About us

Spondon Chess club meets every Tuesday at 7pm in the Celenese Acetate training room on Holme Lane, Spondon, Derby. There is no cost involved per night, and the current annual membership fee is just £10 which is decided upon each year at the AGM in September. There is no fee for Juniors.

There is an annual club championship which is run from the start of the season in September, as well as an open summer tournament around June and July.

Club Chairman: Mr Gethin Bowes
Secretary: Mr Martin Gibson
Treasurer: Mr H T Loomes

Directions

You can view a map of the location with multimap here.

For more information, contact webmaster and club member Dean Madden at dean@spondonchess.org.uk, or Derby & District Chess League Controller Bert Loomes at Bert27@talktalk.net.

History

The club was founded by W.R. Foggon in 1956 as the British Celanese Chess club. Until 1980 the club met at the B.C. sports and social club, which is now the Asterdale Banqueting & Sports Club.

The name was changed in 1980 to the Courtalds (Spondon) chess club after the owners sold the rights to the British Celanese name. In 1998 the site became known as Acordis and the club name was changed to the present Spondon chess club.