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Meir is a small, friendly club based at the John Marston pub in Blurton. We are affiliated to the North Staffordshire and District Chess Association (NSDCA) and to the Staffordshire Chess Association. We currently have a team playing in Division 4 of the Local NSDCA league and we enter various local and County Cup competitions.
The Club was originally known as Creda Chess Club but, following a change of venue, became Caverswall Chess Club in 2006. Following a move to the Royal British Legion Club in Normacot in 2007 we adopted the name "Meir Chess Club." Unfortunately, the Royal British Legion had to close down at short notice in June 2024, and we moved to the John Marston pub in Blurton.
League and Cup success has, for the most part, eluded us in recent years, although we won the newly resurrected NSDCA Division 5 in 2013/14. Our most successful period was in the early part of the millenium when, playing as Creda, we won the Jackson Cup in 2002 and the Withnall Trophy in 2003. Both are County Cups. In the more local NSDCA cup competitions we won the Major Cup in 2001/02 and the Intermediate Cup in 2002/03. For a few years we also played in the Derby League, but withdrew in 2006.
At their Annual Meeting in 2025, the Staffordshire Chess Association named Meir the County's "Club of the Year." This was partly for our support of the County's under-1450 team and partly for arranging for NSDCA meetings at our club venue.