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New England Checkers Championship returns to Dover, MA

Wicked Local Dover
posted May 27, 2012 @ 06:00 AM

Dover — The 2012 New England Checkers Championship will once again be held at the home of Richard and Catherine White, 8 Pine St., Dover, on June 23. This is a one-day tournament with a round-robin format. The game is American checkers and the official rules can be found here: http://jimloy.com/checkers/rules2.htm

There is no entry fee. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the first round will start around 9:30. Play will continue until all games are complete (usually around 5 p.m.).

This will determine the New England and individual state championships. Anyone is welcome to enter.

For details, please contact Richard White at whitefork@verizon.net.

Photo by Sarah Gatzke

Gordon Sharp, 88, the oldest participant in the New England Checker Federation Tournament makes his move against Alexander Weaver, 39, of Hackensack, N.J., the youngest, during a checkers game in Dover on Saturday, June 21. Sharp lives in Shelton, Conn. now, but learned to play checkers while growing up in Scotland to help an ill neighbor keep his mind off of his sickness.