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Club Nights 2024-2025 Season

Throughout the league season the club will have two club nights Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Tuesday night will remain the main club night and will host the Doncaster League teams and the Sheffield B and Sheffield D teams.

Wednesday night will host the Sheffield A and Sheffield C teams.

Team Standings 2024-2025 Season

TeamPldWonDrawLostPtsPos
Doncaster League541091/4
Doncaster Rapid302113/4
Barnsley A Sheffield Div 1301218/8
Barnsley B Sheffield Div 3731372/8
Barnsley C Sheffield Div 4421153/6
Barnsley D Sheffield Div 5410327/7
Last Updated 06-Dec-24

Latest Fixtures and Results

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

DateEventHome TeamResultAway Team
Mon 2 Dec 24Sheffield League Div 5 Hillsborough D3-1Barnsley D
Tue 3 Dec 24Sheffield League Div 3 Barnsley B5-1Chesterfield C
Wed 4 Dec 24Maurice Kent RapidplayDons5-5Barnsley
Mon 9 Dec 24Sheffield League Div 4 Hillsborough C0-0Barnsley C
Tue 10 Dec 24Maurice Kent RapidplayBarnsley0-0Three Horseshoes
Wed 11 Dec 24Sheffield League Div 1Barnsley A0-0Ecclesall A

Doncaster League 2024-2025 Season

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

Barnsley A  captained by Peter Micklethwaite are playing in division one with eight teams over six boards.  Barnsley A  play their fixtures on a Wednesday night

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

Barnsley B  captained by Rob Vincent are playing in division three with eight teams over six boards.  Barnsley B play their fixtures on a Tuesday night

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

Barnsley C  captained by Tom Edwards are playing in division four with six teams over six boards.  Barnsley C play their fixtures on a Wednesday night

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

Barnsley D  captained by Aaron Kreji are playing in division five with seven teams over four boards.  Barnsley D play their fixtures on a Tuesday night

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

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

Barnsley 2024 Chess Club Championship

The 2024 Barnsley Chess Club Championship was run by Gary Hinchcliffe and was a five round swiss competition taking place between June and September.

There were no fee and no prizes.

Congratulations to the winner Greg Eagleton with a perfect 5/5 score. Martin Sheard and Andrew Butterworth came equal second on 3.5/5 with a posse of other players on three points or less. 

Thanks to Gary Hinchcliffe for once again organizing a successful annual club championship.

In round one most of the game results went as expected with the exceptions being Konstantin and Ben respectively winning and drawing against stronger opposition. Currently there are six people sharing the lead after winning their first game.

In round two most results went as planned although Ben won against stronger opposition. Going into round three Greg, Andy and Ken have two points each followed by Ben and Martin on 1.5 points each.

After round three Greg had 3/3 followed by Ken on 2.5 and five players on 2 points each.

In round four Greg won Ken to take the sole lead on 4/4.

In round five Greg won Richard Hall become the 1924 Barnsley Chess Club Champion with an outstanding 5/5 score.

 

For the details, pairings, scores and results click the link below.

Click here to go to the Barnsley Chess Club Championship 2024 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.

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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.