
2018 Club Champion Kevin Buttler

Runners up

Section Winners

Section Winner

Founded 1954
Well done to Kevin for winning the summer club blitz, closely followed by Valentin and Oisin.
Well done to Brendan Clare and Mick Germaine for organising it.
Annual General Meeting 2018
The Club Annual General Meeting takes place next Monday, September 3rd, all members are invited to attend. Prizes from the Club Competitions will be presented on the night.
The Summer Blitz takes place next monday 27th of August. All members are welcome, a good chance to refresh your skills for the new season. Contact Mick if interested so as that you can beed added to swiss perfect for the draw before monday.
Bray Chess Open, STARTS @ 7.00 PM in “The Esplanade Ballroom” on WEDNESDAY 22.8.2018
You can enter Online at www.icu.ie/events/1119 .
Please see the link below, for full details;
Looking forward to seeing you all, again?
Yours sincerely,
Mervyn Honner
President of Bray CC
The Chess Club will NOT be open on Monday 6th of August due to the bank holiday but will instead be open on Thursday the 9th.
As I’m sure you know, the Irish Championships get started in a couple of weeks and I wanted to let you know the full list of events in case any of your members were interested in playing:
The Irish Championship 2018 will run from August 3-12. Full list of events below:
The Irish Championships 2018: First Weekend
The Irish Championship 2018: First Sunday Blitz
The Irish Weekday Open Championship 2018
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the sudden death of Bob Leggett’s son, Derek. Derek also played for the club over a number of years.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Bob and family at this sad time.
Rest in Peace.
Draw for Monday 21st May 2018
1 Butler, Kevin [3] : Duffy, Anthony [3]
2 Fitzpatrick, Tom [2.5] : Duffy, Noel [2.5]
3 Alexandru, Valentin [2.5] : Delaney, Michael [2]
4 Jackson, Peter C. [2] : Dunne, Brian N. [2]
5 Robinson, Brendan [1.5] : Sweeney, Jim [1.5]
6 Byrne, Brendan [1.5] : Deehy, Yen Cheng [1.5]
7 Hegarty, Bernard [1] : Glennon, Francis [1.5]
8 Gilvary, Connor [1] : Germaine, Michael [1]
9 Clare, Brendan [1] : Dyer, Michael [1]
10 Murphy, Neill [.5] : Kiernan, Terry [.5]
11 Leggett, Robert [0] 1:0 BYE
Please note draw for Thursday 10th May
1 Butler, Kevin [1] : Germaine, Michael [1]
2 Alexandru, Valentin [1] : Jackson, Peter C. [1]
3 Byrne, Brendan [1] : Delaney, Michael [1]
4 Duffy, Anthony [1] : Dunne, Brian N. [1]
5 Hegarty, Bernard [1] : Duffy, Noel [1]
6 Fitzpatrick, Tom [.5] : Dyer, Michael [0]
7 Leggett, Robert [0] : Sweeney, Jim [.5]
8 Kiernan, Terry [0] : Robinson, Brendan [0]
9 Gilvary, Connor [0] : Glennon, Francis [0]
10 Murphy, Neill [0] : Deehy, Yen Cheng [0]
11 Clare, Brendan [0] 1:0 BYE
The last rounds took place in ALSAA again this year, with both of our sides having last round victories
Heidenfeld Trophy side won 5.5-1.5 in the final round, wins for Michael, John, Dario, draws for Kevin and Valentin, and a Draw for Peter who substituted for the side at late notice. After a poor 1st half of the season the team rallied and finished 5th in the league.
Our Ennis Shield side cemented their place in the division, with a 5 – 1 win, with wins for Fergal, Tony, Tom and Mick, and draws for Noel and John.