by Andy | Dec 1, 2023 | Results
On Wednesday evening, Penrith C played host to Carlisle B. As a change, instead of the usual 90 minutes, all the moves, I suggested 60 minutes plus a 30 second increment from move 1. Unfortunately for me, it kind of backfired as my opponent, John Lydon, was down to 2...
by Andy | 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...
by Andy | 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...
by Andy | 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...
by Andy | 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....
by Andy | 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...
