Annual General Meeting 2024/2025

2024/2025 season is rapidly coming to a close and with this comes the announcement of the UCU’s Annual General Meeting.

The AGM will be held in person at Fruithill Chess Club on Monday 30th June 2025 at 8pm.

Venue: Falls Bowling Club, 63 Andersonstown Road Belfast. BT11 9AH

 

Any member wishing to put forward a motion or nominate a member for the Board, must do so before noon Friday 20th June 2025.

 

Submitted motions must be proposed by one member and seconded by another.

 

Positions on the UCU Executive Board:

Chair

Secretary

Treasurer

Tournament Director (& Vice Tournament Director)

League Controller (& Vice League Controller)

Ratings Officer

Youth Development Officer

Child Protection Officer

Women’s Development Officer

Funding Officer

Trophies Officer

Web Editor/Social Media Officer

UCU Historian

ICU Representative

Member without portfolio

 

Those wishing to stand for any of the above positions must be nominated and seconded by two other members.

 

The Tom Clarke Grand Prix and League prises will be presented at the AGM; full winner’s list below. We encourage all winners to collect their trophies in person.

 

TOM CLARKE GRAND PRIX WINNERS

Senior: Mandar Tahmankar

Intermediate: Jade Sandrey

 

DIVISION 1 WINNERS

The A Team

DIVISION 2 WINNERS

Fruithill

DIVISION 1 BOARD PRIZES

 

Division 1 board 1: Mandar Tahmankar

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Mandar Tahmankar

2001

NI Civil Service 1

9

12

75.00

 

Division 1 board 2: Sergio Esteve Sanchez

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Sergio Esteve Sanchez

1891

Strand

8

12

66.67

 

Division 1 board 3: Alwin Micheal

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Alwin Micheal

1855

Strand

7.5

9

83.33

 

Division 1 board 4: Ben McIlroy

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Ben McIlroy

1776

The A team

8

11

72.73

 

Division 1 board 5: Gerard McIlroy

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Gerard McIlroy

1739

The A team

6.5

9

72.22

 

DIVISION 2 BOARD PRIZES

 

Division 2 board 1: Robert Lavery

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Robert Lavery

1741

Kelly's Heroes

7

12

58.33

 

Division 2 board 2: Paul Reaney

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Paul Reaney

1691

Downpatrick

6.5

8

81.25

 

Division 2 board 3: Graeme McCormick

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Graeme McCormick

1720

Kelly's Heroes

7.5

11

68.18

 

Division 2 board 4: Ashish Shambharkar

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Ashish Shambharkar

1548

Citi Knights

6

10

60.00

 

Division 2 board 5: Conor McAleenan

Name

Rating

Club

Points

Played

Percentage

Conor McAleenan

1358

Citi Knights

2

7

28.57

 

Previous year’s AGM minutes will be published post last Board meeting 3rd June, and the proposed motions will be published on the “event” once all are received Friday 20th June.

 

For further details on any of the roles, please contact the UCU secretary.

 

 

Position

Current Officer

Chair

Martin Johnston

Secretary

Pat McKillen

Treasurer

Adrian Dornford-Smith

Tournament Director (& Vice Tournament Director)

Eddie Khanzharov (& vacant)

League Controller (& Vice League Controller)

Michael Devine (& vacant)

Ratings Officer

Robert Lavery

Youth Development Officer

Neil Gardner

Child Protection Officer

Neil Gardner

Women’s Development Officer

Leah Worbey

Funding Officer

Danny Roberts

Trophies Officer

Geoff Hindley

Web Editor/Social Media Officer

Karina Campbell

UCU Historian

David McAlister

ICU Representative

 

Member without portfolio

Amol Thoke

Chris Armstrong

Chris Kelly