by Andy | Jul 28, 2024 | Results
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,...
by Andy | Jul 7, 2024 | Results
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...
by Andy | Jun 2, 2024 | Results
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...
by Andy | May 12, 2024 | Results
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...
by Andy | May 6, 2024 | Results
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,...
by Andy | Apr 28, 2024 | Results
Penrith I met with Barrow at our new half way venue, Burneside Cricket Club, for the Whitaker Trophy Final. The match got under way just after 2 pm with 90 minutes on the clock plus a 30 second per move increment. After all the calculations were made, Penrith I had a...
