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The 3Cs' Honours Boards which are on display at the club headquarters
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ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION
CLUB OF THE YEAR 2006, 2014
(Only club to win the award twice)
BRITISH CHESS EDUCATIONAL TRUST AWARD
(Organising / Promoting Junior Chess) 2023
PRESIDENT'S AWARD Steve Rigby 2009
(For services to chess) Phil Adams 2018
CONTRIBUTION TO Dale James 2022
JUNIOR CHESS
MANCHESTER CHESS FEDERATION
(Founded 1892-93)
(1) = 1st team, (2) = 2nd team, etc
DIVISION A CHAMPIONS
1995 (1) 2001 (2) 2002 (1) 2003 (1) 2004 (1) 2006 (1) 2007 (1) 2008 (1) 2009 (1) 2010 (1) 2011 (1) 2013 (1) 2014 (1) 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2017 (1) 2018 (1) 2019 (1)
2023 (1)
DIVISION B CHAMPIONS
1989 (1) 1994 (2) 1997 (2) 2000 (2) 2010 (2) 2012 (2)
2015 (2) 2017 (2)
DIVISION C CHAMPIONS
1986 (1) 1998 (3) 2013 (3) 2018 (3)
DIVISION D CHAMPIONS
1985 (1) 2000 (4) 2002 (5) 2013 (5)
DIVISION E CHAMPIONS
1983 (1) 2001 (5) 2011 (5) 2012 (5) 2015 (5)
DIVISION F CHAMPIONS
1982 (1) 1987 (3) 1998 (5)
DIVISION G CHAMPIONS
1986 (4)
DIVISION H CHAMPIONS
1989 (6)
RAPID PLAY CHAMPIONS
2019 (7) 2020 (6) 2023 (5)
SPRING LEAGUE DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONS
2022 (1)
AUTUMN u-1451 RAPIDPLAY CHAMPIONS
2021 (3)
REYNER SHIELD WINNERS
1998 (1) 2001 (1) 2002 (1) 2003 (1) 2005 (1) 2006 (1) 2007 (1) 2008 (1) 2009 (1) 2010 (1) 2013 (1) 2014 (1) 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2018 (1) 2019 (1) 2021 (1)
WAHLTUCH TROPHY WINNERS
1985 (1) 1998 (3) 2015( 3)
HARTLEY TROPHY WINNERS
1986 (4) 1987 (3) 2006 (5) 2017 (4)
MILNER TROPHY WINNERS
1998 (4) 2000 (6) 2001 (5) 2002 (4) 2012 (5) 2013 (6) 2015 (5) 2016 (6)
MANCHESTER CHESS FEDERATION "DOUBLE"
(Division A Champions & Reyner Shield winners)
2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019.
MANCHESTER CHESS FEDERATION ONLINE LEAGUE
DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONS 2020 (1) 2021 (1) 2022 (1)
DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS 2020 (2)
DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONS 2022 (3)
DIVISION 4 CHAMPIONS 2021 (4)
SOUTH-EAST LANCASHIRE SUMMER LEAGUE
(1) = 1st team, (2) = 2nd team, etc
DIVISION A CHAMPIONS
2000 (1) 2001 (1) 2002 (1) 2003 (1)
DIVISION B CHAMPIONS
1998 (2) 2022 (1)
DIVISION C CHAMPIONS
1997 (2) 2002 (3)
DIVISION D CHAMPIONS
1993 (1) 1996 (2) 1998 (3) 2000 (4)
DIVISION E CHAMPIONS
1985 (1) 1990 (2) 1995 (2)
EUROPEAN CLUB CUP
QUALIFIERS
2017 - ANTALYA, TURKEY
2018 - HALKIDIKI, GREECE
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
BRITISH RAPIDPLAY
2019 - Stephen Gordon
BRITISH UNDER-21
2005 - Stephen Gordon
2006 - Stephen Gordon
2007 - Stephen Gordon
2008 - Stephen Gordon
2017 - Andrew Horton
BRITISH UNDER-18
2005 - Stephen Gordon
BRITISH UNDER-16
1988 - Philip Whitworth
1989 - Paul Brown
BRITISH UNDER-14
1984 - Dale James
1997 - Alex Longson
BRITISH UNDER-13
1994 - David Tompson
BRITISH UNDER-10
1997 - Stephen Gordon
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-16
2002 - Karen Bradley
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-15
1996 - Elise Ford
2002 - Karen Bradley
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-14
1995 - Elise Ford
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-13
2003 - Robyn Smith
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-12
2001 - Katie Martin
2023 - Alannah Ashton
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-10
1991 - Elise Ford
BRITISH GIRLS' UNDER-8
2019 - Alannah Ashton
BRITISH U-125 GRADE
2004 - Richard Glover
The 3Cs' team after winning the 2008 Reyner Shield final - the Manchester League's premier knockout trophy.
Back: Alan Walton, Phil Adams, Mitchell Burke, Ali Jaunooby
Front: Adam Ashton, Dale James, John Bentley
ENGLAND JUNIOR INTERNATIONALS
1984 - Paul Brown, Julie Robinson
1985 - Andrew Jablonski, Philip Whitworth
1989 - David Ashton, Chris Higham, Paul Walton
1991 - Andy Lewis, David Tompson
1992 - Elise Ford
1993 - Robert Taylor, John Tompson
1996 - Stephen Gordon
1998 - Nathan Butterworth, Alex Longson, Paul Plant, Elizabeth Roberts
1999 - Robyn Smith, Jason Wright
2000 - Karen Bradley
2001 - Katie Martin
2002 - Richard Glover
2003 - Michael Compston
2004 - Robert Glover
2007 - Daniel Lea
2008 - Mitchell Burke, Thomas Clements, Jamie Horton
2009 - Jacob Manton
2010 - Daniel Abbas
2011 - Andy Horton
2012 - Phoebe Price
2013 - Becky Kerton, Jason Lau
2015 - Kevin Ye
2018 - Ethan Gardiner
2019 - Edward Jackson
2021 - Alannah Ashton
2022 - Kyle Pelling
FIDE TITLES
GRANDMASTER Stephen Gordon (2009)
INTERNATIONAL MASTER Stephen Gordon (2006) Andy Horton (2018)
FIDE MASTER Stuart Clarke (2003) Stephen Gordon (2004)
Adam Ashton (2006) Alex Longson (2013)
Andy Horton (2015) Daniel Abbas (2016)
CANDIDATE MASTER Alan Walton (2004)
4NCL
DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS 2015 (3Cs 1)
DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONS 2003 (3Cs 2)
JUNIOR 4NCL
DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS 2021
David Tompson receiving his award as winner of the 1994 British under-13s' Championship.
MANCHESTER CHESS FEDERATION PRESIDENTS
Phil Adams 1994 - 97, John Walton 2017 - 20
ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
ENGLISH CHAMPION
2007 - Stephen Gordon
2012 - Stephen Gordon
ENGLISH U-18 CHAMPION
2017 - Daniel Abbas
ENGLISH GIRLS' U-16 CHAMPION
2013 - Becky Kerton
DALE JAMES displaying the Manchester League's Division A Championship trophy which 3Cs have won on 17 occasions during the past 19 seasons.
Dale became the first 3Cs' player to win a British Championship when he took the 1984 under-14s' title.
He is now one of top junior coaches in the region, teaching chess at many local schools and in 2022 was honoured by the ECF in being presented with their "Contribution to Junior Chess" award.
"We are the Champions, my friends ..."