2011 Annual Meeting

A successful year

The 176th annual meeting was held on 26 May. The major points from the annual meeting were success-over-the board, increasing membership, and greater chess activity. For the first time in 22 years, Worcester City are County League Champions. Three members are active in the county and nationally: Andrew Farthing is Chief Executive Officer of The English Chess Federation, Ray Collett has been appointed captain of the Worcestershire Open Team, and Jim Keene continues as captain of the Worcestershire Correspondence Chess Team. The club's finances have improved, but greater income is still required.

Team results

The Worcester City Team in Division 1 of the Worcestershire County League are Champions. Ray Collett was captain and Steve Mellor, Peter Kitson, Ed Osbourn, Jim Keene, and Andrew Farthing formed the backbone of the team supported by Phil Smith and Roger Yates. After a dip in performance in February and March, the team recovered to beat Kidderminster first team convincingly to catch Hagley on match points and overtake them on game points to secure the title. Full results are on the Worcester League Division One webpage.

Worcester Bishops played in Division 1 of the Worcester & District League and was captained by Andrew Farthing. The team finished fourth, just behind Redditch First team and St John's. Scores were slightly better than in 2009-10. Full results are on the Worcester & District Chess League Division One webpage.

Worcester Pawns played in Division 2 of the District League and was captained by Roger Yates. The team were placed second, runners-up to a rampant Headless Cross team and improve on the fourth place gained last year. Full results are on the Worcester & District Chess League Division Two webpage.