Worcestershire Chess Association promotes the game within the old boundaries of Worcestershire. You can play for Worcestershire if you: were born in the county; are currently resident in the county; you are attending full-time education in the county; you are a member of a chess club in the county. The association is a constituent unit of the English Chess Federation and affiliated to the Midland Counties Chess Union

President: Peter Kitson, 39 Shaw Lane, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove B60 4DY. Tel 01527 833721
General Secretary: Maurice Bissell, 5 Bitternwood Road, Kidderminster. Worcs. DY10 4EG. Tel. 01562 60146
Treasurer: Bert Foord, 3 Pelham Road, Droitwich, Worcs. WR9 8NT. Tel. 01905 773747
Competitions Secretary: Paul Sharratt, Stourbridge
Life Vice-Presidents: AW Bird, RJG Bird, Dr Ray A Collett, Ken Sanders
Vice-Presidents: Maurice Bissell, Dr Brian G Dudley, Ken Durnell, Burt G Foord, Jeff Heath, Eric Horwill, Peter S Keate, Dr Andrew J Pearce, JM Peutherer, W (Bill) J Pugh, PB Sharratt, W (Bill) W Watson, Tim Yates
Grader: Paul Sharratt, as above
ECF Delegate: Andrew Farthing, 9 Peninsula Road, Brockhill Village, Norton, Worcester WR5 2SE. Tel. 01905 358949

Affiliated Clubs   

Affiliated clubs are: Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Greenlands (Longbridge, Birmingham), Hagley, Halesowen, Headless Cross, Kidderminster, Malvern, Redditch, Stourbridge, Worcester City. Affiliation entitles chess organisations to have information placed on the Association's web pages and to receive news about county matches and tournaments. For information about affiliation fees please click here.

Affiliated Chess Leagues

Worcestershire County League For further details
Worcester & District Chess League For further details
Dudley District League For further details

County Team Chess    

Worcestershire County field an Open 16-board team and have U-140 and U120 teams in the Midland Counties Chess Union inter-counties competitions. If you would like to be selected for these county teams, please go to the first link above for details.

Junior Chess  

Andy Moore is the Junior Organiser and Ray Collett organises the Worcestershire Megafinal for UK Chess Challenge.

Correspondence Chess  

Worcestershire play in the ECF Brown Pond Trophy and the MCCU competition. Worcestershire can nominate a player to represent the county in the PC Gibbs tournament run by the Midland Counties Chess Union. Results and further information about county teams are available from the link above. If you would like to play correspondence chess by post or by e-mail, please contact the team captains Jim Keene (Worcester City) or Tony West (Hagley). Please click here for further information.

Worcester Individual Trophy Holders

There was no competition in 2009-10
Worcestershire Champion:
Worcestershire Minor Trophy:

Woodcock Prize

Annually an award is made for the 'most enterprising' game played by a Worcestershire player during the season. The winning entry in the 2003-4 season can be seen here. This competition is open to players of affiliated clubs. To enter, send a copy of the game score to secretary Maurice Bissell before the end of April.

Administration  

This page contains links for administrative documents including Constitution, League Rules, reports of WCA meetings, reports for WCA.