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Congratulations to Geoff Sage - Club Champion 2024

Geoff Sage won the summer competition with an excellent score of 6/7, and is therefore the Club Champion for 2024. The results of Round 7, the final round, were as follows: Danny Green 0.5-0.5 Geoff Sage Chris Kaye 1-0 James Foy Simon Johnson 1-0 Harry Baybutt-Thompson Jack Lenart 0-1 Jane Reece Ken Payne 0-1 Phil Ramsey Nathan Duffy 0-1 Iain Smith Alex Langley 0-1 Nick Wiggett Jack Vernon 1-0 James Redman Tony Yih 0-1 Tom Kinsella John Grady and Andy Williams had 0.5pt byes. The final standings were: 1 Goff Sage 6/7 2 Simon Johnson 5.5 3 Danny Green 5 4 James Foy 4.5    Chris Kaye 4.5    Jane Reece 4.5 7 Phil Ramsey 4    Harry Baybutt-Thompson 4    Andy Williams 4 10 Iain Smith 3.5    Jack Lenart 3.5    Nick Wiggett 3.5 13 John Grady 3    Tom Kinsella 3 15 Ken Payne 2.5    Jack Vernon 2.5    Alex Langley 2.5 18 Nathan Duffy 2    James Redman 2 20 Tony Yih 1.5 Thank you to everyone who played and made the competition a successful event. Phil

Summer Comp - Round 5 Results and Round 6 Draw

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  The Round 5 results were: The current standings are: The draw for Round 6 is below.  The games will be played this Wed (14th Aug) at the Gables Bridge Club.  The first player listed will be white.  Please let me know if you can't play.

CHESS CLUB CALLED OFF - WED 31st JULY

There will be no junior or senior chess club on Wed 31st July, due to possible unrest in the town.  Both clubs will resume next week (Wed 7th Aug) at the Gables Bridge Club at the usual times.   Phil

Summer Comp - Round 4 Results and Round 5 Draw

  Round 4 Results: James F 0.5 Simon 0.5 Phil 0 Geoff 1 Chris 1 Ken 0 Tom def 0 Iain def 1 Nick 0.5 Jack L 0.5 Andy 0 Nathan 1 Alex 0.5 James R 0.5 John, Tony, Danny, Jack V, Jane and Harry took 0.5pt byes. Round 5 Draw.  Games to be played on Wed 7th Aug at the Gables Bridge Club.  The first player is white. Geoff Sage (3.5) vs Simon Johnson (3.5) Chris Kaye (3) vs James Foy (3.5) Iain Smith (2.5) vs Danny Green (2.5) Jane Reece (2.5) vs John Grady (2.5) Harry Baybutt-Thompson (2) vs Phil Ramsey (2) Nathan Duffy (2) vs Tom Kinsella (1.5) Ken Payne (1.5) vs Nick Wiggett (1.5) Jack Lenart (1.5) vs Jack Vernon (1.5) James Redman (1) vs Andy Williams (1.5) Tony Yih (1.5) vs Alex Langley (0.5)

Summer Comp - Round 4 re-draw

I have re-drawn the bottom few boards of Round 4 because Jack Vernon is away.  Round 4 on Wed 24th July at Gables Bridge Club will now be as follows: James F vs Simon Phil vs John Chris vs Jane Harry vs Ken Tom vs Iain Nick vs Jack L Andy vs Nathan Alex vs James R Geoff, Tony, Danny and Jack V are taking 0.5pt byes.

Summer Comp - Round 3 Results and Round 4 Draw

Round 3 Results: Danny 0-1 James F Simon 1-0 Iain John 1-0 Tom Nathan 0-1 Phil Jack L 0-1 Chris Jane 1-0 Nick Andy 0.5-0.5 Harry Ken 1-0 James R Jack V 1-0 Alex Round 4 will be played on Wed 24th July at our new venue, The Gables Bridge Club, 21 Queens Road.  The first player listed will be white. James Foy (3) vs Simon Johnson (3) Phil Ramsey (2) vs John Grady (2) Chris Kaye (2) vs Jane Reece (2) Harry Baybutt-Thompson (1.5) vs Ken Payne (1.5) Tom Kinsella (1.5) vs Iain Smith (1.5) Nick Wiggett (1) vs Jack Lenart (1) Nathan Duffy (1) vs Jack Vernon (1) James Redman (0.5) vs Andy Williams (1) Alex Langley (0) 1pt bye Geoff Sage (2.5), Danny Green (2) and Tony Yih (1) are taking 0.5pt byes.

Summer Comp - Round 2 Results and Round 3 Draw

Round 2 Results: Chris Kaye 0 - 1 Geoff Sage Phil Ramsey 0 - 1 Danny Green Jane Reece  -  + default. James Foy Simon Johnson 1 - 0 John Grady Tom Kinsella 1 - 0 Andy Williams Ken Payne 0 - 1 Jack Lenart Harry Baybutt-Thompson 1 - 0 Jack Vernon Alex Langley 0 - 1 Nathan Duffy Nick Wiggett 1 - 0 Tony Yih Iain Smith and James Redman 0.5 pt byes Round 3 Draw.  Games to be played at the Central Club next Tuesday (16th July) at 7:30 pm.  If you can’t play, please let me know asap.  If anyone drops out of this Round 3 I will redraw the round.  The first player listed will play white. Danny Green (2) vs James Foy (2) Simon Johnson (2) vs Iain Smith (1.5) John Grady (1) vs Tom Kinsella (1.5) Nathan Duffy (1) vs Phil Ramsey (1) Jack Lenart (1) vs Chris Kaye (1) Jane Reece (1) vs Nick Wiggett (1) Andy Williams (0.5) vs Harry Baybutt-Thompson (1) Ken Payne (0.5) vs James Redman (0.5) Jack Vernon (0) vs Alex Langley (0) Tony Yih 1 pt bye Geoff Sage 0.5 pt bye