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CALDERDALE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

Congratulations to Huddersfield A and Captain Greg Eagleton, in winning the Calderdale League. Huddersfield A is a mix of Huddersfield and Holmfirth players, in what is a very strong league. Take a bow team: Fossey, Isaac Burke, Alex Moss, Peter G Frank, Colin Cuaresma, Gerald Westmoreland, Steve Cuaresma, Bien Booth, David Eagleton, Greg T Cicuttini, […]

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The Bill Lumley Trophy – Match Report

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

It is so good to have this back in play, especially as Bill was my coach/captain at East Bierley when I first started playing chess around the age of 11. I have let him know the competition is running again. The competition is handicapped, which makes the team balance very interesting. As we have two

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Calderdale Vs Kirklees

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

Saturday 6th January at the Piece Hall in Halifax, 14 players met over a chess board OUTSIDE the Wine Barrel to engage in battle. Calderdale was Captained by Dave Colledge and Kirklees by myself. A quick check on Yorkshire Chess History shows this is probably the first time a Kirklees Chess team has ever been

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The Keddie Cup 2023

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

Wednesday 13th December saw the completion of the David Keddie Cup, at Holmfirth Chess Club. With teams of three and two rapidplay games during an evening, the Cup was held over four nights and finishing as near to David Birthday (15th December) as we could get it. The Cup is held in memory of David

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The Keddie Cup

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

Wednesday 20th September saw the launch of the Keddie Cup, at Holmfirth Chess Club. This event is in memory of David Keddie, who passed away from cancer in 2022. David was a longstanding teammate and friend to many of us within Yorkshire and David was instrumental in setting up Holmfirth Chess Club in 2019. The

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Harrogate 1 – 5 Holmfirth Saturday 1st April

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

On the extra boards it was 2-2. So, what did we learn? Starting out in competitive chess is tough. You have to train yourself to slow down and to fully look at the game. Our veteran juniors, Jacob and Awen, demonstrated this slow play and showed the stamina to last the pace. We have an

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Greater Manchester joins the NCCU (Yorkshire u1850s play at Holmfirth)

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

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

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Yorkshire League Report

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Steve Westmoreland

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

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Holmfirth Junio… Seniors?

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / David Booth

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

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Junior Schedule – January/February 2023

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / David Booth

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.

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