West Wickham B win Martin Cath Trophy for second year in a row!

Despite suffering its first loss in two years, our West Wickham B team manages to retain the title

With 5 wins, one of which a 4 nil win against Streatham B, one draw and one loss (against Lewisham), our 2nd team ends on top of division two with 5.5 points, half a point ahead of South Norwood A and Lewisham.
Congratulations!!
I'd like to thank everyone who has played for team (10 different players!) and especially those who stood in for me as captain, namely John Lewin (twice!) and Laurie Roberts - very much appreciated.
Great scoring by Alan Sands (4.5 points out of 5), John Lewin (4 out of 6) and Andrew Ponting (2.5 out of 3).

THE TROST TROPHY 2015

MONDAY 08 JUNE at 7.45 PM

AT CRYSTAL PALACE CHESS CLUB

Venue: The Church of St Philip the Apostle

Coombe Road Sydenham SE26 6QW

A HANDICAP LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT

9 Rounds Swiss System (UTU Swiss pairing programme controlled)

 

ENTRY FEE £3

First Prize: £40

Second Prize: £20

Third Prize: £10

Grading Prize: £10

Entries:
Email: david.hodgson30@btinternet.com   or
David Hodgson tel: 020 8663 2553

Games have a total time of 12 minutes divided between the two players according to the grading difference as follows:

Lower Grade                Higher Grade

Less than 10 pts difference:      6 minutes each player                                                                 

11-20 points difference:           6.30sec minutes plays    5m 30 secs

21-30 points difference:           7 minutes plays             5 minutes

31-40 points difference:           7.30 minutes plays        4 m 30 secs

41-50 points difference:           8 minutes plays             4 minutes

51-60 points difference:           8.30 minutes plays        3 30 minutes

61-70 points difference:           9 minutes plays             3 minutes

71- 80 points difference           9 30 minutes plays        2.30 minutes

80 +  points difference             10 minutes plays           2 minutes.

Normal Laws of chess apply except that an illegal move loses.

Club championship semi-finals matches set

The following 4 people all ended up with 6.5 points:

• John Gibb 6.5 out of 7
• John Lewin 6.5 out of 8
• David Vigus 6.5 out of 9
• Malcolm Mourant 6.5 out of 12

The matchup for the semi-finals is as follows:

• John G vs Malcolm and
• John L vs David

The matches will be played 28th May or 4th June.
Best of luck gentlemen!

Club championship standings

One day left in the competition to determine the semi-final players!

Coming Thursday, 21st of May, is the last day of the competition.
The following 5 people are still in the running for the semi-finals:

1. Malcom Mourant, John Lewin 6.5 points
2. Dave Vigus, Fred Wellings 6
3. John Gibb 5.5

Photos from Kent County Finals

Our 4th team getting ready for the action

Beckenham team on the left (obviously):

1. Howard
2. Alan
3. Mike
4. Stephen (captain)

Chess is serious business for the 1st team

Board order, from left to right:

1. Ian
2. Nick
3. Richard
4. Graeme (captain)
5. Joel
6. Alan

Beckenham 4 win Kent Intro Cup!

Kent finals results

Stephen Roberts' Beckenham 4 team score a convincing 3-1 victory over Maidstone 7 and thus win the Intro Cup!

Unfortunately our first team couldn't retain the County trophy; sadly we lost by tiebreak, again!

More details to follow later.