From Robert Milner On Behalf Of The NSDCA :
Andrew Leadbetter has been the Chairman of the North
Staffordshire & District Chess Association since 1996 and his association with the
League goes back almost twenty years before that. From the late 1970s he
has been the Staffordshire County Treasurer for almost forty years and is
continuing to flourish in that role. He was also for many years the
President of the Wolverhampton and District Chess League. He has also
served the County as a delegate to the MCCU and the ECF since the 1970s.
His desire always to get to the root of anything that crops up, no matter how
many directions it needs to be approached from, has always been his stock in
trade. His service to the North Staffs & District Chess Association over the years has
been second to none and it is to be hoped that he continues to be actively
involved in all the Association’s affairs for many years to come. I have
been proud to consider him a friend for well over thirty years and I trust this
will continue for many years to come. His dedication to his chess duties
could not be better demonstrated than by the fact that he came to the AGM of
the North Staffs & District Chess Association last night almost immediately after the death of his dear Jo
to whom he had been devoted for so many years. We would all, I am sure, wish to
offer him our condolences as well as our thanks for his service to us and we
all wish to see a great deal more of him in the future.
