Friday, 13 June 2025

Club Championship

There were 3 matches played in the 2nd round of the Club Championship last night, with Chris Tipper beating James Foster, Ric Dawson beating Graham Bird and Dominic Lennon beating Paul Mayer.

First Win For Ashby 2 in Harrod Cup

Ashby 2 beat Anstey by 5-3 last night to gain their first win in this year's Harrod Cup. The match looked to be heading for a draw right up until the end, until Paul Gibson's opponent blundered away a winning position. Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Paul pounced for an unexpected win to give us all of the points. Special mention to Tom Gerrard as well, who won both of his games against Ashby old boy Mike Griffiths.

ECF 2025 Year Book

The ECF have just published their 2025 Year Book. Please click here to either view/print/download it.

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

LRCA Major Championship

After winning last year's LRCA Minor Championship, Les Fancourt is playing in the Major Championship this year. After being awarded a full point bye in the1st Round he was beaten by John Pattinson of Thurnby in the 2nd Round. He has been drawn against Chris Brown of Wigston in the 3rd Round.  There are no Ashby players in any of the other various sections.

Monday, 2 June 2025

New LRCA Secretary

Bhuvaneswari Babu of Wigston Chess Club will be taking over from Paul Mottram, who is standing down, as the new LRCA Secretary/League Secretary. She will be in touch with all Clubs in the near future to discuss any proposals for changes to the League Rules that anybody might have. If anybody at Ashby has any thoughts on this then please let Jan Oldham know.

Sunday, 1 June 2025

LRCA AGM

The LRCA AGM was held on Tuesday 20th June. For those of you who are interested, the Minutes can be found here.

June Rating List

The June Rating List has been published and all Ashby players (in rating sequence) can be found here, or from the link at the top of the page.

Thursday, 29 May 2025

U1450 Championship

Paul Mayer and Ric Dawson drew their 4th round match in the U1450 Championship earlier this evening. The draw for the 5th round has now been made and can be viewed here.

Due to Brian Wood's recent illness I have had to withdraw him from the competition, at least temporarily, although his results to date still stand. Should he recover sufficiently in the future I will re-instate him. He was due to play Dan Vernon in the 4th round so I have had to give Dan a full point bye.