Penrith beat Lancaster in 1st leg of friendly match

by | 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...

Penrith win the Eden Trophy

by | 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...

B end season with a win

by | 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...

C team win the Wooden Spoon

by | 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,...

Whitaker Champions !!

by | 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...

C team lose bottom of the table clash

by | Apr 21, 2024 | Results

Originally, this match was to be a 4 board match but Maryport announced, at short notice, that they had a player drop out and couldn’t get a replacement. Our team was to be Ciso, Yousef, Richard and Teo so, rather than someone not get a game, I asked Teo and...