| Bd | Col | Westcliff III | 3 | 3 | Customs III |
| 1 | B | K. Wilcox | 0 | 1 | F Gulley |
| 2 | W | Kevin Foakes | 0 | 1 | M Pool |
| 3 | B | Phil Morris | 0 | 1 | R Lloyd |
| 4 | W | Ian Harper | 1 | 0 | L Raybould |
| 5 | B | Peter Green | 1 | 0 | S Raybould |
| 6 | W | C Taylor | 1 | 0 | A Raybould |
Customs III showed what they might be capable of on a regular basis if only their top four could play every match. Here, Mark Jones's absence might have made the difference as Frank won in spectacular style, Rhys proved his worth again and Melvin has a play on (10th March) which might just yield Customs III's first point of the season.
10/3/04: Melvin wins to draw the match, under the impression that it's the 3rd team's first point of the season. He doesn't know about last Friday.
Gulley,F - Wilcox,K [A53]
S&DCL
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 Be7 6.f4 0-0 7.f5 Nc5 8.Bd3 a5 9.Nf3 c6 10.0-0 cxd5 11.cxd5 Qb6 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.h3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf2+ 15.Rxf2 Qxf2 16.Be3! and Black has fallen into a fiendishly clever trap which Frank clearly saw many moves ago and which wins the Black queen. 16...Qg3 [ 16...Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Rb3] 17.Ne2 Qxf3 18.gxf3 b6 19.Rg1 Ba6 20.Qd2 Rfc8 21.Rc1 Bc4 22.b3 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Rc8 25.Be3 h6 26.f4 a4 27.bxa4 Rc3 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Kg2 Ra3 30.Bxb6 Rxa4 31.Bc7 Rb4 32.d6 Rb7 33.dxe7 1-0