Cheddleton At The European Club Cup

Friday Evening Results From Cheddleton

Division 2

Cheddleton 'C'  4.5  Crewe 'A'  0.5

Division 3

Cheddleton 'D'  2.5  Newcastle 'D'  1.5

Division 5

Cheddleton 'G'  2  Cheddleton 'I'  2

Shropshire Congress

The Shropshire Congress is being held in Telford from Friday 8th January until Sunday 10th January. Click here for full details and an entry form.

Perry Trophy

Alsager have had to withdraw from their Perry Trophy match against Fenton next week due to a lack of eligible players. Fenton will now meet Crewe in the Semi-Final on he 17th February.

Wednesday Evening Results

Division 2

Newcastle 'B'  3.5  Holmes Chapel Rooks  1.5

Division 3

Crewe 'B'  2  Stafford 'B'  2

Division 4

Crewe 'C'  2.5  Newcastle 'E'  1.5

Scarborough Congress

Congratulations to Martyn Harris on being the joint winner of the Intermediate section at this weekend's Scarborough Congress with a score of 4.5/5. Modesty appears to have prevented him from mentioning it on the Newcastle website so I'll blow his trumpet for him here !! Click here to view the results.

Tuesday Evening Results

Division 3

Kidsgrove  1  Meir 'A'  

Division 4

Alsager 'B'  2  Fenton 'B'  2

Monday Evening Results

Division 2

Fenton 'A'  2  Cheddleton 'B'  3

Division 5

Meir 'C'  0.5  Fenton 'D'  3.5

League Structure Discussion Document

As you may be aware, a sub-committee has been formed with a view to looking at how we might improve the league. To this end David Hulme has produced a discussion document which we will be using as a basis for our deliberations. Please feel free to make your own comments on the document or come up with any ideas of your own. You can click here to view the document. Please email me with your thoughts or click on the Post header to leave a comment.

Team Captain Contact Details

Team Captain Contact Details for 2015/2016 have now been updated and can be found on the right hand side of the page.

Disappointing Finish For Cheddleton In European Club Cup

Cheddleton won their 5th round match against SK TEAM VIKING by 4-2 to make it 3 wins in a row. Things went downhill after that though and they were beaten in both the 6th and 7th rounds to finish in 22nd position - 4 places below their ranking position. In the 6th round they came up against an all-GM team in BEER SHEVA of Israel and went down by 3.5 - 2.5. In the 7th and final round they were beaten 3.5 -2.5 by SC MPA-MARIA SAAL of Austria. Malcolm Armstrong played on board 6 in the match against BEER SHEVA and was outgraded by 400 points !!

Another Division 5 Draw

Cheddleton 'H'  2  Newcastle 'F'  2

Yet another draw in Division 5 at Cheddleton on Friday evening means that the Meir twins are the only teams to have registered a win so far this season.

Members Games

I have just posted Malcolm Armstrong's first round match in the European Club Cup on the Members Games page.

Wednesday Evening Results

Division 1

Stafford 'A'  2.5  Cheddleton 'A'  2.5

Division 3

Newcastle 'D'  2  Crewe 'B'  2

Division 4

Newcastle 'E'  Cheddleton 'F'  3

Division 5

Crewe 'D'  1.5  Meir 'C'  2.5

European Club Cup

Cheddleton won their 3rd round match against Danish club BRONSHOJ SKAKFORENING by 4-2. They followed this up with another 4-2 win in the 4th round against EXPIK of Kosovo. Malcolm Armstrong did not play in the 3rd round but, unfortunately, lost his game in the 4th round. Cheddleton now have 5 points and sit 3 points behind the leaders, SIBERIA of Russia. They now face Swedish club SK TEAM VIKING in the 5th round.

Kidsgrove Off The Mark

Division 3

Alsager 'A'  1  Kidsgrove  3

Kidsgrove got their first points of the season on the board last with a win at Alsager 'A'.

European Club Cup

Cheddleton are currently representing England in the European Club Cup in Skopje in Macedonia. Cheddleton are ranked 18th out of the 50 teams competing. Whilst the majority of the Cheddleton team play at a far loftier level than the North Staffs League we do have Malcolm Armstrong in the team. Malcolm is outperforming the team at the moment with a win and a draw from his first 2 games. The team drew 3-3 with the Austrian champions, SV RAIKA RAPID FEFFERNITZ, in the first round - and try saying that after you've had a couple of beers !! In the second round they were beaten 4-2 by Italian club WORLDTRADINGLAB CLUB 64 MODENA - another mouthful. They have been drawn against Danish club BRONSHOJ SKAKFORENING in the third round. Makes me very grateful that I only have to deal with names like Crewe and Alsager on the NSDCA website !! You can click here to follow the tournament.

Malcolm notes that while results have not gone well so far, morale remains high and there is a long way to go. I will be publishing Malcolm's first round win on the website later.

Monday Evening Results

Division 2

Fenton 'A'  2  Holmes Chapel Rooks  3

Division 3

Meir 'A'  2  Stafford 'B'  2

Division 5

Meir 'D'  2  Fenton 'D'  2

Cheddleton 'E' Off To Winning Start

Division 3

Cheddleton 'E'  2.5  Meir 'A'  1.5

County Cups Last Minute Entries

Crewe have made last minute entries into Withnall Trophy and Jackson Cup. As a result of this the draws for these competitions have been revised and can be viewed on the County Cups website. This will be Crewe's first foray into the Staffs County Cup competitions so we wish them well.

Members Games

Can I take this opportunity to remind you all that I would like to publish some Members Games this season. So stop being bashful and forward your masterpieces (or master blunders) to me for publication on the site.

Staffs County Cups

Entries for this season's County Cups have been extremely disappointing with only 4 clubs entering teams - Walsall Kipping, Stafford, Cheddleton and Fenton. As a result of this there will only be preliminary rounds in the Withnall Trophy and the Hickman Cup and we then go straight to the finals of all 4 competitions. You can view the draw for each competition from the County Cups tab at the top of this page.

No Winners At Newcastle

There were two matches at the Bridge Club last night, both of them ending in draws.

Division 2

Newcastle 'C'  2.5  Macclesfield  2.5

Division 5

Newcastle 'F'  2  Cheddleton 'G'  2

Monday Evening Results

Division 2

Fenton 'A'  2.5  Cheddleton 'C'  2.5

Division 5

Meir 'D'  3  Crewe 'D'  1

Friday Evening Results

Division 3

Cheddleton 'D'  2.5  Kidsgrove  1.5

Division 5

Cheddleton 'G'  2  Cheddleton 'H'  2

Better Late Than Never

A bit late in the day but congratulations to Crewe on winning their debut match at the end of September in Division 2 of the Wirral League, beating Buckley/Mold by 4-1.

Team Captains & Tied Players List

The Team Captains contact list, plus the list of Tied Players, on the right hand side of the page will be updated as soon as all clubs have submitted their information to Robert Milner. If anybody has not yet done it can they please do so as soon as possible and, in any event, by the end of October.

Results & Fixtures

The Results & Fixtures database has now been updated with the fixtures for 2015/2016 and all results to date.

All league tables have also been updated with the results from the start of the season.

Christmas Santa Handicap

To be held at Crewe Amalgamated Anglers Club 7-9 Beech Street, Crewe, CW1 2PY on Wednesday 30th December starting @ 7:30pm.

If you would like to enter then please contact David Hulme - Tel: 01270-569570 or by email: dihulme62@gmail.com.

This is a 5 round competition, with top players playing off scratch and just 5 minutes on the clock, and lowest graded players having a maximum of 15 minutes with 2.5 pts start to add to their score.

Provisional bands would be as follows (these may be adjusted according to the range of entries received):

Greater than 185 gets 5 mins and no handicap
171-185 gets 6 mins and no handicap
156-170 gets 7 mins and 1/2 pt start
141-155 gets 8 mins and 1/2 pt start
126-140 gets 9 mins and 1 pt start
111-125 gets 10 mins and 1 pt start
96-110 gets 11 mins and 1.5 pts start
81-95 gets 12 mins and 1.5 pts start
66-80 gets 13 mins and 2 pts start
51-65 gets 14 mins and 2 pts start
50 & below gets 15 mins and 2.5 pts start

NSDCA Doubles Tournament

Martyn Harris will again be running the highly successful NSDCA Doubles tournament at Holmes Chapel on Saturday 5th December. There will be the usual 2 sections - 220 and 320. Find yourself somebody to partner with and come along for a very entertaining day. Click here for further details.

Results From Start Of Season

Division 1

Holmes Chapel'A'  3  Newcastle 'A'  2 

Division 2

Cheddleton 'B'  2.5  Cheddleton 'C'  2.5
Crewe 'A'  2  Cheddleton 'B'  3
Holmes Chapel Rooks  1.5  Macclesfield  3.5
Macclesfield  2  Newcastle 'B'  3
Newcastle 'B'  2  Newcastle 'C'  3
Newcastle 'C'  2.5  Holmes Chapel Rooks

Division 3

Newcastle 'D'  1.5  Alsager 'A'  2.5

Division 4

Alsager 'B'  3  Newcastle 'E'  1
Fenton 'B'  3  Fenton 'C'  1
Meir 'B'  2  Newcastle 'E'  2
Cheddleton 'F'  3.5  Crewe 'C'  0.5

Division 5

Meir 'C'  2  Meir 'D'  2

South Potteries Chess Challenge Cup

Meir  5  Fenton  3

Normal Service Will Be Resumed As Soon As Possible

I expect the website to be updated with all of the results from the start of the season, plus league tables, by the end of this week.