400 children aged 4 – 18 contested the Sussex Megafinal, hoping to progress to the next stage, the regional Gigafinals, in July.
We are very grateful to the parents and volunteers who contributed to making the day run smoothly:
Friday set up: Oluseye Balogun , Tom Borland, Derek Ferguson, Mark Godwin, Keith Martin, Karen Meakings, Andy Mitchell, Jonathan Tuck
Car park marshalls: Graham Banks, Jan Crosby & Simon Ralph
Registration: Boo Sherriff, Mimi Khan, Anita McMahon, Claire Ralph, James Rayment, Jen Robertson, Becs Wynn supported by Toby Appleton, Elizabeth Finn and Jacob Wynn
Catering: Jane Armstrong, Teresa Blades, Ed Chapman, Derek Ferguson, Keith Martin, Debbie Steinhuis, Pam Stockham, Tjadane Ullmann
U7s tournament control: Gary McCulloch and Karen Meakings
Main Hall tournament control: Mark Appleton, Tom Borland, Jithendra Chikkanna, Mark Currah, Dave Graham, Sue Howell, Jaideep Jadav, Chris Jones, Sandra Manchester and Trevor Norton supported by Toby & Jessica Appleton and Lauren Manchester
Upstairs Hall tournament control: Peter & Catherine Finn, Mike Forster, Chris Howell, Mimi Khan, Anita McMahon, Andy Mitchell Chaski Patrick and Boo Sherriff
Photography: David Gray, Jaideep Jadav
Clear up: the catering crew and Tjadane Ullmann
Special thanks to David Fryer (Crowborough Chess Club) and Andrew Wallace (Chess in Schools & Communities) who stepped in to lend us chess equipment
Headline results
| Section | Name | Score | Result | |
| U7 Boys | Theo Field | 5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Charles Adams | 5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Aditya Gupta | 5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Samuel Baggalley | 4 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| James Stafford | 4 | 3rd= and top U5 | Gigafinalist | |
| William Roderick | 4 | Top U6 | Gigafinalist | |
| Lucas Spellman Walsh | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Samuel Trotman | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U7 Girls | Seha Konara | 5.5 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Ella Bartholomew | 4.5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Avyanna Singh | 4.5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Tofunmi Balogun | 4 | 3rd | Gigafinalist | |
| Sophia Smallman | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Isabella Walsh | 3.5 | Top U6 | Gigafinalist | |
| U8 Boys | Nayan Keats Rastogi | 6 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Kaysan Salajee | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| James Beecroft | 5 | 3rd | Gigafinalist | |
| George Tagg | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Cem Ozdemirciler | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| George Boxer | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Konrad Pokorowski | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Adam Robinson | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Kelvin Frempong | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Fiyin Balogun | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Saxon Archbold | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Joshua Ganesalingam | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Daniel Aston-Dive | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Luke Chapman | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| James Bristow | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Adam Skelton | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Dashiell Osborn | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Finley Cheesman | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U8 Girls | Emilia Butler | 4.5 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Alice Watson | 4.5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Mischa Floyd | 4.5 | 3rd | Gigafinalist | |
| Louisa Kiss | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Jessica Appleton | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Ellen Camp | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Shantelle Doria | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U9 Boys | Thomas Irani | 5.5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Cillian Nagy | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Sanjit Baber | 5 | 3rd | Gigafinalist | |
| Zen Rajah | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Austin Mitchell | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Taran Sharma | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Charlie Wannasin-Bell | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Joseph Johnson | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Samuel Dare | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Jack Zhang | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Arana Jones | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Sebastian Marsh | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Quinn Stephenson | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Yoting Wang | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Emerson Purvis | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Woody Rogers | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Corin Gates | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Edward Gray | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Ned Hafner | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Joseph O’Connor | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U9 Girls | Amelie Rees | 6 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Risha Jithendra | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Lowenna Godfrey | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Natalie Van Hoven | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Niamh MacCarthy | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Wenxuan Yang | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Ann Tagg | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Emma Bourner | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Evie Doherty | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Queenie Thomas | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| U10 Boys | Kit Blades | 5.5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Toby Ralph | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| James Bashford | 5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Arun Gibbons | 5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Oliver Stockham | 5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Adam Faulkner | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Alex Rogers-Pereira | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Graham Stafford | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Hugo Ullmann | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Toby Appleton | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Harry Haynes | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Rex Rynish | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Oliver Wilson | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Benjamin Brooks | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Noah Madden | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Harrison Murphy | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Harrison Orme | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Sam Godfrey | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Ivan Wray | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Matthew Collins | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Nathan Smith | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Seoyoon Ko | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Sammy Barton | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Zachary Edmondson | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Ruben Karapetyan | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Albie Whitaker Webb | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U10 Girls | Lucy Lai | 6 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Alise Petersone | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Tils Dunne-Nguyen | 4 | 3rd | Gigafinalist | |
| Eve Bradshaw | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Millie Davis | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Emma Hardcastle | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Abigail Frempong | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U11 Boys | Timmy Hedger | 5.5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Charles Godwin | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| James Robertson | 5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Lachlan Stewart | 5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Abhi Jadav | 5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Paul MacCarthy | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Freddie Day | 4.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Matthew Armstrong | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Chamithu Wickramanayake | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Rafe Chapman | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Willem Van Der Werff | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| William Gray | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Louis Buckland | 4 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Max Massey | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Callum Shuttlewood | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Alexander Lebedev | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Jp Haban | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Cameron Cooper | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Hayden Leeson | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Daniel Van Hoven | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Tommy Atkins | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Will Smithyes | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Alexander Ballard | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Luca Rampling | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Leon Patel | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Justin Bailey | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Thomas Baggalley | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Danny Biddlecombe | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U11 Girls | Elena Currah | 6 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Darcey Walker-Lee | 5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Ruby Davis | 4 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Madison Cox | 4 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Thamadi Wickramanayake | 4 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Sammy Sareen | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Sophie Gore | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U12 Boys | Solomon Mitchell | 5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Jacob Wynn | 4.5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Peter Crosby | 4.5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Ayden Salajee | 4.5 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Ben Crosby | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Javier Gomez | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Joshua Bee | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Benjamin Pearce | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| James Hanson | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Annamalai Nachiappan | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U12 Girls | Sophie Rees | 4 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Maya McMahon | 4 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Madelaine Wilkinson | 4 | 2nd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Lauren Manchester | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U13 Boys | Henry Adams | 5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Leo Yu | 4.5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Thomas Daniszewski | 4.5 | 3rd | Gigafinalist | |
| Thomas Martin | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Elliott Hookway | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Oliver Faulkner | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U13 Girls | Elizabeth Finn | 5.5 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| Lydia Munn | 3.5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Anna Sherriff | 3 | 3rd | ||
| U14 Boys | Jonathan Britnell | 4.5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Max Wilton | 4.5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Edward Gray | 4 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Alec Hedger | 4 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Richard Campbell | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Giovanni Currah | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| Charlie Giles | 3.5 | Gigafinalist | ||
| U14 Girls | Nona Allenby | 1 | Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| U15 Boys | Henry Shaw | 4.5 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Benedict Weis | 4 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| Michael Banks | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| Toby Anderson | 3.5 | 3rd= | Gigafinalist | |
| U16 Boys | Max Bennett | 4 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| U17 Boys | Dominic Miller | 6 | Supremo | Gigafinalist |
| Matthew Forster | 4.5 | 2nd | Gigafinalist | |
| U17 Girls | Lilya Stewart | 3.5 | U17 Suprema | Gigafinalist |
| U18 Boys | Thomas Finn | 4.5 | U18 Supremo | Gigafinalist |
Cross Tables:
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Main Hall
Upstairs Hall
Prizegiving
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