Barry Chess Club 54th AGM (15th June 2026)
Present: Ken Hannah, Phil Jones, Ian Abraham, Martin Ilett, Mike Gale, Steve Jones, Sam White, Ewan Goodjohn, Peter Watkins, Gwyn Havard, Kieran Judge, Martin Ricketts.
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Mike White |
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Accepted as a true record |
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No matters arising |
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Nothing significant at this meeting. No treasurer appointed so no change in fees. Note this could change next year. |
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Lots of proposals.
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Treasurer's statement from Ian Abraham - 12.06.2026
We were successful in bolstering the accounts this year which, from my perspective, was pleasing to see. There were no significant costs. I was expecting to purchase new clocks but we have not needed to do that as yet.
Membership was 22 adults and 5 juniors in the 2025-2026 season.
The accounts benefitted from the sale of Steve Cunliffe's books which were gifted. We raised a total of £518.62 from these and my thanks go to those who assisted with this, principally Sam, Phil, Gwyn for his ebay skills, Steve, Peter and Ken. Sam in particular spent a considerable amount of time and effort on this. We also benefitted from the increase in subscriptions from £35 to £50.
We further benefitted from the fact that WCU / EGCU fees and West End fees remained unchanged for the year.
Thanks go to Martin Ricketts for auditing the accounts on 11.06.2026.
Fees were questioned and it was agreed they should stay the same. Those players who become life members of the West End Club will pay the same fee as all the other club members. |
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Drivers I wish to start by thanking Steve and also Dave who between them provided transport to others for the vast majority of the Division 2 away fixtures. I think it is very important to recognise the contribution to teams that drivers make and without whom competing in league matches would not be possible. Bosons Sadly, despite an improved performance compared to last season, the Bosons narrowly missed out on promotion again, ultimately finishing third, 2.5 points behind the University team. We still had a mathematical chance going into the last match but weren’t able to pull off the required miracle 4-0 win against Bridgend. A disappointing 4-0 loss against our bogey team Cardiff Uni. was one of the main reasons for missing out on promotion. Also I was very disappointed in my season results for the Bosons (5.5/12), which meant we were uncompetitive on board one scoring just 7/16 compared to 11.5/16 on board four. Just 7 members played for the Bosons all season. Dave scored the most number of points with an excellent 9/13. Steve was close behind with 8/12 and Gwyn had a creditable score of 7/13. Gambits As expected it was a tough season for the Gambits who were relegated finishing on 18pts from 16 matches. Twelve different players played during the season. Ieuan played the most number of games - (10 ), followed by Ken and Erion (8). Martin Ricketts played 7. Ewan has improved his rating by a massive 140 points since July ‘25, and scored an impressive 3/4 for the Gambits. Summary and Next Season Finally I want to thank all who played Division 2 games during the season, for their great support and for making my job easy. If we can keep the majority of the div 2 squad together for next season I think we can have another enjoyable campaign and hopefully third time lucky for promotion. With the support of the team I would be happy to continue as Bosons captain or to support anybody else who wants to put their name forward. However I think it would be difficult to captain teams in different divisions - so I don’t want to be considered for the Gambits captaincy. Mike Gale |
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Winning 14 matches and only drawing 2 the Camelots were worthy champions of division 4 and were the only unbeaten team in all 4 divisions. With a core of 7 players although a total of 12 players were involved.t |
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Neither of these teams had any thoughts of promotion. The aim here was to give everyone games hoping for an enjoyable experience. Both teams used 15 players with different team selection for home and away games. The Quarks ended in 5th place and the Stauntons in 9th place. There were notable improving performances from Tom Ferries and Kieran Judge. |
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There were concerns about drivers and team captains. However 4 players volunteered to captain our teams with Sam White again taking control of our 2 remaining division 4 teams |
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Steve Cunliffe Player of the season |
There was no criteria agreed last season regarding this trophy. We decided that the captains would in future nominate a player for consideration at the AGM. There should be 4/5 nominations. The first winner was Tom Ilett who apart from captaining the unbeaten Camelots also ended the season at the top of the player performance record with 86% record from 14 games. |
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Open Champion |
Mike Gale |
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Plate Winner |
Ewan Goodjohn |
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Bowl Winner |
Steve Maguire |
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Ken Hannah |
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Phil Jones |
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Ian Abraham |
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Martin Ricketts |
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Kieran Judge |
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Mike Gale |
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Tom Ilett |
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Ewam Goodjohn |
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Sam White |
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Sam White |
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Tom Ilett |
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(Peter Watkins £20) |
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1. Should there be a time limit for Officers? It was not felt to be appropriate for our positions. |
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