Congratulations to Raymond Burridge who secured the necessary 20 Candidate Master (CM) points by jointly winning his Postal Championship Candidates Section. Raymond obtained CM points in 9 separate events over the last three seasons to reach his target. Well played Raymond!

Congratulations to Leslie Eastoe who has won the 2013 Gold Medal webserver tournament in a very close fought affair with 3 players on 6.5 points and 3 wins at the end. Leslie won with an SB score of 29.25, against 28.75 for Neil Jefferson and 28.25 for David Coyne. See:- http://www.iccf.com/event?id=34120

In addition to the ‘Gold Medal’ Leslie is also awarded 10 BM Points bringing his total to over 20 and earning him the prestigious ‘BCCA Master Title.’ Well played Leslie!

BCCA has won this very tight match! With only 2 games left we lead 29.5 – 26.5 – well done to the team. See: http://www.iccf.com/event?id=39363
The Australians are after a rematch starting in one month (earlier than originally anticipated). If you would like to play (this is a webserver match) , and your ICCF rating is under 2000 (max. rating 1999) please let me know before the end of June. I can only accept players who have already renewed their BCCA membership for next season so, if you haven’t already done that, please do so as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes,
Neil Limbert
BCCA

The Tom Paterson Memorial & the Donald Rodford Memorial will start in December 2014. Entry is  restricted to renewing members only.

* Both tournaments are webserver only, and both are free to enter.

* The Tom Paterson Memorial will be for players under 2000 (maximum rating 1999).

* The Donald Rodford Memorial will be for players rated 2000 & over.

* Both tournaments will be arranged under the Italian pairing system – each player will play 8 games (4 white, 4 black) against 8 different opponents irrespective of the number of entries. This ensures the tournaments are over in one round & offers something different to standard BCCA events.

* Prize money for both events will be £80 for 1st, £60 for 2nd, £40 for 3rd, £20 for 4th & £10 for 5th.

* In addition, the winner of the Paterson Memorial will be awarded the Millard Silver King, suitably engraved, to keep forever. The winner of the Rodford Memorial will receive the Regency Chess Set kindly donated by the The Regency Chess Company

We hope that as many players as possible will enter these Memorial events in memory of Tom and Donald – both great servants of BCCA. The December start date is intended not to conflict with the BCCA Championship in September and the Medal Tournaments in March 2015.

Congratulations to David Cook who wins Class 2 Trio No.25 with a perfect score of 4/4 – very well played. David has already achieved the BCCA Candidate Master Title and has now been promoted to Class 3 where BCCA Master Points are available.

Leslie Eastoe is the winner of Class 3 Trio No.9 with a score of 2.5/4 beating John Etherington by ½ point – well played. Leslie has been awarded 3 BCCA Master Points towards the Master Title.

Congratulations to New Member Dennis Broadway on winning Class 1 Trio No.79 with a perfect score of 4/4 – very well played. Dennis has qualified for Class 2 and been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points.

World Championship Semi-Finals: BCCA members Tony Balshaw, Peter Catt & Alan Rawlings have all just began play in ICCF World Championship Semi-Finals. We wish them all good luck in very tough events.

There is a new British CC Championship in Chess 960 (or Fischer Random chess). It is been organised by Phill Beckett in co-operation with the Welsh CC Federation. It will be played on the ICCF webserver & the Entry Fee is £5.00 paid via the Welsh CCF. For full details see the following link. All British BCCA members are eligible to play. http://www.welshccf.org.uk/2014/05/first-british-chess960-correspondence.html

The quarterly BCCA magazine (CC190 Summer 2014) has started to be despatched today incorporating your annual Membership Renewal form. So the online Membership Renewal is now available with immediate effect and the Annual tournaments have been opened up for entry. It is recommended that members wait for the magazine to see the full list of tournaments on offer before renewing online, but options include free entry to the Rodford/Paterson Memorials (starting December 2014) & open to all members. Prizes increased for the BCCA Championship! We look forward to receiving your Membership Renewal in due course.

The BCCA will be entering an 8-player team in the inaugural Welsh CC Team tournament starting at the beginning of July. We already have 3 players from Wales so we need 5 more: do you want to play? Entry is free, and each player will have between 4 to 8 games each, depending on the number of teams. Time Control 10/50. Anyone wishing to play should e-mail Neil Limbert before June 1st. If more than 5 players apply, a selection process will be undertaken.

It is a been a busy month with 7 Trios being decided:-

Stephen Woodhouse has won his second Class 1 Trio with a score of 3/4 – well-played, Steven is already playing in Class 2 as a result of winning Class 1 Trio No.73, he is however awarded a further 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points.

Raymond Burridge is the winner of Class 1 Trio No.63 and is awarded another 2 BCM points – The title must be getting close now!

Phil Beckett and Ron Cooper share the honours and the BCM Points in Class 2 Trio No.26 – well-played gentlemen.

New member Richard Harris has won his first Class 1 Trio No.80 with a perfect score of 4/4 and has promoted to Class 2 and awarded 2 BCM Points.

Julian May and Raymond Burridge are joint winners of Class 2 Trio No.29 with scores of 3/4 and 2 wins apiece. They have been awarded 2 BCM Points each and will now play in Class 3 .

Congratulations to Dawn Williamson who has won Class 2 Trio No.23 with a perfect score of 4/4 – very well-played. Dawn is now eligible  to play in Class 3 and is awarded 4 BCM points.

New member Andreas Katris and Raymond Burridge are joint winners of Class 1 Trio No.81 with 3 points and 2 wins apiece sharing the 2 BCM Points – well-played.  Andreas is now eligible for a Class 2 Trio. Raymond has recently won a Class 2 and been promoted to Class 3.