Beckenham played a friendly match against Charlton on 28 July using the Kent Quickplay Handicap rules. The result was a 10½-5½ victory for Beckenham (see below) and an enjoyable evening. Thanks go to Alan Hanreck for arranging it

Junior Quickplay Tournament Results

On Thursday 25th June, we held a Junior Quickplay Tournament. The competition was specially arranged in acknowledgement of the healthy number of juniors the club now has.

Four junior members attended. All the players played each other twice. The winner was Duncan Bell with an impressive score of 5½ out of a possible 6. Alex Selway, as runner up, was close behind with a score of 4.

Duncan was presented with a prize for winning the competition generously donated by Fred Wellings, Club Chairman

Howard Walden

Handicap Quickplay Competition

On Thursday 18th June, we held our 10th annual Quickplay Handicap competition. 16 members attended. After 2 rounds there was a tie for first place between Ian Snape and John Duggan. The tie-breaker was eventually won by John Duggan.

Just to let you know how exciting it is to play chess, here are some pictures.

The players were divided into two groups of 8 for the first round -and here they are. What a handsome bunch!!!

The whole gang

These six went through to the final round. The winner

[and our chairman stealing into the picture as well]

Annual Handicap Quickplay competition

On Thursday 18th June, we held our 10th annual Quickplay Handicap competition. 16 members attended. After 2 rounds there was a tie for first place between Ian Snape and John Duggan. The tie-breaker was eventually won by John Duggan.

Beckenham v Bromley match

26 members turned up for the annual Beckenham V. Bromley match on 28th May. This was won by Bromley [again] with a score of 8.5 to 4.5. It was great to see so many club members at the venue at the same time. We barely had enough working clocks!

Malcolm M

Handicap Quickplay, Thursday June 18th

From Malcolm: This is just a reminder to say that the annual handicapped quickplay tournament for the Rosebowl will be played this Thursday [June 18^th].

For those who have not played before, the format is quite simple and involves 2 or 3 groups of players playing each other and then the top two from each group going on to play each other in the final round. The winner is the one who scores the most number of points in the final round and he receives a cup for a year.

Because it is a handicapped tournament, everyone stands a chance.

All members are welcome - junior, senior, strong or weak. It would be helpful if you could ensure that you arrive between 7.15 and 7.30 as the groups are drawn up using the players who actually turn up.

I hope you can make it