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2024-5 Season

Upcoming Congresses and Events

  • ECF Online tournaments Something on nearly every day!
  • 20-30 Mar. Bristol Open Championship at Bristol Grammar School, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SR. Open, u1950, u1750, and u1550 tournaments. Five rounds, time control 90 min + 30 sec, half-point byes available in rounds 1-4.
  • Sat 10 May. Worcestershire u1650 team play in the national quarter finals. Contact Paul if you would like to play.

News

15 Jan 2025. Peter Keate, a founder member of the Dudley and District League died at the age of 90. Peter shared the Worcestershire individual championship in the 1965/6 season with Tho Grove. Peter was also vice-captain of Worcestershire I team in 1965 and a Vice-President of Worcestershire Chess Association for nearly half a century. In the early 1960s he played top board for Dudley in the Worcestershire League and played in numerous county matches for Worcestershire. Peter was a lecturer in English at Halesowen College and was interested in studying Worcestershire archives. Former Worcestershire county team captain Maurice Bissell told me he often gave Peter a lift to matches and Peter was always pleased if the route followed the course of a Roman road. Dudley player Eric Horwill found Peter to be a very private person but "He was a good friend and quite generous in company". His funeral will be held at 10:45 am on 3 March at Rowley Regis Crematorium, Powke Lane Rowley Regis West Midlands B65 0AD.
1 Jan 2025. Going into the New Year, Oscott lead Division 2 with 4 match points ahead of kidderminster on 3, but Kidderminster have a match in hand. The lead in Division 3 is shared by Central Biringham and Kidderminster, both on 7 match points.
19 Sep 2024. Kidderminster win the opening match of the 2024-5 season in Division 3.
30 Jul 2024. League secretary John Fahy asks club secretaries to let him know how many teams will be entered for the season starting in September.