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Brandon King's Gambit Chess Club

Rightside: left to right: Dave Clark, The late Roy Adams (FounderBACL member 1973), Gordon Chapman.
Leftside: left to right: Bob Jones, Eddy Mallett, Robert Walker.
BACL Match 44 19th November 2002 at the Brandon Leisure Centre
committee room.
HOW TO CONTACT US-
CLUB HISTORY/NEWS/EVENTS/JUNIOR CHESS

Your contact for further information:

E-mail: bobrcj@aol.com

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CLUB HISTORY:-HOW IT STARTED:

The King’s Gambit chess club was inaugurated September 9th 1986 at the Brandon Remembrance Sports and Social club with an initial cash injection granted by the Brandon Festival committee of fifty pounds (£50) following the first Brandon Festival Chess tournament.

The founder members were:.................

Grace Arnold, Alan Boyd, David Boyd, Cyril Bradley, Bob Jones, Chester Jureko, and Owen Tudor.

Memorial: Grace Arnold, Cyril Bradley R.I.P.
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EAST ANGLIAN CHESS UNION
  
The EACU is a constituent part of the ECF & embraces: Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdon - Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk. Is a constituant part of the English Chess Federation


Useful link for contact details of other Clubs:


English Chess Federation Tournament Calendar:





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MORE CLUB INFORMATION

The chess club has moved its social & training night to Tuesday 7.pm start, at the Brandon Sports & Social Club (BRSSC) on the Brandon Remembrance Playing Field
  
(turn West into Church Road near the Brandon TESCO Stores - Petrol Station traffic lights, see the remembrance playing field entrance on right hand side by the Bowling green, well signed & excellent parking facilities with a children's play area - Mind the sleeping policemen!)

As from August 2005. BTFC management have agreed to lease
the old Sports & Social Clubroom and welcome back past activities:

Chess, Darts, Dominoes, Pool & card games.

American chess-players will find a welcome here too!

For other opening days/times clubroom phone:  01842 813177


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