{"id":2414,"date":"2023-02-19T18:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2414"},"modified":"2023-02-19T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T23:26:33","slug":"news-summary-ecf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/news-summary-ecf\/","title":{"rendered":"ECF news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-dates has-authors has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/english-championships-final-round-change-of-timing-important\/'>English Championships final round change of timing \u2013 important!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-10-29T16:16:07+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">29\/10\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Owing to unforeseen circumstances, the organisers are having to move the final round of the English Championships forward to 12 noon on Saturday 31st October (this Saturday). If you have&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/english-chess-championships-2026-reports\/'>English Chess Championships 2026 \u2013 Results and Reports<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-10-27T10:28:57+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">27\/10\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/bodhana-sivanandan-11-breaks-38-year-world-record\/'>Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks 38-year world record<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-10-25T09:58:02+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">25\/10\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Many congratulations to Bodhana! The English Chess Federation hails a \u201cgenerational talent\u201d after chess sensation Bodhana Sivanandan broke her most impressive record yet. The 11-year-old schoolgirl from Harrow has broken&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/ecf-england-juniors-lichess-team-manager-volunteer-wanted\/'>ECF England Juniors Lichess Team Manager (Volunteer) wanted<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-10-22T11:51:04+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">22\/10\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The English Chess Federation is looking for a volunteer to manage the England Juniors Lichess Team from\u00a01 January 2027. The team runs five online tournaments each week, alongside occasional special&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/visit-to-hmp-whitemoor-carl-portman\/'>Visit to HMP Whitemoor \u2013 Carl Portman<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-10-09T10:23:57+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">09\/10\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">HMP Whitemoor HM Prison Whitemoor is a Category A men\u2019s prison near March, Cambridgeshire, England, operated by His Majesty\u2019s Prison Service. It was built on the site of an old&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/bcet-awards-2026\/'>BCET Awards 2026<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-10-09T08:53:13+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">09\/10\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Chess Trust make annual BCET Awards to schools and junior clubs. This year we received several very good applications and had a difficult task in selecting six.\u00a0Those receiving the&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/coaching-blind-players\/'>Coaching blind players<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-30T08:21:32+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">30\/09\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Greetings all! Putting on my ECF Manager of Coaches hat I have been asked by Gerry Walsh if there are any coaches out there who would like to coach blind&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/new-ecf-resources-for-chess-clubs\/'>New ECF resources for chess clubs<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-15T13:48:56+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">15\/09\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The English Chess Federation has produced a new collection of guidance and model documents to support local chess clubs. The resources are intended to help club volunteers establish clear and&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/ecf-agm-call-for-nominations-4\/'>ECF AGM \u2013 Call for nominations<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-14T08:28:17+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">14\/09\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Melinda Wilde<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Nominations are invited for the positions detailed below, which will be the subject of elections to be held at the Annual General Meeting on 14th November 2026. Posts due for&#8230;<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/www.englishchess.org.uk\/the-european-senior-team-chess-championships-2026-daily-reports\/'>The European Senior Team Chess Championships \u2013 wins across the board!<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-09-05T06:00:16+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">05\/09\/2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by WebAdmin<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">\u2014 from Nigel Povah England retain two European Senior Team Chess Titles! England retained two of the European titles (which they had won last year) in the European Senior Chess&#8230;<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2414\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}