Club Success in DCCA Darlington Congress
May 19, 2022
First of all, massive congratulations to Mick Riding for organising the biggest and best DCCA congress ever with almost 160 entries. A big "Thank you", too, to Alex Macfarlane for...
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Friends Bowl – Entries by 28th October, Please
October 15, 2021
First, a reminder of what the Friends Bowl competition is. The Friends Bowl is a large silver cup which has been in the club since 1947 when it was donated...
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B Team wins the Northumberland Summer Knock Out
October 14, 2021
Congratulations to the B team players, Dave Patterson, Lewis Self, Stan Johnson, Jay Steel and Michael Allen for winning the summer knock out. The competition is a handicap knock out...
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Northumberland League Fixtures up to Christmas
October 10, 2021
The Northumberland League is starting up this month. We are running 3 teams this year. Here are the fixtures up to Christmas. Please make a note in your diaries and...
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Club Championships – Entries by 14th October, Please
October 1, 2021
Could all players who want to enter the 2021-22 South Shields club championships email Brian Towers before 14th October, please? If we have enough entries we will run two separate...
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Themed Blitz – 7th October – Lucchini Gambit
October 1, 2021
Paul put in a request for the Siesta Gambit in the Ruy Lopez but I couldn't find any decent YouTube videos (which I need otherwise I don't know what to...
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AGM – 30th September
September 28, 2021
There will be no themed blitz this Thursday as we will be holding our AGM. Please try and get there for 7:30pm. It looks like the Northumberland league will go...
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Themed Blitz 23rd September – From’s Gambit Accepted
September 19, 2021
Congratulations to Paul Bielby who won last week's Chigorin themed blitz with 6/7. Well done to Anthony Sweeting who finished second with 5/7 and to Michael Allen in third with...
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Northumbria Masters
September 17, 2021
Congratulations to Tim Wall for making the first post Covid other-the-board tournament to be held in the North East the biggest ever NE event with almost 200 players. A tough...
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Themed Blitz – 16th September – Chigorin
September 12, 2021
Congratulations to Paul Bielby who won the Accelerated Dragon themed blitz with 6.5/7. Well done to Michael Allen and Bede Porter who finished joint second with 5.5/7. Next Thursday's theme...
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Themed Blitz 2nd September – Accelerated Dragon
August 29, 2021
Congratulations to Paul Bielby who won the QGA Exchange Variation themed blitz with a clean sweep 6/6. Well done too, to Dave Patterson, 5/6, and Michael Allen, 4/6, who finished...
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Themed Blitz 19th August – QGD Exchange Variation
August 15, 2021
Well done to Anthony Sweeting and Dave Patterson who finished equal first in last week's 'Grand Prix Attack' themed blitz with 4/6. Equal third were Michael Allen and Brian Towers...
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