NYCA Jamborees 2016
The National Youth Chess Association (NYCA) runs under 18, under 16, under 14 and under 12 inter-association chess events each autumn term.
Thanks to Sussex team manager Balvinder Ahluwalia for her slick organisation.
U12 & U16 Championship – 5th November 2016
U12 team: Jonathan Britnell, Elena Currah, Giovanni Currah, Elizabeth Finn, Edward Gray, Alec Hedger, Timmy Hedger, Billy Hopkins, Tom Howeson, Solomon Mitchell, Polina Shchepinova, Callum Vyse, Leo Yu
U12 Team Results:
R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | ||
1 | Sussex | 28½ | |||
U16 team: Amardip Ahluwalia, Callum Brewer, Freddie Coleman, Daniel Finn, Thomas Finn, Matthew Forster, Dominic Miller, Calum Salmons, JuJu Samworth-Calvier
U16 Team Results:
Rk. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot |
1 | Sussex | * | 5½ | 7 | 7 | 19.5 |
2 | Cheshire & North Wales | 2½ | * | 5 | 7½ | 15.0 |
3 | South Wales | 1 | 3 | * | 3½ | 7.5 |
4 | Warwickshire | 1 | ½ | 4½ | * | 6.0 |
U14 & U18 Championship – 25th September 2016
U14 team: Amardip Ahluwalia, Michael Banks, Lucy Bennet-Stevens, Daniel Finn, Edward Gray, Alec Hedger, Oli Howell, Batuhan Kaya, George Neale, Alex Miller, Calum Salmons, Hugo Westwood-Dunkley
U14 Team Results:
R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | ||
1 | Sussex | 10 | 10 | 9½ | 29½ |
2 | Nottinghamshire | 11 | 7 | 8½ | 26½ |
3 | Kent | 8 | 5½ | 7½ | 21 |
4 | South Wales | 4 | 6½ | 7½ | 18 |
5 | Northants | 6 | 6½ | 6 | 18½ |
6 | Cheshire & N.Wales | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
7 | Yorkshire | 6 | 3½ | 2½ | 12 |
8 | Warwickshire | 2 | 5 | 4½ | 11½ |
9 | Wiltshire | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Team Prize: Hugo Westwood-Dunkley
U18 team: Callum Brewer, Thomas Finn, Matthew Forster, Cassie Graham, Matthew Howell, David Liu, Dominic Miller, JuJu Samworth-Calvier
U18 Team Results:
R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | ||
1 | Kent | 8 | 7 | 5½ | 20½ |
2 | Sussex | 7 | 5½ | 6 | 18½ |
3 | Cheshire & N.Wales | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
4 | South Wales | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 8½ |
5 | Warwickshire | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Yorkshire | 0 | 2½ | 3 | 5½ |
Team Prize: Cassie Graham