Greg Tebble

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Jwickham
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Greg Tebble

Post by Jwickham » Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:19 pm

Sadly I have to advise that Greg Tebble passed away on Thursday 1th August. He was a long time member of Norwich Dons Chess Club. a former Chairman of Norfolk County Chess Association and the Treasurer. He was a regular attender of Congresses outside Norfolk and may be known to some outside Norfolk. He Club have prepared the following Obituary:

Greg was born in 1947 and as far as we're aware has always lived in Norfolk and went to school in the area. He was interested in chess from an early age and there is a picture somewhere of an 18 year old Greg taking part in a Simultaneous Display against Owen Hindle.

Greg worked at companies such as Laurence Scott and Boulton & Paul in his early career, where he met his wife Carole. His chess activity was in two stages, the first in the 60s and 70s where we believe he mainly played chess at a club in Wroxham. The second stage was from the late 80s when he joined the Norwich DONS when they were playing at the Griffin on Yarmouth Road. In between Greg was an active runner taking part in half-marathons and raced competitively. Greg had a problem with his leg, which later on required a hip replacement, and this was a reason for his decision to give up running and go back to his interest in chess.

At the DONS, Greg held all the important roles of office, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and many captaincy roles. He was always the friendly face of the DONS and would always welcome and encourage new members. In any decision-making process Greg would always put the interests of members first. As a result of his enthusiasm he subsequently moved into roles at the top of Norfolk chess, where he was the President for a number of years and also in later years took on the role of Treasurer. His contribution to the success of the DONS and Norfolk chess in general was invaluable.

Playing-wise Greg was always a tough opponent. He moved up the leagues to make the top section of the Club Championship and he also made the Final of the DONS Knockout. Probably his best individual result occurred when he beat many times Norfolk Champion, Mike Gough in the N&N July Summer Swiss event. He also had many good results at congresses, the best of which was probably his victory in a weekend event at Hastings where he beat Adam Harvey from Suffolk in the last round to secure first place.

His later working life, was focussed on the arts. He worked for the Norwich Arts Centre, Cinema City and Creative Arts East and he also acted as a freelance Accountant working for small companies in the Arts world.

Outside of chess, Greg's main interests were travelling and photography. During his life Greg travelled all over the world to places such as China, USA, Peru and Iran. He also went to Reykjavik in Iceland and whilst there visited the place where Bobby Fischer played in the historic World Championship battle. Photography was also another major interest, and on his travels he had the opportunity to take many pictures. At the British Chess Championship in Sheffield some years back they held a photography competition, where Greg scooped first prize.

Through his illness Greg was typically stoical and when visited talked in animated fashion about the future of the DONS. He was very concerned about the difficulty in securing a permanent home for the club. He was also concerned about the chances of Norwich City staying in the Premier League and the performances of the England cricket team.

Greg was a true gentleman and had a great love for chess, he will be sadly missed by the DONS and Norfolk chess and everyone who knew him.

https://brendanogorman.smugmug.com/Ches ... /i-2SppkC5 (Picture - Brendan O'Gorman)

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