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Open Clubs in and around Oxfordshire

Banbury

Club night Tuesday
Venue Old Reindeer Inn, Parsons Street, Banbury. OX16 5NA
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.banburychessclub.co.uk
Contact Stephen Rumsby
Notes
Gradings for Banbury players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Bicester Chess Club

Club night Tuesday 7.30 PM
Venue Bicester Bowls CLub, London Road, Bicester. OX26 6BU
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.freewebs.com/bicesterchess
Contact Suzanne Dilly
Notes From A34/M40 Junction 9, follow signs to Bicester. At First roundabout with large Esso garage on left, take 2nd exit (A41 Aylesbury). Up and over Bicester by-pass to next roundabout. Take 1st exit signposted "B4100 Bicester Town Centre". At roundabout, take 2nd exit (i.e. straight on). Pass Shell garage on the right, continue on over level crossing at Bicester Town Station. Approx 50 yards on, look for signpost on left "Bowls and Tennis Club". Turn Right down the lane and park in the car park on the left. The club entrance is facing you in the middle of the building. The club is open all the year round with the exception of the week between Christmas and New Year. All OCA players are welcome to visit.
Gradings for Bicester players
Last updated 15 Sep 2011. The owner of this entry is Suzanne Dilly.

Chipping Campden

Club night Monday
Venue Little Glebe, Cider Mill Lane, Chipping Campden.
Contact Adrian Grimes
Notes
Gradings for Chipping Campden players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Cowley

Club night Monday. Cowley4 start at 7:15, otherwise 7:30
Venue Rose Hill Methodist Church, Rose Hill, Oxford. OX4 4JP
Map (opens in a new window)
Website sites.google.com/site/cowleychessclub/
Contact David Robson
Notes The map that is generated automatically from the postcode is misleading: use this map instead.

The church is on the fairly steep section on the way up Rose Hill itself (or down the hill if you've come past the Rose Hill shops from the ring road), somewhat over 100 metres above the traffic lights where Henley Avenue becomes Rose Hill. Off-road parking is available, the entrance to which is at the top of the service road on the same side of the road as, and a very short way down from, the church itself. There should be no difficulty if you are using public transport in Oxford. Just take a No. 3 or 3a bus from Queen Street in the centre of town, ask the driver for the Westbury Crescent stop, and walk back down Rose Hill to the Church. The entrance to the Chess Club is round at the left hand side of the church as you view it from the road. You can see a picture of the church here.

Gradings for Cowley players
Last updated 29 Sep 2011. The owner of this entry is David Robson.

Cowley Workers

Club night Monday
Venue Cowley Workers Social Club, 19 Between Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford . OX4 3LX
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Contact Tamal Matilal
Notes Tel: 01865 772920 club.
Gradings for Cowley Workers players
Last updated 13 Aug 2011. The owner of this entry is Tamal Matilal.

Cumnor

Club night Thursday 19:00-21:00 Match fixtures start 19:30
Venue Cumnor Old School, High Street, Cumnor, Oxford. OX2 9PE
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.cumnor-chess-server.com
Contact Steven Bennett
Notes Cumnor 2 - Steven Bennett hm 01865 862788 mb 0771 424 4029 westfs@aol.com Cumnor 1 - Liam Glenn mb 0781 6680767 liamglenn@hotmail.co.uk Our venue is next to Cumnor Post Office, on High Street. Access the building from the rear, where there is ample car parking. Wheel-chair access and disabled toilets. Refreshments provided. Please note that we do not play at Cumnor Primary School. If you click on our map link, the arrow on the map showing our position is slightly incorrect. We are positioned half way in-between the fork of Appleton Road and High Street and the fork of Oxford Road and Abingdon Road, on the South side of the street. If you have difficulty finding us on match nights, then please call my mobile. The club is open throughout the year with the exception of August and the last two weeks in December.
Gradings for Cumnor players
Last updated 18 Feb 2012. The owner of this entry is Steven Bennett.

Daventry

Club night Wednesday
Venue The 101 Inn, 101 Warwick Street, Daventry. NN11 4AJ
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.leamingtonchessleague.org.uk/daventry
Contact Robert Stevens
Notes
Gradings for Daventry players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Didcot

Club night Monday 19.30
Venue The Marlborough Club, 227 Broadway, Didcot. OX11 8RU
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.didcotchess.co.uk
Contact John Harvey
Notes From A34 Milton interchange head for Didcot Station on A4130. At second roundabout turn right up Foxhall Road. Turn left at roundabout at top of road (Shell garage) and Marlborough club is 100m on your right.

From the railway station on foot (1km): cross Station Road. Turn right. Take first left (Haydon Road) after 50m, car sales on corner. Follow 600m uphill to mini-roundabout at junction with Broadway. Turn right for 350m, past fire station and health centre on right, library and bingo hall on left. Marlborough Club is on your left, set back slightly from the road.

The usual playing room is on the first floor.

The club continues to meet on Mondays (except Bank Holidays) throughout the summer.

Gradings for Didcot players
Last updated 08 May 2009. The owner of this entry is John Harvey.

Kenilworth

Club night Monday
Venue The Clarendon Arms, 44 Castle Hill, Kenilworth. CV8 1NB
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.kcc1975.org.uk/
Contact Mike Johnson
Notes
Gradings for Kenilworth players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Leamington

Club night Tuesday, Wednesday for A Team
Venue The Home Guard Club, 4 Portland Street, Leamington Spa. CV32 5HE
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.chessclub.org.uk/leamington
Contact Guy Greenland
Notes
Gradings for Leamington players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

MCS Blackbirds

Club night MCSB 1 matches Mondays 7.30pm; MCSB 2 at 7.15pm
Venue Magdalen College School. OX4 1DZ
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.oxfordfusion.com/mcschess
Contact John Place
Notes This club is the merger between North Oxford (formerly Blackbird Leys) and MCS. New members are welcome. Please see www.oxfordfusion.com/mcschess for club evenings. Home ODCL matches are accessed through a door facing the tennis courts (half way up the teaching block; ground floor). Access to the school via Cowley Place. E-mail: JPlace@mcsoxford.org for further details. All visitors are respectfully advised that smoking is not permitted anywhere on the school site.
Gradings for Magdalen College School players
Last updated 03 Oct 2011. The owner of this entry is John Place.

Nuneaton

Club night Monday
Venue Coton Liberal Club, 52 Henry Street, Nuneaton. CV11 5SQ
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.nuneatonchess.org.uk/
Contact Bernard Visgandis
Notes
Gradings for Nuneaton players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Olton

Club night Tuesday
Venue Tyseley Working Men's Club, Warwick Road, Birmingham.
Website www.oltoncc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Contact Rob Reynolds
Notes
Gradings for Olton players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Oxford City

Club night Monday
Venue St. Margaret's Institute, Polstead Rd., Oxford. OX2 6TW
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/oxfordcitychessclub/index.phtml
Contact Ian Brooke
Notes The home venue for the City 4 team is at Abingdon School. Matches take place in Room M110, Mercers' Court, Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE. The home venue for the other Oxford City teams is St Margaret's Institute as above.
Gradings for Oxford City players
Last updated 13 Nov 2010. The owner of this entry is Graham Chapman.

Oxford University

Club night Tuesday 7:30
Venue Wycliffe Hall (1st-team matches); St Edmund Hall (2nd team matches). Match nights are Thursdays.
Website users.ox.ac.uk/~chess
Contact David Hewitt
Notes President 2011-12 is Erik Thornblad

Team captain contacts:
Univ 1 Mark Jackson home venue - Wycliffe Hall. Map.
Univ 2 David Hewitt, home venue - St Edmund Hall. Map.

Gradings for Oxford University players
Last updated 04 May 2012. The owner of this entry is David Hewitt.

Rugby

Club night Monday
Venue The Rugby Workers Club, 32 Oliver Street, Rugby . CV21 2ET
Map (opens in a new window)
Website rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/
Contact _unknown
Notes
Gradings for Rugby players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Shirley and Wythall

Club night Monday
Venue Wythall Community Association & Club, Wythal House, Silver Street, Wythall.
Website www.shirleychess.co.uk
Contact Frank Jimenez
Notes
Gradings for Shirley players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Solihull

Club night Wednesday
Venue The Blossomfield Club Ltd, The Wardens, Widney Lane, Solihull. B91 3JY
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.solihullchess.org/
Contact Rob Anderton
Notes
Gradings for Solihull players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

St Clare's

Club night Tuesday at 19:30
Venue New Place, 131 Banbury Rd Oxford. OX2 7AL
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.stclares.ac.uk
Contact Susan Tawse
Notes Club members are students and staff at St. Clare's. The main college building is at 139 Banbury Rd, OX2 7AL but chess matches take place in the New Place building at 131 Banbury Rd. Visiting teams should come to the 131 address. There is limited space for parking at 131 Banbury Road; alternatively vehicles can be parked in Lathbury Rd.
Last updated 29 Sep 2010. The owner of this entry is Susan Tawse.

Stratford

Club night Thursday
Venue The Royal British Legion Club, 29 Bull Street, Stratford. CV37 6DT
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.StratfordChess.com
Contact Peter Stiff
Notes
Gradings for Stratford players
Last updated 04 Nov 2011. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby (LL).

Wantage

Club night Tuesday 19.30
Venue Charlton Church Hall, Charlton Village Road, Wantage. OX12 7HG
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/wantagechessclub
Contact George Spalding
Notes All players welcome.
Gradings for Wantage players
Last updated 08 May 2009. The owner of this entry is Gordon Brown.

Witney

Club night Monday
Venue Ducklington Village Hall, Ducklington. OX29 7UX
Map (opens in a new window)
Website www.witneychess.co.uk/
Contact Alan Kennedy
Notes Matches and club nights Visitors and beginners welcome. Parking is just off the A415 and Village Hall is far side of the pond from the Bell public house.
Gradings for Witney players
Last updated 03 Dec 2010. The owner of this entry is Alan Kennedy.