Venue: Newcastle Bridge Club, 6 King St, Newcastle, ST5 1EL.

Meets on: Wednesday, and sometimes Friday.

Contact: Alan Paling.  Tel: 01782 616257.

Parking:
On street parking in usually available outside the club on both sides of King St.

Website: http://mjh.orpheusweb.co.uk/nulcc/frame.htm

Facilities:

• Licensed bar
• Already coaches Junior players, and welcomes more.

Notes:
The Newcastle site provides an excellent source of information on all chess matters to the North of the county.

North Staffordshire & District Chess Association
Division 1 (& League) Champions 1954/5, 1956/7, 1992/3 (joint with Ball Green and Stafford)
Division 1 Runner-up 1950/1, 1951/2, 1953/4, 1955/6, 1958/9, 1959/60, 1964/5, 1987/8, 1990/1 (joint with Stafford), 1991/2, 1993/4 (joint with Kidsgrove)
Division 2 Champions 1989/90 (joint with Cheddleton), 1999/2000, 2001/2
Division 2 Runner-up 1986/7 (joint with Cheddleton), 1987/8 (joint with Cheddleton), 1996/7,

Division 3 Champions 2006/7
Division 3 Runner-up 1986/7, 1990/1, 1992/3, 1994/5,
Division 4 Runner-up 1991/2 (joint with Barlaston)

8 Man Cup
Winner 1995/6
Runner-up 1988/9, 1991/2, 1994/5, 1998/9, 2004/5

U135 Cup
Winner 1990/1, 1992/3, 1994/5, 2003/4, 2005/6.
Runner-up 1995/6

U110 Cup
Winner 1990/1, 2005/6.
Runner-up 1989/90, 1991/2, 1992/3, 1997/8, 1998/9

Margaret Hankey Memorial League
Champions 2000/1 (joint with Cheddleton), 2001/2, 2002/3, 2003/4.

Wolverhampton League
Team Lightning tournament
Minor Section winner 1981/2

The records do show this win for Penkhull in the same year that Electra won the Trophy section.  The Penkhull team would have consisted of four players with a total grade under 410.  The Wolverhampton League Lightning Tournament archive lists all winners in chronological order.

Newcastle have been involved in the League run by the North Staffordshire and District Chess Association since 1950/51.

Starting as Penkhull Church Chess Club, some time between 1983 and 1986, they changed to their current name of Newcastle Chess Club.