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SHEFFIELD Chess History |
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Sheffield Deaf Trophy |
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Sheffield Deaf Institute and Sheffield Deaf Association Chess Clubs
The first involvement of a Sheffield Deaf chess club in formal Sheffield & District Chess Association activity was probably that of the Sheffield Deaf Institute team which first entered the Batley-Meek in 1950-51. The team played again in the Batley-Meek of 1951-52, but then dropped out of the league for a couple of seasons. It re-entered the Batley-Meek in 1954-55, only to disappear again.
The present Sheffield Deaf Chess club was formed in 1966, and first entered the Sheffield League in the season 1967-68, playing in the Weston Trophy, there being only the two divisions at that time. The club has been playing in the Sheffield league almost continuously since then.
On 29/09/1996, Sheffield Deaf Chess Club held a team tournament to celebrate the club’s 30th anniversary. An EPNS cup, of robust structure, was presented to the winning team, engraved as follows:
SHEFFIELD DEAF
CHESS CLUB’S
30TH ANNIVERSARY
1966-1996
TEAMS TOURNAMENT
29.9.96
As this was a one-off event, the trophy rested in the possession of Geoff Frost. Then, after the creation for 2012-13 of a third division of the S&DCA’s Summer League, the trophy was donated to the S&DCA for the winners of that competition. Successive winners so far have been:
The summer league was not contested in 2019-20 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Created 28/08/2016 |
Copyright © 2016 Stephen John Mann |
Last Updated 16/02/2021 |