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Club Nights Summer 2025

Throughout the summer the club will have two club nights Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Tuesday night will remain the main club night and will host the Barnsley Chess Club Championship.

Wednesday night will host the Division One, Division Two and Division Four Summer League teams.

Team Standings Summer 2025

TeamPldWonDrawLostPtsPos
Barnsley A Summer Div 1
Barnsley B Summer Div 2
Barnsley C Summer Div 4
Last Updated 06-May-25

Latest Fixtures and Results

Some Fixtures may be re-arranged.
Click on the result for the match card.

DateEventHome TeamResultAway Team
Tue 6 May 25Maurice Kent RapidplayBarnsley0-0Barnby Dun
Mon 19 May 25Summer Div 2Darnall A0-0Barnsley B
Wed 21 May 25Summer Div 1Barnsley A0-0Sheffield Nomads A
Wed 28 May 25Summer Div 4Barnsley C0-0Chesterfield B

Doncaster League 2024-2025 Season

Barnsley retained the Doncaster League 2024-25 title by becoming champions after drawing with Three Horseshoes with two games left to play.

Congratulations to all who played and to team captain Richard Hall on securing the Doncaster League title once again.

Barnsley have entered to play a team in both the Doncaster League and Maurice Kent Rapidplay captained by Richard Hall. Both these teams will play on a Tuesday night.

Click to see Barnsley Doncaster 2024/25 fixtures in a new tab. 

All fixtures, stats and league tables can be viewed on the Teams page.

Sheffield League 2024-2025 Season

Barnsley entered four teams to play in the Sheffield League 2024/25.

Barnsley A  captained by Peter Micklethwaite  played in division one with eight teams over six boards. 

They finished 7/8  winning two games, drawing four games and losing eight games and were relegated.

They gained eight points and most of their matches were close affairs. At one stage it looked like they might avoid relegated.

Click to see Barnsley A 2024/25 league fixtures in a new tab. 

Barnsley B  captained by Rob Vincent played in division three with eight teams over six boards.  

Currently they are top of division three winning ten games, drawing one game and losing three games.

They gained 21 points and have gained promotion. Depending on a final game between SASCA C and Woodseats B they could end up being division three champions .

Click to see Barnsley B 2024/25 fixtures in a new tab. 

Barnsley C  captained by Tom Edwards  played in division four with six teams over six boards. 

They won seven games, drawing one game and losing two games.

They gained 15 points, gained promotion and became division four champions.  

Click to see Barnsley C 2024/25 fixtures in a new tab. 

Barnsley D  captained by Aaron Kreji are played in division five with seven teams over four boards. 

They won two games, drawing four game and losing six games.

They finished bottom of division five by one point from the next two teams  winning two games, drawing four games and losing six games gaining eight points.

Most of the players who played in the D team had never played competitive chess before so they will improve by this experience.

Click to see Barnsley D 2024/25 fixtures in a new tab. 

Congratulations to the B and C team captains  and all the players who played in both teams on helping in their success this season.

All fixtures, stats and league tables can be viewed on the Teams page. Note any fixtures may be re-arranged.

Sheffield Summer League 2025

Barnsley have entered three teams to play in the 2025 Sheffield Summer League. 

All the Summer League 2025 fixtures are played on a Wednesday night.

Barnsley A  captained by Zac Fielder are playing in division one with five teams.

Click to see Barnsley A Summer League 2025 fixtures in a new tab. 

Barnsley B  captained by Rob Vincent are playing in division two with six teams 

Click to see Barnsley B summer League 2025 fixtures in a new tab. 

Barnsley C  captained by Tom Edwards are playing in division four with five teams.

Click to see Barnsley C Summer League 2025 fixtures in a new tab. 

Note any fixtures may be re-arranged.

Barnsley 2025 Chess Club Championship

Entries are now being taken for the 2025 Barnsley Chess Club Championship is being run by Gary Hinchcliffe

It is a five round swiss competition taking place between May and September. There is no fee and no prizes. Each player has 75 minutes to complete the game and games are to be played before or on the last Tuesday of each month. Players can request a half point bye in rounds 1-4 upon entry or before that round is drawn. The closing date for entries is Friday 16 May 2025 with the first round being drawn on the 17th May. Entries to be sent to Gary by text email or whatsapp. Players should indicate their latest grade on entry.

Click here for the Barnsley Club Championship 2025 Page

 

Barnsley Chess Club Ladder

The first Barnsley Chess Club ladder took place from 1st January 2024 to 1st May 2024.

The ladder positions were drawn at the club on Tuesday 19 December, any players joining the ladder after this date were be added to the bottom of the ladder.

The winner of the ladder was Richard Hall who was top of the ladder on the first of May 2024

Click here for the final standings.

Blog Page

Why not use the Blog page to comment on anything interesting to Barnsley Chess Club members. You could write about club nights, news, club events, match summaries, match results or about chess in general. The blog submission page is easy to use and no data other than your name, categories chosen and blog message are shown online.