Penrith lose heavily away to Lancaster

Two cars from Penrith made the trip, in the pouring rain, to Lancaster for the 2nd leg of our friendly match. When we arrived, the sun was shining and we managed to find somewhere to park for free, so things were going well but not for long… After about an hour,...

Penrith beat Lancaster in 1st leg of friendly match

Back in January, Richard Walsh, of Lancaster chess club, arranged for Cumbria to play Greater Manchester at their club. After the match, Steve and I met Richard in the pub up the road and during the our conversation, it was suggested that we should have a friendly...

Penrith win the Eden Trophy

Our annual Eden Trophy match against Carlisle was held yesterday at the Crown Hotel. This year we played over 13 boards and Penrith probably had the strongest team that we’ve ever had. Unfortunately for Carlisle, the score line reflected this but as the overall...

B end season with a win

A shortage of regular B team players meant that our B team had to be made up with a couple of our A team regulars. Jacob and Alice joined Michael and Steve against title contenders, Maryport A. The match started promptly at 1 pm and by 2 pm, our B team were a point...

C team win the Wooden Spoon

As Dave, Richard, Yousef and I set off to play Carlisle A, we were under no illusion that we would likely get hammered but we were in good spirits anyway. The match started promptly at 1 pm and it was some time before the first result. Richard, with black on board 2,...