I actually had great ideas for an article, with lots of pictures and a huge celebration, when Mike Truran pinged me late at night to write this. Sadly, he messaged me AFTER the game and I was dragooned into playing for the u2050s at the time, meaning my phone was switched off with no means […]

York vs Holmfirth 10th December 2022 Match Report (Steve Westmoreland has supplied the following write-up of the recent Silver Rook match York D v Holmfirth.) It was a cold December day, when Holmfirth arrived in York.  The decision to take public transport rather than the car, turned out to be a poor idea.  The train

Wednesday 19th October saw Holmfirth field its first ever full junior team in the Huddersfield Examiner Handicap League. The juniors were ultimately to fall 4 points to 3.5 against a strong Honley side, but there were fantastic draws for Awen on board 1 and Alex on board 4. The feedback from the Honley captain and

Rob has released the new programme of events for the juniors covering January and February 2023. There are lots of fun activities going on and we look forward to seeing you all there.

For those of you who aren’t already playing enough chess there are some upcoming events that may be of interest. 16th September sees the start of the Ilkley Chess Festival, taking place at King’s Hall & Winter Garden in Ilkley. It is a 5 round event with the option to take a half-point bye where