The Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge
Sussex Megafinal – Saturday 29th April 2017 – Downlands Community School, Hassocks
Nationally, over 40,000 children enter the UK Chess Challenge through their School or Chess Club. In Sussex, nearly 80 Schools joined in the fun this year resulting in 405 children taking up their qualifying places at the Megafinal. Just to get that far is an achievement in itself.
This is a unique event where children of all ages playing their first ever tournament rub shoulders with County and even National level players. The standard overall was very high – there were many County level players present and in the Upper Hall I counted at least 12 England players. But several of last years first time players are now this years County players. So if you didn’t make the next level this year don’t be disappointed – you will have benefitted from the higher level of competition – keep practising and come back next year to try again.
It was a truly County-wide event with some players travelling considerable distances – I spotted Selsey in the West to Hastings in the East; there must have been some early breakfasts!
Congratulations to those children who qualified for the Southern Region Gigafinal in Twickenham in July – over 130 of them. On average, we would expect a handful to make it through to the final stage – the Terafinal – will it be you?
We are a not-for-profit organisation and everyone you saw helping was a volunteer – most were also trying to support their own children through the highs and lows of the day at the same time. Without this support it simply wouldn’t be possible to run this event, so many thanks to;
Friday Set Up Team: Tom Borland, Chris Clarke, Martin Faulkner, Carol & Dave Graham, Trevor Norton, Simon Ralph, Gareth Rees
Car parking : Jan Crosby, Graham Banks, Andy Laurillard
Registration Team: Lorraine Guldemond, Karen Keeling-Munn, Mimi Khan, Jason & Maya McMahon, Helen Miller, James Rayment, Jeninifer Robertson, Boo Sherriff
Catering Team: Balvinder Ahluwalia, Jane Armstrong, Caroline Bartrom, Ed Chapman, Derek Ferguson, Puja Labroo, Keith Martin, Gill Samworth, Debbie Steenhuis,
Photography: David Gray
U7 Team: Gary McCulloch, Karen Meakings
Lower Hall Team: Tom Borland, Mark Currah, Dave Graham, Jaideep Jadav, Rob Kay, Karen Keeling-Munn, Mimi Khan, Bunesh Labroo, Rasa Norinkeviciute, Chaski Patrick
Upper Hall Team: Peter & Catherine Finn, Lorraine Guldemond, Chris Jones, Rajesh Kolani, Denise Kong, Andy Mitchell, Trevor Norton, Sue Howell, Bernard Power, Adrian Vyse
…and finally the parents, teachers and friends who gave up their Bank Holiday Saturday to allow their children to take part
We hope you and your child enjoyed the day. If so, we would love to see you at some of our other events. We run training sessions and tournaments at various venues across the county. Our calendar lists the events for the current season, which is drawing to a close. We hope to have our new calendar for the 2017 – 2018 season available by June or July.
Photo Galleries:
Under-7s
Downstairs Hall (U8-U11 Girls, U8-U9 Boys)
Upstairs Hall (U10 Boys, U11-U18s)
Prizegiving
Prizewinners and Gigafinal Qualifiers:
U7 – U11: 4 points needed for qualification
U12 – U18: 3.5 points needed for qualification
Gigafinal qualifiers: Keep an eye on the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge website – online entry to the Gigafinal should open early May.
Section | Surname | FirstName | School | Score | Prize | Gigafinal |
U7B | Rajah | Zen | Lancing College Preparatory | 5.5 | Supremo | Q |
U7B | Purvis | Emerson | Arundel C Of E Primary School | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U7B | Van Der Wee | Fred | Worthing Knights Jcc | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U7B | Wannasin Bell | Charlie | Burgess Hill Jcc | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U7B | Mitchell | Austin | Wallands Community Primary School | 4.5 | 3rd | Q |
U7B | Clarke | Hugh | Arundel C Of E Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Gibbons | Rohan | Copthorne Preparatory School | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Henry | John | Lancing College Preparatory | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Nagy | Cillian | Crawley Down Village Cofe School | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Planton | Zach | Lancing College Preparatory | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Rogers | Woody | Blackwell Primary | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Smallman | Oliver | Lancing College Preparatory | 4 | Q | |
U7B | Stephenson | Quinn | Broadwater CofE Primary | 4 | Q | |
U7G | Rees | Amelie | Copthorne Preparatory School | 6 | Suprema | Q |
U7G | Godfrey | Lowenna | Blackboys Cofe Primary School | 5 | 2nd | Q |
U7G | Currah | Francesca | Sacred Heart School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U7G | Kreel | Isabella | Deepdene School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U7G | Melrose-Cantouris | Savannah | Sacred Heart School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
Additional Sussex Junior Chess Prizes (U7 Section):
Hugh Clarke | Arundel CofE Primary | Top U6 Boy |
Mia Allin-Calvo | Broadwater CofE Primary | Top U6 Girl |
Arbiter’s awards:
Mia Allin-Calvo, Niamh MacCarthy, Cillian Nagy, Quinn Stephenson
Section | Surname | FirstName | School | Score | Prize | Gigafinal |
U8B | Gibbons | Arun | Copthorne Preparatory School | 6 | Supremo | Q |
U8B | Stockham | Oliver | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U8B | Ullmann | Hugo | Blackboys Cofe Primary School | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U8B | Appleton | Toby | Ardingly College Junior School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Bashford | James | Broadwater CofE Primary | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Blades | Kit | Lancing College Preparatory School At Mowden | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Brooks | Benjamin | London Meed Community Primary School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Godfrey | Sam | Blackboys Cofe Primary School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Haynes | Harry | Uckfield Junior Chess Club | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Kindell | Thomas | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8B | Ralph | Toby | Lancing College Preparatory School At Mowden | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U8G | Lai | Lucy | Rocks Park Primary School | 6 | Suprema | Q |
U8G | Forester | Emma | Worthing Knights Jcc | 5 | 2nd | Q |
U8G | Stacy | Edie | Hastings Junior Chess Club | 4 | 3rd | Q |
U9B | Jadav | Abhi | Sussex Junior Chess | 6 | Supremo | Q |
U9B | Hedger | Timmy | English Martyrs Catholic Primary School | 5.5 | 2nd | Q |
U9B | Laurillard | Henry | Cranleigh | 5 | 3rd= | Q |
U9B | Robertson | James | Lancing College Preparatory School At Mowden | 5 | 3rd= | Q |
U9B | Thurston | Harry | Great Walstead School | 5 | 3rd= | Q |
U9B | Lawson | Theo | Brighton College | 4.5 | Q | |
U9B | Armstrong | Matthew | Sussex Junior Chess | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Chapman | Rafe | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Cooper | Cameron | Broadwater CofE Primary | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Day | Freddie | Blackboys Cofe Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Guzman | Javier | St Andrews School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Kendall | Laurie | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Kirby | Jack | Harlands Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Koumellis | George | Great Walstead | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Labroo | Pranav | Copthorne Preparatory School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Lloyd | Daniel | Steyning Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Massey | Max | Ardingly College Junior School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Purvis | Forest | Arundel C Of E Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Stewart | Lachlan | Ardingly College Junior School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Van Der Wee | Oliver | Worthing Knights Chess Club | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Webber | Zachary | Crawley Down Village Cofe School | 4 | Q | |
U9B | Zheng | James | Broadwater CofE Primary | 4 | Q | |
U9G | Currah | Elena | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 5.5 | Suprema | Q |
U9G | Sareen | Sammy | The Vale Primary, Worthing | 4.5 | 2nd | Q |
U9G | Cox | Madison | The Vale Primary, Worthing | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U9G | Davis | Ruby | Goldstone Primary School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U9G | Hopkirk | Lucy | Crowborough Chess Club | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U9G | Walker-Lee | Darcey | Ardingly College Junior School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U10B | Mitchell | Solomon | Wallands Community Primary School | 6 | Supremo | Q |
U10B | Clark | Stevie | Broadwater Cofe School | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U10B | Crosby | Ben | Great Walsted | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U10B | Kolani | Arjun | Sussex Junior Chess | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U10B | Zheng | Joseph | Broadwater CofE Primary | 4.5 | 3rd | Q |
U10B | Bee | Joshua | London Meed Community Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Crosby | Peter | Great Walstead School | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Davids | Carter | Sussex Junior Chess | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Douglas | Oliver | Birchwood Grove Community Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Gomez | Javier | Hastings Junior Chess Club | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Harcourt | Louis | London Meed Community Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Jassi | Rio | Copthorne Preparatory School | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Pender | Tristan | St Margarets Ce Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U10B | Wynn | Jacob | Wallands Community Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U10G | Rees | Sophie | Copthorne Preparatory School | 6 | Suprema | Q |
U10G | Mcmahon | Maya | Horsham Junior Chess Club | 5 | 2nd | Q |
U10G | Kay | Charlotte | Birchwood Grove Community Primary School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U10G | Manchester | Lauren | Hurstpierpoint College Preparatory School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U10G | Rayment | Ruby | Sussex Junior Chess | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U10G | Stewart | Olivia | Farlington School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U10G | Wilkinson | Madelaine | Hurstpierpoint College Preparatory School | 4 | 3rd= | Q |
U11B | Vyse | Callum | Broadwater CofE Primary | 5.5 | Supremo (Playoff) | Q |
U11B | Yu | Leo | Lindfield Primary | 5.5 | 2nd | Q |
U11B | Hopkins | Billy | The Vale Primary, Worthing | 5 | 3rd= | Q |
U11B | Johnson | Cassius | Burgess Hill Academy | 5 | 3rd= | Q |
U11B | Martin | Thomas | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 5 | 3rd= | Q |
U11B | Howeson | Tom | Worthing Knights Jcc | 4.5 | Q | |
U11B | Adams | Henry | Lewes Chess Club (sussex Juniors) | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Barker | Reggie | Little Common School | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Brown | Sterling | Ardingly College Junior School | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Cooper | Isaac | Broadwater CofE Primary | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Dan | Tomasz | Orchards Community Middle School | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Hookway | Elliott | Crowborough Chess Club | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Hookway | Reece | Crowborough Chess Club | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Lewis | Noah | Wallands Community Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Ridley | Bobbie | Uckfield Junior Chess Club | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Scott | Liam | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Sherwood | Oliver | London Meed Community Primary School | 4 | Q | |
U11B | Veale | Ash | St Thomas A Becket Catholic Junior School | 4 | Q | |
U11G | Finn | Elizabeth | Little Common School | 5.5 | Suprema | Q |
U11G | Borland | Laura | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 4 | 2nd= | Q |
U11G | Braham | Alba | St Margarets Ce Primary School | 4 | 2nd= | Q |
U11G | Kay | Eloise | Birchwood Grove Community Primary School | 4 | 2nd= | Q |
U11G | Munn | Lydia | Rocks Park | 4 | 2nd= | Q |
U11G | Nunns | Ruby | Sussex Junior Chess | 4 | 2nd= | Q |
U11G | Seddon | Evie | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 4 | 2nd= | Q |
U11G | Sherriff | Anna | Rocks Park Primary School | 3.5 | 3rd | |
U12B | Laurillard | Xavier | Cranleigh | 5 | Supremo (SOPS) | Q |
U12B | Gray | Edward | Brighton College | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U12B | Manchester | Oliver | Hurstpierpoint College Preparatory School | 5 | 2nd= | Q |
U12B | Power | Benjamin | St Richards Catholic College | 4.5 | 3rd | Q |
U12B | Bhatia | Ali | Windlesham House School | 4 | Q | |
U12B | Manchester | Thomas | Hurstpierpoint College Preparatory School | 4 | Q | |
U12B | Buckwell | Dino | Uckfield Community Technology College | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Cumpatescu | Matei | Sackville School | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Currah | Giovanni | Crowborough Chess Club (2) | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Guldemond | Daniel | St Richards Catholic College | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Hedger | Alec | Worthing Knights Jcc | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Longley | Daniel | Uckfield Junior Chess Club | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Moody | Luke | Rose Hill Tunbridge Wells | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Townsend | Jonny | Worthing Knights Jcc | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Varadharajan | Madhavan | Downlands Community School | 3.5 | Q | |
U12B | Wilton | Maximilian | Cardinal Newman Catholic School Hove | 3.5 | Q | |
U12G | Shchepinova | Polina | Reigate Grammar School | 4 | Suprema | Q |
U12G | Douglas | Leah | Burgess Hill Jcc | 3.5 | 2nd | Q |
U12G | Harrison | Sofia | Ardingly College Junior School | 1 | 3rd | |
U13B | Salmons | Calum | Hove Park | 4.5 | Supremo (SOPS) | Q |
U13B | Reyes-Garcia | Santiago | Burgess Hill Jcc | 4.5 | 2nd | Q |
U13B | Banks | Michael | St Andrews School For Boys | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U13B | Barnett | Jack | Burgess Hill Jcc | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U13B | Clarke | Harry | Dorothy Stringer | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U13B | Sargent | Ryan | Downlands Community School | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U13B | Southall | Troy | Uckfield Community Technology College | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U13B | Weis | Benedict | Uckfield Community Technology College | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U13G | Thakrar | India-Amethyst | Chailey School | 2 | Suprema | Q |
U14B | Finn | Daniel | St Catherines College | 5 | Supremo | Q |
U14B | Bennett | Max | Worthing Chess Club | 4.5 | 2nd= | Q |
U14B | Borland | Scott | Trinity School Croydon | 4.5 | 2nd= | Q |
U14B | Miller | Alex | Bohunt School Worthing | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U14B | Walker | Dominic | Worthing Chess Club | 3.5 | 3rd= | Q |
U14G | Bennet-Stevens | Lucy | Millais | 4 | Suprema | Q |
U15B | Samworth-Calvier | Juju | Worthing Chess Club | 3.5 | Supremo (SOPS) | Q |
U15B | Bushby | Max | Worthing Chess Club | 3.5 | 2nd | Q |
U15B | Burch | Joe | Worthing Knights Jcc | 2.5 | 3rd= | |
U15B | Hamey | Edward | Downlands Community School | 2.5 | 3rd= | |
U15G | Stewart | Lilya | Ardingly College Junior School | 3 | Suprema | Q |
U15G | Bradbury | Lucy | Worthing Knights Jcc | 2 | 2nd | |
U15G | Mitchell | Imogen | Worthing Knights Jcc | 1.5 | 3rd | |
U16B | Rogacewicz | Mikolaj | Cardinal Newman Catholic School | 5.5 | Supremo | Q |
U16B | Finn | Thomas | St Catherines College Eastbourne | 5 | 2nd | Q |
U16G | Graham | Cassie | Davison High School | 3.5 | Suprema | Q |
U17B | Stockham | Michael | Uckfield Community Technology College | 3.5 | Supremo | Q |
U18B | Graham | Jack | Uckfield Community Technology College | 3.5 | Supremo | Q |