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New season approaches

With summer coming to an end it’s almost time for the new chess season. Our first club night of the year will be on Monday 16th September,

New members and visitors are always very welcome and I look forward to seeing lots of old and new faces.

We’ll also be holding our AGM on the 23rd, with the short formal part followed by the always enjoyable cheese + wine quickplay evening.

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End of season

Hi all,

The club is now closed for the end of the season, our results:

City 1 finished second to a very strong Uni 1 side who were runaway leaders once again

City 2 have (we think!) narrowly maintained their position in division 2 after a hard fought season

City 3 finished a very respectable 4th in the 3rd division

City’s cup team remains in the running with a semi-final match against University on Monday

We’ll be back in September, my thanks to John Yates and Simon King who are stepping down as Treasurer and Secretary after 30 and 25 years in the posts respectively, I’m sure the rest of the club would join me in their thanks. This does mean we are in search of two new officers come our AGM in September, please let me know if interested.

Have a good summer!

Phil

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AGM + quickplay 22nd Sep 2018

It’s been good to see a strong turn out for the first couple of club nights and enjoy some games, and especially to welcome several new faces to the club.
Before the first matches start up in the league the following week we plan to hold the AGM on the 24th September – next Monday.
AGM starts promptly at 7:30 and normally takes c.45mins. As in previous years we’ll follow on with a handicap quickplay tournament for the remainder of the evening, with cheese and wine to accompany.
Look forward to seeing many of you there. New players are very welcome for what is normally a fun evening.
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AGM + quickplay this monday

Hi all,

The club AGM will be held Monday 25th September, to kick the season off this will be followed by the traditional cheese + wine quickplay. We play this with a handicap system to level the playing field between players of various strengths within the club.

Visitors and new members are very welcome but might prefer to arrive 8ish, assuming the cheese + wine quickplay is of more interest than the AGM anyhow!

Phil

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End of season

The club has now closed for the Summer, we’ll be back in September.

A quick report on how the teams performed

City 1 finished 3rd in the 1st division, well behind runaway champions uni 1 who certainly deserved the title this year. We did however beat them in the cup semi-final on the way to winning the trophy for a third season running.

City 2 finished in 6th in the 2nd division, at the bottom of quite a tight mid table pack but well safe of the relegation spots all season

City 3 had a strong season, finishing 2nd in the 3rd division

City 4 (Abingdon school) also played well and retained their division 3 status with a 6th place finish.

Best wishes for the summer.