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The October Edition of the CAWA Newsletter is now available.
Please enjoy!!!!
For those wishing to contribute anything to the next edition please send your submission to the Newsletter Editor: Mike McGregor by the 30th of November 2017.
It includes all of the new requirements of constitutions while making as few changes as possible to the governance of CAWA. It does change the CAWA financial year from July-June to a calendar year to bring the constitution in line with current practice. Some matters that were formally in constitutions are now covered by the Act to which CAWA must comply.
In order that the CAWA membership is informed of the proposed changes and, has an opportunity to raise any issues, your comments and feedback are being sought now. Please forward any comments to David Hounsome Secretary at: dshounsome@iprimus.com.au or phone: 94488045.
In addition clubs may wish to discuss the matter with their members and provide feedback.
A response by the end of September is sought. This will allow time for the Council to carefully consider any feedback and prepare a response. Given the timeline set by the new Act it is important that when the membership meets to approve a new constitution we have before us a constitution which has been accepted.
On Sunday, 13th of August at the Rhein Donau Club, Myaree, a simul was played between International Master (IM) Temur Kuybokarov and 23 local chess players.
Please click on the link below for a nice report with some photos kindly provided by Gordon Dunlop.
Dennis Holland from TOTAL CHESS has asked CAWA to advertise that he is introducing a new exciting program from America that teaches kids as young as 3 how to play chess!
Chess at Three classes will begin in term 3 at Meerilinga Children and Family Centre Cockburn, 219 Winterfold Rd, COOLBELLUP on Saturday 19th of August and continuing every Saturday until 16th of September. The chess classes will be run from 9:05am to 9:50am.
The 2017 Harris Edwardes competition received a total of ten team entries and was held at the North Woodvale Primary School over two Sunday afternoons 30 July and 6 August. This is the largest participation in many years. Four teams entered the Open, two teams in the B division and four teams in the C division. The same format was used again from the previous year with some minor changes. All players played exactly four games over the two weekends.
In the Open division teams participated from Metro, Perth and Southern Suburbs(two teams). With four teams it was possible to play the event in the traditional format with round robin preliminary matches then a final round to determine final placings. Congratulations to the Southern Suburbs A1 team for convincingly winning both the preliminary rounds and the final match.
In the B Division teams participated from Perth and Southern Suburbs.. The format for this competition consisted of 4 matches with players having a game against each player in the opposing team. Congratulations to the Southern Suburbs team for their win over Perth. The competition was decided on total game score and Southern Suburbs won the event with 11.5 from 16.
In the C Division teams participated from Kingsley Juniors, Perth and Southern Suburbs. The format the traditional format with round robin preliminary matches then a final round to determine final placings. Congratulations to the Southern Suburbs C1 team for their win over Southern Suburbs.
Congratulations to all the winning teams from Souther Suburbs and thank you to all those players that organised teams and participated to the smooth running of the competition. Trophies will be awarded after the Christmas Lightning event on December 17th.
The 2017 School Chess League (SCL) finals were played on Saturday 22nd July.
You can find a nice report and a selection of photos kindly provided by CAWA School Chess League organiser Yita Choong in the School Chess League section.
Round 7 ResultsClosed
Yita Choong 1-0 Nedeljko Tomic
Derwent Maggs 0-1 Tim Hare
Igor Butsenko 1-0 Robert Maris
Reserves
Natalie Maris 0–1 Craig Kinsman
Alex Janceski ½-½ Gordon Dunlop
Lennard Mechlowski ½-½ Robin Shaw
David Barry 0–1 Fred Maris
Brian Gale 0–1 James Rutherford
Lindsay Bordas 0F–1F Victor Markou
Sebastian Vearncombe WD
Congratulations to: Igor Butsenko who won the Closed with 5.5/7 ahead of Derwent Maggs who was second on 5/7.
Congratulations also to Craig Kinsman who won the Reserves on 6.5/7, with Gordon Dunlop & Alex Janceski equal 2nd on 4.5/7, Fred Maris was first U/1600 on 4/7. Craig Kinsman & Ned Tomic share the Seniors title whilst Natalie Maris gets the Womens title.
Please click on the links below to obtain results, pairings, round draws & PGN's:
As a result of the enactment of the Associations Incorporation Act 2015, all incorporated bodies are required to revise their constitutions to ensure they comply with the new requirements. Ammended constitutions need to be approved by 75% of the members attending an AGM or Special General Meeting and endorsed by the government department responsible for administering the Act, before July 1 2018.
The CAWA is urgently in need of a treasurer. If you are interested and can assist in filling this position, please get in touch with CAWA President: Alan Wolstencroft at 
