PLAY Chess: Family Chess Club - Glossop

Welcome to PLAY Chess ♟️

We have a new family chess session starting in Glossop this summer 🎉

This group is for parents and children interested in a friendly, relaxed chess club focused on learning, playing, and building confidence.

Whether your child is completely new to chess or already enjoys playing, they’ll be welcome.

The aim is simple - create a positive space where they can improve, think for themselves, and enjoy the game.

Sessions will be designed to be:
♟️ Encouraging and supportive
♟️ Suitable for beginners and improvers
♟️ Focused on learning through play
♟️ A good mix of fun and challenge

Home Ed Chess club fun at Wetherspoons today ♟️

The fabulous Jake - from Matrix Martial Arts - Glossop joined in… but discovered that all the kicks and punches in the world won’t save you from a checkmate by a 6 year old 😂

Respect for stepping onto the battlefield 🥋

Everyone loved today's tactical lesson on Forks!

Aside from the excitement of the fire alarm going off I think today was one of my favourite session.

We started off with some sheets, kindly provided by Sarah Hegarty Chess and ALL of our children managed to complete the first 2/3 sheets with 4 of our players managing to complete all 4 of the sheets.

I love the little competitions they have to try and be the first to CORRECTLY complete the sheets to win extra prizes 😁 (they all get prizes!)

Some of those puzzles took ME some time to complete and we still don't know if they were correct 😅 but it was a great conversation with all of the children, listening to their ideas and talking them through.

It's such a pleasure seeing how much our children are improving week by week 💙

We then played some friendlies and our players set up some puzzles from a book onto the demo board for everyone to work out.

Well done everyone, I'm so proud of you all 👏

In addition - my daughter has FINALLY become interested in chess.

She became home educated after Easter and has been attending our home ed chess club each week. She's got so much chess knowledge after years of being dragged around to different clubs that I've taught at. But so little experience, that she makes lots of blunders and mistakes, so she was losing most of her games, even against new beginners, so she decided it was time to put in some work.

Over the last few weeks, she has got the chess board out as soon as we got home from Chess club and it was wonderful to see how much she has improved over the last few weeks of one to one sessions as well as lots of games at our club.

Today she managed to win a few games and gave one of our best players a good game too 🌟

I'm excited to see her improve over the next few months 😍

I do have space for private sessions - please message me for more info ♟️

Another massive congratulations to one of our fabulous chess players! ♟️

She entered ANOTHER Megafinals tournament to gain more experience ahead of the Gigafinals 👏

This time she scored an incredible 4/6, finishing:

🥇 1st place under 8 girls
🥈 2nd Overall in the Under 8s!

What an outstanding achievement - we are so proud of you 🏆✨

One of our youngest players qualified for the Gigafinals with 3 wins out of 6 - playing children up to 2 years older than her!

She came 2nd in the under 8s girls and was the joint winner of the under 6's!

Well done 🌟

We had so much fun at our Chess & Create holiday club this half term ♟️🎨

We enjoyed:
• Chess puzzle sheets
• Creative challenges
• Mini chess tournaments
• Colouring
• Running around on the field to burn off some energy 🏃🏼‍♀️
• Playing with flying prop tops outside
• Lunch outdoors under the shelter for some fresh air
• Building a HUGE den with a campfire 🔥
• And even a mini dance competition started by one of our lovely children 💃

We also had lots of beginners join us, and thanks to a fantastic masterclass from Chloe, they all learned how to move the pieces and picked it up brilliantly 🌟

There were lots of prizes won, loads of smiles, and plenty of fun had by everyone 💛

We can’t wait to see you all again at our summer clubs! ☀️🙌

What a glorious week we’ve had – sunshine AND a crazy thunderstorm 😂🌩️

Luckily we had fabulous weather for our netball holiday club this half term 🌞

We packed in loads of fun, including:
• Granny’s footsteps
• Endball
• Fire & ice tag
• Shooting practice
• Throwing & catching
• Mini netball games
• Lunchtime crafting
(and a bit of silliness under the shelter to keep cool!)

We even had time for a run around on the grass and some cartwheels 🤸‍♀️

It was so lovely working with a small group of our younger children and welcoming some brand new netballers. Using a softer training ball helped build confidence, and we had some amazing moments - including one new player scoring the winning goal and one of our more experienced players getting her very first goal 🌟

Everyone improved so much and, most importantly, had lots of fun 💜

We can’t wait to see you all again at our summer sessions! 🌞🙌

Chess for juniors
Glossop wetherspoon
Tuesday 10-11.30am
£5 - juniors must be accompanied by an adult

It’s not just netball! 🏐✨

Our Netball Holiday Club is packed with energy, teamwork and tons of fun – and it’s not all about drills and matches!

From fast-paced dodgeball 🏃‍♀️, to exciting games of capture the cone 🎯 and action-filled fire and ice tag ❄️🔥, there’s something to keep every child moving and smiling.

Whether your child loves netball or just wants to burn off some energy and have fun with friends, they’ll have an amazing time with us 💛

Book using the link below 👇
https://forms.office.com/r/R8QUf8GUFv

It’s not just chess! ♟️✨

Our Chess & Create Holiday Club is all about fun, imagination and making friends – and that doesn’t always mean chess!

From building epic LEGO creations 🚀, racing cars 🏎️, to den‑building adventures with our own pretend campfire 🔥… there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

So whether your child loves chess, wants to learn, or just fancies a fun-packed day of creative play – they’ll feel right at home with us 💛

Book using the link below 👇
https://forms.office.com/r/R8QUf8GUFv