2nd August 2012

DORCHESTER: Hand-made chess board

By Trevor Bevins

A HAND-MADE chess board will be presented to a competitor at a simultaneous tournament with Grand Master Raymond Keene at Kingston Maurward in the coming days.

Peter Augustine, head of enterprises for the Verne Prison handed the board to Malcolm Steevens and Rosie Barfoot on behalf of the voluntary community project, Mind Your Head.

The Verne is registered as a Mind Your Head Challenge ‘Brain Cell’– mind stimulating activity provider – because of the work it is already doing to support mental stimulation in older people. Three other brain cells; chess, cryptic crosswords and king’s cribbage are also getting involved in helping to provide meaningful stimulation for the brain to maintain mental wellbeing and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s in older prisoners.

The beautiful chess board will be awarded to a competitor at the simultaneous tournament between Raymond Keene, OBE, Chess Grand Master and 20 Dorset chess players.

This will be held at Kingston Maurward College on the afternoon of Sunday, August 12th from 1.30pm.

The event is part of the Mind Your Head Showcase, which is demonstrating mind stimulating activities for the over 50s.

“It is a unique prospect to play against a Grandmaster of this calibre and we have players of different ages taking part.” said Malcolm Steevens, Secretary of Dorset Chess Association.

Anyone interested in mind sports or taking care of their mental wellbeing is welcome to be a spectator and also experience the twenty different mind stimulating activities being run at the event.

Entry to the Mind Your Head Showcase is only £3 and includes access to the beautiful Kingston Maurward gardens.

If you would like to know more about local activities and the Phoenix Legacy, which is behind the Mind Your Head events, visit www.phoenixlegacy.co.uk or www.mindyourheadchallenge.org.uk.

PICTURE: A chess board made by prisoners at the Verne is handed over from Peter Augustine, head of enterprises for the prison, to Malcolm Steevens and Rosie Barfoot on behalf of the voluntary community project, Mind Your Head

DORCHESTER: Hand-made chess board

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