The Len Hammond memorial shield, contested annually by Snodland and Maidstone, saw Snodland lift the trophy last night (Weds 25 September 19) for the first time in its 11 year history.

The match was contested over 5 boards and was a non-graded “Friendly Match” – some players are members of both clubs, as Len was himself.

Snodland won the toss and had the white pieces on odd boards.

Back in December Snodland visited Weald of Kent in the en-passant cup.

Peter Hickey has kindly sent us his game which can be viewed, along with some light annotation by myself here.