CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Covers the season September 2021 to May 2022
Adult Membership £85
Junior Membership £60
Family Membership £100
All membership queries please email the
Club Secretary
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Back to Over The Board chess every Friday Evening from 10th September.
Crowborough Community Centre TN6 1FE downstairs meeting
rooms.
Parking is limited immediately outside the Community
Centre but plenty of very close free parking on the other side of Pine Grove
signposted to Waitrose.
Fridays
6:30pm Junior Club
starts with a short training session followed by the 10+5 Junior Blitz Club Championship
7:30pm Adult Club starts
with the 25+10 Rapid Club Championship
We have hired both
Meeting Rooms 2 & 3 so plenty of space for parents to sit either in
MR3 or the Café Area until 7:30pm
At 7:45pm we will close
the dividing screen so that Meeting Room 2 can be used for the Rapid Play
while Meeting Room 3 can be used for analysis and casual games.
The older juniors are
encouraged to join the adults and play in the Rapid play.
Club will close at
9:30pm.
COVID
As well as hand sanitiser, wipes and disposable gloves being
available we kindly request Club Members to follow the Community Centre
Guidelines
See https://www.crowboroughcentre.info/cv19-resource
Meetings arranged in well-ventilated areas where
possible with windows open.
Please continue to wear a face covering in the communal
areas of the Centre.
Wash your hands with soap and water or using hand
sanitiser regularly throughout the day.
Cover your nose and mouth when you cough and sneeze.
Stay at home if unwell to reduce the risk of passing on
other illnesses onto friends, family, colleagues, and others in your
community.
Consider any individual risks, such as clinical
vulnerabilities and vaccination status.
Membership
We will ask each member
to complete a membership form
For new parents please
note that we are not acting in Loco Parentis and it is a condition of
membership that you or a nominated adult supervises your child throughout
a session.
If you are not remaining
within the Community Centre please inform us at the beginning of the
session who your child’s nominated supervisor is.
Membership Fees for the season September to May are £85 for adults and £60 for juniors with reductions for family membership.
Adults and Juniors
playing in Teams or the Rapid Club Championship will also need to be
members of the English Chess Federation as these will be nationally rated
games.
Online
We have entered two teams in the Autumn Mid Sussex Online League and will be playing in International Junior Events every Friday
Club Teams
Over The Board Team matches in the Mid Sussex Chess League recommence in January 2022.
Congress
The Crowborough Chess Congress is on Saturday 26th February 2022
English Chess Federation
All club members are encouraged to be at least bronze members of the ECF. Note when we return to over the board club members playing for our teams in the Mid Sussex League will need to be at least Bronze members.
If you play in tournaments outside of the club you will need to be a Silver member while Gold membership is required for International FIDE events.
Club members can join the ECF online at
www.englishchess.org.uk
Annual ECF subscriptions for the year to 31st August 2022.
Bronze ……………£ 18.00 ( Junior Bronze £6.00 )
Silver ………………£ 27.00 ( Junior Silver £6.00 )
Gold …………………£ 39.00 ( Junior Gold £ 19.50 )
Juniors are free for their 1st year.
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