Austin Lockwood Monday, August 29, 2016
Honorary membership of the Welsh Correspondence Chess Federation is awarded to anyone who has made a significant contribution to correspondence chess in Wales, this title is not restricted to Welsh players, and is ratified by the Executive Committee.
Current honorary members are:
- Neil Limbert (ENG), 2015: As general secretary of the British Correspondence Chess Association, Neil gave a huge amount of support to the fledgling WCCF on it's formation in 2012, including attending our inaugral meeting in Prestatyn, taking minutes, and encouraging Welsh members of BCCA to support the new federation. Neil gave his full support to BCCA joining as one of the founder member organisations; BCCA remain one of our most important members and this award is in recognition of that support.
- Eric Ruch (FRA) and Michael Millstone (USA), 2016: The Welsh federation is grateful to ICCF for electing Wales as a member federation in South Africa in 2012, and for supporting our bid to host Congress in Cardiff in 2015. As the President and General Secretary of ICCF, the WFCC Executive Committee have voted unanimously to offer Eric Ruch and Michael Millstone honorary membership of the federation in recognition of the support given to Welsh correspondence chess players by ICCF over the past four years.
- Fred Clough and Martyn Griffiths, 2017: To celebrate the West Wales victory in the 2016/7 Ward Higgs British Counties and Districts Championship, WCCF would like to offer honorary membership to two members of the victorious team, both of whom have been stalwarts of Welsh correspondence chess for many years. Citations by Ian Jones.
- Tony Balshaw, 2018: In recognition of his long standing as one of Wales' top players and his contributions to international teams.
