Ennis Shield
The Ennis Shield is the third division of the Leinster Chess Leagues run by the Leinster Chess Union. Founded in 1926, it was originally the second division of the Leinster leagues with its top teams promoted to the Armstrong Cup. In 1971, another league, the Heidenfeld Trophy, was formed as the 2nd tier of Leinster Chess. The league and trophy are named after Maj. Ennis, who presented the trophy to the league. Teams in the league consist of six players, and there are twelve teams in the league. The winning two teams get promoted to the Heidenfeld Trophy, and the bottom two teams get relegated to the O'Hanlon Cup.
The first Ennis Shield season, in 1926–1927, was competed for by UCD and Irish Army GHQ (McKee Barracks), the lowest two teams in the previous season’s Armstrong Cup. They were joined by teams from Rathmines, the Jewish Union (Harrington Street, Dublin), Dublin Corporation (Ormond Quay), and a Non-Commissioned Army Officers side.
Winners
- 1927 - University College Dublin
- 1933 - Rathmines [1]
- 1934 - Rathmines
- 1936 - Jewish Chess Club
- 1958 - Phibsboro [2]
- 1961 - Dublin
- 1967 - Rathmines
- 1985 - Kilkenny
- 1990 - St. Benildus [3]
- 1997 - University College Dublin
- 1998 - Lucan
- 2000 - Rathfarnham/Tallaght
- 2002 - Wicklow
- 2003 - St. Benildus
- 2004 - Dublin[4]
- 2005 - Jobstown
- 2006 - Curragh
- 2007 - Elm Mount A
- 2008 - Phibsboro
- 2009 - Phibsboro
- 2010 - St. Benildus
- 2011 - Rathmines B
- 2012 - Naomh Barróg
- 2013 - Lucan
- 2014 - Inchicore
- 2015 - Blanchardstown[5]
- 2016 - Bray/Greystones
- 2017 - Gonzaga
- 2018 - Malahide
- 2019 - St. Benildus
- 2020 - Season Abandoned due to Covid-19[6]
- 2021 - Season Cancelled due to Covid-19
- 2022 - Season Cancelled due to Covid-19
- 2023 - Gorey
References
- ↑ "Rathmines Chess Club Roll of Honour". Archived from the original on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2015-07-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Phibsboro Chess Club
- ↑ Roll of Honour St. Benildus Chess Club
- ↑ Leinster Leagues Leinster Chess Union.
- ↑ Leinster Chess Union Ennis Shield 2014-2015
- ↑ Leinster Chess Union Ennis Shield 2019-2020 UCD were leading the table and were promoted to the Heidenfeld Trophy along with Gonzaga for the 2022-2023 season.
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