Clubs in and around Oxfordshire
Abingdon School |
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| Club night | - |
| Venue | Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
OX14 1DE
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| Website | www.abingdon.org.uk |
| Contact | Andrew English |
| Notes | This is solely a school club at present, but in future we'd like to form a joint school and town club. Please contact me if you might be interested in joining. |
| Last updated | 20 Jun 2007. The owner of this entry is Andrew English. |
Banbury |
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| Club night | Tuesday |
| Venue | Old Reindeer Inn, Parsons Street, Banbury.
OX16 5NA
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| Website | www.banburychessclub.com |
| Contact | Stephen Rumsby |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 30 Sep 2004. The owner of this entry is Stephen Rumsby. |
Bicester Rodney House Chess Club |
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| Club night | Tuesday 7.30 PM |
| Venue | Rodney House Sports and Soc. Club, Rodney House, Aylesbury Rd., Bicester.
OX26 6HD
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| Website | www.freewebs.com/bicesterchess |
| Contact | Colin Cheesman |
| Notes | The map that is generated automatically from the postcode is misleading: use this map instead.
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 4th exit signposted "Rodney House Sports & Social Club". Turn Right almost immediately and drive around football pitch. At end of pitch turn left and road leads into car park. The Chess club meets in the lounge which is the first door on the left in the club main 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. |
| Last updated | 09 Jul 2008. The owner of this entry is Colin Cheesman. |
Cowley |
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| Club night | Monday 19.15 |
| Venue | Rose Hill Methodist Church, Rose Hill, Oxford.
OX4 4JP
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| Website | www.geocities.com/cowleychess/ |
| Contact | Lester Millin |
| 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 bus (Stagecoach) or a No. 4 (Oxford Bus Company) from Queen Street in the very 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. |
| Last updated | 23 Jan 2008. The owner of this entry is David Robson. |
Cowley Workers |
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| Club night | Monday |
| Venue | Cowley Workers Social Club, 19 Between Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford .
OX4 3LX
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| Contact | Dave Buckland |
| Notes | Tel: 01865 772920 club, or Dave Buckland on 01865 453884 |
| Last updated | 08 Oct 2007. The owner of this entry is Adrian Riley. |
Cumnor |
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| Club night | Thursday 19:00-21:00 Match fixtures start 19:30 |
| Venue | Cumnor Old School, High Street, Cumnor, Oxford.
OX2 9PE
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| Website | www.cumnorchessclub.com |
| Contact | Steven Bennett |
| Notes | Telephone 01865 862788 or my mobile, 0771 424 4029, or email westfs@aol.com On match nights, after 6:25 pm, call my mobile. 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. |
| Last updated | 05 Mar 2007. The owner of this entry is Steven Bennett. |
Didcot |
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| Club night | Monday 19.30 |
| Venue | The Marlborough Club, 227 Broadway, Didcot.
OX11 8RU
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| 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.
The club continues to meet on Mondays (except Bank Holidays) throughout the summer. |
| Last updated | 06 Apr 2008. The owner of this entry is John Harvey. |
Dragon School |
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| Club night | - |
| Venue | -. |
| Contact | Mark Edwards |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 08 Oct 2007. The owner of this entry is Roger Thetford. |
Emmanuel Christian School |
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| Club night | |
| Venue | Emmanuel Christian School, Littlemore. |
| Contact | Jenny Cooke |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 07 Sep 2004. The owner of this entry is Jenny Cooke. |
Harwell School |
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| Club night | Wed (lunchtime) |
| Venue | Harwell Primary School, The Styles, Harwell.
OX11 0HX
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| Website | www.harwell.oxon.sch.uk |
| Contact | Sue Greatbanks |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 07 Sep 2004. The owner of this entry is Sue Greatbanks. |
Headington School |
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| Club night | Can play double matches together with St Andrew's |
| Venue | Headington Preparatory School, 26 London Road, Oxford.
OX3 7PB
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| Website | www.headington.org |
| Contact | Heather Lang |
| Notes | U11 team in Oxfordshire Schools League. Would also like to play friendly matches against other schools. (For pupils at Headington School only. Website link is to the school website, not a chess-speific one.) |
| Last updated | 14 Oct 2006. The owner of this entry is Heather Lang. |
Marlborough School |
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| Club night | |
| Venue | The Marlborough School, Woodstock.
OX20 1LP
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| Website | www.marlborough.oxon.sch.uk |
| Contact | Gordon Lloyd |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 08 Oct 2007. The owner of this entry is Gordon Lloyd. |
MCS (Schools League and ODCL) |
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| Club night | Afternoons |
| Venue | Magdalen College School, Cowley Place, Oxford.
OX4 1DZ
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| Website | www.mcsoxford.org |
| Contact | John Place |
| Notes | For MCS pupils only. |
| Last updated | 20 Mar 2008. The owner of this entry is John Place. |
MCS Blackbirds |
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| Club night | MCSB 1 matches 7.30pm; MCSB 2 at 7.15pm |
| Venue | Magdalen College School.
OX4 1DZ
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| 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. |
| Last updated | 08 Oct 2008. The owner of this entry is John Place. |
Milton Junior Chess Club |
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| Club night | Friday 19.30-20.30 |
| Venue | Methodist Church Hall, High Street, Milton, Abingdon.
OX14 4EJ
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| Contact | Cheryl Brightwell |
| Notes | Mainly 6- to 12-year-olds. £1 per session. |
| Last updated | 13 Dec 2004. The owner of this entry is Cheryl Brightwell. |
New College School |
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| Club night | Tuesday 4:00-5:00 |
| Venue | New College School, 2 Savile Road, Oxford.
OX1 3UA
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| Contact | _unknown |
| Notes | Currently inactive? |
| Last updated | 20 Oct 2006. The owner of this entry is Roger Thetford. |
North Oxford / MCS Blackbirds |
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| Club night | - |
| Venue | -.
OX4 1DZ
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| Contact | John Place |
| Notes | Club is now part of MCS Blackbirds and no longer meets in its own right. |
| Last updated | 20 Mar 2008. The owner of this entry is John Place. |
North Oxford Association Juniors |
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| Club night | U11 Mon 4:00-5:15 term time; over-11s Fri 5-7pm |
| Venue | North Oxford Community Centre, Summertown. |
| Contact | Tamal Matilal |
| Notes | The club has two nights: Monday for primary school age children and Friday for over-11s. We are looking for more people. |
| Last updated | 08 Oct 2007. The owner of this entry is Tamal Matilal. |
Oxford City |
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| Club night | Monday |
| Venue | St. Margarets Institute, Polstead Rd., Oxford.
OX2 6TW
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| Website | www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/oxfordcitychessclub/index.phtml |
| Contact | Ian Brooke |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 16 Aug 2005. The owner of this entry is Graham Chapman. |
Oxford High School |
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| Club night | U9/11: Thu (or Tue poss) U13/18: Tue (or Fri poss) |
| Venue | Junior Department - 1 Bardwell Road, Oxford, OX2 6SU or Senior Department - Belbroughton Road, Oxford, OX2 6SA. NB: Sometimes junior teams play matches at senior dept and vice-versa. Schools coming for matches should confirm venue, time and day for each match.. |
| Website | www.cheekychess.org.uk |
| Contact | Heather Lang |
| Notes | Only for children who attend Oxford High School. |
| Last updated | 13 Oct 2006. The owner of this entry is Heather Lang. |
Oxford University |
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| Club night | Tuesday 7:30 |
| Venue | Balliol (1st-team matches); Worcester Coll. (2nd/3rd/4ths). |
| Website | users.ox.ac.uk/~chess/index.html |
| Contact | University President / Secretary |
| Notes | President 2007-08 is Michael Healey |
| Last updated | 16 Nov 2007. The owner of this entry is University President / Secretary. |
St Andrew's |
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| Club night | - |
| Venue | St Andrew's School, Headington.
OX3 9ED
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| Contact | Caro Hunt |
| Notes | |
| Last updated | 02 Sep 2006. The owner of this entry is Caro Hunt. |
Wantage |
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| Club night | Tuesday 19.30 |
| Venue | Charlton Church Hall, Charlton Village Road, Wantage.
OX12 7HG
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| Website | www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/wantagechessclub |
| Contact | George Spalding |
| Notes | All players welcome. |
| Last updated | 30 Sep 2004. The owner of this entry is Gordon Brown. |
Witney |
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| Club night | Thursday |
| Venue | Ducklington Village Hall, Ducklington.
OX29 7UX
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| Website | www.witneychess.org.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. |
| Last updated | 17 Sep 2008. The owner of this entry is Alan Kennedy. |
