The record
Our history
The club began as a standing Friday-night fixture between six players and one board, and now fills eight boards twice a week.
What follows is the record of how that happened — the moves, the competitions, and the decisions that shaped how the club plays today.
2024
Founded
Six players, one board
2 yrs
Of continuous play
The Friday fixture has never been missed
10
Milestones
Recorded below
Timeline
- February 2024Founding
The first evening
Six players and a single second-hand board in a borrowed back room. The evening was meant to be a one-off; it became a standing Friday fixture that has not been missed since.
6players at the first meeting
- May 2024Founding
A constitution and a name
With numbers past twenty, the group agreed a short constitution, a name, and a rule that any dispute at a board is settled by the written rules rather than the loudest voice.
- September 2024Competition
The first club championship
The inaugural singles championship drew fourteen entrants and was played over one long Saturday on two boards. It has been held every year since.
14entrants in the first championship
- January 2025Home
Move to the Club House
The club took a permanent room of its own for the first time, with space for four boards left set up between sessions — the change that let casual practice happen at all.
- April 2025Competition
The doubles league begins
A season-long doubles league was introduced to give newer members regular competitive play without the pressure of a knockout draw. Pairs are fixed for the season.
- August 2025Growth
Fifty members
Membership passed fifty. A second weekly session was added to take the pressure off Friday nights, and a third followed within the month.
50members
- December 2025Competition
The handicap format
The Winter Handicap was introduced, starting stronger players a piece or two down based on the season's standings. It was won at the first attempt by a member in her first year.
- March 2026Growth
Coaching for beginners
Regular beginners' evenings started, built around the rules that most often cause arguments: striker placement, when the queen may be taken, and what covering actually requires.
- June 2026Home
Eight boards in the main hall
The club expanded into the main hall, taking capacity to eight boards and making it possible to run a full tournament in a single weekend.
8boards in the main hall
- August 2026Milestone
The rules, written down
The club published its reference version of the rules so that every board settles a dispute the same way — the handbook this site is built around.