22 NOVEMBER 2025 On a cold, wet and windy day 22 junior chess players made the effort to come and play chess, well done all and thanks to your parents for bringing you along. Tony had 6 keen juniors reviewing a ‘Birds’ opening game and points awarded to those who Read more
15th November 2025 Children in need donation Congratulations, and a big thanks to all that contributed to our 2025 campaign to this great and worthy cause for less fortunate children. We managed to collect £290 in total with contributions from you the parents and the club. Many thanks it is Read more
CHILDREN IN NEED UPDATE 14 NOVEMBER 2025 Many thanks for your kind and generous support so far in our 2025 CIN campaign. To date we have received from you £110 so + 2 = £220. Our target is the fantastic £400 donated last year so we just need an additional Read more
8 NOVEMBER 2025 2025 Children in Need Campaign The club have traditionally contributed to this excellent cause and will continue to do with contributions from parents and the club. Eric kicked off the campaign by saying a few words about the cause and children not as fortunate as us. Last Read more
ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE COUNTRY THINKS OF CHILDREN IN NEED THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAT OUR OWN AND HELP WITH CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS WONDERFUL CAUSES. ALL OUR BUDGETS ARE VERY TIGHT AT THE MOMENT BUT IT’S THE ONE CAUSE THAT I AND THE TEAM FEEL WE WOULD Read more
We had an excellent turnout despite half term of 22 juniors who came along to learn and play chess. Receiving these continued numbers makes our club worthwhile and rewarding for all our coaches and myself. I would request you to confirm in advance of a Saturday as we have always Read more
At the start of half term we still had the pleasure to welcome 16 juniors who came along to learn and play chess. This allowed our coaches to have smaller groups and one to one sessions. Graham took the advanced group in Tony’s absence who went through a variety of Read more
UPDATE 18/10/25 It was a pleasure to return to the chess club yesterday after being away for a couple of weeks and welcome so many keen and enthusiastic juniors who came to learn and play chess – 27 in total. We welcomed Kit from Blandford & Liam for the 1st Read more
11/10/25 Apologies for the late issue – better late than never. We had the benefit or 20 Juniors that came along to learn and play chess. Tony took the advanced session of 6 juniors through various puzzles at different levels Graham/Paul and Martin went through middle game tactics with the Read more
27 SEPTEMBER JUST TO REMIND ALL PARENTS THAT WE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK ON THE 4/10 BUT RETURNING THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE 11/10 AND WELCOME YOU ALL BACK THEN. WEEK 2 OF OUR JUNIOR CHESS CLUB AND WE WELCOMED 26 JUNIORS WHO CAME TO LEARN AND PLAY Read more