New Year Honours List
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Re: New Year Honours List
That is:
"Michael Cyril TRURAN - For voluntary services to Bioscience. (Witney, Oxfordshire)"
Is that the same as the chess Mike Truran of the 4NCL? On a brief spot of Googling, it does look the same. (*)
Congratulations!
(Nothing chess-related came up on a search of the New Year Honours List.)
For those who prefer html links:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... 6-32509088
(*) I can never be sure whether Phil is posting seriously or not!
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That's my edge.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:I can never be sure whether Phil is posting seriously or not!
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Nothing unusual there then. We came below Bridge, playing the bagpipes in Northern Ireland, Scottish Country Dancing and church music in Worcestershire which were just a few of the things honoured.
(Nothing chess-related came up on a search of the New Year Honours List.)
And congrats to Mike btw.
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Re: New Year Honours List
MCTOBEChristopher Kreuzer wrote: "Michael Cyril TRURAN - For voluntary services to Bioscience. (Witney, Oxfordshire)"
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Re: New Year Honours List
From the Guardian
"...honoured for their contribution to the more unusual activities of British music hall, bell ringing, beekeeping, rope making, stone and wood carving and even (sic) the card game Bridge."
I bet they just loved that 'even' over at the EBU.
But congratulations to MCTOBE. Pity it wasn't for his CBE-standard efforts with the 4NCL (or for his KBE-standard efforts on the ECF Finance Ctte)
"...honoured for their contribution to the more unusual activities of British music hall, bell ringing, beekeeping, rope making, stone and wood carving and even (sic) the card game Bridge."
I bet they just loved that 'even' over at the EBU.
But congratulations to MCTOBE. Pity it wasn't for his CBE-standard efforts with the 4NCL (or for his KBE-standard efforts on the ECF Finance Ctte)
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A Keene of the British Empire??David Robertson wrote: ... or for his KBE-standard efforts on the ECF Finance Ctte)
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Perusal of the Queen's Birthday Honours List just announced again ignores chess as far as I can see.
However if you were a beekeeper (again), a pig welfare worker or indeed a bus user you again featured. No doubt board members may find other equally odd honours.
However if you were a beekeeper (again), a pig welfare worker or indeed a bus user you again featured. No doubt board members may find other equally odd honours.
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I've not had time to peruse the 2014 list yet. Are there any chess honours in there? My guess is not.Neil Graham wrote:Perusal of the Queen's Birthday Honours List just announced again ignores chess as far as I can see.
However if you were a beekeeper (again), a pig welfare worker or indeed a bus user you again featured. No doubt board members may find other equally odd honours.
However I note from the BBC headlines someone has received an MBE for services to bell ringing in Norfolk.
Addn - I'd missed David Sedgwick's posting on the main board - I take it that means nothing for British chess - just chess in Gibraltar?
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Depends how you define "British".Neil Graham wrote:Addn - I'd missed David Sedgwick's posting on the main board - I take it that means nothing for British chess - just chess in Gibraltar?
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How do you define it Alex?Alex Holowczak wrote: Depends how you define "British".
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One might reasonably include Gibraltar as British, given:John Upham wrote:How do you define it Alex?Alex Holowczak wrote: Depends how you define "British".
(1) It is a British Overseas Territory
(2) People who are born there are British citizens
(3) They are entitled to play in the British Championships (relevant here only because chess is the context).
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You could add that because of FIDE's rules on what now qualifies a National body to become a member of FIDE, that Gibraltar Chess organisations and individuals have to become members of the English Chess Federation or at the very least be processed by them. I'm aware the Gibraltar Football Association recently became a member of UEFA, but FIDE requires that a territory has or could have an Olympic Committee in its own name.Alex Holowczak wrote: (3) They are entitled to play in the British Championships (relevant here only because chess is the context)
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How aboutAlex Holowczak wrote:One might reasonably include Gibraltar as British, given:John Upham wrote:How do you define it Alex?Alex Holowczak wrote: Depends how you define "British".
(1) It is a British Overseas Territory
(2) People who are born there are British citizens
(3) They are entitled to play in the British Championships (relevant here only because chess is the context).
(4) They vote in European elections as part of Great Britain (specifically, South West England)