Ayrshire documentation can now be found here along with the Laws of chess.

Bookmarking the page would be advisable.

05/05/2025

The Seniors entry form is now available on its page and for download.

Due to the problems with Covid and shutdown of chess events, we have lost track of three trophies

Please check if you have any of these and let me know

1. Alan Birnie memorial shield –about 12 inches tall – was awarded to Junior team – last won by Kilmarnock Juniors in 2024
2. Under 16 (Ayrshire Minor champion) trophy a cup about 10 inches tall – hasn’t been awarded since before Covid

Contact John Montgomery Association secretary if you have any of these.

3/5/2025

All leagues now updated and available for download from the documents.

29/4/2025

Prizegiving & Lightning event 2025 

The prizegiving will take place at Greenwood Academy, Irvine on Thursday 29^th May 2025 starting at 7pm.  Teams who have won an event should ensure that a representative of the team attends the prizegiving to collect their trophy.

The Ayrshire Lightning tournament will follow the prizegiving. There will be prizes for both team and individual winners. Entry fee £1 per player.

28/4/2025

A report on the 6th Junior event is available with the entry form for the next event available.

The Samuel graham and Harvey Shield events are now arranged with the entry forms on the relevant web page and available for download.

We have been loaned an almost complete set of Ayrshire Chess Bulletins and have now placed them on the site in the documents section

This completes what we have been generously allowed access to.

We have not got pages 6/7 of the 75/76 season and would like to receive any information about it's whereabouts.

The 31st edition consists of three pages which came out on the 26th December 1980. The possibility exists that the bulletins ceased publication at that point or a second bulletin out in, presumably, April or so would complete it. Any information as to what happened would be gratefully received.

If anyone has a copy of either buried somewhere we would be very interested in acquiring it to copy for the archive.

Due to the size of the paper used in the original it is sometimes necessary to scan a page twice to capture all the information which hopefully explains why there seems to be duplicate pages.