Broadstairs 1½ Herne Bay 5½
| 1 | David Faldon (175) | 0-1 | Bernie Kooiman (185) |
| 2 | David Horton (167) | ½-½ | Gordon Botley (182) |
| 3 | Paul Carfrae (131) | 0-1 | Bob Pooley (155) |
| 4 | John Couzens (118) | 1-0 | Mick Micklethwaite (131) |
| 5 | Bob Cronin (112) | 0-1 | Alan Evans (118) |
| 6 | Andy Flood (111) | 0-1 | Paul Arnold (116) |
| 7 | Reg Pidduck (106) | 0-1 | Ronnie Melhuish (100) |
David Faldon writes:
Our main success was that John on board 4 played a great game to defeat a strong opponent, one he’d always had a lot of grief from in the past. It was a smooth, positional win and John had the black pieces, too. Our only other positive result came from our hero with the black pieces: David H on board 2 produced a stern defensive performance to beat off a long, slow attack. All of the other games resulted in losses but in contrasting styles. David F on board 1 and Paul on board 3 both threw everything at their opponents but in both cases their opponents somehow managed to survive and then mop up once the attacks had petered out. The games on boards 5 to 7 were much calmer but with Bob, Andy and Reg on the defensive for long periods. Unfortunately, there were no survivors. Congratulations to Herne Bay on another hard-fought victory. This leaves us with one win from four Millar Cup matches with Bridge at home next on November 9th. What could possibly go wrong?