Stourbridge Chess Club was founded in 1852. This is an ongoing project to document the history of the club. If you have any information that you think may be relevant please send it to the webmaster.
End of Season report 1971
After winning division 3 of the Wolverhampton league last year, this year we won division 2. We finished 7/13 in division 1 of the Birmingham league.
End of Season report 1972
We entered a second team in division 3 of the Wolverhampton league last year which promptly won the division. We finished 5/13 in division 1 of the Birmingham league.
End of Season report 1973
We finished 3/13 in division 1 of the Birmingham league. We won division 2 of the Worcestershire league. England international Geoff Harris replaced T.E.L.Chataway as club secretary.
End of Season report 1974
We won the Pittaway cup. (Wolverhampton league knock out competition) We finished 3/13 in division 1 of the Birmingham league.
End of Season report 1975
The B team won division 3 of the Wolverhampton league. Fred Tatler came second in the Harold Bidgood trophy. We now have 3 teams in the Wolverhampton league amd won the Pittaway cup for the second year running. We finished 7/13 in division 1 of the Birmingham league and entered a team in division 6 which we won. We also won division 1 of the Worcestershire league.
End of Season report 1976
We finished 10/13 in division 1 of the Birmingham league and our newly promoted team won division 5.
In the Birmingham league we won division 1, and division 8 with a new team. We came 2nd in division 4.
End of Season report 1977
In the Wolverhampton league, we won division 1 of the Summer league and the Pittaway cup.
End of Season report 1978
It was a clean sweep in the Birmingham league with Stourbridge winning divisions 1, 4 and 7. We had 2 teams in divisioin 1 of the Wolverhampton league. Both teams finished mid-table.1 team in division 2 which also finished mid-table.
End of Season report 1979
In the Wolverhampton Summer league we won divisions 1 and 2. In the winter league our B team outperformed the A team in division 1. Our 4th team won division 5.
In the Birmingham league, our third team won division 6. This will mean their third promotion in a row. We came 4th out of 13 in divisions 1 and 3