Penrith Chess Club"An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard..."
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ActivitiesThe Club has a dozen or so members and on any given Club night about half a dozen or more are likely to be there. Some people use the sessions to play friendly games, others play games that they consider serious.
There are a couple of regular club competitions (see the Club Championships page) and from time to time we have special blitz events - all moves to be played in 10 minutes or some other frenzy-inducing time limit. This is both exhausting and entertaining, and can produce some remarkable games (occasionally even for the right reasons).
Club matchesPenrith Chess Club is an active member of the Cumbria Chess League. This season 2011–2012 we have three teams: the A team in the all Cumbria Division 1 and the B and C teams in Division 2 (North).
Last year the B team won the Division 2 (North) title but lost out in a promotion battle to Barrow B, the Division 2 South Champions. The A team made yet another successful bid for mid-first-division table mediocrity by the close of play. The C team frankly took a beating but a little less of a hammering than in 2010-11 with some close results. The less said about our Whitaker Cup teams the better. Suffice it to say they were not flushed with success - with both of them heading for an early encounter with sanitary devices. End of term report... considerable room for improvement.
Fixtures and Results 2010-2011Get all the irrelevant news late and inaccurately - just click on League and club matches . |
FeesThe membership fees for 2011–2012 are as follows (notice the sudden seriousness of tone).
Subscription to Penrith Chess Club :
Adults £9.50 Juniors Free
Subscription to Cumbria Chess Association (including basic membership of the English Chess Federation (ECF) :
Adults £18.00 Juniors £8.50 So what does this all mean?
Adults can join Penrith Chess Club for £9.50 - Juniors for free. This entitles you to attend club nights and take part in club competitions.
If however you want to play in league, cup and county competitions, register with the English Chess Federation (ECF) and get an official playing grade then Adults must pay an additional £18 on top of their club membership fee (total £27.50) and Juniors have to pay £8.50.
ECF membership can also be a passport to other offers including money off the cost of entering tournaments and price reductions on books and equipment with certain chess suppliers.
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