{"id":3127,"date":"2011-07-09T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T19:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/?page_id=3127"},"modified":"2023-09-30T11:18:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:18:58","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/welcome\/bccalogo90\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3252\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3252\" title=\"bccalogo90\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bccalogo90-96x74.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bccalogo90-96x74.png 96w, https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bccalogo90.png 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>For over 100 years the BCCA has been meeting\u00a0 the needs of Correspondence Chess Players with a comprehensive range of Tournaments and Competitions.\u00a0 \u00a0If you would like to learn more about the attractions of this form of the game, we suggest reading:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/about\/correspondence-chess\/\">Why Play Correspondence Chess?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/about\/correspondence-chess-2\/\">Correspondence Chess &#8211; Not Just for Engine Junkies.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many tournaments are free to enter and included in the Membership Fee &#8211; see here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/chesstournaments\/\">Tournaments<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; for more details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All levels are catered for with Medals, Trophies and Titles available to be won. Play via Webserver at a time and pace that suits you. BCCA members also have the opportunity to play in both home and international team matches.\u00a0 \u00a0For more information about our teams, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/teams\/\">BCCA Teams<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New members of all standards are welcome and you can join us online via the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/join-bcca\/\">Join BCCA<\/a> page on the top ribbon. Adult Membership costs \u00a310.00, Juniors (under 21) FREE, Overseas \u00a320.00.\u00a0 \u00a0However, please note that while we complete a review of the structure of management of our tournaments we are deferring further acceptance of new members .<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about joining, please contact our membership secretary, <a href=\"mailto:keith.kitson@hotmail.co.uk\">Keith Kitson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over 100 years the BCCA has been meeting\u00a0 the needs of Correspondence Chess Players with a comprehensive range of Tournaments and Competitions.\u00a0 \u00a0If you would like to learn more about the attractions of this form of the game, we suggest reading: Why Play Correspondence Chess? Correspondence Chess &#8211; Not Just for Engine Junkies. Many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3127"}],"version-history":[{"count":160,"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42611,"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3127\/revisions\/42611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bccachess.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}