{"id":9,"date":"2018-07-23T10:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T10:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2022-12-31T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:51:43","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fleet &amp; Farnborough Chess Club meets throughout the year at a spacious, friendly venue\u00a0with superb facilities for all ages and playing strengths. There is a licensed bar also serving tea and coffee.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We welcome\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/getting-started\/\">newcomers<\/a>\u00a0and experienced players alike<\/li>\n<li>We can provide\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/getting-started\/\">advice<\/a> and coaching for those keen to learn and improve<\/li>\n<li>We run\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/teams\/\">four teams<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.borderleague.org.uk\/\">Surrey Border League<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We play an active part in developing chess in the local area<\/li>\n<li>We are working to establish links with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/juniors\/\">local schools<\/a>\u00a0and colleges<\/li>\n<li>We actively encourage\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/juniors\/\">junior players<\/a>\u00a0and those\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/getting-started\/\">getting started<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We meet weekly with no break for summer<\/li>\n<li>We can help recommend books, software and equipment<\/li>\n<li>We have many\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/welcome\/\">older players<\/a> simply looking for quiet games of chess<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;d like you to join!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have (as in 2023) around 20 members of whom some are active juniors (under 18). Our membership ranges in age from 11 &#8211; 90 and in English Chess Federation (ECF) rating terms ranges from around 800 &#8211; 2000.<\/p>\n<p>A game or board fee is paid for every game played in the League and this pays for administration and the costs of having games graded.<\/p>\n<p>We have four\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/teams\/\">teams<\/a> in the Surrey Border League with opponents coming from Camberley, Crowthorne, Guildford, Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere, Reading and Woking. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borderleague.org.uk\/club.php?clubcode=4FLE\">Each team<\/a>\u00a0consists of five players.<\/p>\n<p>We have an active management committee which meets to look after the club members best interests and enhance the clubs activities.<\/p>\n<p>You may\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/contact\/\">contact<\/a>\u00a0anyone from the committee by email, telephone or letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fleet &amp; Farnborough Chess Club meets throughout the year at a spacious, friendly venue\u00a0with superb facilities for all ages and playing strengths. There is a licensed bar also serving tea and coffee. We welcome\u00a0newcomers\u00a0and experienced players alike We can provide\u00a0advice and coaching for those keen to learn and improve We run\u00a0four teams\u00a0in the\u00a0Surrey Border League &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/welcome\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Us<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johnupham.myzen.co.uk\/fleetchessclub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}