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Frank Wood
Thank you Geoff and Phil
for the following.
With great sadness, I
write this brief, interim post and I'm sure
there will be tributes soon, an obituary and more.
Club chair of many
years and in more recent years, WDCL Tournament
secretary, Frank Wood sadly passed away Monday 28th
December 2020 and will be missed by so many and
remembered forever, too, as one of Wolverhampton Chess
Club's greatest.
Tributes
I am saddened by the loss of Frank Wood, who
was not only a good administrator and good player. He
was also a lovely bloke. Condolences to his family
(Barry Smith).
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I’m stunned by the news. Frank did an enormous amount
for the league and for Wolverhampton as you know.
Please pass my condolences to the family (David
Fone)
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A sad loss, a wonderful man who'll be missed
greatly. (Phil Bull)
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Phil has called me with the news and it is indeed sad
and a great shock.
Frank is such a gentleman and simply does not deserve
such a cruel deal. I am completely taken aback despite
the fact that this is my job day in and day out seeing
and dealing with cases such as this. (Rajeev
Raghaven)
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I’ll
always remember Frank as he chaired meetings and
awarded chess club trophies with Barry Lewis at
Wolverhampton Chess Club.
His great sense of humour, friendly manner too
and the privilege of experiencing Frank’s formidable
,Morra gambit and how he supported outdoor door chess
club events.
Frank was always there at the helm and will be
missed by so many.
Sincere condolences to Frank’s family, (Paul
Walters)
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Would you be kind
enough to convey our condolences to Wolverhampton CC
members re Frank. (Ann and Alan Ruffle)
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Messages of shock and sadness have also been
received from Chris Cox, Gordon Sands, Paul Walters,
Eddie Badger, Dave Wightman and Steve Wilcox among
others.
The Frank Wood Swiss memorial
tournament held between 14th January 2020 and 25th February 2021
was won by Mike
Townsend. Who achieved 1st place on 6 out of 7, just 1 loss in the
final round to Tony Preece. Congratulations.
Also, runners up, Phil Bull
2nd and Tony Preece, both with 5 points and thank you
to all participants and to Phil
Bull for organising.
A superb tournament in honour of
Frank Wood.
Well done, Mike Townsend, who led
all the way.
Phil Porter
Writing to inform you
of the death last week of Phil Porter aged 74 who had
played in the local chess leagues especially WDCL and
BDCL for close on 40 years and will no doubt be
remembered by many players in the area. He will be
sadly missed by many.
Phil joined
Wolverhampton Chess Club in the late Sixties or early
Seventies though after a few years left and joined the
Wolverhampton Kipping club sadly now defunct. He
rejoined Wolverhampton Chess club in the 1983/84
season along with two other well remembered players,
Mike Townsend and Robert Marshall. P
Phil had an
aggressive style of play and chalked up a few notable
wins against stronger players. Phil had not played in
league matches for about a year due to failing
eyesight though he was hoping to resume play after an
operation which he was on a waiting list for.
His other
main interests were cricket - he was a qualified
umpire In local leagues- and real ale which he
espoused and consumed with equal gusto!
Phil’s niece
has told me that it is likely that some sort of
celebration of Phil’s life will be arranged at some
time in the future and that she would let me have
details. I will pass any such details on to yourselves
in case there are others outside our club who might
wish to be involved.
Best wishes.
Frank Wood (25th
July 2020)
Wolverhampton
Chess Club Chairman
Robert Marshall
It's with great sadness that I announce and
write this. Robert Marshall recently passed away age
57.
A great player and one of
our club's strongest and finest. WDCL Rock Cup Winner
and played on our highest boards for many
years. Will be missed by all. Thoughts and condolences
to Robert's family.
Near
the end of 2020 Frank Wood passed away.
John Wakelam
And with more
sadness, I say John Wakelam passed away in
January. John held the post of records secretary
for many years and will be fondly remembered by many
AGM attendees as John sat beside Frank and announced
AGM Trophy winners and end of season team standings
for the various leagues. Condolences to John's
family.
Mr
Leslie Hesbrook:
Les Hesbrook passed away 6 Nov
2010 at age 88.
Mr
Leslie Hesbrook Tribute Page
Colin
Bourne Jones passed away
peacefully June 3 2011 aged 75
years.
Sadly missed but fondly remembered
by all his Friends and Family.
Alf Schroeder
Very sad news filtered through
at the start of 2014 regarding Alf
Schroeder who passed away Dec 31
2013. Alf was a longstanding
member of Bushbury Chess Club but
was a member of Wolverhampton
Chess Club years ago and played on
high county boards close to Alf
Butcher. Condolences to
Bushbury, family and all who knew
Alf, a great player who'll missed
by so many.
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