TAFCA LEAGUE ONLINE 2020 The time is coming up fast as the new “TAFCA LEAGUE ONLINE” starts on Tues 7th July with the division two derby; Dundee Centrosaurus` v Dundee Datousaurus` Castlehill start their campaign off on Thurs 9th July 20, 7:30pm with division two match: Castlehill Dragons v Castlehill Cobra`s Captains please have your…
CASTLEHILL SUMMER FUN ONLINE TOURNAMENT 2020 Lets try again with this tournament and see what entries we can muster up! Would have been in touch sooner, but been very busy with setting up TAFCA League Online! Closing date for entries is Thurs 9th July. After that I will do the draw and upload to website.…
TAFCA TROPHY WINNERS 2019-20 TAFCA held their AGM (25/05/20) by Zoom (video conference software) and ended the 2019-20 season and declared all the champions/winners for all it`s competitions apart from the TAFCA Knockout which is still in limbo (more later). The COVID-19 pandemic spoilt the season but TAFCA were lucky compared to some sports as…
TAFCA ONLINE LEAGUE 2020 (New) Well here we go with a new chapter in TAFCA history as they start holding chess competitions “ONLINE”! Castlehill as an affiliated TAFCA Club, will be supporting this new venture and hopefully we will get enough players interested in playing and putting a good few teams in! (Contact Keith Rose…
CASTLEHILL ONLINE THURS NIGHT TOURNAMENT Thurs 21st May 2020 – lichess.org Another great nights chess with Castlehill on-line. This week we played Rapid (5 minutes+3 seconds increments), Arena format, with the tournament lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. A fantastic 19 players took part and we had some cracking matches with some very good finishes…
CASTLEHILL ONLINE THURS NIGHT TOURNAMENT Thurs 14th May 2020 For the first time on “lichess.org” we had a 15 minute, 4 round Swiss event (New to lichess and still in Beta mode!). Nine players took part which meant one player each round had to take a bye and wait for the next round. But then…
CASTLEHILL ON-LINE – Thurs 30th Apr 20 You are all invited to join Castlehill on-Line for the weekly quick-play tournament! It is an arena event with a time-control of 5 minutes+ 3 second increments. The tournament takes place on the website, lichess.org. You need to be a member of lichess.org and join Castlehill Chess…
CLUB UPDATE – Sun 26th Apr 20 I hope you are all keeping well physically and mentally during these unusual times? We might not be able to play club OTB games on club nights at the moment, but that does not mean we are closed entirely now! Due to the sterling efforts of Master Declan…
CLUB UPDATE – 18/04/20 (8pm) Hi Everyone Hope you are all keeping well and following all the advice out there? It has to be the longest I have not been in touch with everyone over a set period! Mind you I have enjoyed the rest! But forward we must go and start making plans for…
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.