KIDDERMINSTER Chess Club's first team continues to find the going tough in Division One of the Worcestershire League, last week being narrowly beaten 3.2-2.5 by Worcester City, and suffering a heavy 4.5-1.5 defeat by Worcester St Johns.

Full results (Kidderminster names first).

Against City: Maurice Bissell 0.5, E Myers 0.5; Jim Firar 0, J Keene 1; Frank Pickett 0.5, S Mellor 0.5; Gerald Link 0.5, R Collett 0.5; Dave Close 1, A Spittle 0; John Gittus 0, M Gordon 1.

Against St Johns: John Wrench 0, P Kitson 1; Bissell 0, S James 1; Friar 1, G Dyett 0; Pickett 0.5, N Harris 0.5; Link 0, S Foster 1; Close 0, A Kirkland 1.