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EACU Patrick Ribbands Team Championship 2022

This season’s team championship, named in memory of its founder and organiser Patrick Ribbands, will be held on Sunday 13 November at the Moreton Hall Community Centre in Bury St Edmunds (IP32 7EE).  The format…


Notice of League AGM – Tuesday 02 August 2022

The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Linton venue on Tuesday 02 August, and will commence at 7:30pm. Agenda and Papers Agenda Minutes of Previous AGM Proposed Changes to Rule 8 (Rearranged Matches)…


EACU Patrick Ribbands Team Championship

This season’s team championship, renamed in memory of its founder and organiser Patrick Ribbands, will be held on Sunday 14 November at the Moreton Hall Community Centre in Bury St Edmunds.  The opportunity has been…


BACL Jamboree – 30 September 2021

In accordance with recent tradition, the BACL season will begin with our league Jamboree. This will again be held at the Bury St Edmunds venue, Moreton Hall Community Centre, on 30 September and start at…


Cambridgeshire Rapidplay – 25th Sept

The popular Cambridgeshire Rapidplay takes place again this Autumn. Saturday 25th September 2021 Venue: Whittlesford Memorial Hall This will be a five-round Swiss tournament, using a time-control of 25 minutes plus a 10 second increment…


Notice of Online AGM – Tuesday 20 July 2021

Following the long hiatus, the Bury Area Chess League plans to resume league competitions in the Autumn. As a prelude to that, clubs are invited to attend the online AGM on Tuesday 20 July 2021….


RIP Patrick Ribbands

Patrick Ribbands, who died suddenly at the end of January, was a stalwart of Cambridgeshire chess for as long as anyone can remember. He played and captained teams for Linton in the Bury League for…


A Plea from the English Chess Federation

Apologies to those of you who have already seen this, but I thought it was worth passing along. Towards the end of September, I received the message below from Mike Truran, Chief Executive of the…


Notice of Online AGM – Wednesday 26 August 2020

The AGM as described below having taken place, the minutes (provisional until the next AGM) are available here. Please find below the text of an email sent to Club Secretaries and League officers on Saturday…


BACL Competitions Suspended in Response to COVID-19

Hi Everyone The BACL Executive has been discussing various options following the fast recent increase of COVID-19 cases in the UK. We are mindful that our players include a cross-section of society including those either at…