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...

Double header at Maryport

by | Oct 15, 2023 | Results

Two Penrith teams travelled to Maryport yesterday and while one was expecting an easy victory, the other was expecting certain defeat. Penrith A were against Maryport C, a team of less experienced players than our A team but nevertheless, gave our players a hard time....

First League Match of the Season

by | Oct 2, 2023 | Results

Penrith C, on their league debut, had a taste of what’s likely to come in the league, at the hands of their club mates, Penrith B. Boards 3 and 4 didn’t last too long before Eggert beat Dave H on board 4 and Lewis beat his dad on board 3 (no respect these...

Penrith lose Eden Trophy on tie-break

by | May 21, 2023 | Results

 Penrith were beaten in the Eden Trophy by the narrowest of margins by Carlisle. The match was actually drawn at 4½ points each but after eliminating the 9th board result, Carlisle won. Penrith got off to a great start after 9 year old Teo, on board 9, checkmated his...