- The Webmaster
- Jul 24, 2019
The Autumn 2019 grades have been published by the ECF. These are available to viw on this website
- Dave Risley
- Jun 5, 2019
The two 2018-2019 club tournaments played under standard time limits have now finished. The winner of the Club Championship is James Heppell; the winner of the Pomeroy Cup is Francis Moan. I understand from Francis that the two games in his final were closely fought. They finished Francis Moan 1½-½ Ant Brough. My standard time limit games against James were also close: finishing with two draws.
The title was decided by James winning both of the subsequent rapidplay games.
Six players took part in the Pomeroy Cup: John Astley, Ant Brough, Tony Lane, Francis Moan, Mick Renshaw, Tom Robson. Twelve players took part in the Club Championship: Phil Cattermole, Phil Colville, Patrick Curr, Colin Davison, Carl Gartside, James Heppell, Geoff Laurence, Denzil Lobo, Dave Risley, Tony Soames, John-Paul Taylor, Joachim Trier, Unfortunately, for health reasons, Patrick had to withdraw before completing all his games. I hope that his health will allow him to participate in club activities next season. Thank you to all the players who took part for their sportsmanship and making the job of the organiser an easy one.
I hope next season's competitions will be equally enjoyable for all players - whether they win or lose!
- The Webmaster
- May 14, 2019
The last Club night of the season on MON 20th MAY 2019 hosts the Spring Handicap rapid-play tournament. This is a fun event and a great way to finish off the season. It also a great chance for everybody to get together to reflect on the season.
STOCKPORT LEAGUE
Macclesfield A finished THIRD in Division 1 with 11 points
Macclesfield B finished FIFTH in Division 1 with 5 points but more importantly survived regelation again.
Macclesfield C finished SECOND in division 3 with 15 points but missed out on promotion
Macclesfield D (limit league) finished THIRD in the LIMIT LEAGUE with 13 points
STOKE LEAGUE
Macclesfield finished SECOND in division 2 with 14 points
This is open to all club members and prospective members. The Pollard Cup is awarded to the club member who achieves the best total from any two of these events.
There is a £2 entry fee for each event, all of which is returned to the participants in the form of three prizes.
Players have 15 minutes in which to make all their moves. For each ten grading points
difference (rounded up) two minutes are added to the weaker player's time and two minutes
removed from the stronger player. No player will have less than 3 minutes for all their
moves.
The arbiter will, when present, stop the game when one clock falls. Players are expected
to act in a sportsmanlike manner and resign when they see their clock has fallen.
Also players should "move a piece and press the clock" with the same hand which is an important rule at the death of a game.