June 16, 2017
South Shields have fielded a team in the Northern Counties Chess Union Seniiors competition and recently progressed to the final . They are now due to play Heywood in early July . We wish them the best of luck .
We have moved to The Customs House and no longer are playing at the New Ship.
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