An encouraging 14 members attended Bedford C.C's AGM last Thursday, its first gathering since mid-March. We meet in a large upstairs room at a social club which has recently reopened. Social distancing was observed at the meeting and by some of us in the downstairs bar afterwards.Paul Cooksey wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 11:46 am
Personally, I think I might play tournament chess OTB before evening league chess. I'm not really expecting the ECF to organise either though.
We plan to start chess at the beginning of September depending of course on the regulations and advice at that time. If it's '1 metre plus' I think it will be feasible to play normal OTB with masks, using the wider tables and not leaning over the board. Sanitisers on hand, of course.
The 2019-20 club championship is a 9-player all-play-all with 17 of the 36 games still to play. The second division is a 14-player a-p-a with 33 of the 91 games to play. With league chess unlikely to resume punctually - some club venues still problematic and doubts over car-sharing by away teams - I am hopeful that our club competitions can be completed by the end of November. Then we can probably fit in the 2020-21 season by July.
Optimistic maybe, but certainly not out of the question.