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Hello everyone,

Richmond Junior Chess Club are looking for a player for one of their Under 18 teams this coming weekend (13th/14th November) in Oxford. If anyone's interested, please contact me at [email protected]

Many thanks,

Peter Sowray

Hi Peter,

Yateley Manor are fielding 8 teams , but there are various dropouts at different times during the weekend. If you are short and nobody takes up the invite, we can provide you with a player if you need one. Better than a default!

By the way , I strongly rcommend the 4JCL to ALL junior clubs and associations. It is an extremely good event.

Andrew

I'm bringing down an Under 11 team, Rydal Penrhos Knights to make our debut in the league.

Five kids plus families - hoping for a fantastic weekend.

andrew martin wrote:Hi Peter,

Yateley Manor are fielding 8 teams , but there are various dropouts at different times during the weekend. If you are short and nobody takes up the invite, we can provide you with a player if you need one. Better than a default!

By the way , I strongly rcommend the 4JCL to ALL junior clubs and associations. It is an extremely good event.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

Many thanks! - that's a big help. I'll take you up on that offer, if I may.

All the best,

Peter

Anywhere I can find more info on the league, which teams and players are registered etc?

LozCooper wrote:Anywhere I can find more info on the league, which teams and players are registered etc?

Little to nothing on the website. I had to email last week just to see if our entry had been received.

Peter Sowray wrote:Hello everyone,

Richmond Junior Chess Club are looking for a player for one of their Under 18 teams this coming weekend (13th/14th November) in Oxford. If anyone's interested, please contact me at [email protected]

Many thanks,

Peter Sowray

Many thanks to everyone who helped with this ... the place is now filled.

Like Andrew Martin, I think this competition is a fabulous event - highly recommended!

Peter

Really looking forward to it. Leaving for Oxford at 2pm today.

Under 11: Round 1 Result.

Rydal Penrhos Knights 4-0 G DGT Kennington/Croydon

Under 11: Round 2 Result.

Rydal Penrhos Knights 2.5 - 1.5 Basingstoke Chess Club 'A'

U11 Round 3: Rydal Penrhos 3-1 Chess Kings
U11 Round 4: Rydal Penrhos 1-3 Yateley Manor 'A'

Very proud. Yateley are a superb bunch, very strong and we were the first to take a board point off them this weekend. Very happy so far with three wins and one loss.

Three more fixtures tomorrow.

Brilliant event and one we will support every year.

You play 7 rounds in one weekend? That sounds good. With the three weekends, does this mean you play 21 games over the course of the year; all "standardplay", i.e. 1 hour each for the game?

Turned out we played 6 rounds and they decided over night (but didn't tell us until round 5 was just about to begin and the players were at the boards) that this weekend would be a stand-alone tournament.

Left a sour taste in what was otherwise a very good weekend.

Gathering my thoughts about it before I do a report for my blog.

Andrew Camp wrote:Turned out we played 6 rounds and they decided over night (but didn't tell us until round 5 was just about to begin and the players were at the boards) that this weekend would be a stand-alone tournament.

I don't understand what this means.

Instead of being a league over three weekends (which is what I signed up for), this weekend's event is now complete.

When we meet again in February, it will be a whole new tournament.