{"id":3959,"date":"2026-03-13T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3959"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:02:15","slug":"paul-sharratt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/news\/paul-sharratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Sharratt &#8211; funeral details"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our Honoury Records Secretary unexpectedly and sadly passed away on Monday 10th February. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Paul devoted large amounts of his time and energy to both the WDCL and the wider chess community. Having been a longstanding member of Stourbridge he recently setup Kinver Chess Club in his home village. In particular his role and expert advice on Safeguarding was well appreciated by many clubs and players. As a player he reached to over 1800 with regular games in the WDCL, BDCL, Dudley and Worcestershire leagues. His commitment and professionalism will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45.png\" alt=\"Paul Sharratt\" class=\"wp-image-3960\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45.png 590w, https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45-100x137.png 100w, https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45-150x206.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45-200x275.png 200w, https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45-300x412.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-09.37.45-450x618.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Funeral details : Wednesday 25 March 2026 11:30am \u2013 Service at St Peter&#8217;s church, Kinver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:15pm \u2013 Burial at Comber Ridge burial ground, Kinver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wake at Kinver Constitutional Club following burial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations rather than flowers preferred \u2013 to a charity yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew McCumiskey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webmaster   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Honoury Records Secretary unexpectedly and sadly passed away on Monday 10th February. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. Paul devoted large amounts of his time and energy to both the WDCL and the wider chess community. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/news\/paul-sharratt\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paul Sharratt &#8211; funeral details<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[41],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-3959","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3994,"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3959\/revisions\/3994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3959"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wdclchess.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=3959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}