HEREFORDSHIRE chess player Nigel Beveridge has helped his club into the national finals of the Welsh Chess Union Challenge Cup.

Beveridge, from Hampton Bishop, was part of the six-player Monmouth team who defeated Nidum, of Neath, in the semi-finals.

Monmouth will play against Aberdare or Camarthen and the winners of the final will represent Wales in the European Club Cup in Bosnia in September.