Last updated 17 June 2024. Click on the post code for approximate location of the club.

Redditch Chess Club

Venue

League season from September. Alvechurch and Hopwood Cricket Club, Rear of 6 Birmingham Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham, Worcestershire, B48 7TA. If the car park is full there is a free car park on Tanyard Lane behind the Red Lion. Please do not use the Red Lion car park. If you have reduced mobility, please contact the secretary before attending.

Directions by car: Follow A441, Redditch Rd/B4120 and Birmingham Rd and the turn off is on the left by the school signs before the mini roundabout next to the Red Lion Pub. If the car park is full there is a free car park on Tanyard Lane behind the Red Lion. Please do not use the Red Lion car park.

 

Summer League and Thursday social chess. Meadow Farm Public House, Dagnell End Lane, Beoley, B98 9BJ

Directions by car: From M42 Junction 2, travel south on the A441 until you reach a BP garage, and then turn left on to Dagnell End Road (B4101) at the traffic lights, and then take the first right for the pub turning, car park is on the left, meeting room is either first on the left coming from the hotel side before walking into the pub courtyard, or first from the right if you walk through the pub and courtyard.  Refreshments are available to purchase from the Bar.  There is Wheelchair access, but not necessarily in the room we get allocated. If that is the case on the night, we would move said game to another room.

 

Meeting day and time

7:30 pm on Wednesdays from September until the end of May excluding December 28 and Alvechurch Mop. Thursdays in the summer.

 

Website and Facebook

https://www.redditchchessclub.org/

Secretary

Dan Lambourne. Use club e-mail

 

Teams and Captains

Worcestershire Championship League: Redditch 1 team captain, Dan Lambourne (07985 473 174).

Worcestershire Challengers League: Redditch 2, contact Dan Lambourne (07985 473 174).

Worcestershire Rapidplay League: Captain David Smith

Birmingham & District League Division 2: Redditch team captain, Dan Lambourne (07985 473 174).
Birmingham & District League Division 4: Captain David Smith.

 

Further Information

Internal tournaments: Quickplay

New members of any standard are welcome. The session starts at 7.30pm and finishes at 10.00pm or later. Anyone interested in joining can just turn up on any Wednesday, for a free first night.