Last Updated... 26/07/2010
Warley Quinborne Chess Club
New Grades for the 2010/11 season have just been released. See the members page for changes
Club AGM held last night (23/06/2010). It was with some surprise that when we arrived at the club last night the Midland Red Venue was boarded up. Apparently the premises have been sold to a brewery and there has been a delay in a mortgage transfer resulting in the building being boarded up by bailiffs. Therefore we had to convene the annual general meeting at the Amber Tavern. The highlights of the AGM were that subscriptions have increased for the season 2010-11. The new costs voted for by a majority of those in attendance is £60 for full time employed members and £30 for disabled, retired, unemployed or juniors. There was some consternation that some members seem reluctant or slow to pay club fees. The responsibility for acquiring club fees now lies with team captains. John Pakenham was voted club President after Mike Wildboar stepped down and John's role as club secretary has been filled by John Fahy. Brian Whitehouse remains as treasurer. The major talking point of 'any other business' was of course the closure of the Midland Red club. We do not know if this is permanent of temporary - it was agreed that we will begin the search for new premises in light of current circumstances - albeit the club may reopen. The major issue we face is that our equipment is currently locked inside the Midland Red building with no way of gaining entry. For more information please contact the new club secretary - John Fahy whose details are on the 'contact us' page. Other than that, it was probably our best year as a club for a long time!
Quarter
Final Draw
P
Kearns/C Smith
v S Smith
H
Watkins
v A Agnew/P Munro
S
Doran
v
K Kembo/A Kamal
J
Pakenham
v
P Hughes
M
Eaton
v
P Wheeldon
A Holowczak v D Rowe
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
Club Championship Draw 2nd round...
Second Round Draw
M Wildboar or A Draper v
J Fahy
P Kearns v
M Eaton or C Smith
A Burnet
v C
Dent or S Black
J Rourke v
K Kembo or
S Smith
A Agnew v
A Kamal or
P Munro
Byes :-
J Turner, P Woodward, H
Watkins
The first named player in each match has the
white pieces.
All matches to be completed by 20th
May 2010.
Dudley League Rules/Time Control applies in
respect of the first game. In the event of a drawn first game then the match
proceeds as follows:
1. Second Game :- 30 moves in One Hour +
clocks back 15 minutes with colours reversed.
2. If the second game is drawn, then a third
game (taking place immediately after the second game has been played) follows on
a 15 minute rapidplay basis, with players flipping a coin for choice of colour.
3. If the game is still drawn then the
player with the lowest grade is declared the winner.
Please contact J Fahy in the event of any query.
Simon Smith Smashes International Master - see the games pages
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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Congratulations to team 2a who not only achieved promotion to Division 1, but they also won the Terrill Trophy. A fine achievement.