Stellenbosch Chess Club received several awards during the Chess Western Province Award Ceremony for 2018, held at the Observatory Community Hall on Wednesday 6 February.  

The Stellenbosch A team won silver medals for the second place in the Premier Division of the Western Province Club League Championship of 2018.  They scored 17 match points and 51 game points.  The only match they lost was against Manyanani Chess Club.  The eventual winners were Steinitz Chess Club with 19 match points.  In their match Stellenbosch drew with Steinitz 4 – 4.  Daniel Frank also won the Board prize for Board 8 in the Premier Division.

The Stellenbosch D team won the bronze medal in the D Division with 15 match points and 42.5 game points.  Dayne Fraser, a pupil of Paul Roos Gymnasium, won the Board Prize for Board 5 in the E Division of the League.

The Western Province Club League Championship exists from 1907 and is the oldest and biggest Club League Competition on the African continent.  27 Chess Clubs with 66 teams took part in the Championship of 2018.  Stellenbosch, although geographically in the Cape Winelands, has always been part of the Western Province Club League Championship.  The last time Stellenbosch Chess Club won the Club League Championship was in 2008.