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SEASON HIGHLIGHTS- 2015/6

Macclesfield C won Division 3 and are Division 3 Champions.

Stockport League

Macclesfield A performed well this season and finished Third in Division 1

Macclesfield B performed well this season and finished Second in Division 2

Macclesfield C outperformed the rest this season and won Division 3

Macclesfield D performed well this season and finished Fifth in the Limit League.

Macclesfield reaches the Charnley cup Final, only to be beaten by a very strong Marple side

Macclesfield reached the Semi-final of the Presidents Cup, beaten by Wilmslow in a close match

Stoke League

Macclesfield performed reasonably this season and finished sixth in Division 2.

Macclesfield reached the Semi-final of the 8 man Cup, beaten by Holmes Chapel in a close match

Club Competitions winners

Club Championship –Tony Soames

Quickplay Championship- Colin Davison and Robert Shaw shared the honours

Pomeroy Cup- David Styles

REMAIN OR CHECKSIT ?

REMAIN OR CHECKSIT ?

It’s the last club night of the season and MWH feels a strange calling, an allurement too compelling to resist. I don’t have long to wait before Denzil is free and the former Club Rapidplay Champ (before the Buxton mob pitched up) makes light work of defeating me not once, not twice but three times before allowing me a consolation win. Welcome back Denzil! A draw against Club Champion Tony S gives something for MWH to take home to Mrs Hat. Elsewhere it looked like Richard was going to secure at least the half point required to lift the Pomeroy Cup but how wrong was I. The final with David S goes into Extra Time.

So another season passes, a remarkable performance by the `C` team (just thought I’d mention it again) and time to reflect on the should ofs, the could ofs, the what might have beens, the If onlys. Why did I do that? Why didn’t I spend longer on that move? (I had plenty of time)! Why did I spend 2 minutes staring at the board when I had only 1 legal move to make?

The Hat has, in recent seasons, pimped himself out to the Denton Club to play in the Manchester Summer League. This season, for personal reasons too long winded to explain here, I am going to Checksit from Summer Chess. MWH wishes the new Stockport Rapidplay Project every success though and the Hat hopes that the project attracts the volunteers to match the interest and as a wise man who recently sat behind me said `Anything that promotes Chess has to be a good thing`. I