Team Captains

Contacts for team captains
Team Div Venue Night Captain E-mail Tel home Tel Mobile Tel work
Bangor Carnegie 1 Groomsport Parish Hall (8.00pm start) Thurs Mark Newman marknewman@bangorchessclub.org.uk 91 456638
90444955
Bangor Winston 2 Groomsport Parish Hall (8.00pm start) Thurs




Bangor Groomsport 2 Groomsport Parish Hall (8.00pm start) Thurs Richard Proctor
91 451069

Bangor Barracudas 3 Groomsport Parish Hall (8.00pm start) Thurs Drew Ferguson drew@bangorchessclub.org.uk 91 457248

Bombardier 2 Shorts Social & Recreation Club, Old Holywood Rd, Belfast Wed Stewart McConaghy
90 705687

Civil Service 1 Maynard Sinclair Pavillion, N'Ards Rd, Belfast Wed Chris Kelly
90 761996
90329241
Clifton House 1 Clifton House, North Queen Street, Belfast Tues Danny Mallaghan danielmallaghan@hotmail.com
07776 108789 90899855
Fisherwick A 1 Fisherwick Church Hall, Chlorine Gdns, Belfast (7.45pm start) Wed John Cairns johnniecairns@hotmail.com 90 799821 (John Bradley)
Malone 2 Fisherwick Church Hall, Chlorine Gdns, Belfast (7.45pm start) Wed Neil Green
90 292982

Fisherwick C 3 Fisherwick Church Hall, Chlorine Gdns, Belfast (7.45pm start) Wed Alex Beckett
90 667306

Hillsborough A 2 Derriaghy Cricket Club Pavilion Tues John Orchin j.orchin@ntlworld.com 90 948136 07845080234
Hillsborough B 3 Derriaghy Cricket Club Pavilion Tues Christopher Thomas christopher.thomas@dhsspsni.gov.uk 92 682296 07771542350
North Belfast 1 St Malachy's Old Boys, Antrim Rd, Belfast (8.00pm start) Thurs Stephen Wood
44 842328
44 616171 or 90 747473
FortWilliam 2 St Malachy's Old Boys, Antrim Rd, Belfast (8.00pm start) Wed Martin Donaghy mj.donaghy@ntlworld.com 90 963849

Portadown/Armagh 3 Armagh City Hotel Tues John Canning
87 741125

Randalstown 3 Randalstown Scout Hall Neillsbrook Lane (8.00pm start) Mon Peter Wilson randalstownchessclub@hotmail.com
07792666848
RVH Hawks 1 RVH Social Club Tues Gareth Annesley gareththebigman@hotmail.com
07707014542
RVH Ravens 3 RVH Social Club Tues Pearse O'Brien mixup_1@yahoo.co.uk 90 296015 07717310448 90 547663

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