Month: October 2012

Shrewsbury A’s unbeaten start to the season continued with a 4-1 victory over Church Stretton A. However, although the hosts were blessed with the addition of Phil Makepeace for a match as well as benefiting from Church Stretton being short a few players, the match was very tight and could have easily gone either way. Things were… Continue reading A Team scrape win as C Team are held to draw

Shrewsbury B’s worrying start to the season continued with a third consecutive defeat, this time at home to Newport B. Deprived of Mark Smith for the second game, captain Matt Best opted to give Geoff Knox his first game for the club on board two. The match got off to a fairly steady start, with… Continue reading B Team Continue Sorry Start as C Team Record Whitewash

There was a sombre mood at Shifnal & Telford on Wednesday night on account of the fact that Iain Wilson, previous President of the Shropshire Chess Association, had died that afternoon.  Iain had been suffering from cancer for a while and was a good friend of Shropshire Chess over many years, as well as of… Continue reading A Team Continue Solid Start with Draw in Telford.

Despite our requests, the hospital remains adamant that we cannot store our equipment on site at the Redwoods Centre.  I have been holding off buying the new equipment agreed at the AGM until this matter was resolved but it looks like we will have to transport sets, boards and clocks back and forth each week,… Continue reading Chess sets and equipment – message from Francis Best, Secretary

Shrewsbury B narrowly missed out on a hard-fought result against recently relegated Ludlow. Deprived of both Mark Smith and Norman O’Connor, captain Matt Best opted to retain the services of Dan Lockett on top board with the former skipper yet to play 3 games for the A team and therefore still eligible, and Francis Rooney… Continue reading B Team Miss Out in Ludlow