Dorset has opted not to play in this year’s West of England Counties Online Championships but Graham Stuart would be pleased if anyone would like to play for Hampshire. Many Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole players who were born in the area before 1974 can legitimately say they were born in Hampshire as this was the year that the boundaries changed!

The championships will be in a knockout format this year and Hampshire has a bye into the semi-finals when it will play the winners of Cornwall and Gloucestershire on Sunday 19th February starting at 7.30pm. Full details can be found here … https://www.cornwallchess.org.uk/wecu/links-row/wcoc.shtml

If you would like to play, please contact Graham via this page https://www.hampshirechess.co.uk/contact/