Shock defeat for Penrith A by Penrith B

by | Nov 26, 2023 | Results

Though they didn’t have far to go, our A team were away to Penrith B, yesterday.  As we had 10 players wanting to play, the match was played over 5 boards but despite our A team having the higher rating on all boards, this didn’t didn’t work out in...

Penrith II fall at the first in the Whitaker

by | Nov 23, 2023 | Results

Penrith II played host to Ulverston in the first round of the Whitaker Trophy on Wednesday evening. I spoke to their captain, Peter Hanks, earlier in the week and suggested we try using 60 minutes plus 30 seconds per move instead of the usual 90 minutes for all the...

A team extend league lead

by | Nov 13, 2023 | Results

Our A team were at home again this week, this time their opponents were, title rivals, Carlisle A.  The start was delayed by 15 minutes while Carlisle captain, Alan Hiatt, contacted their absent board 1, Roy Ellames. Roy was under the impression that the match was on...

Penrith lose Keswick Friendly

by | Nov 9, 2023 | Results

Around six and a half years ago, Penrith played host to Keswick in a friendly match at he Crown. At the time, Keswick hadn’t played a team match for about 10 years, so we thought this would be a great opportunity to get them back into the Cumbria league....

B win away to Maryport B

by | Nov 4, 2023 | Results

Only a week after narrowly losing at home to Carlisle B, our B team were off to Maryport to play their B team.  The match began at 1 pm and barely an hour had passed when Lewis sent me a message on Whatsapp…he’d won in 15 moves against Gary Sharkey’s...

Mixed fortunes for A & B

by | Oct 29, 2023 | Results

Barrow, who we usually play at The Oddfellows Arms, Kendal, travelled to our home venue 3 weeks later than we had originally arranged the match. Unfortunately, their train was cancelled at the last minute so, having no driver on the team, the match was postponed but...