Opportunities for league chess: At present the club has about two dozen paid-up members and runs three teams in the Durham County League and one in the Northumberland League. There are opportunities for players of all standards.

Opportunities for social chess: Most Wednesdays between October and April there are matches or club championship games, but the club also has use of an additional room for friendly games, analysis and chat. On the occasional free night there is normally a talk or training session arranged. After the club, several members usually adjourn to a pub for a drink and an entertaining post-mortem.

Douglas Smith runs a thriving junior section on Wednesdays from 5.45-6.45 pm. Ken Neat sends out a weekly newsletter with recent results, forthcoming events, games etc.

Club Members

Membership Number	Name	August Standard Grade	August Rapid Grade
12104	Tony Shires	113	0
12034	Alan McNamee	61	0
	Dave Bedworth
	Jacob Walker
12029	Maurice Bell	133	0
018724	Charlie Hazlerigg	136	0
12038	Dave Renton	151	0
018723	Derek Crabbe	95	0
12047	Douglas Smith	172	0
33069	Edwin Smith	111	0
12033	Geoff Knapton	141	0
12037	Geoff Raw	96	0
26050	Ian Dobbs	151	0
35486	John Findlay	148	0
12035	Ken Neat	204	0
12028	Mike Ayton	142	0
08386	Paul Robson	169	168
25208	Philip Brooks	123	0
20229	Robin Nandi	160	0
12142	Sean Gardiner	90	0
12158	Sebastian Palucha	80	0
015068	Steve Jefferies	129	0
26051	Thomas Eggleston	204	0
016604	Zhenya Tumarkin	107	0

Club Officials

Secretary	Mike Ayton	0191 384 9406	michael.ayton.voro@gmail.com
Chairman	Ken Neat	0191 386 4795	kp.neat@gmail.com
Junior Club	Douglas Smith	0191 386 3027	douglas@djssmith.com
Abbots Captain	Charlie Hazlerigg	07538 961 034	charliehazlerigg@yahoo.co.uk
Bishops Captain	Robin Nandi	07514 819 862	robin.nandi@gmail.com
Canons Captain	Geoff Raw	0191 371 0428	geoffraw@btinternet.com

Durham City Chess Club Website