{"id":1419,"date":"2026-06-19T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:35:48","slug":"renaming-the-peninsular-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/19\/renaming-the-peninsular-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaming the Peninsular Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the recent league AGM it was agreed that we would be purchasing a new trophy to replace the missing Peninsular cup. As the trophy was being replaced it is being considered whether the Trophy \/ Competition should have a new name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have created a poll below for league members to vote on. The below names have been sent to me as suggestions for renaming the cup. Please vote ONCE for your preferred option! Closing date 26th June 23.59pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Elfsight Poll | Untitled Poll -->\n<script src=\"https:\/\/elfsightcdn.com\/platform.js\" async><\/script>\n<div class=\"elfsight-app-27efd9aa-d23f-4e3c-8e56-7c213b55fd09\" data-elfsight-app-lazy><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A little added information kindly provided by a league member who knows the history. The name &#8220;Peninsula Cup&#8221; came from the leagues earlier link with the Peninsular Regiment ( served under Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars) which was based at the Peninsula Barracks, Warrington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of us we&#8217;re aware of this history at the recent AGM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image.png 486w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 85vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 527w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 85vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent league AGM it was agreed that we would be purchasing a new trophy to replace the missing Peninsular cup. As the trophy was being replaced it is being considered whether the Trophy \/ Competition should have a new name. I have created a poll below for league members to vote on. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/19\/renaming-the-peninsular-cup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Renaming the Peninsular Cup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1425,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions\/1425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}