Brown Jack Chess Club

The club meets almost every Monday evening at 7.30pm.

We are committed to encourage local chess players of all

strengths, although we do have several particularly strong

members (current and previous County champions). New

players including juniors are welcome, but parents would

need to arrange adequate supervision for young players.

We play in an annexe of the pub, away from the main bar

area.

Club subscription rates are modest. The first few evenings

that new players attend are free of charge.

The club was formed in September 2001 when a group of

chess players based around the Swindon area decided to

meet regularly, which was not possible at the time due to

a lack of clubs in the area offering a real club night.

We originally started out at the Swindon Wyvern theatre in

2001 where we rented a meeting room. Only having a fairly

small membership, however, this option proved to be too

expensive for us. After many local enquiries, in December

2001 we were able to negotiate a regular weekly venue at

the Brown Jack public house in Wroughton. The club is

indebted to Ros and Ray, the Landlady and Landlord, for

all their help and goodwill over the past few years. We

were also fortunate that the Wiltshire County Chess

Association were keen to provide us with their support.

In 2004, after the submission of a strong application by

our then Chairman, Fenella Headlong, we were delighted

to receive the award of BCF Small Club of the Year.