Picture Post

A few pictures fill up the Blog so much more easily than a few words, so here's an example or three from the extensive KCC photo library to tide us over while I try and think of something (interesting?) to write.

First, here's Phil Wood enjoying his 15 minutes of fame in the most recent Kenilworth Weekly News. Hopefully his croquet colleague's mask is an anti-virus measure, and not a sign that Phil has just made a terrible smell! Anyway - nice cap, Phil!

Who knew you played croquet with squeegee mops??

Now, I imagine some of you think that it's an absolute doddle running the club during lock-down while nothing's happening, but let me quickly disabuse you of that misconception. Behind the scenes, the Club Organiser is spending literally minutes every nine weeks or so, attending virtual meetings to keep the show on the road. Here's the evidence from this week's Coventry League Management Meeting on Zoom, which must have gone on for almost an hour and a half! Not sure how I found the time in my busy schedule.

Britain's Most Wanted Men?? No, its a CDCL Management Meeting!

In case you can't read the headings, the mug shots show:

Top Row (l-r) Malcolm Harding (Secretary, Rugby); Hok Chiu (Warwick Uni); the Kenilworth Club Organiser
Middle Row (l-r) Colin Green (Chairman, Nuneaton); Mike Johnson (President, Coventry); Dave Filer (Treasurer, Coventry)
Bottom Row (l-r) Simon Weaver (Records Secretary, Coventry), Taran Jina (Warwick Uni).

More than 33% of  the meeting attendees have the good sense to be residents of Kenilworth!


And finally, while we're on the subject of the Coventry League, what could be more inspiring than an action shot of the Club Organiser from my epic - and victorious - encounter with GM Mark Hebden at the CDCL Centenary Rapidplay Tournament on January 27th, 2019? Nothing is the answer to that question, so I leave you with an image of an historic game.

In a state of scarcely suppressed frenzy, the Club Organiser contemplates his winning position after GM Hebden's 32 … Qe8

To hear GM Matthew Sadler's commentary on this momentous game, take another look at my own 15 minutes of fame here. Yes - that's right, I'm desperate to get the number of hits up as this is still the least watched episode in the entire Chess for Life video series!