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President's
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I put down my intentions in
writing soon after the AGM last year. I
said at the time that it would serve as ammunition to shoot me down this
year. I feel that I am one of my fiercest
critics and I must say that I have a fair way to go before realising all my
ambitions for Yorkshire chess.
I stated that communication
was the key. Almost immediately our new
website editor did a disappearing act.
I’m really grateful to our Secretary, Steve Mann, for continuing with
his excellent site he set up for the Yorkshire chess association last
year. He has managed to keep everybody
informed throughout the year and it was good to see posted at various chess
clubs this year, league tables printed off from this site.
My other concern was our
financial state. How can we fund
everything we want to do? For example,
pay game fee, affiliation fees and meet expenses for our successful county
teams.
People have given me
suggestions at spending even more cash we don’t have but we are still working
on a few leads to help bring in some decent sponsorship to the county. We created a new position on the committee
last year of Marketing Director and I would like to see this post continue for
another year. We have managed to
increase our profile and make contacts with some potential sponsors but this
needs to be pursued far more vigorously for my liking this season.
I have achieved something
that was never in my ‘manifesto’. Just
before Christmas I noticed that of all the players I came across in various
leagues, very few were significantly younger than me. In fact most chess clubs don’t seem to have juniors coming
through. “The blame lies with the
schools and teachers” everybody will tell you.
Soon after this I hit upon
the ‘Adopt a school scheme' which has had a good response in the Bradford area
and is beginning to creep over into Leeds.
I think many more clubs in Yorkshire should pursue this if we are to
maintain our position as one of the strongest counties.
Lets support the school kids
and give them a future of chess playing in the whole region.
I promise to continue to
serve Yorkshire chess this season in whatever capacity you see fit.
Ihor Lewyk,
Tel: 01274 567559
President Yorkshire Chess
Association.
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