Category Archives: Club News

Gwent AGM

Can I make members aware that the timing of the Gwent AGM will be as follows: Wednesday 26th June 2024 at 7.15pm at the Sebastopol Social Club (Pontypool Chess Club Venue) Please inform Dave N if you wish to attend.

Newport Chess Congress 2024

We are gearing up at after Easter to get the ball rolling with spreading the word about the Newport Chess Congress. Here is a flyer. Details can be found at https://newportchesscongress.uk Please feel free to start spreading the word!

Payment of Subs

Can I gently remind those who have yet to pay their subscriptions that these should be made soon. Jon Gilbert has to pay zone fees to the WCU by the end of October. If Dave Norris could receive the subs then he will forward payment to Jon Gilbert. Many thanks David

Club Night – 27th Sept 2023 – 7pm

We are having a club night on Wednesday 27th Sept 2023 at 7pm. We have some new members who wish to join our club so can we give them a nice welcome. Afterwards, we can play fun chess! So all welcome, hope to see you there!!

Gwent fixtures are in!

The Gwent fixtures for Division 1 and Division 2 are now available and the Malpas games can be found under the Gwent League item on the menu of this site. Note that Division 1 is a 4 board league team; whereas, Division 2 is a 3 board league team. Also the names of the players […]

New Website Design

With the new season starting, I thought we’d try a new website design. I have migrated the site to a new host so that we can utilise Chess plugins and see some games that we play during the season. If there is anything you want to put on then let me know!

Newport Chess Congress

Can we say a big thank you to all the Malpas Chess players who entered the Newport Congress last weekend. I think it was a great experience for some and we hope that it can be a regular fixture in the chess calendar. Congratulations to Ron W who managed to come joint 3rd in the […]