Congratulations to Neil Jefferson who has won his Class 2 Trio (TR2) with a perfect score of 4/4 – very well played. Neil has been promoted to Class 3 and awarded 5 BCCA Candidate Master Points.
Class 1 Trio (TR25) has been won by John Brazier, one of our new members, with a score of 3.5/4. John has been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and is now playing in Class 2
Congratulations to Anthony Balshaw who has won the BCCA 2011/12 ‘William Mason’ Championship Final (Postal) with a score of 7/10. The match was hard fought and Anthony held on from Leslie Eastoe and J. Etherington to win by half a point for his first Championship Title. Anthony is also the first member to achieve the BCCA Master Title having amassed 20 points with his previously win in the 2011 BCCA Gold Medal Competition. It is hoped to present Anthony with his awards at the club AGM on Saturday 10th November 2012 in Birmingham. All members are most welcome and it is hoped as many as possible will attend this year.
Congratulations to John Dunn on winning BCCA/C1/TR20 with a score of 3/4, John has been promoted to Class 2 and is awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points. The full Crosstable is available here
Fred Clough has updated the cross tables for the current tournament – click this link for the latest position.
BCCA/C1/TR5 has been won by Iain Gould with a score of 3.5/4 – well played. Iain has been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points and promotion to Class 2. The crosstable is available here
David Cook is the winner of BCCA/C1/TR22 with a score of 3/4, this is David’s third Class 1 Win and he is now competing in Class 2 – Very Well-Played. David has been awarded another 2 BCCA Candidate Master Points. The full crosstable is available here
New member John Williams has won BCCA/C1/TR17 with a perfect score of 4/4 – Very well played. John has been awarded 2 BCCA Candidate Master points and is now playing in Class 2, the crosstable is available here
Barry Hampton (BCCA Match Captain) has prepared his latest report on the performance of our various teams – please see the Team Page for full details. Any member wanting to take part should indicate on his Membership Renewal Form or contact Barry directly.
Ron Cooper has recently started a new section in this popular tournament:-
Remember Email Tournaments are free to enter and part of the membership benefits package. A section winners tournament will be held periodically. See the Tournament Page for more details
The latest issue of the BCCA magazine “Correspondence Chess” is being posted out to members and subscribers over the next few days. The highlight of the issue is a superb article from Panu Laine on the CC World Champion, Lehikoinen from Finland. There are also articles from Richard Dixon, Stan Cranmer and Neil Limbert together with “Find the Continuation” by Ian Watson and “Endgames” from Hamilton McMillan.
BCCA Results & Match updates are also included. Additional issues are available for sale at £3.00 each (UK) or £4.00 overseas; contact the Editor Neil Limbert via this website.
From a BCCA members perspective, the most important aspect is the enclosed Membership Renewal Form. Please renew as soon as possible & return your forms to Membership Secretary Stan Grayland”
Best Wishes
Neil
From June 1st, members can begin to renew their membership for next season and start to book their tournaments.
Your membership renewal form will be sent out with the latest magazine in the next 2 or 3 weeks but, for the first time, members now have the option to renew online, select their tournaments for next season, and pay online.
Go to Membership Renewal and complete all required details on completion you will be taken to the payment page where you can add your tournament selections and complete your purchase – couldn’t be easier.
Some things to note for next season:-
* The BCCA Championship now entirely webserver! There was a large increase in entries last season because of this coming change so the tournament this season promises to be even better – don’t miss out!
* Some BCCA tournaments cannot be switched to webserver because of their unique nature – the Endgame Tournament and the Gambit & Counter-Gambit tournaments. However, for the first time, you can now enter these & select an E-mail only section! This is fantastic news for players giving you the opportunity to play in these special tournaments without having to play by expensive post. So, if you haven’t tried these before, give them a go!
* Do you realise you can play in the BCCA Handicap tournament & ask for E-mail only pairings? Yes, you can! You can wait for the Renewal form to specify or you can use the link to e-mail the Handicap Controller on the Payment Page.
* You can also order your BCCA Stationery online as a separate transaction unfortunately for technical reasons it cannot be combined with your renewal payment. BCCA Stationary Order .
* Would you like to play for BCCA in Team Matches? It’s free! And you can select E-mail or Webserver only options if you wish. All on the Membership Renewal page.
If you have any questions, use the “Contact Us” facility.