Barry T. Redburn (1946 – 2025)
Barry Redburn, long-time member and officer of Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club, has passed away. He died suddenly earlier this month. Barry was a stalwart of Club, League, County and Congress chess for many decades. Over the years he fulfilled many of the officer duties at Radcliffe & Bingham Chess Club, including many years as treasurer. He was also an […]
George Harper
George Harper passed away peacefully this week at the age of 92. Until about 3 years ago George had been a member of Newark Chess Club for many years and attended club nights regularly. George was an important part of the club and acted as treasurer for several years before taking over as chairman for a few more years. He […]
Terry Lavelle (1958-2025)
We are sad to report the death of Terry Lavelle who passed away on 11th January. He was a member of West Bridgford Chess Club, Nottingham and a regular congress player. In addition he represented Ashfield in the 4NCL on occasions. Terry was taken ill in the COVID epidemic; his last over the board game was played in March 2020.
George Murfet and Len Morrell
Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club has recently suffered the loss of two long-standing members of the Nottinghamshire chess community, both well known to generations of chess players in the area as teammates and foes over the board. George Murfet had early roots in the area and was an ‘old boy’ of Nottingham High School – from where I gather he […]
RIP Alan Morrey
Sadly we have lost another former pillar of the Notts Chess community. Alan was a valued member of the Sutton/Ashfield and Rainworth clubs for many years and held NCA posts, for example publishing the monthly Notts Bulletin in pre-website days. We hear that he passed away on 14/02/2023, aged 87 years old, and the funeral will take place, 3.00 pm […]
Tom Guy (d.19 July 2021)
We were sad to learn of the death of Tom after a long battle with cancer. He was active in the Notts area in the 1970s and 80s, being a regular for the Nottingham Players club before moving to West Bridgford CC in 1975. He also represented the County both over the board and in correspondence chess, continuing to do […]