Nick Holmes

Please find below the minutes of the EGM held on 10 March 2023: Minutes of Shropshire Chess EGM. 10/03/23 Present: Matthew Clark (President), Tony Preece (General Secretary), Chris Lewis (Treasurer), Francis Best, Jonathan Smith, Nick Holmes, Munroe Morrison, Phil Love. Apologies for absence were recorded from Peter Kitchen and Dennis Bonner. 1) Chris introduced the […]

Please find below links to the Agenda and Draft Constitution for the EGM on SCA’s charity status to be held at 7.30pm on 10 March. You can either click on the name to view the document in your browser or use the download button to download a pdf file.

Please find below details of the Zoom meeting to be held on Friday March 10th. There is only 1 item on the agenda – to approve a new proposed charity constitution. Please see here for details of this proposed constitution. Members can either put their comments in writing (email: [email protected]) or air their views at the EGM. 

Zoom Meeting between the President, General Secretary and Treasurer of Shropshire Chess. 21/02/2023 Present: Matthew Clark, Tony Preece, Chris Lewis. Topic of Meeting. Establishing ground rules for grants from the Association to Schools and Clubs. 1) All three officers recognised and welcomed the recent growth of the popularity of  Chess within Shropshire and thought that

Fixtures for the Shropshire Online League are now available here: https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/134110/efixtures Please note that the first fixtures are on Tuesday 1 November. The league does not currently have a league controller and so until one is found:Please send your lists of nominated players to Vinnie along with any amendments you require in LMS – [email protected] 

Entries are now open for the Shropshire Individual Championship. The deadline for entry is 15th October. Contact Nick Rutter to enter – [email protected]

The revised fixtures for the 2022-23 season are now available. Newport C have withdrawn and Telford A are now in Division 2. For Division 1, the fixtures are the same as previously published, minus Telford A’s fixtures. For Division 2, there are a number of changes to both dates and opponents – please check carefully.

Following the withdrawal of Newport C, all fixtures for the coming season are now on hold. The revised fixtures will be issued as soon as possible.

The over the board fixtures for this season are now available. Division 1 fixtures are here. Division 2 fixtures are here. There are no Division 3 fixtures this season. Tony Preece is acting League Controller – direct any queries to Tony. Many thanks to Vinnie Crean for his work in preparing the fixtures.

The Shropshire August 2022 rating to be used for the 2022/23 season are now available. Standard ratings here. Rapidplay ratings here. Captains please note the change to the league rules regarding ratings, highlighted in bold below, that was agreed at this year’s AGM: 13. Players must be arranged in order of playing strength except that