Month: September 2017

September 20, 2017

This seasons Ron Evers Competition will be held on the follow dates .

 

Rounds 1 and 2   Tuesday 28th November at  Hartlepool Chess Club

Rounds  3 and 4  Tuesday 30th January       at  Hetton Chess Club

Rounds 5 and 6    Tuesday 27th March        at  Hartlepool Chess Club

South Shields have won this trophy for the last 2 seasons , it will be a tough ask to retain this for a third season in a row but as someone once  said “If you shoot for the moon and miss , you will still end up amongst the stars”.   Anyone interested in playing for the rapid play teams season please make yourself known as soon as possible  . This will help us decide how many teams to enter.

 

September 20, 2017

This season the league has returned to a 2 Division Format . South Shields are  placed in the 1^st Division  and will be facing Hetton Lyons A , Durham A and B , Darlington A and last years Champions Durham University . It is going to be a challenging season without a doubt.

Our first 2 games will both be away at Darlington on Monday 9^th October  and Hetton Lyons A on Thursday 26^th October .

I will post all the fixtures shortly and they will also be on the Durham Website in due course .

 

September 8, 2017

Our 2017 AGM was held on the 31st of August and it proved to be quite entertaining .  The Club had quite a successful season . We also had the opportunity to finally present the awards for the previous season Division 2 Championship team.

 

 

 

 

 

Last season with the help of all the club members South Shields won the Durham League Second Division , retained the Ron Evers Rapid Play Trophy for the second year in Succession ,won the Northern Counties Chess Union Seniors Trophy and are in the final of the Summer Knockout Plate .  Chris Sayers won the Durham Congress Minor Competition and Dave Patterson won the Tony Mezzo Trophy for best performance by a Durham League Player in the Major .  It is going to be a major challenge to better this in 2018 .