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 - The New Penny Public House, Goldenhill Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 3DP 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

Estimated grade change for Ernest Wilkinson

Ernest Wilkinson has seen his estimated grade re-evaluated following an excellent start Saturday, November 21, 2009 Full Story >>

Mobile Phones at Chess matches

Following an incident last week at a match, here's a friendly reminder on the rules about mobile phones. Saturday, November 14, 2009 Full Story >>

Fenton Chess Club venue news

Fenton Chess Club experiencing venue problems for the next few weeks Friday, November 13, 2009 Full Story >>

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NSDCA - Latest Fixtures and Results
Forthcoming Matches and Events 23/11/2009 - Fenton C P - P Newcastle D (NSDCA - Div 4) 23/11/2009 - Meir A vs Macclesfield (NSDCA - Div 2) 25/11/2009 - H Chapel Knights vs Newcastle B (NSDCA - Div 2) 25/11/2009 - Kidsgrove B vs Meir B (NSDCA - Div 4) 25/11/2009 - Newcastle C vs Cheddleton B (NSDCA - Div 2) 26/11/2009 - Alsager B vs Kidsgrove A (NSDCA - Div 3) 27/11/2009 - Cheddleton G P - P Hassell (NSDCA - Div 5) 27/11/2009 - Cheddleton H vs Newcastle E (NSDCA - Div 5) 30/11/2009 - Fenton C vs Cheddleton E (NSDCA - Div 4) 30/11/2009 - Macclesfield vs Fenton A (NSDCA - Div 2)	Previous Matches and Events 20/11/2009 - Cheddleton E 1.5 - 2.5 Newcastle D (NSDCA - Div 4) 20/11/2009 - Cheddleton G 1 - 3 Fenton D (NSDCA - Div 5) 20/11/2009 - Hassell 2 - 2 Cheddleton F (NSDCA - Div 5) 19/11/2009 - Alsager B P - P Cheddleton C (NSDCA - Div 3) 18/11/2009 - H Chapel Rooks 2.5 - 2.5 H Chapel Knights (NSDCA - Div 2) 18/11/2009 - Kidsgrove A 2.5 - 1.5 Fenton B (NSDCA - Div 3) 18/11/2009 - Newcastle B 4 - 1 Stafford B (NSDCA - Div 2) 16/11/2009 - H Chapel Pawns 1 - 3 Cheddleton D (NSDCA - Div 3) 16/11/2009 - Meir A 2.5 - 2.5 Newcastle C (NSDCA - Div 2) 16/11/2009 - Meir C 2 - 2 Cheddleton F (NSDCA - Div 5)
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NSDCA: Top 10 Players for 2009 - 2010

Player Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points Performance Francis Westfield Newcastle-Under-Lyme 7 6 1 0 6.5 93% Stephen Cooper Newcastle-Under-Lyme 6 5 1 0 5.5 92% Ben Scattergood Holmes Chapel 6 5 0 1 5 83% Martyn Harris Newcastle-Under-Lyme 8 5 0 3 5 63% Alex Richardson Newcastle-Under-Lyme 8 3 4 1 5 63% Brian Birchall Alsager 5 4 1 0 4.5 90% Philip Birks Cheddleton and Leek 5 4 1 0 4.5 90% Paul Clapham Newcastle-Under-Lyme 7 3 3 1 4.5 64% David Fuller Meir 8 2 5 1 4.5 56% Peter Shaw Newcastle-Under-Lyme 9 4 1 4 4.5 50%

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