Fleeting Moment of Mid Table Mediocrity for 2nd Team
February 16, 2017
Tuesday's draw against Leam Lane in the NCA first division has boosted the second team up to 6th position - exactly half way! Of course looking at the "Games Played"...
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The Wanderer Returns
February 10, 2017
Last night Dave Patterson drove half way across England to score a win for the second team's crucial match against Gosforth Regents in division one of the Northumberland Chess Association...
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Ron Evers Competition
December 5, 2016
South Shields Chess Club entered two teams in the 2016 Ron Evers Memorial Team Rapid Play Competion . Winners of the previous year competition both teams started well and with...
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Images on the day
July 11, 2016
Minor (Yichen Han), Major (Mike Smith) and Open (Charlie Storey) Northumberland Rapid Play Champions. [gallery ids="1031,1032,1033,1034,1035,1036,1037"]...
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South Shields Rapid Play Tournament 2016
July 11, 2016
Chess players from all over the North East came together at the Customs House, South Shields to compete for the honour of becoming the Northumberland and Durham Rapid Play Chess...
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April Fool Spoof
April 6, 2016
You might have thought this was too ridiculous to believe , but some people did . We placed a story in the Local South Shields Gazette and they very kindly...
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South Shields 150th Anniversary Rapid Congress
April 4, 2016
As part of our Celebration Events to commemorate our 150th Anniversary , we have decided to hold a One Day Rapid Play Congress on the 3rd of July 2016 , at...
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Sunderland University Wins Prizes at British Universities Chess Championship 2016
February 29, 2016
[caption id="attachment_923" align="aligncenter" width="625"] (L to R ) Gediminas Balys, Dominik Schwarz , Thong Luu , Piotr Niedbal[/caption] Dominik Schwarz is currently studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources...
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Member Insights
February 8, 2016
Here are selection of the recollections of some of our members past and present ....
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Durham League Division 2
February 8, 2016
South Shields v Hartlepool 1. Brian Towers 1-0 Bernie Price 2. Dave Patterson 1-0 Dave Lowcock 3. Eddie Czestochowski ½-½ Dave Smith 4. Chris Sayers 1-0 Mark Priest 5. Alan...
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Northumberland Division 3 Result
February 8, 2016
South Shields C 4-1 Forest Hall Ensigns Dominik Schwarz 1-0 Roy Perrier Ben Wood 0-1 John Wall Jnr Stan Johnson 1-0 Jamie Mcintosh Mike Savin 1-0 Xu Weiming Brendan Glasper...
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Northumberland League Division 2 Result
February 8, 2016
South Shields B 4-1 Forest Hall Chieftains Brian Towers 1-0 John Wall Snr Dave Patterson 1-0 Paul Charlton Kevin Rowden 1-0 John Wall Jnr Colin Campbell 0-1 Mark Broughton Eddie...
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