READY STEADY.....WAIT FOR IT!

The new season is upon us, its dark at 8 so let the hibernating begin. Time to hunker down for the winter months with a mug of cocoa and some crumpled up scoresheets from previous seasons.

Stoke league fixtures have been posted, the Annual Fixtures Meeting of the Stockport league has been scheduled and consultation on the internal club championship seems to be meandering towards the successful conclusion few would have predicted at its outset. An outpouring of collective responsibility is all that is now required to deliver an outstanding club championship.

Man with Hat continues to captain the C team and steadfastly refuses to blame his alarming loss of form on any of the multitude of idiots (officialdom) that have plagued him over the last 12 months (a rolling of the eyes from Mrs Hat)!

A big welcome to Francis and Carl, two tough players both tempered in the furnace of tournament chess. Man with Hat has played alongside both when playing for Denton and Buxton respectively and both will prove to be enormous assets to the club. Carl scored 4/5 and a share of 2nd prize in the British Championships (U160) this year. An equally warm welcome to any other new members, I’m sure that Man with Hat will meet you soon enough.

Almost there, just waiting for the outcome of the Stockport Fixtures meeting (what could possibly go wrong)!

Let the good times roll!