Welcome and Registering for the pre-liminaries

Hi to all who have joined. Soon (I hope) more will join. Please will everyone use this forum to describe who they are. Certain information is NEEDED for registration into the C C . This is:

• Name
• Home Town
• Were you born here or a resident

If your unsure you can check here http://www.gazetteer.co.uk

Feel free to tell all about yourselves as well.

For example,

My name is Matthew Smith

my town is Rothley  and I was born in Leicester in 1987

I am currently a student here, studying art and design.  I hope to use this and study architecture at university.

I spent 5 years living in Loughborough attending the college there and I also worked at a pizza hut and a nightclub called wild.

My name is Anthony Smith

I live in Leicester I was born in 1948 in Leicester.

I am sort of, retired hurt.

My name is Patrick O'Neill

I live in Leicester and have done since 1955

Thank you ruffian and buslane for that, I have registered you both with Alex so with any luck and a few more members we should be all set for entering the Chess County Championship

My name's Alan Roche

I Live in Leicester

I was born in Leicester on 29th September 1971

Thank you Alan. I've sent your registration to Alex.  Another much needed and welcome addition to our team :-)

Hey

I am Ben Vaughan and I have lived in the glorious county of Leicestershire since I was born in 1980, originally from Thurmaston, now residing with my Fiancee in Thorpe Astley.

Hi,

I was born in Leicester in 1988 and am currently a PhD student in Economics at the University of Bristol. My interest in chess (and chess.com) has thus far just been short games in my breaks but would love to pursue it more...