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12th September 2024

Whitaker Draw

 


The draw for the second round ( or should I say semi-finals ) of the Whitaker was taken this evening by Michael Thistlewood, Kendal Chess Club Secretary.

The details can be seen on the Whitaker Page.





11th December 2024

Barrow Open Team

 

Sorry to report that Barrow have had to withdraw from the Open League.

As they have just played 2 matches the fairest thing to be done is reverse their results in the League Table. Sorry, Penrith !


8th December 2024

North v South Rheged Centre 7th December



The junior event
 

 

 




The senior event









 

The senior event








 


 Jonathan receiving the trophy from Eggert

 

 













 

Analysis tables








     
Letting you know that the Junior Match was a close match.
The lead changed a few times, but the North eventually won by 29 points to 27.

Two players, Anika Blood for the South Ana Lozano Burnham won all 5 of their games.
Very well done indeed to both of them.

John


 The results of the seniors match -  




24th November 2024

North v South Rheged Centre 7th December

 


The Adult's event will be a 2 leg match with a time control of 45 minutes plus 30 seconds per move (Standard play). The 2nd leg will start at 2:45 pm with colours reversed.

Children’s North v South Cumbria Match in the morning (09:00-12:00)


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24th November 2024

South Lakes Congress 2025
    




The Entry Form can be seen here, and on the Tournaments Page.


20th October 2024

Carlisle Chess Club

 

Please note thar Carlisle have moved premises to Spencer Street Social Club. Check the Clubs page for details and a link to a Google map.

Bill asks that players should not bring their own food and drinks into the club please.


20th October 2024

Cumbria Junior Championship 20224

 Note from John Lydon -

Just letting you know that Saturday's Junior Tournament went ahead without issue.

The number of entries were down a little on last year which is disappointing, but there were still enough for a good tournament.

Peter Hanks supplied all the equipment and ran the day to his ever high standard, Neil Foxcroft and Neill Cooper also helped and supported the event.

Financially, it made a small profit of £41.08.Making money isn't an objective, but being sensible with money is.
This time I used used the congress.org.uk software for the registrations and payments. I'm delighted to say that it worked very well and has solved the awkward problems that I encountered with the first 2 tournaments.
 
I also presented John Davis of Long Marton School with the British Chess Educational Trust award and a donation of childrens' chess books.

Thank you for all your help with producing the poster, distributing them and using the Cumbria Chess web site to help publicise the event.

Thank you to Peter Hanks, Neil Foxcroft and Neill Cooper for their great work on the day.

John

    See the News & Star article here.



 

 

 







Under 13 Champion is Alistair Jones from Penrith





 


Under 18 Champion is Rachael Bunter from Barrow


Miller Bowes from Maryport was the Runner Up.




19th September 2024

Cumbria Junior Chess Tournament


 
The arrangements have now been finalised for this year's junior tournament.
 John Lydon

Details are here and on the Juniors Page.


12th September 2024

Whitaker Draw


 

The draw for the first round of the Whitaker was taken this evening by Michael Thistlewood, Kendal Chess Club Secretary. The details can be seen on the Whitaker Page.

 8th September 2024

Fixtures are out


 

The fixtures are on the Fixtures Page.

Many thanks to Andy for 'proof reading' and correcting my errors !

 24th August 2024

Casting Now - Your chance of stardom !


 

Hi,

I hope you are okay with me getting in touch. My name is MeeMee, and I am a Casting Producer at Curve Media in Cardiff, an award-winning TV company. We work with the biggest broadcasters in the UK and US, including the BBC, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime, among many others.  

We are excited to be in the casting phase of our most recent commission, Chess Masters (working title) for the BBC, where passionate and highly skilled chess players from all backgrounds will battle it out across a series of rapid chess games before one will be crowned the title of Chess Champion.   

I came across your chess club online and wanted to see if you or anyone you know might be interested in learning more about our series and even applying to appear on the show! We welcome applicants from various styles, standards and abilities to apply. 

It would be fantastic if you could help us spread the word by sharing the attached flyer with your network. 

In case it's helpful, here is a blurb of the programme and the ask:

"Would you like to be Chess Champion 2025?

An exciting new competitive format show for the BBC is looking for players to battle it out on TV. If you're interested in being on the show, please get in touch with us at chessmasters@curvemedia.com" 

Please let me know if you'd like to learn more or have any questions. 

Thanks for your time, and I hope to hear from you,   

Best wishes,
MeeMee.

16th August 2024

2024 Cumbria AGM

 

The minutes of the 2024 Cumbria AGM can be seen here and on the Library Page.


Andy receiving the Open Trophy for 2023-24.





 25th July 2024

ECF Grassroots Support


 

Cumbria chess clubs should be aware that the Northern Counties Chess region will be receiving a grant of £10,000 from ECF to spend on promoting chess and we can apply for some of this if we so wish.  Richard Walsh from Lancaster is co-ordinating things for the Northern Counties region.

The relevant document can be read at:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-grassroots-support/

If any clubs or individual members have any ideas for using some of this money within our county or any of its clubs then we can include discussion at the AGM on 3rd August under Any Other Business. The first date for submitting proposals back to the region is 1st September.

Best wishes
Jonathan Rashleigh
Secretary CCA
Next
Open League 2024-25
Team Pld Pts
Penrith B37
Maryport A26
Maryport B36
Penrith A24
Carlisle A34
Carlisle B31
Maryport C20
Penrith C20

South League 2024-25
Team Pld Pts
Barrow A37
Ulverston A37
Kendal47
Ulverston B44
Barrow B 3 1
Ulverston C31

See League Tables for full details.


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