Brighton & Hove Junior Chess Clubs
Current BHJCC Junior Clubs – Open to any child, aged 6-16
Mondays 5.30-6.30pm Hove Central JCC
Avenue Bridge Club (First Floor), 15 Third Avenue, Hove BN3 2PB
Tuesdays 5.30 – 6.30pm Brighton Patcham JCC
Patcham Memorial Hall, Old London Road, Patcham, Brighton BN1 8XR
Wednesdays 6-7pm Hove West & Portslade JCC
South Portslade Community Centre, Church Road, Portslade, Brighton & Hove BN41 1LB
Please contact us (email/telephone) before attending for the first time.
Our range is 6-16 years old, and from Beginner to England International.
Fees are payable half-termly.
There are 24 places available, thereafter a waiting list is in operation.
BHJCC was first launched in May 2004 at Cornerstone Community Centre in Hove
on Thursday evenings.
Since then over 100 children have come along to enjoy this most ancient of games and to have fun playing against children from other schools. Badges and prizes are added incentive.
An average session starts with 10 minutes of friendly warm-up games, then 10-15 minutes tuition on the large demonstration board, and finishes with one club championship game each week, which can last up to half-an-hour.
Some of the children filter through into the highly successful Sussex Junior Chess set-up (www.sussexjuniorchess.org). A couple of seasons ago Sussex won the National Under-11 Team title for the first time. Sussex JC organise a series of seven chess events over the year forming a Grand Prix, along with half-a-dozen special training days.
At our club we have seen seven of our players represent the county, along with two of our girls becoming county champions -- Iona Rose and Eliza McHugh. Iona also became BWCA National Girls Under-11 Champion at York.
BHJCC Roll of Honour (Represented County)
Louis Capron
Steven Jackson
John Simister
Iona Rose
Eliza McHugh
Alfie Brand
Frank Brand
Joshua Ralph
Phoebe Ralph
George Richenberg
Theo Richenberg
Callum Brewer
Juju Samworth-Calvier
Callum Salmons
Hugo Westwood-Dunkley
Tom Gould