CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 18th Oct 18: With over 35 players down it was guaranteed to be a busy night at Castlehill “AGAIN!”. TAFCA Results Div 1: Castlehill C 1, Castlehill A 3 Castlehill A start their TAFCA league campaign off with a win but boy it did not all go to plan! The “A”…
TAFCA ALLEGRO CHAMPIONSHIP 2018-19 (A message from Marcus Wylie of Knight`s of Newport Chess Club) Upcoming event An Allegro event will held at the Knights of Newport-on-Tay club and is open to all members of TAFCA clubs across Tayside and Fife. Event registration: 7:30pm, Wednesday 24th October Event location: The Newport Club, 4 Cupar Road,…
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2018-19 (Round 1 draw) At last we are off as the first round of the Club Championship is drawn. This year we have 38 entries (so far!). The Club Championship is split over two nights this year to ease the burden on the organiser, venue and equipment! ROUND ONE Top half of the…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 4th Oct 18: We had a lot of juniors down tonight and it was very busy and at time loud. With over 29 players down what would you expect! It was one of those special Castlehill nights with the first individual tournament of the season on, The Konrad Memorial. But first……
TAFCA SEASON 2018-19 LEAGUE Well here we go again in TAFCA! Castlehill has 6 teams entered, 3 in division one (A, B, C) and 3 in division two (D, E, F). DIVISION ONE There are 8 teams in total: Castlehill A, B & C; Dundee A & B; Kirkcaldy A & B and Perth A…
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2018-19 (Nov 18 – May 19; 5 round Swiss: 90 minutes each player) Closing date for entries is this Thursday 4th October. For a full list of entries so far please click the link “HERE“. If you are not on the list you are not entered. If you wish to play contact me…
The 36th KONRAD WIERSZBICKI ALLEGRO MEMORIAL 2018 The 36th Konrad Memorial takes place this Thursday 4th October, 7:30pm sign-in. Format: 5 round Swiss; 15 minutes each player; All matches go for grading. Just pop down on the night and enter, all welcome. This is one of our longest running competitions and your support would be…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 27th Sept 18 29 players down, including 13 juniors! Oh what a night, late September in 2018! Oh what a night! LADDER We had 7 players split into two sections Section One (Top 4 players) 1st Keith Rose (1521) 2 pts 2nd= Ray Noble (1537) & Colin Young (1402) 1½ pts…
IMPORTANT..Membership Fees Now due. All fees must be paid by September 30th.. CASTLEHILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2018-19 It`s now time for entries to the Castlehill Club Championship 2018-19. Closing date for entries is Thursday 4th October. FORMAT 5 round Swiss 1st two rounds accelerated pairings will be used 90 minutes each player Win=1 point: Draw= half point: Lose=Zero…
CLUB NIGHT REPORT: Thurs 20th Sept 18 First official club night of the new competitive season and we had 27 players down made up of 14 members, 9 juniors and 4 possible new members! Tonight saw the start of two competitions, the Ladder (Allegro) and the Junior Club Championship (Allegro). LADDER (Allegro) We had 10…