SNCL 2024/25

Oct 29 2024

After our best ever finish of 2nd place last season, we were on a quest to go one better. This almost worked out except it was one place worse not one place better: we came 3rd. Still, not bad.

Team P TB
Dundee City A 15 32
Dunfermline Knights 15 29½
Wandering Dragons 13 25½
Edinburgh West 10 25
Dundee City B 10 21½
Bon Accord 8 19
Stepps 6 19½
Forth Valley A 5 19½
Lenzie Basilisks 5 19
CSBOS 1 3 14½

Full results here.

Round 9

Facing the lowest team in the league in the last round was good. Being one plater short, not so much. However, as it turned out, our final position (3rd) would not have changed even if we'd won or lost instead of drawing.

Wandering Dragons 2½‑2½ CSBOS 1
Orr, Mark J L (2095) 1‑0 James, Chris (1914)
Leah, Tom (2032) 0‑1 Lamarque, Hugh (1903)
Burnett, Walter (1983) 1‑0 Mollison, Jamie (1915)
Sloan, Elliot S (1991) ½‑½ Mcdiarmid, Euan (1830)
Default 0‑1 Macnab, Crawford T (1840)

Round 8

Dundee City A 4½‑½ Wandering Dragons
Ophoff, Jacques (2273) ½‑½ Leah, Tom (2032)
Wright, Andrew G (2112) 1‑0 Sloan, Elliot S (1991)
Findlay, David J (2125) 1‑0 Burnett, Walter (1983)
Spencer, Edwin A (2096) 1‑0 Fleming, Neil (1863)
Vayanos, George M (2071) 1‑0 Carter, Richard G (1867)

Round 7

Wandering Dragons 3½‑1½ Forth Valley A
Leah, Tom (2032) 1‑0 Browning, Isaac (2022)
Sloan, Elliot S (1991) ½‑½ Mcgeoch, Kenny R (1965)
Burnett, Walter (1983) 0‑1 Iwuozor, John (0)
Fleming, Neil (1863) 1‑0 Cooke, Susan G (1950)
Carter, Richard G (1867) 1‑0 Fleming, Andrew (1830)

Round 6

Wandering Dragons 3‑2 Dundee City B
Leah, Tom (2032) ½‑½ Spencer, Edwin (2096)
Sloan, Elliot (1991) 0‑1 Weir, Gary (1968)
Burnett, Walter (1983) ½‑½ Babin, Andre (1937)
Kynoch, Richard (1921) 1‑0 Crofts, Joshua (1932)
Carter, Richard (1867) 1‑0 Dawson, Alastair (1851)

Round 5

Stepps 1‑4 Wandering Dragons
Madhavan, Sanjith (2115) 0‑1 Leah, Tom (2032)
Gillies, Alex (1970) 1‑0 Sloan, Elliot (1991)
Muir, Phil (1645) 0‑1 Burnett, Walter (1983)
Sharkey, Jason (1859) 0‑1 Kynoch, Richard (1921)
Brownlee, Ian (1765) 0‑1 Carter, Richard (1867)

Round 4

A creditable draw with a higher rated team who were champions last year.

Dunfermline Knights 2½‑2½ Wandering Dragons
Bozinakis, Pavlos (2275) ½‑½ Orr, Mark J L (2116)
Savidge, Daniel (2149) ½‑½ Leah, Tom (2017)
Tushynskyi, Volodymyr (2140) 1‑0 Sloan, Elliot S (2001)
Mckay, Jonathan (1982) 0‑1 Burnett, Walter (1966)
Skettos, Nicolas (2002) ½‑½ Fleming, Neil (1834)

Round 3

Revenge for a recent defeat in the Edinburgh league.

Wandering Dragons 3‑2 Edinburgh West
Orr, Mark J L (2116) 0‑1 Pritchett, Craig W (2187)
Leah, Tom (2017) ½‑½ Neave, George (2070)
Sloan, Elliot S (2001) 1‑0 Darling, Callum (1957)
Burnett, Walter (1966) ½‑½ Sharma, Devesh (1854)
Fleming, Neil (1834) 1‑0 Robinson, Martin E (1877)

Round 2

Wandering Dragons 2½‑2½ Lenzie Basilisks
Orr, Mark J L (2116) 0‑1 Sanger, Jake M (2082)
Minnican, Alan W (2071) ½‑½ Lukhi, Neev (1951)
Leah, Tom (2017) 1‑0 Railwani, Tavish (1770)
Burnett, Walter (1966) 1‑0 Mitraka, Chrysoula-Paraskevi (1746)
Sloan, Elliot S (2001) 0‑1 Patton, Zachary (1692)

Round 1

Bon Accord 1‑4 Wandering Dragons
Jennings, Richard L (1898) ½‑½ Orr, Mark J L (2116)
Berg, Jan (1895) ½‑½ Minnican, Alan W (2071)
Macdonald, Duncan (1867) 0‑1 Leah, Tom (2017)
Brennan, J Ross (1802) 0‑1 Burnett, Walter (1966)
Murray, Thomas W J (1757) 0‑1 Sloan, Elliot S (2001)