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Archive 2005-6
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31 Aug 2006	Open Forum. Colin Walker on mobile phones
30 Aug 2006	Keep an eye on the County Match Fixtures. They can change, and one has already. ECF Grading: an update
28 Aug 2006	SCCU Champion 2006-7 is Simon K Williams who came first in the Surrey Congress with 5½/6. Other games were still in progress when we heard, and we hope to publish the full results shortly. SCCU County Match Captains 2006-7 are now on the site SCCU U14/90 2006-7. Neill Cooper gives some details of the new season.
25 Aug 2006	We're still here. David Smith, SCCU County Match Controller, presents the 2006-7 Fixture list. 37th Thanet Congress 18-20.8.06
28 Jul 2006	ECF grading: some statistics
25 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Gary Cook, Kevin Thurlow, Mike Adams, Nick Butland and Jeff Goldberg contribute, on an existing theme and a newish one
24 Jul 2006	The ECF Grading List 2006 went on line yesterday morning, and we are sorry not to have alerted you before. Go to the ECF site (Grading page).
22 Jul 2006	Open Forum. John Philpott changes the subject ECF Schools Championship 2006-7: Entry Form
21 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Ken Norman sums up on mobile phones
20 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Ken Norman and Gavin Strachan contribute
19 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Richard Almond on mobile phones. Martin Regan writes about something that transcends Open Forum, and we make further remarks in the Comment page.
18 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Jonathan Melsom and Scott Freeman contribute on Mobile Phones, and Paul Buswell adds a note to Roger de Coverly's letter. Joffrey Lebon writes on a different matter entirely. National Club 2006-7. An important announcement from the ECF Home Director
17 Jul 2006	Open Forum won't lie down. Well, why should it? Neil Graham, Neill Cooper, David Sedgwick, Phil Makepeace and Roger de Coverly write on recent topics. Mostly it's responses, and counter-responses, on Ken Norman's revived Mobile Phone theme.
16 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Stephen Hart, Kevin Thurlow, Sean Hewitt and Mike Adams on two recent topics. Ken Norman returns to an old one.
13 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Chris Majer and Sean Hewitt on Membership schemes and central venues
11 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Gavin Strachan on Membership schemes
10 Jul 2006	National Club Finals 9.7.06. All the results. Limited SCCU success. Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow on Membership schemes
08 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Peter Farr answers Sean Hewitt on central venues. Sean writes again, about some aspects of the ECF Extraordinary meeting, and Gary Cook writes about another.
07 Jul 2006	ECF Schools Finals 6-7 July 2006 at Uppingham School. Nottingham HS retain their title, and Monmouth School take the Plate. See also the detailed match results
05 Jul 2006	Open Forum. Jonathan Melsom has things to say about the recent ECF Extraordinary Council Meeting
03 Jul 2006	Minor Counties Final 1.7.06 Norfolk 9 7 Surrey U100 Final 1.7.06 Kent 6½ 5½ Norfolk
02 Jul 2006	Open Final 1.7.06 Essex 8½ 7½ Kent U175 Final 1.7.06 Sussex 12½ 3½ Devon Open Forum. Chris Majer answers Chris Torrero, and Sean Hewitt takes up a point about grading.
01 Jul 2006	ECF-Stage Finals 1.7.06. Rather upstaging the bottom entry in today's list, we have the bare match scores of all the Finals. BCF & ECF Extraordinary General meetings 24.6.06. A report. Open Forum. Chris Torrero writes again, briefly, in response to an Editorial footnote. With the County Finals imminent we have at last got up to date with the Semi-finals. See ECF-Stage page.
26 Jun 2006	Open Forum . Chris Torrero writes again, on what has becone a rather amorphous topic Kent Schools League 2005-6 update BCF & ECF Extraordinary General Meetings 24.6.06. We were there, and wonder if we are equal to reporting the ECF one. Watch this space.
23 Jun 2006	SCCU AGM 17.6.06: a report Open Forum. Gavin Strachan and Jonathan Rogers add to the familiar topic, in one case with significant digressions. Your Webmaster apologises for being a day or three out of date. He's caught up now. He has been on a Grading trip.
19 Jun 2006	U125 17.6.06 Middx 2½ 9½ Beds
18 Jun 2006	U175 17.6.06 Sussex* 8 8 Essex Open Forum. Chris Torrero joins in on the familiar topic SCCU AGM (and Executive meetings) 17.6.06. We hope to publish an account later today. In the meantime we have revised Who's Who to reflect changes in officers.
16 Jun 2006	Open Forum. Peter Farr and Jeff Goldberg write on a familiar and seasonal topic, but in different vein.
14 Jun 2006	Minor Counties SF 11.6.06 Leics 5½ 10½ Surrey
13 Jun 2006	U100 SF 11.6.06 Cheshire & N Wales 4½ 7½ Kent Ilford Congress 27-29.5.06
12 Jun 2006	Open SF 11.6.06 Essex 9½ 6½ Sussex; Kent 9 7 Yorks U100 SF 11.6.06 (bare match score) Cheshire & N Wales 4½ 7½ Kent Plus other, non-SCCU, results. We notice Devon U175 have, for the second year running, reached the Final without playing a match all season. It's not their fault no one else enters in the WECU, or that they keep getting byes in the quarter-final then winning the semi-final by default. National Club. The last of the Major semi-finals. With SCCU involvement again.
11 Jun 2006	Open SF 11.6.06 (bare match score) Essex 9½ 6½ Sussex Minor Counties SF (bare match score) Leics 5½ 10½ Surrey. Plus the other (non-SCCU) Minor result, and non-SCCU results in the U150 and U100. See the ECF-Stage page. National Club Minor & Minor Plate. Two semi-finals, both with SCCU involvement
05 Jun 2006	SCCU U14/90 Jamboree 3.6.06 National Club Major Plate: the two semi-final results
03 Jun 2006	SCCU U14/90 Jamboree at Amherst CP School, Sevenoaks 3.6.06. 1 Surrey West 19/24; 2-3 Kent, Sussex 14½... Nine teams competed. We hope to publish detailed results tomorrow.
02 Jun 2006	ECF & BCF Extraordinary Council meetings 24.6.07. Papers arrived yesterday morning.

31 May 2006	SCCU Open fixtures 2006-7. David Smith, SCCU County Match Controller, publishes his provisional list. It is amendable by agreement between any pair of Counties, provided the amendments are notified to David in advance. (And to the Website as well, if you want to make things easy for us.) ECF-Stage QF County results. Got them! The outstanding results, from the non-SCCU Counties, have all been secured by means fair or foul and we think we're up to date.
23 May 2006	U175 QF 20.5.06 Lancs 9½ 6½ Middx This seems to complete our detailed SCCU coverage. Bare scores elsewhere are still trickling in. Open Forum. To round off the weekend's matches, John Cannon sends a rueful comment from a Sussex viewpoint.
22 May 2006	U175 QF 21.5.06 Essex 10½ 5½ Beds U150 QF 20.5.06 Essex 7½ 8½ Warwicks U125 QF 20.5.06 Middx 10½ 5½ Staffs U100 QF 20.5.06 Essex 6 6 *Notts We think we have now published detailed results of all but one of the QFs involving SCCU teams. We don't even know who won that one. Bare match scores elsewhere are patchy. ECF U18 Counties Teams Championship 20.5.06
21 May 2006	Open QF 20.5.06 Warwicks 6 10 Sussex; Salop 6 10 Essex Minor QF 20.5.06 Surrey w/o scr Staffs U175 21.5.06 (bare match score) Essex 10½ 5½ Beds U150 QF 20.5.06 Notts* 8 8 Sussex; also (bare match score) Essex 7½ 8½ Warwicks U125 QF 20.5.06 (bare match score) Middx 10½ 5½ Staffs U100 QF 13.5.06 Salop 4 8 Kent; also (bare match score 20.5.06) Essex 6 6 *Notts Plus other, non-SCCU, results Kent Finals day 21.5.06
20 May 2006	Counties Open QF 20.5.06 (bare match score) Salop 6 10 Essex ECF Directors. Cyril Johnson is acting CEO while Roy Heppinstall is indisposed. Robert Richmond has resigned as Finance Director. The ECF website has quietly substituted "vacant" for Robert's name in the list of Directors, and has otherwise said nothing. You should not be hearing this from us.
18 May 2006	National Club Minor Plate. The semi-final which had to be won by an SCCU team has been, and we can only wait to see whether the other one will be.
16 May 2006	U175 QF. Only a non-result, but we now have one SCCU team in the semi-finals. Open Forum. Sean wanted to come back and we said Moratorium, but then Kevin Thurlow joined in so we relented.
15 May 2006	National Club Major. SCCU team reaches Final. Open Forum. Jeff replies to Sean replying to Jeff replying to Sean, and we declare a moratorium on this topic until someone else joins in. Don't think your Webmaster wasn't tempted.
11 May 2006	ECF Game Fee 2006-7. We add an important note to the Game Fee decision that Council made last month.
08 May 2006	Open Forum. And Sean Hewitt replies to Jeff Goldberg.

07 May 2006	Open Forum. Jeff Goldberg replies to Sean Hewitt's letter of four days ago.
05 May 2006	The long-awaited QPF ruling is in, giving U100 25.2.06 Surrey 5½ 6½ Essex. The League tables are final. SCCU President. Readers should be made aware, if they were not, that SCCU President Roy Heppinstall has been unwell for some time and may be outside the chess loop for a while yet. We wish him a speedy return to full activity.
03 May 2006	Open Forum. Sean Hewitt raises a question about junior Game Fee. The ECF Schools Championship is down to the semi-finals. Only three of the eight survivors are from the SCCU!
02 May 2006	National Club Handicap Rapidplay 23.4.06
30 Apr 2006	Tunbridge Wells (Kent) Junior 30.4.06 ECF U125 Prelim 29.4.06 Notts* 8 8 Sussex. Our first ECF-Stage match of the season. Thank you Sussex, and will SCCU captains please go on sending their ECF-Stage matches.
28 Apr 2006	Brighton Rapidplay 22.4.06 SCCU U14/90 (no, 3rd June, it hasn't happened yet) has grown. We give a revised list of entries.
24 Apr 2006	National Club Major. Last of the quarter-final results, plus semi-final draw ECF Finance Council meeting 22.4.06: a report
17 Apr 2006	SCCU U14/90 2005-6 will be a two-round jamboree on Saturday 3rd June. Nine teams have entered. National Club Minor. Quarter-final results are complete; plus Semi-final draw
14 Apr 2006	Kent Megafinal Qualifier 8.4.06. Everyone qualified.
09 Apr 2006	National Club Minor Plate. One more SCCU result
07 Apr 2006	ECF-Stage nominees are now final. National Club Major Plate. An SCCU (non-)result
06 Apr 2006	National Club Major Semi-final draw (Championship only). Only 50% SCCU involvement!
05 Apr 2006	ECF Schools Championship has one more SCCU result. The Quarter-finals are nearly complete. It's come! Our ECF Yearbook 2006 arrived this morning. We have no information on the timing for future years.
04 Apr 2006	National Club Major progresses, but not to SCCU advantage.
01 Apr 2006	ECF Council meeting 22.4.06. An update to yesterday's report
31 Mar 2006	ECF Council meeting 22.4.06. The papers came yesterday. A brief rundown of what's on the Agenda.
30 Mar 2006	SCCU U180 & U135 Jamborees this Sunday 2nd April are cancelled for lack of support. Respectively, two entries and three. Kent Schools League 2005-6: some results
27 Mar 2006	National Club Major. Two more results, with some (unsuccessful) SCCU involvement
26 Mar 2006	U100 25.3.06 Middx 5½ 6½ Essex. The last match of the season, and Essex take the U100 title. The one loose end of the season is in the U100, as it happens. The QPF claim from a month back is still not resolved. It affects the match points, but not the positions. There are also one or two new National Club results.
22 Mar 2006	SCCU U14/90 2005-6: update. This competition will happen, if not on the intended scale. See the U14/90 page. National Club Major. Some more results Open Forum. Jonathan Rogers comments on the recent amendments to the Counties Championships draw
20 Mar 2006	National Club Open, Major, Minor. Some new results. Two foreigners bite dust.
19 Mar 2006	U150 18.3.06 Surrey 9½ 6½ Kent; Sussex 8 8 Essex U100 18.3.06 Kent 7½ 4½ Surrey The U150 is complete (see League tables page). The U100 nominations wait on next weekend's match and/or the result of a QPF claim from three weeks ago, but at least it's certain which two teams will get them.

16 Mar 2006	U175 11.3.06 Surrey 4 12 Middx ECF Schools Championship is now down to the quarter-finals
13 Mar 2006	U125 11.3.06 Surrey 10½ 5½ Essex. This concludes the U125. SCCU Executive Committee meeting 10.3.06: a report
12 Mar 2006	U175 11.3.06 Essex 10 6 Sussex. Also (bare match score) Surrey 4 12 Middx. U125 11.3.06 Kent 9 7 Herts; Sussex 8 8 Middx The U175 is complete, and the U125 Championship decided. If the U125 Championship had to go to board count, it has chosen the best of ways to do it. We hope we've done our sums right in the League tables page. ECF-Stage draw (Open only) has changed again. Once again there are implications for SCCU teams. Today's draw is final. SCCU U18 Jamboree 19th March 2006 is cancelled. There was only one entry.
11 Mar 2006	U175 11.3.06 (bare match score) Essex 10 6 Sussex. We believe this gives Essex the SCCU U175 title.
09 Mar 2006	Please note the SCCU Treasurer's new contact details (in Who's Who). He's moved to Dorset.
08 Mar 2006	SCCU U180 and U135 Jamborees 2nd April 2006. David Smith, Controller, writes that NO entries have been received to date (though one or two Counties have expressed an intention of entering). He urges everyone planning to enter to send their entry forms - and fees - quickly to avoid a last-minute panic. Details are in the Jamborees page.
07 Mar 2006	ECF Board meeting with Unions and leagues 4.3.06: an account
01 Mar 2006	U100 25.2.06 Kent 7½ 4½ Middx The ECF-Stage draw in the Counties Championships is today revised by the addition of two MCCU teams in the Open and Minor Counties. This has implications for SCCU teams.
27 Feb 2006	Open Forum. Mark Attree takes up the Grading theme raised by Sean Hewitt ten days ago Found Property! We are informed by Kent that a pair of spectacles was left behind after the U100 match Kent v Essex at Swanscombe 1st October 2005. Efforts to find the owner have not availed. If they were yours and you would like them back, contact Alan Evans 01634 220444
26 Feb 2006	Open 25.2.06 Kent 10 6 Surrey U150 25.2.06 Kent 7 9 Sussex U100 25.2.06 (bare match score) Kent 7½ 4½ Middx
25 Feb 2006	Open 25.2.06 Sussex 13 3 Herts with six Herts defaults. We think this settles the finishing order in the Open. U150 25.2.06 Herts 8 8 Surrey U100 25.2.06 Surrey 5½ 5½ Essex, with one Surrey draw claim
24 Feb 2006	SCCU Individual Championship 2006-7 and British Championship Qualifying Places 2007. The Union has places in its gift, open to all congresses in the SCCU area. Decisions will be made 10th March 2006. Congresses desiring places should apply to the Secretary Richard Haddrell rjh@sccu.ndo.co.uk not later than 2 pm on that date.
20 Feb 2006	SCCU U18 Jamboree 19th March 2006. Marc Shaw, SCCU Junior Organiser, announces details. National Club Minor: all the remaining eighth-final results, plus quarter-final draw
19 Feb 2006	National Club Major is down to the quarter-finals in the Championship proper. The result that occasioned this was not SCCU-friendly. We mentioned eight days ago, in the Comment page, that we had heard the ECF Board planned a meeting with the Unions. It was true. We didn't know the date, but we do now. The Unions have just received thirteen days notice of it, for Saturday 4th March in Birmingham.
17 Feb 2006	Open Forum. Sean Hewitt queries some aspects of the ECF grading system.
15 Feb 2006	Yesterday's ECF-stage draw is already updated with the names of some early MCCU qualifiers. We'll add other qualifiers as they emerge.
14 Feb 2006	The ECF-stage Counties Championships draw was announced yesterday. SCCU has three nominations in the Open and U175 (but thankfully only one in the Minor Counties, and we think we know who will get it).
12 Feb 2006	U150 11.2.06 Essex 8 8 Kent; Sussex 9½ 6½ Herts
11 Feb 2006	ECF Schools Championship has reached the National stage. We give all the Zonal winners and runners-up, and the first-round draw. From now on we shall publish results as they come in. [Note. This is an ECF service, not an SCCU one. The controller uses the SCCU site because he has quick access to it. Results appear on the ECF site as well, though not quite so promptly.] Our all-snail sister publication the SCCU Bulletin published an Editorial the other day which we rather agree with. All right, then, your Webmaster wrote it. We reproduce it in the Comment page.
05 Feb 2006	U175 4.2.06 Sussex 11 5 Surrey. By our reckoning this settles the U175 ECF-stage nominees (Essex and Sussex), but not their finishing order. (Forgot to say earlier, but we think the SCCU Open title was settled a week ago.)

04 Feb 2006	U175 4.2.06 Middx 5½ 10½ Essex
03 Feb 2006	Open 28.1.06 Herts v Surrey. One of the game results has been queried. Few details yet, but see the brief note under the match.
02 Feb 2006	SCCU U180 & U135 Jamborees will be Sunday 2nd April 2006 at the University of Westminster. We give brief details. Entry forms have gone to the Counties and Non-County Members.
01 Feb 2006	National Club Minor. Two more SCCU results
30 Jan 2006	Open 28.1.06 Herts 10½ 5½ Surrey
29 Jan 2006	Open 28.1.06 Kent 10½ 5½ Essex U100 28.1.06 Middx 4½ 7½ Surrey; Essex 7½ 4½ Kent National Club Major. The SCCU representation has gone down by one.
28 Jan 2006	U150 28.1.06 Surrey 9½ 6½ Sussex; Herts 13 3 Essex National Club Minor progresses, foreignly.
26 Jan 2006	National Club Major: the first Round-2 result (with SCCU interest. But aren't nearly all of them, in the Major?) ECF Schools Championship. The Zone winners have started to emerge. All should be in in the next week or two.
23 Jan 2006	U125 21.1.06 Middx 9 7 Kent
22 Jan 2006	U125 21.1.06 Essex 5 11 Sussex
21 Jan 2006	U175 21.1.06 Essex 9 7 Surrey; Sussex 12 4 Middx (9 Middx defaults) U125 21.1.06 Herts 9 7 Surrey; also (bare match score) Essex 5 11 Sussex
20 Jan 2006	Kent Junior: Beckenham 14.1.06
16 Jan 2006	SCCU U14/90. A report on the state of (non-)play. Team captains should look at this page. It is hoped the competition will be under way shortly.
15 Jan 2006	U150 14.1.06 Essex 9 7 Surrey
14 Jan 2006	U150 14.1.06 Kent 10½ 5½ Herts
10 Jan 2006	Golders Green Rapidplay 7.1.06
03 Jan 2006	SCCU Junior Champions 2005-6 (see also 27 Dec): Under 18 Philip Makepeace (Wycombe & Hazlemere); Under 18 Girls Jessica Thilaganathan (Richmond Juniors); Under 11 Saravanan Sathyanandha (Haberdashers); Under 11 Girls Kavitha Appulingam (Surrey). For more detail, see the LJCC site.
27 Dec 2005	SCCU Junior Champions 2005-6: Under 14 Jeffrey Levicki (Magdalen College School); Under 14 Girls Jessica Thilaganathan (Richmond Juniors); Under 9 Shyam Mohan (Sussex); Under 9 Girls Radha Jain (Pinner). Under 18 & Under 11 titles to be decided shortly. For more detail, see the LJCC site.
22 Dec 2005	National Club Major has caught up. Draw for the next two rounds, from the Controller
21 Dec 2005	National Club Minor has overtaken the Major. All the round-1 Minor results from a club contact, together with round-2 draw ECF Grand Prix. See notice in the ECF page.
20 Dec 2005	National Club Minor. An all-SCCU non-result. All our results in the Minor are from the clubs direct, and others have doubtless occurred. The deadline is past. Major is complete because the Controller and the clubs both talk to us in real time.
18 Dec 2005	Coulsdon Christmas Congress 17-18 Dec. Marcus Osborne takes SCCU Championship National Club Major. First-round results are now complete.
17 Dec 2005	National Club Major. One all-SCCU result

15 Dec 2005	Golders Green Rapidplay 10.12.05 National Club. Some new results. There are probably some more hiding in the woodwork, with the round-1 deadline only three days off. Results can take a while to filter through.
13 Dec 2005	Hitchin Congress 3-4.12.05 National Club Major & Minor. Some more results
12 Dec 2005	U175 10.12.05 Essex 8½ 7½ Middx; Surrey 9 7 Sussex U125 10.12.05 Middx 10 6 Essex; Surrey 10 6 Kent; Sussex 9 7 Herts Kent Junior: Broadstairs 4.12.05 National Club Minor. A surprise result. SCCU team loses to foreigner, but the surprise is something else.
10 Dec 2005	U175 10.12.05 (bare match score) Essex 8½ 7½ Middx National Club Minor 10.12.05: an all-SCCU result
09 Dec 2005	An update on NYCA results. It's not just SCCU, but SCCU teams have taken a couple of titles.
08 Dec 2005	The Website is seven. Thank you for your card, Michael.
04 Dec 2005	U150 3.12.05 Essex 10 6 Sussex National Club Major. One more (SCCU) result. Wanstead knock out Maidstone. Open Forum. Gavin Strachan on mobiles and "check!"
03 Dec 2005	U150 3.12.05 Kent 8 8 Surrey. Also (bare match score) Essex 10 6 Sussex Open Forum. Adrian Matthews, on a local issue and a grading one
28 Nov 2005	U100 26.11.05 Essex 10 2 Middx National Club Open. Maidstone go into the last four. Open Forum. Jonathan Melsom returns to the theme of players' manners.
27 Nov 2005	Open 26.11.05 Essex 9½ 6½ Herts; Surrey 5½ 10½ Sussex U125 26.11.05 Surrey 8 8 Middx U100 26.11.05 Surrey 8 4 Kent

26 Nov 2005	Open 26.11.05 (bare match score) Essex 9½ 6½ Herts U100 26.11.05 (bare match score) Essex 10 2 Middx Open Forum. Paul Buswell, while not disagreeing with Gary Kenworthy, adds a note of his own about players who behave badly. ECF Direct Members. The English Chess Federation invites nominations for Direct Members Representatives. Click here for the details on the ECF site.
24 Nov 2005	National Club Major. Three results from the Controller, two of them with SCCU involvement
22 Nov 2005	Kent Junior: Sidcup 12.11.05 RGS Guildford Tournament 19-20.11.05 Open Forum. Gary Kenworthy sounds a cautionary note.
20 Nov 2005	Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow agrees with Jonathan Melsom (see five days back).
19 Nov 2005	U150 19.11.05 Surrey 8 8 Herts; Sussex 6 10 Kent
16 Nov 2005	Open Forum. Bernard Cafferty returns to the Clocks-and-Arbiters theme U125 12.11.05 (revised score) Herts 6½ 7½ Essex. Herts have been docked 2 points for ineligible players.
15 Nov 2005	Open Forum. Two items. Jeff Goldberg responds to recent correspondence about Clocks and Arbiters. Jonathan Melsom writes about players' behaviour. Do we have to put up with bad manners?
14 Nov 2005	U125 12.11.05 Herts 8½ 7½ Essex
13 Nov 2005	U175 12.11.05 Middx 11½ 4½ Surrey with 6 Surrey defaults U125 12.11.05 Kent 8 8 Sussex Paul Watson. Many will wish to attend his funeral. It is on Friday 18th November, and we have added full details of the arrangements to the appreciation we published four days ago.
12 Nov 2005	U175 12.11.05 Sussex 6½ 9½ Essex We have updated the SCCU Calendar. Please tell us of any errors or omissions.
09 Nov 2005	Paul Watson is dead. The Sussex Secretary collapsed yesterday in a shop in Brighton and died before reaching hospital. Our appreciation of his work appears in another page.
08 Nov 2005	National Club Open draw
07 Nov 2005	U150 5.11.05 Kent 6 10 Essex
06 Nov 2005	U150 5.11.05 Herts 6½ 9½ Sussex
05 Nov 2005	U150 5.11.05 (bare match score) Kent 6 10 Essex Open Forum. Mike Adams has a solution to the problem of inaccurate clocks
02 Nov 2005	Open Forum. Chris Rice takes up the theme opened by Bernard Cafferty a month ago and visited by others since. This one could run and run. (Please. It's important.)
31 Oct 2005	Open 29.10.05 Herts 4½ 11½ Kent U100 29.10.05 Middx 4 8 Kent
30 Oct 2005	Open 29.10.05 Sussex 11 5 Essex U100 29.10.05 Essex 8 4 Surrey Oh, and the SCCU League Tables were resurrected yesterday.
29 Oct 2005	U100 29.10.05 (bare match score) Essex 8 4 Surrey
25 Oct 2005	National Club Minor first-round draw, from a club informant
24 Oct 2005	National Club is off. At least we have first-round pairings in the Major, from Controller Mike McNaughton. BCF/ECF Annual General Meetings 22.10.05: an account
23 Oct 2005	U150 22.10.05 Essex 11 5 Herts; Sussex 10½ 5½ Surrey

18 Oct 2005	Golders Green Rapidplay 15th October 2005
17 Oct 2005	Bucks Junior Congress 16.10.05
16 Oct 2005	U175 15.10.05 Surrey 8½ 7½ Essex; Middx 3½ 12½ Sussex U125 15.10.05 Essex 9½ 6½ Kent; Middx 10 6 Herts Kent Junior: Lee Congress 2.10.05
15 Oct 2005	U175 15.10.05 (bare match score) Surrey 8½ 7½ Essex U125 15.10.05 Sussex 9½ 6½ Surrey
13 Oct 2005	Open Forum. Kevin Thurlow gives a Surrey answer to Geoff Marchant's questions, and asks some of his own.
12 Oct 2005	Open Forum. Geoff Marchant answers Bernard Cafferty (see 3rd October) and raises some questions about mobiles.
05 Oct 2005	BCF Management Board meeting 17.9.05. David Smith, SCCU rep, reports.
03 Oct 2005	U100 1.10.05 Kent 7 5 Essex Open Forum. Bernard Cafferty raises a legal question arising out of one of the weekend's matches.
02 Oct 2005	Open 1.10.05 Kent 10 6 Sussex U150 1.10.05 Herts 10½ 5½ Kent; Surrey 4½ 11½ Essex U100 1.10.05 Surrey 9½ 2½ Middx
01 Oct 2005	Open 1.10.05 Essex 8½ 7½ Surrey
25 Sep 2005	46th Capes Trophy 20.9.05 The SCCU's new Child Protection Policy is now on the site. You've seen something like it before. BCF-Stage County matches 2006: the dates are announced. See bottom of Fixtures page.
24 Sep 2005	SCCU Executive Committee meeting 23.9.05: a report
20 Sep 2005	Russell Trophy Jamboree at RGS Guildford 16.9.05 SCCU U18 Jamboree 2005-6. Marc Shaw, SCCU Junior Organiser, announces that this will be held on Sunday 19th March 2006. Anyone interested in hosting it is asked to contact him marc.shaw@ntlworld.com as soon as possible. Further events (Girls, or lower age limits) may well be considered if people express interest.
19 Sep 2005	SCCU U14/90 Final 2004-5 at Coulsdon 18.9.05. Kent take their first U14/90 title.
15 Sep 2005	61st Richmond Rapidplay 11.9.05
14 Sep 2005	Open Forum. David Pardoe makes a final contribution on the BCF's change of name.
11 Sep 2005	Golders Green Rapidplay 10.9.05
08 Sep 2005	BCF Schools Championship: entries are being taken now. Closing date 30th September. Click here to download an entry form.
04 Sep 2005	Oxon Schools League 2004-5
03 Sep 2005	Hendon "First Thursday" Blitz 1.9.05 Open Forum: BCF's change of name (again). Paul Buswell fills us in on a curiosity of a quarter-century ago and more. On the CCF site: Coulsdon International 29 Aug - 2 Sep
01 Sep 2005	Open Forum. Paul Buswell adds to the change-of-name correspondence. It's September again, and 2004-5 is consigned to the Archive. Much of it is also temporarily retained on the current site for ease of reference. Deactivated links on the front page will spring back to life when needed.