Walsall Kipping
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Name: | Walsall Kipping Chess Club |
Venue: | The Railway Club, New Mills, Wednesbury Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4JG |
Map: |
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Night: | Thursday |
Start: | 7:00pm (temporarily agreed with the league) |
Secretary: | M.J.Groombridge eMail |
Parking: | Car Park at venue |
Facilities: | The venue has full access for the disabled |
Foreword
The only original team still playing in the WDCL since 1945 although they did not play from 1951-1954.
Honours
- League Champions 1946-47, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1964-65, 1975-76, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1994-95 and 2002-03 (joint)
- Div Two champions 1963-64, 1968-69, 1987-88, 1999-00 and 2003-04
- Div Three champions 1956-57, 1966-67, 1970-71, 1983-84, 2002-03 and 2008-09
- Div Four champions 1964-65, 1986-87, 1998-99, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2012-13 and 2013-14
- Div Five champions 1983-84
- Pittaway Cup 1975-76, 1983-84, 1984-85
- Humphreys Trophy 2013-14
- Lightning Tournament champions (Trophy section) 1982-83 and 1983-84
- Lightning Tournament champions (Minor section) 2005-06
- Summer League Champions 2012
- Summer League Div Two 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2003 and 2007
- Summer League Div Three (north) 1992, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2006
Player Statistics
History
Notable members
- ✝ C.S.Kipping founder
- ✝ J.H.Baines former league President, former Records Secretary and Rock Cup winner
- ✝ T.J.Hollington former league President
- J.M.Davies Rock Cup winner
- ✝ R.G.Jones Harold Bidgood Trophy winner
- ✝︎ D.W.Anderton former league President and Rock Cup winner
- C.Pohribnyj Harold Bidgood Trophy winner
- D.Pritchard Rock Cup winner
- M.J.Groombridge former league President, former league Secretary and Rock Cup winner
- M.Savin former league Bulletin Editor
- J.Bellin Woman Grandmaster
- ✝︎ N.Finer
- ✝︎ B.Payne
- ✝︎ Dr N.C.Young
- ✝︎ R.Farmery
- V.J.Brown Harold Bidgood Trophy winner
- ✝︎ A.E.Shrimpton