| ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION | |||||||
| COUNTY & DISTRICT CORRESPONDENCE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007/8 | |||||||
| WARD HIGGS (DIVISION 1) | |||||||
| Results for | Essex I | ||||||
| Bd | Name | Colour | Opponent | County | |||
| E1 | Peter Coleman | White | ½ | - | ½ | C C W Shephard | Warwickshire I |
| E2 | Andrew Lewis | Black | 1 | - | 0 | Barry Morris | Hertfordshire |
| E3 | Andrew Martin | White | ½ | - | ½ | Martyn Hamer | Lancashire |
| E4 | A J Stebbings | Black | 1 | - | 0 | Fraser McLeod | Hampshire |
| E5 | Peter Doye | Black | 1 | - | 0 | John Etherington | Northumberland |
| E6 | Gary Kenworthy | White | ½ | - | ½ | David Obey | Kent |
| E7 | Karl Bowden | Black | 0 | - | 1 | J C Mansson | Sussex I |
| E8 | T Hart | White | 1 | - | 0 | J M Shepley | Surrey I |
| E9 | Dave Kraszewski | Black | 0 | - | 1 | Neil Limbert | Yorkshire |
| E10 | Norman O’Connor | White | 1 | - | 0 | Mrs J Kidd | Middlesex |
| E11 | Charlie Harding | Black | 0 | - | 1 | Dr Ian Thompson | Notts |
| N1 | Bill Stirling | White | 1 | - | 0 | Peter Grimsey | Notts |
| N2 | Jon Manley | Black | ½ | - | ½ | H W Brockbank | Warwickshire I |
| N3 | K Bowyer | White | 1 | - | 0 | John West | Hertfordshire |
| N4 | J Corfield | Black | 1 | - | 0 | Joe Royle | Lancashire |
| N5 | Martin Fleury | White | 1 | - | 0 | David Kinsler | Hampshire |
| N6 | Robert Parker | White | 1 | - | 0 | David Baynes | Northumberland |
| N7 | S Ruthen | Black | ½ | - | * | Klem Majewski | Kent |
| N8 | Steve Williams | White | ½ | - | ½ | R J Almond | Sussex I |
| N9 | Ivor Smith | Black | 1 | - | 0 | R E Mattocks | Surrey I |
| N10 | Andy Robertson | White | 0 | - | 1 | Paul Day | Yorkshire |
| N11 | George Green | Black | 1 | - | 0 | Graham Snow | Middlesex |
| 15 | - | 7 | |||||
Although achieving a score that would have sufficed for victory the previous season, Essex finished third behind Yorkshire (16½) and Sussex (15½). Ultimately the two losses to Yorkshire in the head to head encounters proved fatal.