There are a number of things not related to chess which I had hoped to spend more time on after I retired in September 2010, as well as existing chess-related projects which I don’t have adequate time to pursue, so I have decided to close down this website as regards its function as a Yorkshire chess news website.

The functions it has served could and should be carried out by the Yorkshire Chess Association on its own website, as was the case when this was officially the YCA website.  Granted, the current YCA website seems not to have been updated at all this season.  The list of YCA officers etc is out of date.  I know of one requested update to the club information page, which has not been applied.  I could go on.

It would seem, therefore, an auspicious moment for the YCA to restart its own website ready for the 2025-26 season, ideally with a much younger webmaster, but I feel the presence of this Yorkshire News Website is inhibiting that process.

Some content of this site, such as what you can still access via this home page, may in time be shunted across to other websites such as my Yorkshire Chess History website.

It’s been fun, but all good things come to an end!

Steve Mann

17/04/2025

PS, 18/04/2025

I see the YCA website has very recently undergone a long-needed update.

The list of officers has now been updated on “About Us”.

Notice of the 2025 AGM has appeared on “News” page.  (A notice was sent out by Dale Cullum on 25/03/2025, and the accounts on 28/05/2025.  As regards the accounts, I might point out that the £143.86 for Website and e-mails refers to the YCA website of course, not this one, which has never cost the YCA anything.  If anyone wants to see this website’s coverage of the 2024 YCA AGM at the time, see here.)

There is a list of vacancies (YCA Treasurer, Under 2050 team Captain, Under 1450s Team Captain), low down on the left of “About us”, unlikely ever to be read by many people; interestingly there’s no webmaster vacancy, so maybe the existing website is to be maintained appropriately in future.

Doncaster still does not exist on the “Clubs” page!

The “Resources” page (hidden under “More”) now carries the YCA Constitution and YCA Rules, long missing, and it now carries YCA AGM 2024 minutes replacing the 2023 minutes which have now gone (so no archiving).

At this point it might be worth mentioning that some reporting of “Events” on this website routinely has been duplicated elsewhere, so coverage of congresses like Scarborough’s is expected to continue to be found on the NCCU website, while people in Sheffield can still see more-local stuff on the S&DCA website.  Coverage of Yorkshire’s county matches ought to go on the YCA website of course, but also appears on the NCCU site.

PPS, 28/04/2025

Coverage of Chessable White Rose teams in the 4NCL will presumably similarly appear on the new super-dooper YCA website, so will not be covered on the NCCU website and probably not on the S&DCA website though this webmaster is thinking about that one, in view of Sheffield’s CWR connections.

PPPS, 27/08/2025

As before, no update yet on new officers appointed at 2025 YCA AGM in June 2025.  If the YCA wishes to have a website, then its rank-and-file membership needs to step in and ensure things are sorted out.

PPPPS, 09/12/2025

This website is now closed down except for the retention of “About” and “Minutes”, and some pointers to other sources.  It is not intended to update this website further.