Times Winning Move

Today (Fri 31 Aug) in the Times newspaper,Raymond Keene's Winning Move puzzle features...Callum Brewer.

One-day venue closure Sat 18 Aug

The club venue will be closed  for the day this Saturday 18 Aug.
There will be chess,however,at Michael Cain's 2nd  club promotion,
10 till 5 the same day in New Road (outside the Theatre Royal).
The forecast is for hot weather so take care in the sun if you are
going along.
I shall be there to open the club tonight,Thurs 16 Aug,as there is
no Bridge taking place.

Thanks for the news, Shaun. Well done Callum!

Callum's Summer

Callum, has had a busy summer, representing England at the Glorney Cup competition, taking part in the U12 section, the Stokes Cup, he scored 5/6 and helped England win the section.

Callum also had great time at the British scoring 4.5/7 in the U12s, coming joint 3rd.

Callum is really happy that people were following his progress at the British and appreciates the support.

Shaun

ECF Membership

After a meeting of the committee last night we decided on the following for next season:

1. Present subscription levels will remain unchanged.

2. All members wishing to enter internal tournaments will be required to be members of the ECF. This is because of recent funding changes in the ECF whereby non-membership will require a £2 game fee for every graded game played, per person. The same will be true of games in the MSCL but there will be a choice here - you can still pay the £2 to your captain each time if you prefer. If you're an ECF member, you'll pay nothing.

ECF membership runs for a year from 1st September. You can join online for £12 via the ECF website. You can do this now, ahead of the AGM.

The AGM agenda will now be coming out later in the month.

Listening to live commentary of British Championships, I swear I can hear Callum suggesting moves to Andrew Martin in the commentary room :-)) Callum is going great guns on 4.0/6.0 in the Under-12s, well done Callum!!