Monday, August 20, 2007

We have ignition!

I was informed by CCLA tonight that everything is in order for the first match, and we can send in the entry fee to get started. Here are the details:

1st New Met League Match
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Format:
  • Quad, 4 OTB Club teams
OTB Clubs in Quad (1 team of 4 players for each OTB Club), with Points of Contacts (POC):
  • Punxsutawney CC - Jason Smith
  • MetroWest CC - Harvey Reed (not playing)
  • Greater Worcester CC - Donna Alerie
  • Sven Brask CC - Eric Berkey
Time control:
  • 30 days / 10 moves
Entry Fee:
  • $25.00 per OTB Club ($6.25 per player)
  • Details sent in email to New Met League email list
Start date:
  • ASAP
  • I'll send a general announcement to everyone when the exact date is determined
  • Jerry will then send appropriate emails to players with complete instructions
Further Info:
Misc:
  • Other OTB Clubs already in preparation like Univ of Conn CC or the Greater Worcester CC 2nd team, please continue assembling your rosters. Once we get going, everyone will have a chance to play. Look on the New Met League blog (right column) for other OTB Clubs we're in discussion with.
This will be a great match - good chess to all!

1 comment:

Zweiblumen said...

Hey Harvey, Steve Wollkind here. I paid my fee at the MCC last night, but I haven't done anything about creating an account at the online chess site. Do you have any information about the technical details of that end of things? IE, what should I be doing right now?