24th July 2015
Simultaneous display with Nigel Davies
There
is a simultaneous to be given by Grandmaster Nigel Davies at
Lancaster Library on September 26th starting 11:00 am. Nigel will
be giving a talk/analysis session after
play is over.Entry £9.50 adults ; £6.50 under 16
For further details contact Gary Hutchinson on 01524 580700 or email lancaster.library@lancashire.gov.uk
12th July 2015
NCCU Club Championship - Minor
Congragulations to Penrith on winning the above for the second year running ! Results are on the Tournaments Page.
22nd June 2015
AGM Actions
Following on from the AGM 3 points need to be noted -
- The NCCU AGM (
6th June ) minutes. Also held on the Library
Page.
- Northern 4NCL email The 4NCL season 2015/16. Marked as Important. Replies to Mark Whitehead from interested players.
- ECF Constitution/Governance email for action by players in Cumbria - send replies to David Cole/Jonathan Rashleigh.
21st June 2015
Cumria 2015 AGM
The Cumbria AGM was held yesterday at Eamont Bridge.
Dave Phillips receiving the Division 1 (oops ! I mean the Cumbrian Open) Trophy for Windermere.
Peter Hanks receiving the Whitaker Trophy on behalf of Ulverston.
Highlights
- Stephen Murdock is in New Zealand and has resigned as the League Controller. Dave Shaw has taken up the vacant position.
- Nominated players have been done away with.
- Postal voting is no more.
- Ulverston will be running next years Cumbrian Individuals.
There are other things obviously. The full minutes and the new constitution will be available shortly.
21st June 2015
South Lakes Congress
The Results fron the South Lakes Congress can be seen on the Tournaments Page.
15th June 2015
South Lakes Congress
Ian Mackay has sent in his last game of the South Lakes Congress and how he 'snatched defeat from the jaws of victory' !
Have a look on the Games Page. It is given as a puzzle.
10th June 2015
Cumbria Junior Chess Championship 2015
The
Cumbria Junior Chess Championship for 2015 will be held on Saturday
11th July from 10:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,
Ullswater Road, Penrith,
CA11 7EG A poster can be downloaded from here.
For further details and/or to download the Entry Form see here.
A copy of this notice is also on the Juniors Page.
9th June 2015
Bruce Wallace
I
am very sorry to have to tell you that Bruce sadly died suddenly
yesterday (8th June).
I am afraid that I know little more than that at present.
Phil
Walters who also lives in Newcastleton had been told about it and he
should find out more in the next day or two.
Bill Hardwick
5th June 2015
AGM 2015 - Email from Jonathan Rashleigh to Club Secretaries
I attach to this email in both
Microsoft Word ( Word Documents not included on the website - Dave Shaw ) and PDF format the agenda for the meeting to be held on Saturday 20th June together with the minutes of last year's meeting. For the reasons set out below, it is important that you circulate these to all your members as soon as possible.
The
Agenda includes no less than 12 proposals for changes to the
Consitution which have been received within the prescribed notice
period. Whilst some are tidying up existing practices, others
are
more fundamental so it is important that as many people as possible
make it to the AGM.
The
attached document also outlines the procedure for anyone who cannot
attend the meeting but would like to register a postal vote on any or
all the proposals. They must individually email me or post me
their votes which I must have received prior to the date of the meeting.
I hope that everything is made clear but do
contact me if not.
Best
wishes
Jonathan
Rashleigh - Secretary
See the latest version of the constitution here.
1st June 2015
Have you got a chess demonstration board ?
We
are trying to arrange one or two coaching sessions on our club nights
at Carlisle for which one, or preferably two, wall-hanging
demonstration boards would be ideal. Would any of our clubs
have
equipment like this which we could borrow for a short while?Any help would be appreciated.
Bill Hardwick (billhardwick05@gmail.com)
25th May 2015
AGM 2015
All proposals have now been received.
There are 12 proposals.
View the document which contains Agenda, Proposals for Amendment, Voting Procedures, and Procedure at the AGM here.
See the latest version of the constitution here.
23rd May 2015
AGM 2015
Important ! - Today is the last day for proposals to reach Jonathan !!
There are 11 proposals ( so far ).
View the document which contains Agenda, Proposals for Amendment, Voting Procedures, and Procedure at the AGM here.
See the latest version of the constitution here.
17th May 2015
Whitaker Champions
Ulverston beat Carlisle 2 today at the Marchesi centre to become the 2015 Whitaker champions.
Full score can be found on the Whitaker Page.
17th May 2015
Cumbria v Lancashire U160
Cumbria were beat 10 - 2 by Lancashire in the under 160 county match on Saturday. The top 2 boards won, but I am sorry to report that the other 10 boards lost !
Full results can be found on the County Chess page.
11th May 2015
AGM 2015
Another
Proposal !! That's 3 so far.
See the updated document here.
Important - proposals must reach Jonathan no later than Saturday 23rd May.
7th May 2015
AGM 2015
This years AGM is to be held on Saturday 20th June at the Crown Hotel, Eamont Bridge, Penrith commencing at 2pm.
Our secretary, Jonathan Rashleigh, has produced a document which contains Agenda, Proposals for Amendment ( 2 proposals so far ) , Voting Procedures, and Procedure at the AGM.
The document can read here.
I urge everbody to read this document.
Important - proposals must reach Jonathan no later than Saturday 23rd May.
24th April 2015
Windermere A have won the Cumbria Open League
Barrow A have won the Cumbria South League
This is 6 years running that Windermere have won the Open ( or first ) Division. See the Archives page.
Barrow A have won the Cumbria South (mid-week) league, which is its first year.
Many congratulations to both teams !
30th March 2015
Cumbria v Yorkshire U160
Cumbria were well beat 9½ - 2½ by Yorkshire in the under 160 county match on Sunday. Our only winner was Jonathan Rashleigh.
Full results can be found on the County Chess page.
Also have a look at the 'great escape' by Eggert on the Games Page. Interesting ending.
19th March 2015
4NCL 2nd FIDE Rated Congress at Wakefield 17th - 19th April 2015
All the details and an entry form can be found here.
12th March 2015
Dumfries Allegro Saturday 4th April 2015
There is an allegro competition at Dumfries on Saturday 4th April. All the details and an entry form can be found here.
1st March 2015
New Cumbrian Chess Champion
Jason
Maxwell, member of Carlisle AF, won the Cumbria Individual
Open Trophy this afternoon ( Sunday 1st March ).To see his progress through the rounds and play through his 5th round game against Dave Phillips go to the Games Page.
Amazing result ! Well done Jason !
Details of the tournament can be seen here, or via the Tournaments Page.
26th January 2015
January 2015 ECF Grades are out
The new grades are now out. See them on the Gradings Page.
Well done Dave Phillips for still heading the Cumbria list !
16th January 2015
Nccu Club Championship 2015
The NCCU Club Championship will run from February to June 2015. All Nccu clubs can enter - £15 team.
For more details and an online entry form see here.
3rd January 2015
Cumbria Individual.
The Cumbria Individual is from Friday 27th February to Sunday 1st March at the Crown, Eamont Bridge, Penrith.
The
competition is being organised by Carlisle Chess Club but
with no suitable venue being available in Carlisle it has been decided
to stage it in Penrith with the support and assistance of Penrith Chess
club.
Full details and the entry form can be found here.
Full details and the entry form can be found here.
Accommodation is available at the hotel for B&B at £40 Single rooms/£70 double rooms. Just contactThe Crown Hotel - 01768 892092
Tea/coffee
and food will be available throughout the competition but Mike, the
manager has asked us to make it clear that anyone consuming their own
food or drinks on the premises will be asked to leave. It is quite
reasonable as no charge is being made to us for the use of the hotel
for the weekend and I hope that everyone will respect this.
19th December 2014
Xmas Page.
I've put up a few puzzles etc. on Xmas Page.
Merry Christmas !
Dave Shaw
16th December 2014 ( Updated 18th December with funeral details )
Peter
Watson, who played for the Wyndham Chess Club, which was subsumed into
SASRA, died following a fall on December 3rd.
I doubt if many people playing in the league now will have known him, but those who have been around long enough may well remember him.
I can't remember when Peter stopped playing in the league, but it will have been the early to mid 80s. He was playing top board for Wyndham when I started playing in the league in the 1976/77 season and certainly would have been playing into the early 1980s.
Originally from Sussex Peter was a graduate from Oxford University who moved to Egremont when appointed Head of English at Wyndham School in Egremont. Following retirement he became active in politics, and for many years was a councillor for Egremont on Copeland Council. During this time, and after he left active politics he set up and published a local newsheet Egremont Today, which although he had formally handed over the editorship he was still working on up to the time of his death. On a personal level he taught me English, when I was a pupil at the school and why it was not a good idea to play against the Marshall if you were not prepared when I was a member of the chess club. He will be very much missed.
Peter's funeral is on Friday January 2nd
St Mary and St Michaels Parish Church Egremont at 11:45am followed by a Quaker service at Distington Hall Crematorium at 1:15pm.
Family flowers only
Donations to either The Samaritans or The Cumbria-Rungwe Community Link
c/o Adams, Read and Hocking Funeral Directors
Dent House
Frizington Road
Cleator Moor
CA25 5EP
Wes Bell
I doubt if many people playing in the league now will have known him, but those who have been around long enough may well remember him.
I can't remember when Peter stopped playing in the league, but it will have been the early to mid 80s. He was playing top board for Wyndham when I started playing in the league in the 1976/77 season and certainly would have been playing into the early 1980s.
Originally from Sussex Peter was a graduate from Oxford University who moved to Egremont when appointed Head of English at Wyndham School in Egremont. Following retirement he became active in politics, and for many years was a councillor for Egremont on Copeland Council. During this time, and after he left active politics he set up and published a local newsheet Egremont Today, which although he had formally handed over the editorship he was still working on up to the time of his death. On a personal level he taught me English, when I was a pupil at the school and why it was not a good idea to play against the Marshall if you were not prepared when I was a member of the chess club. He will be very much missed.
Peter's funeral is on Friday January 2nd
St Mary and St Michaels Parish Church Egremont at 11:45am followed by a Quaker service at Distington Hall Crematorium at 1:15pm.
Family flowers only
Donations to either The Samaritans or The Cumbria-Rungwe Community Link
c/o Adams, Read and Hocking Funeral Directors
Dent House
Frizington Road
Cleator Moor
CA25 5EP
Wes Bell