North Staffordshire and District Chess League

About the League:

The NSDCA is the chess league covering North Staffordshire and South Cheshire, although the boundaries for the league do stretch into West Shropshire and East Derbyshire, covering Macclesfield, Market Drayton, Nantwich, Ashbourne and Stafford. It is not known exactly how long the league has been going on, although there is a record of League Champions going back to 1951, when a team called Victory used to dominate the league. This continued in the 50's and the 60's until Electra became the team to beat in the 70's, only missing out on the title in 74 until 1978. Then, Cheddleton came along and began to dominate proceedings and that trend has continued through to the present day, where Leek and Cheddleton Chess Club still stand proud. There are currently 10 teams that compete in the league across 4 divisions and 4 cup competitions, as well as a summer rapidplay tournament planned for 2008.

Other information:

The league has an official website which can be found here. The league is affiliated to the BCF.

League Location:

The league is open to all teams who are based within 30 kilometres of Hanley Bus Station.

NSDCA: Member Clubs for 2009 - 2010

Clubs:

Alsager - Radway Green Sports & Social Club, Longview Avenue, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST7 2EA Cheddleton and Leek - Norbury House, Strangman Street, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5EF Fenton - Fenton Sports & Social Club, Victoria Place, Fenton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2LX Hassell - Newcastle Bridge Club, 6 King St, Newcastle-Under-Lyme ST5 1EL Holmes Chapel - Victoria Sports & Social Club, Victoria Avenue, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 7BE Kidsgrove - Newchapel Working Men's Club, 4 Pennyfield Rd, Newchapel, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 4PN Macclesfield - Macclesfield Cricket Club Pavilion, Victoria Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 3JE Meir - The Royal British Legion, 195-197 Meir Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7JF Newcastle-Under-Lyme - Newcastle Bridge Club, 6 King St, Newcastle-Under-Lyme ST5 1EL Stafford - St Leonards Social Club, St Leonards Avenue, Stafford ST17 4LX

NSDCA: Competitions for 2009 - 2010

Divisions:

Division 1 - Open division available to all players with no restriction on team or player grades Division 2 - Teams made up of 5 players with a team grade no more than 725 in total Division 3 - Teams made up of 4 players with a team grade no more than 520 in total Division 4 - Teams made up of 4 players with a team grade no more than 460 in total Division 5 - Teams made up of 4 players with a team grade no more than 400 in total

Cups:

8 Board Cup - Open cup available to all players, made up of 8 boards Intermediate Cup - Cup available to all players graded 129 or under, teams made up of 5 players Major Cup - Cup available to all players graded 149 or under, teams made up of 5 players Minor Cup - Cup available to all players graded 109 or under, teams made up of 4 players

NSDCA: Committee for 2009 - 2010

Comnmittee Members:

This league has no committee members.

Vacant Positions:

This league has no vacancies.

NSDCA Latest News Headlines

John Donaldson

Sad news has reached us from Meir Chess Club with the passing away of John Donaldson Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Full Story >>

Newcastle Mini Congress Results

The Newcastle Mini-Congress took place for the 6th time last weekend and was a huge success. Thursday, April 01, 2010 Full Story >>

Fenton Changing Venue

As of Monday 12th April, Fenton Chess Club will be moving back to Fenton Thursday, April 01, 2010 Full Story >>

Cheddleton 4NCL Round 8 Report

Following a win in Round 7, Cheddleton qualified for the Championship Pool where they faced off against Kings Head on the Sunday Thursday, April 01, 2010 Full Story >>

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NSDCA - Latest Fixtures and Results
Forthcoming Matches and Events	Previous Matches and Events 27/5/2010 - Stafford B tbc Cheddleton B (NSDCA - Div 2) 26/5/2010 - Kidsgrove A tbc Cheddleton D (NSDCA - Div 3) 21/5/2010 - Cheddleton B 5 - d Alsager A (NSDCA - Div 2) 21/5/2010 - Cheddleton H 2 - 2 Fenton D (NSDCA - Div 5) 19/5/2010 - Newcastle B 3 - 2 H Chapel Rooks (NSDCA - Div 2) 17/5/2010 - Fenton C 1 - 3 Cheddleton E (NSDCA - Div 4) 14/5/2010 - Cheddleton E 4 - 0 Kidsgrove B (NSDCA - Div 4) 14/5/2010 - Cheddleton F 3 - 1 Newcastle E (NSDCA - Div 5) 12/5/2010 - Newcastle A 3 - 2 Cheddleton A (NSDCA - Div 1) 10/5/2010 - Fenton D 2.5 - 1.5 Cheddleton F (NSDCA - Div 5)
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NSDCA: Top 10 Players for 2009 - 2010

Player Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points Performance Peter Shaw Newcastle-Under-Lyme 35 20 5 10 22.5 64% Francis Westfield Newcastle-Under-Lyme 26 15 7 4 18.5 71% Paul Clapham Newcastle-Under-Lyme 31 12 13 6 18.5 60% Martyn Harris Newcastle-Under-Lyme 26 15 4 7 17 65% Brian Birchall Alsager 23 13 7 3 16.5 72% Philip Birks Cheddleton and Leek 25 11 10 4 16 64% Alex Richardson Newcastle-Under-Lyme 25 9 13 3 15.5 62% David Hallen Cheddleton and Leek 20 11 8 1 15 75% Stephen Emmerton Fenton 26 9 11 6 14.5 56% John Yee Cheddleton and Leek 21 11 6 4 14 67%

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NSDCA: 10 Most Improved Players for 2009 - 2010

Player Club Played Points Performance Perf Grade Perf Improvement Alex Cartlidge Cheddleton and Leek 17 13 76% 109 45 William Foster Cheddleton and Leek 11 7 64% 70 30 Vijay Kumar Macclesfield 12 10.5 88% 168 27 Ben Scattergood Holmes Chapel 21 13 62% 124 25 Patrick Bennett Holmes Chapel 9 7.5 83% 197 23 Michael Hancock Holmes Chapel 8 7.5 94% 193 23 Jarosław Gorski Fenton 7 5 71% 175 21 Roger Walker Cheddleton and Leek 7 6.5 93% 151 21 Marc Jouannet Macclesfield 9 7 78% 148 21 Stuart Green Meir 17 10 59% 86 21

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