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2024-5 Season

Upcoming Congresses and Events

  • ECF Online tournaments Something on nearly every day!
  • Sat 10 May. Worcestershire u1650 team play in the national quarter finals. Contact Paul if you would like to play.

News

7 Apr, South Birmingham New Club Rooms. Alan Woolaston reports. South Birmingham Chess Club have now finalised their Venue move and SBCC remaining two Dudley Home games will be Played at Stirchley United WMC. 41 Hazelwell Ln, Stirchley, Birmingham B30 2PR. The Club Match Night is Now a Thursday The Playing Area is Upstairs, a Lift is available. I have re arranged the Last two Home fixtures with Oscott and Warley Quinborne So Ray If you Could Update LMS again Please… SB Vs Oscott will now take place Thursday 17th April.. SB Vs Warley Quinborne Will take place Thursday 1st May.
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.