New Members

We are very pleased to welcome 2 new members to the Club - Ivan Hallam and Matthew Storer. They have both impressed in some friendly games at the Club and will be welcome additions to our various team squads.

Harrod Cup 5th Round Draw

The draw for the 5th round of the Harrod Cup has now been made. Ashby 1 are at home against Kirby Muxloe and Ashby 2 are away against Market Harborough 3. Both games to be played by the 19th September.

Club Championship 4th Round Draw

The draw for the 4th round of the Club Chanpionship has now been made and can be viewed here. All games to be played by the end of September if possible, before the new League season starts.

Ashby Congress Results

Richard Vann finished joint 3rd in this weekend's Staffordshire Congress Major Section with 3.5/5, just a half point behind the joint winners.

Steve Emmerton and Les Fancourt were joint 15th in the Intermediate Section with 2.5/5.

Josh Cherrington was joint 9th in the Lancaster Congress Intermediate Section with 3/5.

Summer Cups

There were 3 matches played in the Summer Cups this week. 

Ashby 1 travelled to Heathcote Arms on Tuesday and came away with a resounding 6.5 - 1.5 win in the Harrod Cup. 

It was a different story on Wednesday as Ashby 2 were only able to muster 3 players, putting us 2-0 down before the match even started. Unsurprisingly, they were unable bridge the gap and went down by 5-3.

Thursday evening saw top of the table Anstey, spearheaded by Ashby old boy Alan Agnew, visit Ashby in the Wylie Cup. We were massively outrated and only a draw from Andrew Wilson in one of his two games prevented the whitewash and a 7.5 - 0.5 defeat ensued.

In other news, James Foster beat Graham Bird in the 3rd round of the Club Championship.

ECF Award

The citation for Steve's recent ECF award has just been published on the ECF website and can be found here on P12 - P13. The £125 prize money that came with it can't, unfortunately, be used for him to go out out for a curry and a few drinks !! It has to go to a nominated Chess organisation and, therefore, has been donated to the Club.

Club Championship Results

There were a couple of games played on Thursday evening, with Patrick Buckley beating Dominic Lennon in the 3rd round of the Club Championship and Colin Marley beating Graham Bird in the 6th round of the U1450 Championship.

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