N.C.C.C.
Dragon News
(May 2008)
Meetings
every Thursday, 6:30 pm. @ Bearno’s Pizza
www.geocities.com/nelsoncountychessclub
April Meetings In April,
we finally saw some Springtime break through!
In our meetings we had Zutterman, Pres. Starkey, Preston, Stan, Doug,
Weldin, Doc, Larry, Danny, Lucas and Steff.
Treasury Notes Our club reimbursed Andrew Preston ˝ of
what he spent on some Chess Awards for his students (Bardstown Middle) who
participated in a small tournament at the Public Library. We have $303 in our treasury.
Ladder Standings a/o 5/1/08 1 Lucas, 2 Coulter, 3 McKinney, 4 M
Abramovich, 5 S Mullins, 6 S Starkey,7
N Rosenbaum, 8 S Clayton, 9 L Nelson, 10 A Preston, 11 D Martin, 12 D
McCubbins, 13 H Brussell, 14 S Parsons, 15 R Zutterman, 16 R Williams, 17 J
Martek, 18 W Rosenbaum, 19 B Woodring, 20 F Douglas.
Club Shirts and Hats Get with Steff or Preston for your club shirts or hats with our
logo.
Beat the Man Results for April Jerry’s two months
of sweeps came to an end this clear Spring evening. Stan snatched away another “I Beat the Man” medallion. Jerry was also facing Doc, Steph, Lucas and
Larry.
Words from
the Director: Greetings
to all members of the Nelson County Chess
Club! Please take time to read this
message. Mark every Thursday on your
calendar for the next year.
Attend at least one meeting/game night each month (more if you are able)
and enjoy chess, pizza, and lots of laughs.
The first NEWSWORTHY ITEM is that
Scholastic Chess in all three local school systems (Bardstown, Nelson County,
and Private/Parochial) has grown in the past 2 years largely in part to the Nelson County Chess Club members. Most of the schools' coaches/sponsors are
members of this club and the extra time taken with the students is paying off
in terms of enrollment in the school clubs and in the gradually increasing
numbers of students who are showing interest in improving their chess
games. Some activities occurring this
year include the Bardstown Middle School Invitational Tournament, students
playing in the “Beat the Man" event, coaches participating at the E-Town Chess Club, in-house school tournaments, lock-ins, and
math enrichment activities that use chess to reinforce concepts of problem
solving and sportsmanship.
New on the scholastic chess
horizon is the possibility of forming a countywide youth chess league. Each school club would send a team(s) of
five players to compete in local, regional, and state competitions. More to come soon regarding this!
Most of our school clubs started
with just a few players and support from the Bardstown Optimist Club. Stan Mullins, co-founder of the NCCC and
past member of the Optimists has been instrumental in the school clubs aquiring
chess sets, boards, clocks, and other tools for teaching chess. On behalf of the school clubs, I would like
to thank Stan Mullins, Harold Brussell, Jim
Beery, and the entire Bardstown Optimist Club for sharing their resources of
time and money for the benefit of youth in Bardstown and Nelson County.
In closing, let me say the
good-natured competitive events hosted by the NCCC
are only a part of the "draw" to attend the weekly and monthly
meetings. The other membership benefits
of the club are the fun and good food shared at Bearno's Pizza in
Bardstown. The employees there are very
hospitable, and the food is outstanding!!!
Thanks to the employees and owners of Bearnos Pizza for providing us a
place to meet, eat, and play!
-Stephanie Clayton