Club Championship, K/O Cup, Rapid Play and News
05/12/2024
Nathan Rothwell joined the club and has playing 2 games in the rapid play, he won both of them against James Ovens. Alan Hiatt had a rapid play win and a draw against John Lydon.
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20/10/2024
It was a very quiet night at the club because Ian Mackay, James Ovens, Bill Hardwick and John Lydon were all playing at Penrith in a Whitaker Cup match against Ulverston. They won 4 -0 and join the other Carlisle team in the semi final draw.
Possibly due to the bad weather, only Alan Little and Matt Wardle came to the club.
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13/10/2024
There was a reasonable turnout for the first Wednesday evening club meeting.
We welcomed Johnny Robson (Last season’s under 18 Cumbria Champion) to the club.
In the only competitive game George Glover won against Alan Little in the Club Championship.
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07/11/2024
It was a quiet night tonight with just a couple of rapid play games taking place which resulted in wins for Bill Hardwick against Alan Little and James Ovens, but James still remains the tournament leader.
It was decided to change the club night to Wednesdays starting from next week.
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24/10/2024
Tonight was the first night in the new venue, Spencer Street Social Club.
The turn out was good and an enjoyable evening was had by all. No competitive games were played as we were all settling in.
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03/10/2024
Three competitive games played in the Rapid Play tonight.
Matt Wardle won 2 of them, both against Bill Hardwick and Bill won the other one against James Ovens.
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05/09/2024
The first proper club night of the season took place, but without any competitive games being played.
We welcomed a new player, Paul Birks to the club.
Earlier in the day we received disappointing news, that we would have to leave our current venue. We are now searching for an alternative.
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13/06/2024
The 2023/2024 season ended tonight.
No competitive games were played.
The season’s tournament winners were:
Club Champion: George Glover
Rapid Play: Ian Mackay
Knock Out Cup: Roy Ellames
Congratulations to George, Ian and Roy.
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06/06/2024
Roy Ellames won the Knock Out Cup for the 2nd consecutive season with a win against George Glover in the final. Congratulations to Roy.
In the Rapid Play Alan Hiatt won against James Ovens.
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01/06/2024
The annual Eden Cup match between Penrith and Carlisle took place with a resounding 10 – 3 victory for Penrith. Matt Wardle and James Ovens were Carlisle’s winners with George Glover and Alan Hiatt both getting a draw.
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30/05/2024
In the Knock Out Cup George Glover won his semi final match against Alan Hiatt, and he will now meet Roy Ellames in the final.
James Ovens won his Rapid Play game to go clear 2nd, but still a long way behind Ian Mackay.
We welcomed a new player, Matt Stewart to the club.
Sadly, George Horne of Barrow Chess Club has died recently, he has been active playing and helping to organize chess in Cumbria for many years. Our deepest sympathy and condolences to George’s friends and family.
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23/05/2024
George Glover took the lead in the Club Championship with a win against Matt Wardle. John Lydon won his game against Alan Little.
In the Rapid Play Alan Little won against James Ovens. Alan Hiatt had wins against Jake Kerr and Scott Carling.
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16/05/2024
Two Knock Out Cup games were played tonight.
The semi final between Roy Ellames and John Lydon was extremely tight with Roy winning on time despite only having 10 seconds left himself.
George Glover won his Quarter Final game against Jake Kerr, and will play Alan Hiatt in the other Semi Final.
In the Club Championship Alan Hiatt won against Bill Hardwick.
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09/05/2024
Two competitive games were played tonight.
In the Knock Out Cup Alan Hiatt and Ian Mackay had a hard fought draw. Alan as the slightly lower rated player progresses to the semi final where he will play the winner of the George Glover v Jake Kerr quarter final match.
In the Rapid Play James Ovens won against Alan Little.
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25/04/2024
In the Club Championship Alan Hiatt won a bishops of opposite colours ending against George Glover. Alan said that’s the first time that he’s beaten George in a competitive game in 35 years. Good things are worth waiting for and well done Alan. George still leads the tournament jointly with James Ovens.
In the Rapid Play Scott Carling won against Bob Foster.
Please remember that there isn’t a club night next week due to the bungalow being used as a polling station, but is will be back to normal the following week.
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18/04/2024
Ian Mackay won against John Lydon in the Rapid Play, he then had a win and a loss against Bobby Clay. The only loos thus far in the tournament for Ian.
Also in the Rapid Play, John Lydon had a win against James Ovens
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11/04/2024
In the Knock Cup Quarter Final Roy Ellames won against Jacek Majewski, and will play John Lydon in the Semi Final.
In the Club Championship James Ovens won against Bill Hardwick and Matt Wardle won against Mike Vose. James now joins George Glover in joint 1st place.
In the Rapid Play had a win and a loss against B Clay as well as a win against Alan Little.
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04/04/2024
Ian Mackay won a tough game against Dave Willey in the Knock Out Cup and will play Alan Hiatt in the next round.
In the Rapid Play Matt Wardle won against Bill Hardwick
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28/03/2024
In the Knock Out Cup George Glover won a very interesting and close game against Bill Burgess.
In the Club Championship Alan Hiatt won against Alan Little and James Ovens won against Matt Wardle.
In the Rapid Play Bill Hardwick had 2 wins against Bobby Clay.
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21/03/2024
Alan Hiatt an James Mcdonald drew their game in th Club Championship.
In the Rapid Play Mike Vose had 2 wins and James Ovens had 1.
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14/03/2024
In the Club Championship James McDougall won a very interesting game against James Ovens.
In the Rapid Play Ian Mackay won against Matt Wardle to maintain his 100% record and go further ahead.
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07/03/2024
George Glover won a very interesting and close game against Matt Wardle to reach the next round of the Knock Out Cup, where he will meet Bill Burgess.
In the Club Championship, Bill Hardwick won against James Ovens.
In the Rapid Play Ian Mackay had wins against Mike Vose and Bill Hardwick maintaining his 100% record with 14 wins from 14 games.
We also welcomed Alison Thorburn to the club.
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22/02/2024
In the Knock Out Cup John Lydon became the first semi finalist with a quarter final win against Bill Hardwick.
In the Rapid Play Ian Mackay won against James Ovens to extend his lead in the tournament.
We also welcomed Bobby Clay to the club
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15/02/2024
It was a busy and very well attended night tonight.
Club Championship: Earlier in the week, Mike vose won against Alan Hiatt.
Knock Out Cup: Roy Ellames won against James Ovens and John Lydon won against Mike Vose to progress to the next round.
Rapid Play: Ian Mackay won against Scott Carling and Alan Little to return to 1st place.
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08/02/2024
Just one competitive game was played tonight. That resulted in a win for Mike Vose against James Ovens in the Club Championship.
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01/02/2024
Five games were played in the Rapid Play tonight.
Bill Hardwick had 3 wins against James Ovens, Scott Carling and Alan Little respectively. Scott Carling won against Mike Vose and Jacek Majewski won against James Ovens
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25/01/2024
Two Rapid Play games took place tonight. Scott Carling won against Matt Wardle, and John Lydon won against Bill Hardwick
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18/01/2024
Three games were played in the Rapid Play tonight.
Alan Hiatt had wins against James Ovens and Alan Little, while Scott Carling also had a win against Alan Little.
Alan Hiatt now leads the tournament.
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04/01/2024
There were quite a few people in attendance but only one competitive games was played. We also welcomed a new junior player, 11 year old Seb Bowman.
In the Club Championship John Lydon won against Alan Little.
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14/12/2023
It was the last club night of the year and James Ovens organized a blitz tournament. Mike Vose kindly donated some prizes.
Three players tied for first place. Ian Mackay, Paul Rivers and John Kelly all had 5 wins from 5 games. A very enjoyable night was had by all.
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** Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone **
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07/12/2023
We welcomed a new player, Chloe Cooper to the club.
Three rapid Play games took place, Alan Hiatt won against Alan Little, James Ovens won against Matt Wardle and John Lydon won against Jacek Majewski.
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30/11/2023
Bill Hardwick progressed to the 2nd round of the Knock Out Cup with a win against Bob Foster.
In the Rapid Play, Dave Willey won against Matt Wardle.
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16/11/2023
In the Club Championship George Glover won against Mike Vose, and James Ovens also won his game against Bob Foster.
We also welcomed 2 new players. Amogh Kashyap who was recently joint winner of the Cumbria Under 13 Tournament and his Dad Ajay.
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09/11/2023
Club Championship: James Ovens won against Alan Little to go 2nd behind George Glover.
Rapid Play: Ian Mackay had wins against Dave Willey and John Lydon to remain 1st. Alan Hiatt won against Scott Carling. Ian Mackay, Alan Hiatt and Matt Wardle are on still on 100%.
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02/11/2023
In the Club Championship, George Glover won against Bob Foster to go further ahead as tournament leader.
In the Rapid Play there were wins for Ian Mackay and Matt Wardle. Ian and James Ovens are now the joint leaders.
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26/10/2023
Six Rapid Play games were played tonight.
Bill Hardwick won against Mike Vose, Matt Wardle won against Scott Carling. James Ovens won against Dave Willey. John Lydon had wins against Scott Carling and Bob Foster.
James Ovens won a time scramble against John Lydon. James had 4 seconds on his clock when John lost on time.
James now leads the tournament, with Ian Mackay 2nd and John 3rd.
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19/10/2023
In the Club Championship George Glover won against Dave Willey and leads the tournament. Alan Hiatt and John Lydon drew their game.
Six Rapid Play games were played: Scott Carling won against Bill Hardwick and James Ovens but lost against Bob Foster. Bill Hardwick won against Bob Foster. James Ovens won against Mike Vose. Ian Mackay won against Bob Foster and leads the tournament.
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12/10/2023
In the Club Championship James Ovens won against Paul Dalgleish
In the Rapid Play Ian Mackay had wins against Scott Carling, Bill Hardwick and Alan Little, Mike Wardle won against Bill Hardwick. John Lydon also won against Paul Dalgleish.
Ian’s 3 wins make him the tournament leader.
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05/10/2023
In the Club Championship George Glover won against John Lydon.
In the Rapid Play Alan Hiatt won against Bill Hardwick, while Paul Dalgleish had a win against James Ovens and a draw against Bill Hardwick. Paul now leads the tournament.
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30/09/2023
Johnny Robson who has attended the club several times won the Cumbria Under 18 tournament in Long Marton.
Congratulations and very well done.
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28/09/2023
In the Club Championship, George Glover won against Bill Hardwick, and in the Rapid Play Paul Dalgleish won against Alan Little
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21/09/2023
Another well attended evening with James Oven playing and winning 2 Rapid Play games, to take the lead in the tournament.
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14/09/2023
The new season entered it’s 2nd week tonight and we had the 1st competitive game.
In the Rapid Play Alan Hiatt won against Paul Dalgleish to become the tournament leader.
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29/06/2023
The season came to the end with a Summer Rapid Play tournament which was won by Steve Barnes.
Alan Hiatt as presented with the Club Rapid Play Trophy.
Congratulations to Steve and Alan.
Bill Hardwick presenting Alan Hiatt with the Club Rapid Play Trophy.
Wishing a Happy Summer to all the Club Members and look forward to next season.