Herne Bay Chess Club - great location & friendly people

Do you live local to Herne Bay & enjoy playing chess? We have a club that meets in the May Lodge Club(Royal British Legion on the sea front near the Bun Penny)on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. We do play throughout the year, and run internal competitions. Last season we finished around the middle of the table - there are 7 teams in 2 leagues and opportunities to play for players of all grades and abilities.

To find out more, contact:

bernie.kooiman@btinternet.com, Alan Walker  

  01227- 375161 or Brian Humble 01227-749975

 Hope to hear from you soon!

Best regards 

Bernie

Mick Croft Cup Final

Birchington defeated Margate to win the Mick Croft Cup, results were -

W.Hoffman 0-1 H.Sharples
I.Hames 1-0 S.Schreiber
K.Findley 1-0 D.Greenan
P.Ruffle .5-.5 C.Gregory
M.Milgate 0-1 C.LeBaigue

Birchington won by tie break.

It’s…it’s…the Broadstairs Blitz!

The annual Broadstairs Blitz took place on July 7th and was as popular as ever with sixteen players taking part.  As usual there were two teams and players initially played seven games against the other members of their own team.  Players had six minutes each on their clocks to complete all the moves .  After the group games they were then placed in order 1-8 based on their results and for the final round they played against their opposite number on the other team.  This year’s theme was the Wars of the Roses (that’s what happens when the tournament is organised by a history teacher…) and the results of the group games and of the final round were as follows:

Yorkists                                                      Lancastrians

David Horton 7/7            0-1                      Bob Page 6/7

John Cutting 5.5/7          0-1                      Paul Carfrae 6/7

Michael Jenkinson 5/7    0-1                     Bob Cronin 5/7

John Couzens 4.5/7         1-0                     Catriona Jenkinson

Tom Lovegrove 3/7        1-0                     Reg Pidduck

Tawan Naepnian 2/7      1-0                     Elliott Boyes 2/7

Fiona Jenkinson 1/7        0-1                    Peter Timlett 2/7

David Clifford 0/7           0-1                     Tony Mockett  0/7

The 5-3 victory for the Lancastrians confirms what many people already suspect that history does indeed repeat itself.

   

Broadstairs Summer Swiss

Round Four of this year’s Summer Swiss will be as follows:

Paul Carfrae (3)              v      Bob Page (2½)

John Couzens (2)            v     Bob Cronin (2)

Paul Ruffle (2)                 v     Peter Timlett (2)

Michael Jenkinson (2)     v     Reg Pidduck (2)

John Cutting (1½)          v     Elliott Boyes (1½)

Fiona Jenkinson (1)        v      Tom Lovegrove (1)

Tony Mockett (½)          v     Catriona Jenkinson (1)

David Clifford (0)             v      Michael Olley (0) 

Thanet Congress

The Thanet Congress entry form is now available to download. See ‘Latest Result Tables‘ page for download link.

Hiron-Wand Swiss

The draw for the first round of the Ramsgate Swiss has been made. Games to be played commencing May 6th.

Harry Sharples v Chris Wand
Martin Milgate v Stefan Schreiber
Bob Pooley v Alan Walker
David Howdle v Steve Guy
Keith Findley v Alan Walker
Roy Dawson v Colin Gregory
Fred Hiron v Bob Wallace
John Clarke vMalcolm Snashall
V. Milovanovic v Terry Green

All games to be played at Ramsgate Chess Club during May.

Ramsgate win at Bridge

In their final game of the season Ramsgate won a close match at Bridge in the Hargreaves Shield by 2.5-1.5.
Bridge “A” Ramsgate
C.Stampe 1/2 1/2 S. Guy.
O.Yanni 1 0 F. Hiron
G.Boxall 0 1 C.Wand
I.Redmond 0 1 D.Howdle

Ramsgate Swiss

The Ramsgate Hiron-Wand 5 round Swiss competition is due to start on Tuesday 6th May.
Prizes are - 1st £100 : 2nd £80 : 3rd £60 : 2 grading prizes of £40 & £20.
Entry to all Thanet League and Thanet based players, closing date for entries Sunday 27th April.
Entries and further information, contact Keith Findley 01843 221974

Ramsgate beat Folkstone “A”

Ramsgate had a comfortable victory on 19th March at home by a margin of 3-1.  The scores were as follows                              Board 1. Steve Guy 1-0 Max Smith

Board 2. Velibor Milovanovic 0-1 Chris Siebert

Board 3. Chris Wand 1-0 Tony O’shea

Board 4. David Howdle 1-0  Alex Perry

Mick Croft Cup

The semi final draw for the competition is -

Margate v Woodnesborough
Bridge v Birchington