From the Westward Ho! newsletter from January 1988 the obituary of George William Kilmister MBE was published which I have repeated below. George Kilmister produced the Hampshire Bulletin, Westward Ho! and SCCU Bulletins as well as being an Chess official for Hampshire and Dorset. He played for Hampshire approx. 20 times from 1960 to 1972.
The Hampshire Chess Minutes for the AGM and Council meetings are held in a book and I have used this when writing various articles on the website. On the main this is for the Hampshire Chess Individual Championships, but I have also used for clarification on other activities e.g. which officers were in place during … Read more
A number of obituaries which were included on the original Hampshire Chess Association website are being added to the website. I am looking to add profiles on Peter and Len in the future, as they were key chess players in Hampshire and particularly for Southampton Chess. Photograph above is of Peter at the Hampshire Chess … Read more
A number of obituaries which were included on the original Hampshire Chess Association website are being added to the website. Pat McEvoy of Victory Chess Club has informed me of the death of Terry Hollington on the 22 October 2002.