0, P Thomas 1 by default.
Kidderminster open their Worcestershire League Division One programme this evening with a home match against Malvern.
The team will be Friar, Wrench, Pickett, Close, Riley and Thomas.
John Gittus, Mark Riley, Paul Thomas and John Varilone have been selected to represent Worcestershire's second team against Staffordshire seconds at Redditch on Saturday.
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