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
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
