
Well done Amy, Nigel and Jan. who won the Burn Night pairs on Thursday afternoon.

Chess with steel balls in Greenhead Park
52 players and 26 teams played all Sunday in atrocious conditions but completed 5 rounds before sunset. Winners were Matt Blyton and Mukhtar Benarab who is currently the No. 1 ranked player in England. They won all their 5 games with a massive points difference of +48
16 players from HPC took part some for the first time and all of them won at least one game. Best HPC performance on the day was Mike Stedman with a fantastic 5 wins and +40 that would probably have won on any other weekend. Brendan and Nell won 4 games.


December 3rd started at 1130 with a members meeting where many club issues discussed. Notes of this meeting will be released soon. While some went home to keep out of the cold 12 players stayed on to play the final melee of the six month season and to find the overall winner. It was cold and yes it snowed.



The winner on the day was Jan with 3 wins out of 3 but Brendan won the overall title by a second place today and an impressive total of 37 points out of a maximum 39. Some 48 members took part at some stage between July and December. Next Melee season starts on January 7th 2024

The trophy was presented to Brendan (not for the first time) and you can see it alongside all the other trophies in the clubhouse.
