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7th September 2008
The Jamboree this year will be held at the Kenilworth Club on Wednesday 3rd September at 7.30.
There is a limit of 15 teams of 2 players with a combined grade of not more than 250.
Refreshments will be provided.
Entry is £2.00, which will go towards refreshments and prizes.
This was an enjoyable and well supported event last year, so I suggest you should get your entries in as quickly as psssible.
Entries should be emailed to
roywatson@warwickshire.gov.uk
This year the League will have 4 divisions of 8, 9, 9 and 9 teams respectively.
See
here for details.
If there are any changes can you please let me know as soon as possible.
Can Club Secretaries send me details of team captains as soon as possible.
The Club Details page has been updated, if there are any errors please let me know.
19th July 2008
The League AGM was held on the 13th May at Kenilworth.
The minutes of the meeting can be downloaded
here - in RTF format.
The League Officers were all re-elected for another year.
(For a larger picture click on the photo)
Bernard Rogers presented the trophies :-
Gordon Christie collecting the Division 1 Shield for Shirley & Lucas
Richard Weaving collecting the Division 2 shield for Solihull Checkmates
Steve Rumsby collecting the Division 3 Shield for Banbury
Kim Gilbert collecting the Division 4 Shield for Shirley & Lucas
David Cheshire collecting the Open Knock Out Cup for Olton
Bernard Rogers collecting the U625 Knock Out Cup from Phil Wood for Kenilworth
Bernard Visgandis collecting the U100 Knock Out Cup for Nuneaton
Mark Page of Leamington collecting the Individual Open Cup
Richard Weaving of Solihull Checkmates collecting the Individual U125 Cup
Steve Rumsby collecting the Individual U100 Cup for Nigel Barson
Bernard Rogers collecting the Lightning Open Cup for Carl Pickering of Kenilworth
Steve Rumsby collecting the Lightning U125 Cup for Georgs Vikanis of Banbury
Louis Rawson collecting the Stanley Gibbins Trophy
Robert Stevens informs me that the temporary Daventry venue has proved unsuitable, so until further notice they will be playing at :-
The Abercorn Hotel,
101 Warwick Street,
Daventry
NN11 4AJ.
For a map click
here
Can team captains make sure they send result cards to me (Steve Rumsby), not Robert Reynolds (nor Richard Reynolds).
If you missed the entry on Stratford moving, look in 'clubs'.
19th May 2008
All the Individual Knock Out matches have now been completed. Mark Page (Leamington) won the Open,
Richard Weaving (Solihull Checkmates) won the U125 and Nigel Barson (Banbury) won the U100.
The Team KO Finals were held this week. Olton are the Open Champions beating Nuneaton,
Kenilworth are the U625 Champions beating Leamington and Nuneaton are the U100 Champions beating Shirley & Lucas.
We only have 6 games for the best game award this year with none from Division 1 or Division 2, which is rather disappointing.
The League Lightning Tournament on the 23rd attracted 27 entries.
Carl Pickering of Kenilworth won the Open with 8/9 and Alan Lloyd of Olton was runner up with 7/9.
Georgs Vikanis and Gary Jackson both of Banbury tied for the U125 with 5½/9 each, Georgs won the playoff to win.
For a complete Excel spreadsheet click here.
Some photos of the evening - click on the thumbnail for a bigger picture.
Carl Pickering receiving the Open Trophy from Bernard Rogers.
Bernard congratulating Alan Lloyd on being the Open runner up.
Georgs Vikanis receiving the U125 Trophy from Bernard.
Bernard congratulating Gary Jackson on being the U125 runner up.
A view of round 9 in progress
Thanks to Richard Reynolds for organising and running the event.
All matches in the League have now been played - see League Tables for the final results.
The position in the League tables is that Shirley & Lucas are Division 1 Champions,
and Banbury have lost the battle to avoid relegation.
Solihull Checkmates are Division 2 Champions, Kenilworth B cannot catch them,
and Solihull B are bottom of division 2.
Banbury B are Division 3 Champions, with Kenilworth D bottom.
Shirley & Lucas C are Division 4 Champions.
4th January 2008
At the end of the year the League Tables were as follows
Shirley & Lucas have pulled out a 3 point lead at the top of Division 1,
with Leamington A, Olton B, Olton A and Stratford A all in contention.
In Division 2 Solihull Checkmates have a 3 point lead over Olton C with Daventry A 2 points behind.
In Division 3, Banbury B are 4 points ahead of Shirley & Lucas B, Daventry B and Chipping Campden B.
And in Division 4 Shirley & Lucas C are 4 points ahead of Leamington D and Nuneaton B.
Stratford have moved venue with immediate effect.
Their new venue is :-
The Royal British Legion Club
29 Bull Street,
Stratford
CV37 6DT
tel: 01789 297619
For a map Click here
There is parking in Bull Street and 'Pay and Display' parking in adjoining streets which is free after 6.00.
Club night is still Thursday.
29th September 2007
Simplified the design of the web site to give a more uniform look and to make it easier to navigate.
Removed some redundant pages - e.g. the ones on grading.
Added some new ones - results.
The Jamboree was held on the 4th at Leamington's venue.
16 teams entered and it was a very enjoyable evening.
First on 5/6 were Banbury 2 (Steve Rumsby and Paul Trewhela).
There were 5 teams equal second on 4/6,
Leamington 2, Kenilworth 1, Leamington 1, Banbury 1, and Solihull.
Thanks to Colin Searle for organising the event, and to the Leamington club for the refreshments and venue.
Full results as an Excel spreadsheet.
There was a good attendance at the Leamington Rapidplay with 158 participants at the Royal Spa Centre.
Over £1000 was distributed in prize money and pleasingly several League players and juniors were amongst the winners.
Thanks to the controllers, Dave Thomas, Bruce Holland, Adrian Elwin and Neville Belinfante, for all their hard work.
Thanks also to Matthew Tapp and Jason Madden for their help on the day and to Colin Searle for presenting the prizes.
Congratulations to Guy greenland for organising such a successful event.
See congress for full details.
25th July 2007
The League AGM was held last Tuesday at Kenilworth.
A full report will come later, but some salient points were:-
The Treasurer suggested the board fee should up to either £8.50
to counteract the increase in the game fee by the ECF.
The Grading Officer asked clubs to let him know of new players
so that they could be identified correctly, and asked that could team captains put the
full name (legibly) for players with the same surname (e.g. brothers etc).
Entries for the Individual Knock Out Competition should be sent to Phil Wood by the end of September at the latest.
The number of players entering this year had been a little disappointing, particularly in the Open and U125 Knock Out Competitions.
Players were urged to enter this coming year.
Clubs were asked to send the names of team captains and any other amendments to the handbook
to Steve Rumsby by the end of June at the latest.
Colin Searle presented the trophies :-
For larger pictures click the thumbnail.
Steve Rumsby collecting the Open Team trophy for Banbury.
Gordon Mills collecting the U625 Team trophy for Chipping Campden.
The U100 Team Trophy was won by Rugby.
Phil Wood collecting the Individual Open KO trophy for Carl Pickering.
Steve Rumsby collecting the Individual U125 KO trophy for Neil Staples.
Ray Trinder won the Individual U100 trophy
Rob Reynolds collecting the Division 1 Champions' trophy for Olton
Steve Rumsby collecting the Division 2 Champions' trophy for Banbury
Steve Willetts collecting the Division 3 Champions' trophy for Daventry
Colin Searle collecting the Division 4 Champions' trophy for Stratford
Steve Willetts collecting the Stanley Gibbins trophy
Rob Reynolds collecting the Open Lightning trophy for Phil Holt
Louis Rawson collecting the U125 Lightning trophy
The Officials for next year are :-
Chairman Bernard Rogers
Secretary Phil Wood
Treasurer Guy Greenland
Grading Officer Dave Shurrock
Competition Secretary Phil Wood
Webmaster Steve Rumsby
Handbook Editor Steve Rumsby
Fixtures Secretary Steve Rumsby
ECF Delegate Gordon Christie
Congress Director Guy Greenland
Trophies Officer Steve Willetts
Independent Examiner tba
The Jamboree will be held on the 4th September at the Leamington venue.
Teams of 2, with a maximum of 250 grading points.
There will be 3 20 minute games and entry will cost £1.00 per team.
Entries will be limited to 15 teams.
Email Colin Searle by September 2nd
Next season Shirley & Lucas will play on a Monday.
Solihull might be changing their venue. More details to follow.
The 21st Leamington Rapid Play Congress will be on Sunday 9th September.
Entry forms will available for downloading shortly.
11th March 2007
I have just learned that Roy Woodcock passed away on Sunday morning 18th February.
Roy did an enormous amount for chess, both locally and nationally and will be sadly missed.
Unfortunately, I did not know him very well, so it would be inappropriate for me to say more.
If anyone who did know Roy wants to write a piece for him, I will post it on the web site, if they send it to me.
See here for a tribute from the ECF Web site.
15th January 2007
Unfortunately Nuneaton have had to withdraw their B team from Division 2.
Colin Green will be in contact with the other Division 2 captains to confirm this.
The Club KO page has been updated. The Leamington v Solihull Open result has been added.
A few more results in the Individual KO.
Results are slowly trickling in. Please send in your results as soon as possible.
The 7th Wrekin Chess Congress takes place on the 6th/7th January.
See here
for further details and an entry form.
2nd December 2006
In the Open KO Stratford, Banbury and Olton are through to the next round.
In the U625, Banbury are through to the Semi Final.
In the U100, Stratford, Banbury, Rugby and Leamington are through to the Semi Final.
Kenilworth are about to launch their website -
See Clubs page or Links page to view.
Or click
here to see it.
Phil Wood of Kenilworth has taken over from Cyril Denney as League Secretary.
Phil is also carrying on as the Individual Knock Out Competition organiser,
so don't forget to send results to him as soon as possible.
The fixtures for the new season are available
here as a word document.
The new gradings are available, click
here if you want to see your grade.
Leamington have a new web site. Click
here to see it.
16th October 2006
The Leamington Rapidplay took place on Sunday the 10th September
and although the numbers were slightly down on last year it was a very successful event.
Click for
results
.
Thanks go to all those who put in a great amount of effort organising and running it.
The Jamboree was held on the Tuesday 5th September.
Solihull have had to withdraw their C team from Division 3 due to lack of players.
Dave Randall is now the captain of the B team (see clubs for more details)
Another forthcoming event is the H.E. Atkins Memorial Congress from September 15th to 17th.
25th April 2006
Nuneaton have a temporary venue problem at the Fleur De Lys pub. It is "closed until further notice".
I understand that matches are currently being played at the Arts Centre in Nuneaton.
Contact Roy Woodcock for more information.
2nd April 2006
The 4th Leicester Rapidplay is on the 2nd April 2006.
For details contact Sean Hewitt on 0116-2791030 or
www.leicesterchess.co.uk
7th March 2006
The 44th Nuneaton One Day Chess Congress on Sunday 11th December went well.
Click for Congress Results
22nd November 2005
The U100 Cup Draw diagram in the Handbook is incorrect
although the matches in the fixtures are correct.
See the Club KO link in the League section.
Some results for the Individual Knock have begun to come in. Check the Individual KO page.
The Individual KO draws have been made and the Open and U100 pairings can be found in the Individual KO link in the League section
I have now added telephone numbers to the lists
8th October 2005
The Rapidplay Congress was a great success with over 200 people participating.
During the day Gerry Walsh, the BCF President, made a 'Lifetime services to chess' award
to John Robinson and a Life Vice President award to Roy Woodcock.
Congratulations to them, and to all those running the congress.
Thanks also to all who participated.
Results in the congress page.
Kenilworth have changed their venue to
The British Legion Club,
1 Park Road
Kenilworth CV8 2GF
Tel 01926-856033
It is just down the road from the old venue and in a side street
Some matches will have to be re-arranged
I understand team captains have been informed of the changes
The fixture page has been updated and should now be correct
Division 2 Team Captains please note:
Regretfully Olton have decided they cannot sustain their C team, so have withdrawn it from Division 2
Therefore all Olton C matches have been scratched
A late entry for Division 4 - Solihull D
For a fixture list click here (Word file)
A new team has been included in Division 3 - Solihull Checkmates
Home Night - Thursdays
Venue - Sandbarn Farm
Snitterfield Road
Hampton Lucy
Warwick
CV35 8AU
Note Solihull Checkmates do not play at the Solihull venue
The fixtures for 2005/6 are available in word form or in htm form.
Click here for the word version or
here for the htm version
The 3rd Leicester Rapidplay Tournament is on Sunday 9th October
at Countesthorpe College, Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5PR
Goto www.leicesterchess.co.uk for more details
or contact : Sean Hewitt, 21 Smeeton Road, Kibworth, Leicester LE8 0LG
Tel 0116 279 1030, Mob 07845 518 972, email sean@leicesterchess.co.uk
11th September 2005
The Leamington Rapidplay Tournament is on Sunday 11th September
Click here for more details
or here for a word version with entry form
It is nearly the start of September, so get your entries in now
The handbook was sent out last weekend, so if you haven't got one see your club secretary,
or get him to contact me.
For a word version click here
4th September 2005
Nuneaton have a new web site at a new address. it is
www.nuneatonchess.org.uk
Following the AGM the following were elected as League Officers
Chairman: Colin Searle
Secretary: Cyril Denney
Fixtures Secretary: Rob Reynolds
Treasurer: Guy Greenland
League Grader: Dave Shurrock
Leamington Rapidplay Director: Jonathan Rashleigh
Competitons Secretary: Phil Wood
Webmaster and Hanbook Editor: Steve Rumsby
BCF Rep: Gordon Christie
The new grading list is now available on line from the BCF
at http://www.bcf.org.uk/grading/index.html
I have updated the grading page with the new grades
26th July 2005
The Team Knockout Cup Final results are
Open Olton 3-2 Stratford
U625 Stratford 1½-3½ Nuneaton
U100 Kenilworth I ½-3½ Rugby
Congratulations to Olton for winning the Open Team KO Cup,
To Nuneaton for winning the U625 KO Cup and to
Rugby for winning the U100 KO Cup
The LDCL's annual 5-minute tournament took place at Solihull's venue,
the Blossomfield Club on Wednesday 27th April.
There were 34 entrants from a variety of clubs in the League.
The Open Section was shared by Derek Price (Olton) and Colin Searle (Stratford).
The Under 125 section was also shared between Martin Pope (Olton) and Eric Ward (Shirley)
For the complete results Click Here
In the League:
Olton A are Division 1 Champions
Nuneaton B are Division 2 Champions
Solihull C are Division 3 Champions
and Solihull D are Division 4 Champions
The Individual Knock Out Competitions have now all reached the final.
In the Open the Jason Madden (Leamington) lost to Peter Drury (Chipping Campden) so
Peter is the new Open Champion and
In the U125 the Guy Greenland (Leamington) lost to Gordon Mills (Chipping Campden) so
Gordon is the U125 Champion
and in the U100 Cyril Denney (Stratford) lost to Jason Madden (Leamington),
Jason is the new U100 Champion.
Alan Rogerson will be moving out of the area next Summer. We will miss him at all levels
but in particular in his roles as Treasurer and as 50% of the Congress organization.
We will need either one or two people to replace him.
Also due to other commitments Jonathan Rashleigh will be giving up his position as League Chairman and as Trophies Officer.
Again his enthusiasm and hard work will be sorely missed. He is prepared to carry on as Congress Director,
but would prefer someone else to take over all his responsibilities and he would take over as Treasurer.
Currently only 4 clubs are represented on the League Committee -
Banbury, Olton, Stratford and Solihull.
We need some more members to volunteer to help run the League, particularly from clubs that are not represented.
If you are prepared to help contact myself or Jonathan.
24th April 2005
Jonathan Rashleigh informed me of the death of Alan Thomas last Saturday.
Alan had been a member of the Stratford club for many years and was a keen and enthusiastic player.
He supported the club in many different roles over the years and played regularly in Leamington League matches until ill health overtook him last year.
A new web site (to me) for those interested in playing chess over the internet is
http://www.myChess.de
See links
1st April 2005
The 2nd Coventry Chess International (FIDE Open)
at the Britannia Hotel, Fairfax Street, Cathedral Square,Coventry. CV1 5RP
on the EASTER weekend 24th-28th March 2005
This is an Elite event for the BCF Grand Prix and a British Championship Qualifier
Click here for more info and entry form
8th March 2005
Shirley & Lucas' website is back at
http://www.shirleychess.co.uk
5th March 2005
The last game for the 2004 Best Game Competition is an exciting Sicilian from Sean Hewitt.
Don't forget if you have an interesting game, then email/mail it to Jonathan Rashleigh
and we will enter it in the Best Game Competition 2005.
The 2nd Leicester Rapidplay Tournament
at Countesthorpe College, Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, Leicester LE8 5PR
on the 10 April
Contact Sean Hewitt on 07859 351 731 or
email info@leicesterchess.co.uk
Click here for more info and entry form
26th February 2005
The Team Knock Out Semi Finals are now known with Chipping Campden's win over Olton in U625
See
Club KO for details
20th February 2005
Robert Stevens of Daventry has informed me that George Ernest Dellor, an honoury member of the Daventry Chess Club,
peacefully passed away on January 12th aged 94 Years in Northampton General Hospital.
George played for the club for a great many years and was not only a strong and dedicated player,
but was always happy to play anyone including a complete beginner
The Warwickshire Open Chess Congress took place
on Saturday 19th February and Sunday 20th February
at The Four Dwellings High School and Community Centre
Dwellings Lane, Quinton
Birmingham B32 1RJ
Click here for Entry form
3rd February 2005
The Team Knock Out Semi Finals are now known with Chipping Campden's win over Olton in U625
The first 2 rounds of the Individual KO are complete for all 3 competitions.
The Open KO Semi Finals are
Wed 16th Feb Solihull v Olton and
Thur 17th Feb Shirley v Stratford
The U625 KO Semi Finals are
Mon 14th Feb Nuneaton v Chipping Campden and
Mon 14th Feb Shirley v Stratford
The U100 KO Semi Finals are
Mon 14th Feb Rugby v Daventry and
Thurs 17th Feb Kenilworth I v Shirley
Lucas & Shirley website has changed its URL to
http://shirleychessclub.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk
8th December 2004
It appears Leamington never received their Individual KO draws,
and no one thought to ring me to let me know!
The Leamington secretary now has the draws.
Individual Knock Out results have begun to trickle in.
The first round of the U125 and U100 have been completed (almost).
27th November 2004
A few more individual KO results.
Moved Under 625 team KO item from home page.
The Under 625 Round 1 Matches will be
Tuesday 23rd November Banbury v Stratford
Tuesday 23rd November Olton v Chipping Campden
23rd November 2004
Archiving some of the old items from the home page:-
This year's congress was a great success with over 200 entries.
Thanks to all those who took part and to the organisers who put in so much hard work, particularly Jonathan and Alan.
The details for Rugby and Solihull team captains have been updated. See Club Details page
20th November 2004
Updated Individual and Team KO results
6th November 2004
Decided I ought to log changes (somewhat belatedly)
Updated website on the 4th with changes to Jonathan's email address
Nuneaton's one day congress and
a result in the U100
15th May 2004
Both the U125 and U100 Individual Knockout cups are shared.
Another good AGM and another year over - thanks everybody.
Steve Rumsby will be taking over responsibility for the website in a couple of weeks time.
3rd May 2004
Robert Reynolds wins the Lightning on a tie break. Click Here for details.
Philip Wood and Colin Howard share the U125 lightning prize.
Plenty of press coverage received for the 3 league match.
24th April 2004
LEAMINGTON WERE JOINT WINNERS OF THE 3 LEAGUE MATCH. Click Here for details.
Open, 625 and U100 Knockout competitions won by Solihull, Kenilworth and Leamington I respectively.
Don't forget the League Lightning Tournament at Solihull 7:30pm Wednesday 28th April. All league players welcome.
19th April 2004
Reg Warnes and Guy Greenland will contest the U100 Knockout Final
Another entry for the 2004 Best Game Prize
Come and Support the 3 League Celebration Match - 7:30 this Wednesday at the Peugot Social Club Coventry
10th April 2004
Carl Pickering wins the League Open Individual Knockout.
Two more entries for the 2004 Best Game Prize.
The League Knockout Finals Night is at the Leamington Club on Tuesday 20th April from 7:30pm. Come along and support your team.
4th April 2004
The team for the 3 league match is filling up fast. Hurry if you want to play in it.
Another nice game submitted for the 2004 best game competition.
28th March 2004
CONGRATULATIONS TO KENILWORTH C WHO WIN DIVISION 3.
CONGRATULATIONS TO RUGBY JUNIORS B WHO WIN DIVISION 4.
Alan Rogerson and Reg Warnes make their respective knockout finals.
A reminder that the League Lightning Tournament takes place at the Solihull club on Wednesday 28th April.
21st March 2004
STRATFORD A BECOME 2003-4 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND STRATFORD B WIN DIVISION 2.
Players wanted for the BCF Centenary three league match! See below or click here
12th March 2004
A unique match will take place on Wednesday 21st April between the Leamington, Birmingham and Coventry Leagues as a part of the BCF 2004 Centenary celebrations.
We need volunteers of all strengths to participate. Click Here for details
Why not enter The 1st Coventry International Congress 16th-18th April? Follow this link
7th March 2004
Neil Staples has taken over the captaincy from Arran Gundry. Neil's telephone number is 01295 810752.
Daventry Chess Club now have their own web page Click Here
Stratford A extend their lead at the top.
Tom Swallow and Gordon Mills to contest U125 KO Final.
29th February 2004
Plenty of action in Division 4 with Rugby Juniors B now leading.
Stratford B and Olton C both win in Division 2 title race.
22nd February 2004
Kenilworth C win again to go clear in Division 3.
More Individual Knock Out Tournament results.
15th February 2004
Nuneaton and Solihull to meet in Open KO Final.
Kenilworth and Olton win their semi final games in the U625.
Leamington I will meet Kenilworth II in the U100 KO Final.
Lots more Individual Knock Out Tournament results.
League AGM will take place on Thursday 13th May 2004 at 7:30 at Kenilworth Chess Club.
9th February 2004
Stratford A win the big one against Olton. A
First new games for the 2004 Best Games competition added.
1st February 2004
Stratford A back on top in Division 1.
Stratford C join Leamington C and Kenilworth C at the top of Division 3.
Solihull D join Rugby Juniors B at the top of Division 4.
25th January 2004
Olton A beat Kenilworth A to go back to the top of Division 1.
Leamington C's win against Kenilworh D takes them to equal first in Divison 3.
No more entries can be accepted for the 2003 Best Games but any games submitted from now on will be included in the 2004 competition
Discussions are under way to try and organise an end of season match between the Leamington, Birmingham and Coventry Leagues as a part of the BCF 2004 Centenary celebrations. The logistics for this are not proving easy but watch this space!
18th January 2004
Rugby Juniors B beat Leamington E to go top of Division 4.
Stratford A just beat Solihull A to join Olton at the top of Division 1.
Kenilworth's award as Club of the Year 2003 featured in the Leamington Courier.
12th January 2004
Olton A and Olton B lead Div 1 but Stratford and Banbury have games in hand.
Kenilworth take the lead in Div 3
Second round KO results starting to come in
5th January 2004
Several new results in the Individual KO tournaments.
Steve Rumsby has spent his Christmas building an excellent new website for Banbury Chess Club. It is worth a look. Access it through the Links menu.
A News Archive page added to LDCL Website to maintain a back record of the news which is updated regularly on the home page.
Bruce Holland is now heavily committed on BCF matters so your Chairman has effectively taken over all day to day responsibility for maintaining the website.
If you have any information that you would like put on the website, telephone Jonathan on 01926 842523 or email him on Jonathan@jrashleigh.freeserve.co.uk.
30th December 2003
At the half way point in the season old rivals Stratford and Olton share the lead in both Division 1 and Division 2