Sussex Closed Girls’ Championships, Burgess Hill – 7th December 2025

Thanks to Burgess Hill Girls School for hosting our annual Girls’ Championships. It was a great competition with everyone involved playing well and having a great time.

The Sussex boys took part in some training and then they all got together for the SJC Christmas party at the end of the day.

Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer so thanks to:

  • Tournament Control: Nick B, Mayank P, Jayakiran P
  • Entries & Registration: Andrii C
  • Trophies: Steve C, Mayank P
  • Photos: Zoe C
  • Arbiters: Gary M
  • Analysis: Amy H
  • Catering: Andy, Nick, Lorna, Severine

Headline Results

Under 11

PosNameScore
1stBors, Boglarka Rebecca5
2ndTalea Martirossian4
3rdSpriha Punjabi3
U7Grace Gardner1.5
U9Emma Cojocaru3.5
U10Ella Clark3.5

Under 11 Schools:

2nd place: St Peter’s: – 5/10 (Isabelle Dinkeldein – 2/5, Ella Clark – 3/5)

1st place: St Andrew’s: – 6/10 (Talea Martirossian – 4/5, Emmy Steeden – 2/5)

Under 18

PosNameScore
1stRose Burgess5
2ndTia Rudwick3.5
3rdEliza Blin3.5
U14Natalie Jayaraj3

Under 18 Schools:

1st place: Brighton College: 4/10 (Gabrielle Bermingham – 2/5, Holly Farran – 1/5, Risha Jithendra – 2/5)

Arbiters Awards

Training:

Lithumya Kadadora

Eylul Hacikurt

New Players:

Bhoomi Pant


Crosstables

Under 11

Rk.NameRtgFED1.Rd2.Rd3.Rd4.Rd5.RdPts. TB1 
1Bors Boglarka Rebecca940HUN 9b1 2w1 7b1 3b1 5w1515
2Martirossian Talea1144ENG 5w1 1b0 10w1 6b1 3w1411
3Punjabi Spriha1016ENG 8b1 7w1 4b1 1w0 2b0312
4Cojocaru Emma950ENG 6w1 10b1 3w0 5b0 8w1310
5Clark Ella638ENG 2b0 9w1 11b1 4w1 1b039
6Hacikurt Eylul504ENG 4b0 8w1 9b1 2w0 -138
7Dinkeldein Isabelle680ENG 11w1 3b0 1w0 10b1 9w027
8Kadadora Arachchilage Lithumya Methnuli539ENG 3w0 6b0 -1 11w1 4b025
9Steeden Emmeline260ENG 1w0 5b0 6w0 -1 7b123
10Pant Bhoomi0 -1 4w0 2b0 7w0 11b½1,55,5
11Gardner Grace125ENG 7b0 -1 5w0 8b0 10w½1,54,5

Under 18

Rk.NameRtgFED1.Rd2.Rd3.Rd4.Rd5.RdPts. TB1 
1Burgess Rose1690ENG 9w1 3b1 2w1 7b1 5w1515
2Rudwick Tia1432ENG 6b1 8w1 1b0 4w½ 7b13,511
3Blin Eliza1162ENG 10b1 1w0 6b1 11w1 4b½3,510,5
4Blin Sophia1254ENG 5w1 7b0 9w1 2b½ 3w½39,5
5Jayaraj Natalie795ENG 4b0 11w1 10b1 8w1 1b039
6Manoj Smrithi964ENG 2w0 12b1 3w0 9b1 8b137
7Jithendra Risha1046ENG 11b1 4w1 8b0 1w0 2w029
8Stacy Edie1059ENG 12w1 2b0 7w1 5b0 6w028
9Cuthbertson Gemma1001ENG 1b0 10w1 4b0 6w0 12b125
10Bermingham Gabrielle771ENG 3w0 9b0 5w0 12b1 11w123
11Farran Holly488ENG 7w0 5b0 12w1 3b0 10b013
12Kadadora Arachchilage Kehara579ENG 8b0 6w0 11b0 10w0 9w000