Stockport and District Chess League

Last results update 21st May 2024

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Latest News
21/05/2024 All fixtures are now complete. This season's winners are - Division 1 - Eccles Division 2 - Ashton Limit League - Ashton Charnley Cup - Chorlton President's Cup - East Cheshire 17/05/2024 Congratulations to Eccles who are League champions in their first season in the league. 15/05/2024 Ashton have completed the double by winning the Limit League 10/05/2024 Congratulations to Chorlton who have won the Charnley Cup for the first time. 23/04/2024 A new name on the President's Cup after East Cheshire won a close match against Wilmslow. 20/04/2024 Congratulations to Ashton who have won Division 2! 04/04/2024 Alan Beresford's funeral will be at Altrincham Crematorium on Friday April 12th at 1:30pm. 25/03/2024 Chorlton Chess Club are sad to inform us of the death of their member Alan Beresford. Alan played regularly in the Stockport League and captained Chorlton's team from 2001 to 2016. He was also a stalwart of the MCF county teams. 21/12/2023 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the officers of the league, and thanks from Geoff to all those who submit results promptly. 12/12/2023 The annual Stockport Rapidplay congress takes place on Sunday 28th January 2024. For details and online entry click here. 12/11/2023 All clubs are reminded that BOTH captains must email the result to Geoff Laurence within 48 hours of the end of the match - see rule 32. 03/10/2023 All fixtures now published. 02/10/2023 Division 1, Limit League and Cup fixtures published. Division 2 will follow soon. 20/09/2023 The Annual Fixtures Meeting took place on 18th September. Two new clubs have joined the League - welcome to Eccles and Glossop. There is also one returning club, Altrincham, who had no venue last season. The number of teams is back to pre-pandemic levels, but with an unprecedented 9 of these in the Limit League, there are still not quite enough teams to justify having three divisions in the main league. It may be a while before league fixtures are produced, as we need to fit our fixtures around those of the Manchester League, which haven't yet been published. In the meantime, you can see the formation of divisions on the Cross Tables page, and the Cup draws on the Cup Fixtures page.

Latest News

21/05/2024
All fixtures are now complete. This season's winners are -

Division 1 - Eccles
Division 2 - Ashton
Limit League - Ashton
Charnley Cup - Chorlton
President's Cup - East Cheshire

17/05/2024
Congratulations to Eccles who are League champions in their first season in the league.

15/05/2024
Ashton have completed the double by winning the Limit League

10/05/2024
Congratulations to Chorlton who have won the Charnley Cup for the first time.

23/04/2024
A new name on the President's Cup after East Cheshire won a close match against Wilmslow.

20/04/2024
Congratulations to Ashton who have won Division 2!

04/04/2024
Alan Beresford's funeral will be at Altrincham Crematorium on Friday April 12th at 1:30pm.

25/03/2024
Chorlton Chess Club are sad to inform us of the death of their member Alan Beresford. Alan played regularly in the Stockport League and captained Chorlton's team from 2001 to 2016. He was also a stalwart of the MCF county teams.

21/12/2023
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the officers of the league, and thanks from Geoff to all those who submit results promptly.

12/12/2023
The annual Stockport Rapidplay congress takes place on Sunday 28th January 2024. For details and online entry click here.

12/11/2023
All clubs are reminded that BOTH captains must email the result to Geoff Laurence within 48 hours of the end of the match - see rule 32.

03/10/2023
All fixtures now published.

02/10/2023
Division 1, Limit League and Cup fixtures published. Division 2 will follow soon.

20/09/2023
The Annual Fixtures Meeting took place on 18th September. Two new clubs have joined the League - welcome to Eccles and Glossop. There is also one returning club, Altrincham, who had no venue last season.

The number of teams is back to pre-pandemic levels, but with an unprecedented 9 of these in the Limit League, there are still not quite enough teams to justify having three divisions in the main league.

It may be a while before league fixtures are produced, as we need to fit our fixtures around those of the Manchester League, which haven't yet been published. In the meantime, you can see the formation of divisions on the Cross Tables page, and the Cup draws on the Cup Fixtures page.