Warley Quinborne Chess Club
Do not miss out on your place for the upcoming local Rapidplay Tournaments...
30/01/2012
- The Staffordshire Chess Congress takes place at
Bloxwich Leisure Centre, High St., Bloxwich, WS3 2DA on Sat/Sun 14th/15th April
2012. Also incorporates the Staffordshire Individual and Under-21 Championships.
There will be three tournaments - Open, Under 160 and Under 120. First prize in
the Open is £250, Major & Minor £120.
More information is on the entry form, which can be downloaded
here...
26/01/2012 - The 16th Birmingham League Rapidplay
will take place at Quinborne Community Centre on Sunday 25th March, with a prize
fund in excess of £1,000, and a FIDE-rated Open section.You can enter online
from the
Rapidplay Page.
For the blitz, go here:
http://www.britishblitzchess.co.uk
For the rapidplay, go here: http://www.e2e4.org.uk/birmingham/enter_online.htm
COLDWAR CAKE TRIUMPH FOR SUTTON COLDFIELD ONCE AGAIN. Warley fielded an understrength team again for the 6th ColdWar Cake Match - the traditional warm up to the new season. However, a good showing from Warley's associated Junior team players, Birmingham Checkmates, meant that at half time Warley were winning. The match was 12 a side - with each player playing 2 30 minute rapidplay games against the same opponent. Sutton rallied well in the second match to take the title once again. Next year it will be played at Warley again and hopefully we'll win the match.
Captains please note that the new handbooks for the 2011/12 season are out. Please contact John Fahy to obtain your copy.
5 Minutes Blitz tournament success for Ralph Bailey. On Thursday 7th July Warley Quinborne (Senior Club) and Birmingham Checkmates (Junior Club) had an all play all 5 minute Blitz tournament at Reds Sports and Social Club. A bit of fun but a chance for the youngsters to go head to head with older opposition. It was a great night with two leagues of play. The winner of each league went head to head in an Armaggadon style final. Micky Singh just lost out to a calm and collected Ralph Bailey. Warley is proud to be associated with Birmingham Checkmates and see the link between the two chessclubs (who share the same venue) as positive for the future of chess in Birmnigham. To find out more about either the junior club or the senior club please contact the club secretary John Fahy on the contact page.
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Click Here for Tournament Results in Full
2010 / 11
Warley Quinborne 1b relegated but retain Homer Trophy. Warley Quinborne 1a survive. Other teams do well... division 4 team finish mid-table, division 5 mid-table.
New Grades for the 2010/11 season have just been released. See the members page for changes
2009 /10 Report
Wow - what a season: the first team secured their place in Division 1 after promotion last year and Andy Southall won the Division 1 League Individual.
Division 2 had an incredible season: Not only did they win the Homer Trophy, but they secured promotion into Division 1 after a stunning end of season run, beating teams that outgraded them in the final three matches, Wolverhampton, Stourbridge and Olton A. This resulted in a promotion play-off match against Solihul whom they had lost to earlier in the season by 5-1. However, after a tense match Division 2 won promotion against Solihul on board count! The team also retained the prestigious Gothard Cup!
Division 5 won their league after a tense championship play-off, again this was secured on board count. The team also smashed teams around them to win the Barrington Trophy.
Division 6 were just a point away from securing a play-off place. So well done to them. Pauline Woodward also won the league individual title!
VISIT LEAGUE TABLES to see the final standings: Warley Quinborne also did really well in Dudley and Wolverhampton leagues
Hightlight of the season ... Simon Smith Smashes International Master Lawrence Cooper
Simon with the trophy for becoming BDCL Division 2 champion 2009.
Congratulations to Alan Agnew; Club Champion 2009.
Well done to runner-up John Fahy who beat Mike Wildboar (Div 1) in the Semi-Final.
Sadly Warley Quinborne came a close second in the 4th Coldwar Cup - the annual pre-season match has now been won 3 times by Sutton Coldfield. This year Warley had no first-team players in its line up. Notable draws were achieved by Simon Smith, Micky Singh and Phil Bull who played on boards 1-3 and were outgraded by their opponents. We'll beat them next year...
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2008/9 Highlight
Congratulations to team 2a who not only achieved promotion to Division 1, but they also won the Terrill Trophy. A fine achievement.