Following the Committee Meeting this Monday 19th November the following has ben agreed:

• Both session fees and Annual Subscription will remain the same for the time being. The financial position of the club will be monitored and the position  looked at again in April.

• For 2012-2013 in order to reflect the relatively greater number of players now involved on Mondays the club's ladder will switch to that day. The Thursday Ladder will be discontinued. The Monday Ladder is now up and running and can be viewed on this website.

Well done to Tony Verran  for coming joint first with team mates  (Pat Johnson & Peter Scotting and Brian Gladman) at the Middlesex Congress. Middlesex ran two green pointed events in 2012 and in both of these Waltham Forest members finished in joint first place. Not bad for such a small club.

Tony Kelvin Trophy 11 November 2012

Congratulations to John Stimson  and Winnie Godber for coming first with team mates (Sue and Chris Taylor) in this event.

An impressive 22 members turned out for this years AGM. Thanks to all who attended.

Winnie Godber announced that she was stepping down as Chair. A presentation was made with an appreciation from members for all Winnie's hard work over ten years or so. Colin Elliott spoke of our thanks for all she has done. We will  miss her.

Tony Verran was voted in unapposed as Chair. Secretary, John Stimson: Committee, Colin Elliott, Alan Custerson (Treasurer), Adam Wershof and, new to the committee, Cathy Mcnaughton.

Well done to Tony Veran and Remi Tatur for coming 2nd with team mates in this event.

Well done to Phil Mattacks winner of this year's ladder. Phil finished fractionally above Ken Rolph. Colin Elliott was third.

Tony Veran's team (Tony, Remi, Phil, Stuart and Andy Barker) have won the  2012 West Essex League. They seem to win this competition more often than not. This year they won seven matches out of  seven. Well done the Foresters!

Not as successful but still deserving of congratualations are Winnie Godber and John Stimson. Playing with Chris and Sue Taylor they came second in the East Essex First Division.

These days the Essex Leagues are great fun. It is easy to enter at the correct level. If  club members want to put a side together they would be very welcome. Just visit The Essex County Web site for details.

Well done to Winnie Godber aand John Stimson for coming equal first (with two other teams!) in this event. In fact Dhondy's team were declared 'official' winners on matches won. Nevertheless 99 VPs (out of a possible 140) represents a very good result.

Well done to Ken Rolph and Phil Mattacks scoring 80.56% on the Thursday 29th March session. They managed two clean sweeps, both against respectable opposition and 10 complete tops out of 21 boards. Very impressive!

Waltham Forest teams did well in The Hellier this year.

The event played 19th February at Mountnessing, and smoothly run by Tournament Director Nichole Cook, attracted 22 teams. 

Congratulations to Colin Elliott/Martin Baker with John Stimson/Winnie Gober  who were first, well clear of the field.

Well done  too to the other Waltham Forest team: Ken Rolph/Phil Mattacks with Stuart Dunstan/Tony Veran who were 7th.

First placed secured the Hellier Trophy. However the event also decides who goes forward to represent Essex in the Garden Cities. Unfortunately we just missed out on qualification for this being pipped by Thorpe Bay.

Well done to Winnie Godber and John Stimson for coming first in this event. The Swiss Pairs was played at Mountnessing. There was an entry of 30 pairs.

The 2012 Thursday Ladder has been won by Phil Mattacks. In second place was Ken Rolph.