The sun keeps shining (metaphorically speaking) as the Club continues to grow. September has been an incredible month with attendances averaging 57 members per week, plus visiting teams ensuring the Caritas Centre has been packed out throughout the month.
Tuesday night (30th Sept) was another superb night as the Internal Summer competitions all reached their conclusion. Firstly looking at the Open Knockout final Richard Lee played Carmel Barwick and came through victorious, although reports from the analysis room afterwards told how Carmel could easily have won. The Major knockout final had already been played the previous week as 13 year old underdog Tommy Cooke defeated George Bulbeck. The Intermediate final saw Dave Roberts playing a recent arrival Simon Humphries, with Dave emerging as the winner.
It was also the final night of the Grand Prix Rapidplay which started in early July for members rated under 1300. The tournament has been a roaring success with 22 players taking part and 131 games played in total. The competition winner is the player with the highest percentage score, subject to playing a minimum of 10 games. 17 of the 22 met this requirement, with Jack Patullo achieving the highest score of 84.4% ahead of Lee Bebbington on 77.3%.
Congratulations to all the Summer Tournament winners – Richard, Tommy, Dave Roberts and Jack who will receive their trophies at next year’s AGM. All names have been added to the “Honours List” shown on the website under Members Page, which dates back to our first tournament held in May 2015 when Greg Willet won the inaugural Time and Point handicap.
Details of all the Summer Club tournaments have now been archived and can be seen in the “past seasons” tab on the Crewe Chess Club’s LMS pages.