DCCA Mamhead Challenge Cup Season 2016-17

In 2016-17, South Hams has a team competing in the Devon County Chess Association (DCCA) Division 2 League, also known as the Mamhead Challenge Cup. The league is named after Lord Mamhead - Sir Robert Newman MP - who became the DCCA's third president in 1920. The Keverel Chess website has an interesting article on Sir Robert and Mamhead House, including a picture of the Challenge Cup.

The Mamhead is a 4-board competition, with an aggregate grade limit for each match of Under 640. There is no limit on individual player grades.

The Mamhead is a Saturday competition in order to enable teams from throughout Devon to travel to their away fixtures. The generous time controls - 40 moves in 100 minutes plus a 20 minute Quickplay finish - are intended to encourage a high standard of chess!

In the 2016-17 season, South Hams has home fixtures against Barnstaple, Exmouth and Tiverton, and away fixtures against Newton Abbot and Teignmouth. When fixture dates have been set, and when results are available, this information will be posted on our 2016-17 Fixtures and Results page.

Except when otherwise agreed between team captains, the venue for South Hams home matches in the Mamhead Challenge Cup will be Rattery Village Hall, Rattery, Devon TQ10 9LD. Click here for a map of the venue.

The South Hams team captain is Steve Levy, who can be contcted by email at .

The DCCA competition rules can be downloaded here.

Fixtures and Results

You can apply a filter to the fixtures by typing into the Search box. For example, if you type Ply then only the fixtures against Plymouth will be displayed.

Click on a match score to view the game results for the match concerned. If the word "Report" appears against a particular match, then when you view the game results you will also see the match report.

Individual Player Statistics

Here are the current player statistics for South Hams players in the DCCA Mamhead Division during the 2016-17 season: