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ECF Support for Grassroots Chess Development

The ECF have launched their Grassroots fund and the announcement is on this link: ECF Grassroots Support and the attached prospectus provides details.

I am the Coordinator for the East of England which comprises 6 counties (Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex) and all applications to the fund are sent to me for approval. In cases where I have a conflict of interest I have some assistants to whom I can refer. We have 10,000 pounds allocated to us and I am keen that we make some initial applications for the first Round on 1st September.

Individuals, Clubs and Organisations can apply using the application form https://britchess.wufoo.com/forms/ecf-grassroots-chess-initiative/

Please note that I cannot accept applications sent direct to me. Remember to indicate the East of England as your region.

The prospectus outlines the process and give a guide on the types of grants. You will need to justify your application and please ensure you complete all section of the application form as detailed as possible. If accepted you will be asked to provide follow up information on how the project was implemented and what the outcomes were.

If you need to clarify anything, need any advice or guidance then please contact me.

John Wickham

j.r.wickham@btinternet.com

07808876785

Prospectus can be downloaded here.

Forthcoming Events

Norfolk Rapidplay on Sunday 9th February - download here

EACU Patrick Ribbands Team Championships on Sunday 9th March 2025 - download here

Please circulate amongst your club membership and encourage them to support these EACU events.

Great Yarmouth Congress

The Great Yarmouth Chess Congress will take place at Great Yarmouth Race Course on April 25^th to 26^th 2025

Entry form can be downloaded from - here

Cambridgeshire Rapidplay Whittlesford 2024

The Rapidplay will be held on Sunday 29th September at Whittlesford Memorial Hall. Space is limited so get your entries in soon.

Report to follow.

Cambridgeshire County Individual Championship

Wansford 23rd - 24th November 2024

Entries are now being accepted for the 2024 tournament.

Downlaod an entry form from - here

Further information from;

Jimmy Blair - james1blair@yahoo.co.uk

New Venue & Clubs

New England have a new venue.

Bourne have a new club meeting Thursdays.

SEASON RESULTS

Current Season 2024 - 2025

Past Seasons

CAMBRIDGESHIRE INDIVIDUAL 2023
A very successful tournament was held in November 2023 and the results can be found here and a full report from Jimmy here.

FIDE RATED CAMBRIDGE TOURNAMENT FEBRUARY 2024

The 2nd Cambridge International Open will held from 19th to 25th February 2024.

Details here

NEW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A new version of the ECF League Management System will be in use this year and thIs site will reference that for results throughout the season. I must take this opportunity to thank Dave Wild whose East Anglian Chess Results site has been SO valuable in the years I have run this site. Thank you for all your hard work.

Cambridgeshire AGM
AGM WAS held at the Ivy Leaf Club, St Ives on 18^th June, 2024
The Agenda is available to download - Agenda

Jamboree 2024
A very successful Jamboree was held on the 24^th May at St.Ives. The competion was won by St.Ives.
Pictures in the Gallery

Previous AGM Minutes

Constitution from the meeting held on Tuesday, 27th June are now available.

AGM Minutes 2022
AGM helds at St Neots June 2023

NEW PUBLICATION

The Southern Counties Chess Union - a restropsective
by Anthony Fulton.

Published in May of this year you may be interested in this publication which also references Cambridgeshire.

Details can be downloaded from here.

SEASON 2022-23

Congratulations to the winners of the various tournaments.

Division 1 - New England

Division 2 - New England

Team 7000 North - New England Patriots

Team 7000 South - Royston

Team 7000 Final - Royston

Fenland Open - Cambridge City

Fenland 7000 - Warboys White Capes

The results of previous seasons are available from the various club pages as pdf files which can be viewed, saved or printed. They are taken from the C4 site and provide a permanent record of the matches & players.

As of July 1st 2022 the East Anglian Chess Results site is closing and we will be using the ECF League Management System.

Peterborough Chess Club have a new Venue. 31.03.22

CHRIS ROSS

Many players in the Cambridgeshire League will know of and have played against Chris over the years. He has just finished his first book, Blind Faith and hopefully you might be interested in purchasing a copy of this splendid publication. From Chris he says...

I am emailing to hopefully bring some small amount of joy and excitement into our world. After some considerable time, I have finally managed to pull together a manuscript, that may bring some enlightenment into some of you. Most of you will be aware that I have occasionally sent out annotations to my games. It has been a fascinating journey over the past quarter of a century and how far I have travelled and developed. Such a demonstrative passage.

I have decided to share that experience and wondrous journey with the world now and have created an inspiring volume. I sincerely hope that you will find it both instructive and developmental.

The book has now been opened up for pre-order purchasing. We are having a period of pre-order purchasing, so that we can gauge to how many printed versions will be required. Naturally, the printed version is more expensive than the E-book version. Those wishing for a signed copy of the book simply need to indicate to me that they wish for this. This may incur a few extra days delay in receiving the volume, but those wishing for the signed copy, notify me accordingly.

The date of release is 09 May. Those ordering the E-book version will be sent this on that precise date.

The links that you require to pre-order this book are given below.

Paperback edition:
https://steelcitypress.co.uk/product/blind-faith/

E-book edition:
https://steelcitypress.co.uk/product/blind-faith-ebook/