Post date: 12-Sep-2017 09:56:51
A well attended Club AGM raced through a lengthy Agenda but still managed to last through to 10.30pm, force of habit! Bob Samuels was elected as Club Chair, I am standing down after several most interesting years supported by an excellent Committee. Dave Robson resumes as 1st Team Captain following the departure of Catalin, soon to become a Banbury player, and Bob Waugh takes on the victorious 3rd team. Subject to agreement at the County AGM Cowley will be fielding an additional team this season as the nucleus of Cowley Workers 1 have joined us bringing their 3rd Division place with them to reform as Cowley 5, with a little help from their new friends! The 4th division development team now becomes Cowley 6, still captained by Jonathon who was thanked for the excellent work he is doing. Sara continues to develop junior chess opportunities and Heather to ensure that the Safeguarding policy is kept up to date and applied. Another interesting development, again subject to the County AGM, is a revision of the Frank Wood Shield format with club teams no longer aligned to the League sides and a new form of handicapping to cope with this...watch this space as this proposal develops!!
Bill Stanley