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[Patrick McGovern]

Thank goodness someone has articulated the decline in Ayrshire chess participation. Given the raison d'etre of the Ayrshire Association is to foster and promote chess in Ayrshire, I find it very surprising that the only proposal of note for the associations AGM is to restrict spectators at league games. (the only other proposal, from the same club [Ayr], is in regard to electronic devices)

There have been several tournaments cancelled/postponed in the past season in Ayrshire, I would have thought that an urgent review of this matter would be upper most in the minds of the Ayrshire officials.