Friday 7 December 2012

At least they'll have enough Bishops

From various sources comes and interesting story out of New Zealand. GM Murray Chandler is looking to by a church, and turn it into a chess centre. St Pauls Presbyterian Church in Devonport (North Auckland) went on the market last year, after dwindling numbers resulted in its closure. Chandler, a Devonport resident has now put in a bid for the property, although it seems the idea of selling the church has met with some community resistance.
Full(ish) details of this story can be found here.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There is a bit more at https://www.facebook.com/NZChessFederation including some photos of the church and its outbuildings - I live about 2 minutes walk away - perhaps I should apply for a job!
-Heligan

Anonymous said...

www.facebook.com/NZChessFederation

Anonymous said...

I'm not doing this very efficiently am I! You don't need to log in to Facebook to read the NZCF site - just Close its request for username etc.