Wishing All a Merry Christmas and Happy 2025 from Broadstairs Chess Club. The Chess Club meets on Mondays at 7.30pm, upstairs at the Bradstow Mill, High Street, Broadstairs. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Andrew Flood 07880 724893, email: andrewflood042@gmail.com
The Club’s Christmas Celebration (16/12/24) this year incorporated a new annual Blitz Tournament, The Reg Pidduck 50 Tournament, which celebrates Reg’s 50 years as a member of Broadstairs Chess Club.
It was both an individual and team competition with The Reggie’s taken on The Ronnie’s. As anticipated it was a highly successful night for the Reggie’s Team who proved too strong winning 15.5 v 9.5. Reg captained a formidable team with the best performances of the evening coming from Club Champion Samuel Marsden (5/5) and Paul Carfrae (4/5).
Bob Cronin put in the best performance of the evening in the “Now and when Reg joined Broadstairs Chess Club,” Quiz scoring 14 from 17.
When Reg joined the Club the world’s population at approximately 4 billion was half of its current size and you could pick up a house in London for £12,000, there were no mobile phones and Broadstairs Chess Club was only 88 years old (founded in 1887).
Broadstairs Chess Club finished the 2024 programme of league matches the following day (17/12/24) with a good 3 – 1 win by the Steele Cup team away to Sandwich.