Our next match in defence of the County Championship we won in 2025 is against Tayside and Fife, starting on 29th April. Our opponents look to have a strong team so we will need more of us to join this fixture to give ourselves the best chance t...
Our next match is in the County Championship is against Channel Islands, starting on 1st April. If you would like to take part, you can register via this link: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/herefordshire-worcestershire-shropshire/1924051
We have a third round cup tie against Somerset starting on 27th March. If you would like to register to play, please do so via this link: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/herefordshire-worcestershire-shropshire/1921733
Our next County Championship match in defence of our title is against Buckinghamshire, starting at 09.00 on 4th March. Although we appear to hold a board advantage at the moment, we can expect our opponents to add numbers in the run up to the fi...
Our second match of the new season is against Glamorgan, starting on 7th January. At the time of writing this, they have 4 more boards than us and may still add more. We could therefore do with some more members signing up to play. If yo...
As 2025 draws to a close, I am delighted to be able to report on Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire's most successful season since we have been competing. We now have the largest number of members in our history with 76 of you contributing in...
After our success in winning this year's County Championship, we have the opportunity to do the double by winning the 2025 County Cup as well. Our opponents in the Final are Inverness, with the match due to start on 22nd November. We can assume ...
We now have official confirmation of our 2025 County Championship title. Well done everybody.
We have successfully reached the final group stage of the 2025 European Inter Regional Championship Grand Prix, looking to defend our 2024 title. As last year, Saxony and Kent have also made the final group, along with Dorset. The first ...
We have successfully reached the final group stage of the 2025 European Inter Regional Championship Grand Prix, looking to defend our 2024 title. As last year, Saxony and Kent have also made the final group, along with Dorset. The first ...
It won't be official for some time as many matches are still in progress, but we have now established a winning lead against Berkshire which means we will be crowned as County Champions 2025 in the fullness of time. The result also means that we...
Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire are closing in on winning the 2025 County Championship with just a few more points needed in a couple of matches to make the title ours. This likely success follows on from us winning the 2024 European Inter...
Our final match in the 2025 County Championship is against Somerset, starting on 22nd July. We are in pole position to win this year's title with our fate very much in our own hands going into this match. We currently lead the League with 6 wins...
Hot on the heals of our combined County Championship and County Cup match against Berkshire, we have our penultimate County Championship match for 2025 against Glamorgan. The match starts at 09.00 on 27th May. If you would like to register to pl...
Our next match is a double header against Berkshire, with the match counting as a County Cup 2025 Quarter Final as well as for this season's County Championship. Having beaten Kent (who did the league and cup double in 2024), we are in with a ve...
Our next match in the 2025 County Championship is against Tayside Fife and Stirlingshire, starting at 17.00 on 29th April. We currently sit top of the table and also have healthy leads in our matches against Kent and Dorset. A win in this next m...
Having come through the Group Stage last year, we have been playing in the incredibly competitive final group of the 2024 European Inter Regional Championship over the past few months. The results were really tight but I am delighted that we ha...
Our next County Championship match is against Dorset, starting on 4th March We have got off to a strong start in the League this season, with a win already secured against Surrey (20.5 to 13.5, 19 boards) and leads against Buckinghamshire (13 to...
We have made a solid start to the 2025 County Championship, with small leads in our opening 3 matches against Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Kent. Our next match is against Lanarkshire, starting on 4th February. As the 2024 runners up they ca...
Although it's only January, our next match is potentially the most important of the 2025 season. Having reached the 3rd Round of the County Cup, we find oursleves drawn against Kent. The match will be a double header, also counting for the Count...
Happy New Year to all Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire team members. Our first match of 2025 is against Buckinghamshire in the County Championship and starts on 7th January. Our opponents finished a place below us last season and we can t...
Although some of our matches from this year are still ongoing and in the balance, I am running out of days to round up our year, so here is the situation at present. Overall we played 27 matches, with 12 wins, 3 draws and 14 losses but we have m...
Herefordshire Worcestershire Shropshire's first County Championship match for the 2025 season starts at 17.00 on Tuesday 10th December. Surrey have added a number of players in the last 24 hours and the match looks to be close. If you are able to...
The last match in the final group of the European Inter Regional Championship is against Buckinghamshire, starting on 13th November. We remain in with a chance of being European Champions this season although we face some tough games if that is to...
Having won our Group in the 2024 European Inter Regional Championship we are now competing in the Final. There are 4 teams left - ourselves, Schachfreunde Sachsen (who we played first and are currently locked at 9-9), Buckinghamshire, and K...
