The annual Tony Evers match against Stourbridge was held on June 17th and was a great success. Home advantage told and we ran out winners by 6.5 to 2.5 To read a match report click here.

The Summer Events programme has been set. See the panel below. This includes the Summer Knock-Out, the draw for which was made on June 10. There are some early results already. The draw and progress can be found here.

Fourteen members attended the Agm on May 22nd. Minutes of the meeting are available here. Congratulations to the Trophy winners - Andy Ambrose, Summer knock-out; Bob Grimes, Quickest win; Dayl Martin, Player of the year. A Summer Events programme will follow shortly. Congratulations(!?) were also due to our new club secretary, John Southcote. Thanks were given to the retiring Don Curry.

True to the spirit of the Summer Knock-out, John Edge and Andy Ambrose waited for better weather before playing the final of last year's tournament! Congratulations to Andy on his victory. Click here to remind yourself of the full draw.

The Agm will be held on Thursday May 22nd. Minutes of last year's meeting are available here.

Andy Ambrose couldn't quite make it an all-Halesowen final in the bdcl division 1 league individual. So John Edge will take on Walsall's David Anderton. Good luck, John!

It is with great sadness that the club notes the death of Reg Beasley. Reg was a real character and a committed member of all the teams for which he played. He was always ready to play, often at short notice. He played a league match as recently as 12 February. He will be missed greatly.

An all Halesowen BDCL Div 1 Individual final (see below) moved a step closer when John Edge dispatched Keith Ingram in one semi-final. Andy Ambrose is adjourned against David Anderton in the other.

Andy Ambrose and John Edge have both reached the semi-final of the BDCL Division 1 Individual competition. They have been kept apart in the draw, so we could have an all-Halesowen final.

Our newest member is Christopher Hadden. A warm welcome to you, Chris!

Bob Grimes has taken an early lead in the Quickest Win competition, winning in just 9 moves in the bdcl division 1 match against Kynoch. And with the black pieces too!

The buzzer tournament on August 21st attracted 18 competitors and was won by Stewart Fishburne with a score of 5/5. Andy Ambrose and Mark Bethel shared second with 4, just ahead of Don Curry. Paul Evans and Julian Taylor won the grading prize with 3/5.

The Summer Knock-out has reached the semi-final stage. Click here for the full draw.

Articles about the chess club will be appearing in the 'Halesowen News.' The first Article appeared in the printed version on August 10th, but appeared on-line a week earlier. Click Here to go to the page and enter "chess" in the search box.

In the simultaneous on August 7th Stewart Fishburne scored 10.5 from 12 games, losing to Mike Hadley and drawing with Don Curry.

The buzzer tournament on July 24th was won jointly by John Edge, Pete Banks and Stewart Fishburne with a score of 4/5. Paul Evans won the grading prize with 3/5.

The new grades are out! Click on "Members" to see the last few years. And you can see all the grades from throughout the ECF for free on http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk. This link will be in the 'Links' section throughout the season.

John Edge took on 10 players in the Simultaneous evening on July 10th, and produced a splendid performance of 9 wins and just one loss (to Andy Ambrose). You can see a few pictures of the event Here

The draw for the Summer Knock-out has been made. Here it is.

The bdcl and wdcl fixtures meetings have been held. Our fixtures can be seen here.

The annual Tony Evers match against Stourbridge was held on June 13th and was a great success. To read a match report click here. Jeremy Humphries took some photos of the match and these can be seen on the Stourbridge website here.

Andy Ambrose has kindly annotated the game which won the final of the bdcl div 2 league individual for 2006-7. See the Games section

Twenty one members attended the Agm on May 22nd. Minutes of the meeting are available here. Congratulations to the Trophy winners - John Edge, Summer knock-out and Quickest win; Mike Hadley, Player of the year; and Maureen Clark, Best at Monmouth. A Summer Events programme was established (see bottom of this column). Put the dates in your diary. More details of the simultaneouses will follow.

More silverware! The wdcl U-110 Cup has been retained for a second year. Congratulations to everyone who played for the team.

The final of the somewhat delayed 2006 (!) Summer knock-out resulted in a win for John Edge, who beat Bob Grimes. Click here to see the results from all the rounds.

Congratulations are due to Andy Ambrose, the BDCL Division 2 Individual champion. Andy won the final, with the black pieces, in only 19 moves. Well done, Andy!