News

Counties Championship

Sat 6th July 2024

The Final: Hertfordshire v Greater Manchester

Rooms H0.02 and H0.03 Ground Floor of Humanities Building at the junction of Library Road and London Road on the University of Warwick, Coventry Campus, CV4 7AL

1.30pm start. Time control 135m+15s.

This is a 16 board match and Hert’s captain is Matt Ball.

EACU AGM – Sunday 30th June 2024

Millennium Room, Whittlesford Memorial Hall, Duxford Road/Mill Lane, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, CB22 4NE (close to Junction 10 of the M11), starting at 10.00 a.m. 

The EACU (East Anglian Chess Union) runs county championships each season. For several years Herts have entered a team in the U1850 section.

HCA AGM – Friday 19th July 2024

Details to follow

Herts beat Kent 11 – 5 in U1850

Herts have now qualified for the ECF Counties Championship Semi-Final on June 8th when we will be playing Yorkshire away. Our match result is here. 10/05/24

HCA Evening – 7.45pm Friday 10th May

Allen Room, Allenburys Sports and Social Club

Harris’s Lane, Ware, Herts, SG12 0DJ

An opportunity open to all Herts chess players to discuss the future of the HCA, the ECF League Management System, HCA competitions and anything relevant to chess in the county.

EACU – Herts CA U1850 Team

On March 3rd our 16 board team, captained by Matt Ball, first defeated Cambridge CCA 10 – 6 then went on to beat Norfolk CCA 10.5 – 5.5. These results, our best of the season, put us through to the ECF County Championships Final Stages 2024. In the Quarter Finals we play Kent on Saturday 11th May starting 12:30pm.

Venue: Our Lady of Crays, Blundell Close, St Mary Cray, Orpington BR5 4FA, Kent.

The final EACU league table is here:

U1850 County Championship Table

Our top scorers this season are:

Paul Walton: 5 points – Paul wins the Tom Wright trophy.

Matt Ball: 4.5 points

Roger Gordonsmith 4 points

Andrew Roderick 4 points

Andrew Maclaren 4 points

Louis Cowell 4 points

HCA Executive Meeting –

Fri 26th Sep 2023 from 19:30

Allen Room, Allenburys Sports and Social Club

Harris’s Lane, Ware, Herts, SG12 0DJ

Agenda

1.Apologies for Absence
2.Minutes of previous meeting
3.Matters arising
4.Officers Reports
5.2023 – 24 HCA Competitions
6.Rules changes
7.Any Other Business

Alan Brewis

Secretary

Hertfordshire Chess Association

alanl.brewis@ntlworld.com