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Important Information.

League Structure Review:The league is undergoing a review of the structure of the league and where it needs to be heading for next season. There are two viewpoints to this. Mine (Mark Whitby, League Publicity Officer) can be read here. Or, for an alternate view point, go to the Newcastle Chess Club website and read Martyn Harris's viewpoint on the ideas here. Feel free to provide feedback to both of us or your club's rep. Memo to all club captains: The committee would like to do away with postal communication of match results, just using email instead. However for this to work all teams/clubs would need to email results to both myself and Martyn Harris (Newcastle Chess Club), which is not happening at the moment. The idea of emailing two of us is that if one us has a computer/ISP on the blink hopefully the results will still get into the system via the other. Let's see whether we can prove the email approach viable in the remainder of this season so that we can vote postcards out at the AGM. Please note though that any scorecards should be emailed in text format and not as a scanned image which can slow those down on dial up. My address is markswhitby at btinternet dot come and Martyn's is nulchess at orpheusmail dot co dot uk. Please remember that " at " = @ and " dot " = . so edit the addresses before sending! Memo re Rapidplay: Matches in this years rapidplay should be taking place in June and July. Entries for the competition should be given to Martyn Harris (email is fine) ASAP so that he can generate fixtures. The only change in the rules from last year is that the individual grade limit has been raised to 130. I believe that all clubs that played last year have already payed for a rapidplay team, but Martyn still needs confirmation of entry. (text taken from Martyn's site) And finally: From the next committee meeting onwards, at least one representative from each club will be emailled any committee agendas and invited to the meeting in a non-voting capacity. Also, I have added details of the Newcastle and Stafford Congesses to the menu bar. Check out the details and dates there. Mark Whitby, NDSCA Publicity Officer.

About the Website.

This website is intended to provide information to anyone interested in playing chess in North Staffordshire and surrounding areas. It contains details of clubs, league officers, the associations constitution and rules, fixtures, league tables, scorecards and Junior Chess. There are other pages related to chess in the area, anyone interested in joining a club can find details on each club in the club directory. Catch up on the Latest news in our league and follow your clubs progress throughout the season.

The Constitution.

The constitution states “Any club whose home venue is within thirty kilometres of Hanley Bus Station shall be eligible for membership of the Association.“. The league currently has 10 Clubs playing in 4 divisions, 4 cups and the Rapidplay League. About the NSDCA >>

Latest News Headlines

Round up of all league and cup news

It's been a while since we had a news update, so we're going to look across all the leagues to see how things are panning out. Sunday, May 04, 2008 Full Story >>

Fenton win thrilling U110 Cup Final

Fenton won the U110 Cup for the first time in their history on Monday night when they beat Holmes Chapel in a tense and thrilling match at the New Penny. Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Full Story >>

Cheddleton B win Division 2, H win in 4 but D falter in 3.

Cheddleton B have won the title in Division 2 while Newcastle D keep alive their Division 3 title hopes and Cheddleton H move top in Division 4 as the title races heat up. Sunday, April 20, 2008 Full Story >>

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League Events, Fixtures and Results
Forthcoming Matches and Events 9/5/2008 - Cheddleton H vs Alsager C (NSDCA - Div 4) 12/5/2008 - Meir B vs Fenton A (NSDCA - Div 3) 12/5/2008 - Meir C vs Fenton C (NSDCA - Div 4) 14/5/2008 - Newcastle E vs Kidsgrove B (NSDCA - Div 4) 15/5/2008 - Alsager B vs Cheddleton F (NSDCA - Div 4)	Previous Matches and Events 7/5/2008 - Bushbury tbc Boldmere (Staffs - Withnall Trophy Final) 2/5/2008 - Cheddleton B  3 - 2 Newcastle C (NSDCA - Div 2) 2/5/2008 - Cheddleton F  3 - 1 Newcastle E (NSDCA - Div 4) 1/5/2008 - Alsager A  2.5 - 1.5 Stafford B (NSDCA - Div 3) 1/5/2008 - Alsager C tbc Kidsgrove B (NSDCA - Div 4)

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New Cheddleton Newsletter

New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday April 28th 2008 Monday, April 28, 2008 Download File

New Cheddleton Newsletter

New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday April 21st 2008 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Download File

New Cheddleton Newsletter

New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday April 14th 2008 Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Download File

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