Agenda, 122nd AGM of the Cumbria Chess Association.

To be held at 2pm on Saturday 15th June 2013 at the British Legion Club, Holker St, Barrow.

1. Apologies
2. Presidents Address
3. Minutes of the 2012 AGM (Number 121) and of the EGM held on 13/1/2013
4. Correspondence
5. Secretaries Report
6. Treasurers Report
7. Membership Secretaries Report
8. League Controllers Report
9. Grading Officers Report
10. Junior Organisers Report
11. Match Captain’s Report
12. Correspondence Captains Report
13. ECF Delegates Report
14. NCCU Delegates Report
15. Website Organisers Report
16. Matters Arising;-

            Points for discussion;-

      Whether or not to continue entering a county team in the National Championships.

Confirm voting arrangements at AGMs (as discussed in this year’s EGM).  At present all current year Cumbria Chess members may vote at the AGM.  Issues were raised about possible proxy voting and postal or e.mail voting.

Follow up on the debate regarding ECF membership.

Do Cockermouth club wish to be re-admitted to the league for the 2013/2014 season?

Proposals:-

(1)     From Bill Hardwick (Carlisle) – that the ringing of a mobile telephone should not incur an automatic disqualification.  

17. Prize Giving
18. Election of Officers and Committee: President, Secretary, Treasurer, League Controller, Membership Secretary, Grading Officer, Junior Organiser, Assistant Junior Organisers (2), Match Captain, Assistant Match Captain, Correspondence Captain, Auditor, Press Officer, NCCU Delegates (2), ECF Delegate, Website Organiser.
19. CountyChampionships – Date and Venue
20. Next AGM – Date and Venue
21. Any other business: 

Sunday 19 May 2013

10.45 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Trinity School Strand Road, Carlisle, CA1 1JB

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Chess – Junior championship – 2013 flyer v4

The 2013 Individual Championships were contested this weekend in Penrith.

I would like to post a few Thank You’s; firstly to Anna and Mike to provide the Crown Hotel in Eamont Bridge as a very fitting venue, to Dan and Kevin for their invaluable help and support on the weekend with pairings an general keeping of order. Also to a number of players for additional donations to the event (either deliberately or unwittingly because I didn’t have the correct change on the day) and lastly to all the players for their patience with the organisers and for making the Event what it is. I was particularly pleased to see a good number of players from the south of the County making the long trip.

Overall I personally feel it again was a great success. 

Congratulations go to our winners; it was a hard fought battle at the top of the open with the final result eventually  having to be decided by a tie break as David and Robert were tied on points and drew each other directly. This meant we had to wait literally for the last results to come in before having a confirmed Result.

David Phillips, being our new Cumbria Champion 

David McMath, outright winner of the Major Section 

and particularly Holden Davis Cumbrian winner of Greenhalgh Trophy

We believe Holden to be our youngest winner of this section yet, but we have hordes of Chess Historians scouring through the archives to confirm this and other noteworthy facts about this year’s results. Watch this space for further details. But either way it’s always good to see keen young talent coming through the ranks and being rewarded for their efforts.

The results are posted on the Tournaments page and you’ll also find a downloadable version posted there. 

I hope I haven’t introduced too many errors transcribing the results from paper into excel.

My Thanks go to all involved

Eggert