It sounds outrageous and, despite my predilection for believing six impossible things before breakfast, I assure you I am not lion.
Be there - or be (Trafalgar) Square!
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
ChessFest 2021
CSC will be taking over Trafalgar Square on Day Three of our Summer Festival of Chess!
It sounds outrageous and, despite my predilection for believing six impossible things before breakfast, I assure you I am not lion.
Be there - or be (Trafalgar) Square!
It sounds outrageous and, despite my predilection for believing six impossible things before breakfast, I assure you I am not lion.
Be there - or be (Trafalgar) Square!
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Salvation
There I was, eating my favourite snack...
...when I was startled by a creature most evil.
Evil sorted, it was time to return to other important matters. The Bible even taught me how to use a fork correctly.
The photographer and behind-the-scenes maestro was Catherine Lloyd.
The Bible is now available for your perusal and salvation.
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Checkmate COVID: The Rematch
This is happening next weekend and all of the details can be found here.
You can play, donate or simply follow the action online.
I will be making my debut as a stream commentator, together with my friends Woman International Master Natasha Regan and Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, from 8.00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m on the morning of Sunday 6 June.
I will be making my debut as a stream commentator, together with my friends Woman International Master Natasha Regan and Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, from 8.00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m on the morning of Sunday 6 June.
Be there - or be square!
Saturday, 29 May 2021
Acorn Chess Webinar
Acorn Chess will be holding a new webinar, which is open to all.
Head to their website for further details.
Sunday, 18 April 2021
The Delancey UK Chess Challenge: Megafinals Open for Business
The Delancey UK Chess Challenge is now into its 26th year.
For the second consecutive year, plans of hosting a Megafinal on Teesside have not come to fruition, due to the current emergency.
However, Sarah and Alex Longson have been working very hard again to create opportunities for all of our children and the online Megafinals are now open for business.
All of the details can be found here.
For the second consecutive year, plans of hosting a Megafinal on Teesside have not come to fruition, due to the current emergency.
However, Sarah and Alex Longson have been working very hard again to create opportunities for all of our children and the online Megafinals are now open for business.
Players do not have to have qualified for the Megafinal via a school competition (most schools have been unable to run their UKCC events this year), which means the Megafinals are open to ALL juniors.
All of the details can be found here.
CSC Teesside greatly appreciates the efforts of Sarah and Alex to continue promoting chess and to provide such wonderful opportunities for our juniors.
Monday, 8 March 2021
The Teesside Roar
There is a lot of talk about schools reopening today, when in fact they have never closed.
The difference is that all pupils are now expected to return, albeit with various new measures in place.
It should not be overlooked or forgotten that staff in all schools have worked incredibly hard, often in extremely difficult circumstances, all the way through the full year of the current pandemic.
It is strange that self-testing has just been introduced after a whole year of expecting school staff to work on the front-line without such an important measure being in place, but despite some loud voices offering opinions to the contrary, school staff do have an extremely strong sense of duty and genuinely do care about children and their families.
CSC Teesside has never stopped delivering chess lessons to our schools either.
We have had to evolve, retrain and often go beyond the call of duty.
I know for sure exactly the magnitude of our impact on schools.
Enrichment has become more important than ever. Teachers openly report to me that they have not seen the children so enthused about anything else for a long time. It has been worth the journey just to see all of the smiling faces.
We have delivered lessons online to nearly all of our CSC Teesside schools and from tomorrow we will be delivering partly online and partly in person.
School renewals for 2021-22 are going extremely well, proving that loyalty works both ways.
The CSC Tessside tutors - Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Harris and Mr. Edmunds - are three heroes, who have never shirked a challenge and who inspire hundreds of children all across our area, every single week.
We are certainly not out of the woods yet, but we are ready, willing and able to continue delivering top-quality lessons whatever happens next.
The Teesside roar will never fade away.
The difference is that all pupils are now expected to return, albeit with various new measures in place.
It should not be overlooked or forgotten that staff in all schools have worked incredibly hard, often in extremely difficult circumstances, all the way through the full year of the current pandemic.
It is strange that self-testing has just been introduced after a whole year of expecting school staff to work on the front-line without such an important measure being in place, but despite some loud voices offering opinions to the contrary, school staff do have an extremely strong sense of duty and genuinely do care about children and their families.
CSC Teesside has never stopped delivering chess lessons to our schools either.
We have had to evolve, retrain and often go beyond the call of duty.
Yet we never stopped - and didn't even come close to giving up.
I know for sure exactly the magnitude of our impact on schools.
Enrichment has become more important than ever. Teachers openly report to me that they have not seen the children so enthused about anything else for a long time. It has been worth the journey just to see all of the smiling faces.
We have delivered lessons online to nearly all of our CSC Teesside schools and from tomorrow we will be delivering partly online and partly in person.
School renewals for 2021-22 are going extremely well, proving that loyalty works both ways.
The CSC Tessside tutors - Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Harris and Mr. Edmunds - are three heroes, who have never shirked a challenge and who inspire hundreds of children all across our area, every single week.
We are certainly not out of the woods yet, but we are ready, willing and able to continue delivering top-quality lessons whatever happens next.
The Teesside roar will never fade away.
Monday, 1 March 2021
New Interview
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