Summer break Mark II
I recently announced a temporary closure of the Chaplaincy. Plans have been brought forward a week so there will now be no chess club on 2nd or 9th June but will recommence on 16th June.
I recently announced a temporary closure of the Chaplaincy. Plans have been brought forward a week so there will now be no chess club on 2nd or 9th June but will recommence on 16th June.
Results from last Thursday’s games: Junior 4NCL, Division 2 KJCA Young Kestrels 4 (av grade 1228) 4 – 4 Dundee City (Av grade 676). Two wins for Max, one each for Noah and Josh and two losses for Ramit. An excellent result for us considering the grading differences. This puts Dundee City in second place,…
Report from David Findlay: 20/20 Chess. Round 5 Dundee City B played well to overcome Strathclyde University 6-2 on 21/01/2022. The hero of the previous round, Alan Borwell, suffering after an uncharacteristic blunder then a well played game by his opponent but Mikey Groves, Graham Mooney and Robert Jackson all persevered to achieve 2-0 scorelines.…
Castlehill returns to otb tonight. The Chaplaincy will be open from 7.30 pm. Covid restrictions were eased recently so no distancing is required. Masks are still mandatory (unless exempt) but not if you are eating or drinking so just bring a bottle or can to comply. Members still uncomfortable with these arrangements might be best to stay…
Another Thursday, another night on the Marie Celeste. Or so it nearly seemed. Six of us. Three old-stagers, one young-stager and two new lads. Still, some worthy tough games were played. Away from the club our G team played Dundee E: Castlehill G 1 – 2 Dundee E 1132 – Norman Waugh 1 – 0 Steven Knox…
Recent club results are a little late but here they are: Thursday 11th In Division 1 our B team hosted our A team. As is often the case the so-called ‘stronger’ team was held to a drawn match. Castlehill B 2 – 2 Castlehill A 1722 Dariusz Kosznik 0 – 1 Richard Polaczek 2354 1685…
The Chaplaincy has cancelled all room bookings immediately and for the foreseeable future. There will be no club nights until the coronavirus issue declines and the Chaplaincy is ready to re-open. Our members will be updated whenever there is relevant news.
Castlehill Chess Club was on show at the University Freshers Fair last Saturday. Paul, Declan and Innes were handing out leaflets, playing games and just chatting to all that were interested.
A very encouraging couple of days for us in terms of bringing ourselves to the notice of the new student intake. At The Chaplaincy open afternoon we had 10 approaches, at the Freshers Fayre there must have been 60-70 or more. Many seemed very interested (rather than just curious). We could have a very busy…
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