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(Click on underlined link)  \/ to end of list \/ Accuracy of club information & Yearbook: further copies Message from the President Officers 2019-20 YCA Honorary Life Members Annual Fees (as revised 2019) County Match Fees (as revised 2019) YCA League Fixtures 2019-2020 YCA League Match Venues Match Correspondents ‑ Woodhouse Cup Match Correspondents ‑ IM Brown Match Correspondents ‑ Silver Rook Secretaries of Competing Clubs Junior Chess Contacts Contact Details Index Chess Clubs/Organisations in Yorkshire ECF Aug 2019 Grading List Extract Notes on Grading List Extract List of Clubs in Yorkshire-based Leagues League Tables & Match Results 2018-19 County Match Results 2018-2019 Correspondence Chess 2018-19 Yorkshire Junior Activity 2018-19 Recent Winners of YCA Events YCA Constitution YCA League Rules (as revised 2019) Index to Rules Individual Championship Rules Event Calendar 2019-20 Yorkshire Individual Championship 2020 /\ back to top /\	11/12/2019 Sam Scurfield The death, in late December, of Sam Scurfield, at the age of 64, has been announced. He played for Bradford, Bingley, and Halifax, and was currently President of the Bradford & District Chess Association. Samuel J. Scurfield was born on 24/11/1955 in Staffordshire.  In 2000 he married Philippa (“Pippa”) with whom he had twins Chester and Ruby, born on 03/06/2004. Dave Barlow has put out the following message: Sam's funeral will be attended only by family and very close friends. Everyone is invited to a celebration of Sam's life at Bradford City on Saturday 15 February @ 3.00 (of course). Further details and sharing of memories can be found at the Much Loved website: https://samscurfield.muchloved.com/ If anyone has a Sam anecdote or memory please post on the website or let me know and I will pass it on to a friend of Sam. Dan Staples, of Chess in Schools & Communities, has since (07/08/2020) forwarded the following, which had appeared earlier on the Much Loved website: Sam taught chess for Chess and Schools and Communities (CSC).  He started with CSC in 2014.  He has taught in many schools across Leeds/Bradford.  He was a great teacher and passionate about teaching and chess. He made chess come alive for the children. For those unfamiliar with CSC's work, Sam taught the 30 week curriculum over the school year.  Sam started teaching about the board and how the pawns move and capture.  Sam taught mini-games like Capture The Flag, so the children could enjoy and learn through play before knowing all the rules of chess.  He carried on through the school year so, at the end, all the children were able to play a reasonable game.  Sam helped plan and run the first CSC Leeds Summer Tournament last year - the children had a wonderful day with schools across Leeds coming. We also arranged a simul at Bramley St Peter's for the local MP Rachel Reeves - photo below with Sam in the background! Sam loved teaching chess and we often said how fortunate we were to do what we do.  This academic year Sam was teaching in 7 schools.  When I told the schools about Sam, they said how much Sam would be missed by the children and adults alike.  They said what a lovely man he was and that he had touched a lot of lives at the schools.  I was asked to pass on their thoughts and best wishes to Sam's family. Dan Staples - CSC Yorkshire Coordinator Feb. 2020