Making Local History
17th June 2025
This year Steve Priestly, Director: Research, has made history in the chess world ( literally! ).
Steve currently holds three chess titles:
- joint winner of Shrewsbury Chess club Championship with Peter Kitchen, sharing the trophy for the second successive year. On the previous year he shared it with Nathanael Paul.
- winner of Leominster Chess Club Championship
- winner of Herefordshire County Championship
The latter is a historic event as Steve is the only chess player outside Hereford City Club to win the county title in 132 years!
A HUGE WELL DONE STEVE!