Latest News . . .
The 2024/25 season has now started
Fixtures for classical league matches have now been published.
The A team has started well win two home wins. Luckily winning against Darwinian Knights 3-2 when Maddocks could have lost by the same score.
Then following it up with a win against a strong Shrewsbury A side. There were a few wild games. See game section.
The B team lost their first game v Newport Juniors but game back strongly v Telford A with a crushing 4.5 - 0.5 win. Munroe was disappointed not to win when he ended with his normal drawn result.
Juniors along with other new members are still being welcomed by Steve Tarr early in the evening
We will continue to meet on our club night - Thursday
Ratings are now published monthly
ECF Membership
Please make sure you have renewed your ECF membership, otherwise our club will get charged for game fees at the end of the season!
Oct
Jan
E v e n t s
These events are advised on the ECF calendar but beware to check with the organiser.
County Minor Individual entry date was 29 Sept
Birmingham Rapidplay
13 Oct Quinborne Community centre
Open, U2000, U1750, U1500
Scarborough Chess Congress @ The Ocean Room, Spa Complex South Bay Scarborough North Yorkshire YO11 2HD
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – Oct 27 @ 6:15 pm
Shropshire congress Fri 3 Jan25 to 5 Jan for further details see Shropshire website
World Top 10
Membership Fees - all below to be reviewed on reopening
You now have THREE different memberships which you need to pay some money for! Please make sure that all of them are fully paid and current.
1. Maddocks Chess Club
Just £12 per year for adults and £6 for juniors.
Essential for general expenses such as league fees, boards, sets, clocks, website fees, etc
Membership expires 28th August, 2024
(Our next AGM)
2. Maddocks Sports & Social Club
Club Members must also join the Social Club to make use of their facilities. There is a one-off 'new-member' fee of £5, +£16 per year for adults or £8 for seniors (over 60) and juniors (under 18). Membership is renewed each March.
Membership expires 31st March, 2025
3. ECF (English Chess Federation)
It is a requirement by Shropshire Chess that all players are members of the ECF so that all games can be graded without any additional fees being incurred by clubs.
Bronze £20 (£6 juniors)
Covers all league, county matches, etc
Silver discontinued
Gold £35 (£12.00 juniors)
Silver merged into Gold, but includes Fide congresses membership expires on 31st August, 2024 and should be renewed to August 2025.
Access to discounts available through ECF
Application forms for joining our chess club and the Maddocks Social Club are available to download from the 'Membership' page. Please complete these as soon as possible.
There is a link at the top right of this page to direct you to the ECF for membership renewals.