Welcome to the North Staffs and District Chess Association Website

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 Website Updates

Latest News Headlines 3/5/2009 - IMPORTANT: Rapidplay Fixture Changes 3/5/2009 - David Ross - Alsager Chess Club. 16/4/2009 - Rapidplay Provisional Entries 2/4/2009 - Division 5 title race 2/4/2009 - Overgraded Bulldogs player causes demotion for Staffs Terriers 29/3/2009 - Three teams represent Staffordshire nationally 29/3/2009 - County Cup finalists revealed 28/3/2009 - The first three teams complete their season 28/3/2009 - Division 2 title race 28/3/2009 - Division 4 Title Race latest View All Latest Stories >>

Latest Fixture Updates 17/5/2009 - Division 1: Cheddleton A vs Newcastle A rearranged with new venue 17/5/2009 - Division 3: Division 3 season ends with Cheddleton E and Newcastle C drawing 17/5/2009 - Rapid U130: Fenton SP vs Cheddleton switched date and venue 17/5/2009 - Rapid U130: Cheddleton vs Fenton SP switched date and venue 12/5/2009 - Rapid U130: Macclesfield draw first blood with home win 12/5/2009 - Rapid U130: Macclesfield make it a double beating Fenton in their "away" match 12/5/2009 - MACCLESFIELD WIN THE DIVISION 2 TITLE 9/5/2009 - CHEDDLETON F CROWNED DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONS 9/5/2009 - Division 2: Advantage Macclesfield as Cheddleton C and Meir A draw 8/5/2009 - Division 4: Kidsgrove A finished the season with a win over Cheddleton G 8/5/2009 - Division 1: Alsager vs Holmes Chapel Kings rearranged 8/5/2009 - Division 5: Scorecard now available for Hassell's win over Cheddleton J

League Events, Fixtures and Results
Forthcoming Matches and Events	Previous Matches and Events 2/7/2009 - Newcastle tbc Stafford (NSDCA - Rapid U130) 2/7/2009 - Stafford tbc Newcastle (NSDCA - Rapid U130) 1/7/2009 - Cheddleton tbc H Chapel (NSDCA - Rapid U130) 1/7/2009 - H Chapel tbc Cheddleton (NSDCA - Rapid U130) 26/6/2009 - Cheddleton tbc Stafford (NSDCA - Rapid U130)

NSDCA Website Latest Downloads

12/5/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 11th May 2009 8/5/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton-Pointon Newsletter for Monday 11th May 2009 4/5/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 4th May 2009 3/5/2009 - 2008-2009 NSDCA Fixture Download - Rapidplay   2008-2009 NSDCA Fixture Download for Rapidplay Leagues created by Martyn Harris - doc format 2/5/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 27th April 2009 22/4/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 20th April 2009 16/4/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 13th April 2009 16/4/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 6th April 2009 2/4/2009 - New Cheddleton-Pointon Newsletter   New Cheddleton-Pointon Newsletter for Monday 23rd March 2009 29/3/2009 - New Cheddleton Newsletter   New Cheddleton Newsletter for Monday 30th March 2009

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