Month: March 2025
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Farewell to Richard Myers
The club are sorry to lose Richard Myers, who has moved back to his native north east. Richard has been a member of the club for over twenty years, and was part of the Newark team that won the National Club Intermediate Trophy in both 2003 and 2004. He was first team captain for several years and…
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Match Report – Third team away to Beeston 2
The third team took a step closer to securing one of the Division 5 promotion places with a 3-1 victory at Beeston 2 last Tuesday. Captain Ben Poulteney has set a fine example to the rest of the third team players by remaining undefeated in the ten games he has played for the team. The team…
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Match Report – First team away to Grantham 1
For the second time this season Newark first team lost to neighbours Grantham 3-2 in Division One of the Nottinghamshire Chess League. Considering that the Newark team were heavily out-rated on all five boards, this was a good performance despite the result. Ben Poulteney has played fourteen games for all three teams this season without…
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Newark Schools’ Chess Competition – Second Round
Over fifty local children took part in the second round of the Newark primary schools chess competition held at Donald Bailey academy. Seven schools entered thirteen teams into this round: Holy Trinity (three teams); Barnby Road, Donald Bailey, Highfields, and Sutton on Trent (two teams each); John Blow Collingham and Farndon (one team each). The…
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George Harper
We were sorry to learn that former club member, George Harper, has passed away peacefully at the age of 92. George regularly attending club nights until about three years ago. George was an important part of the club; he was treasurer for several years before becoming chairman for a while. He played many Nottinghamshire League…