Headline Results: 1st Aditya Gupta 4½ 2nd Samuel Merchant (on tie break) 4 3rd Edward Nethercot 4 Top Girl Ella Bartholomew 4 School Team: 1st Copthorne Prep 11 2nd Ardingly Prep 8½ Arbiter’s Awards: Rory Ashcroft, Eliza Blin, Toby Goldman, Anna Tustin Crosstable: Pos Name Grade 1 2 3 4 5 A B T1 …
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Congratulations to Amelie, Kit, Thomas and Oliver who all travelled to the EPSCA English Under 11 Championships in Nottingham, 19-20 October. Amelie, Oliver and Thomas were all successful in gaining their first half norms, while Kit won the event with 5 out of 5 earning a full norm. Kit is now qualified to attend the …
Headline Results: Under 8 1st Samuel Merchant 5 (on progressives) 2nd Aditya Gupta 5 3rd Edward Nethercot 4 (on progressives) Top Girl Isabella Walsh 3½ Under 10 1st Austin Mitchell 6 2nd Nicholas Deacon 5 (on progressives) 3rd Cillian Nagy 5 Top Girl Violet Davies 4 (on progressives) Under 12 1st Matthew Deacon 6 …
Sussex 2nd in U18 Championships, and 3rd in U14 Championships. NYCA U14 Championship 2019 R1 R2 R3 Total 1st= South Wales 6½ 25 Warwickshire 7½ 25 3rd Sussex 8½ 23 4th Maidenhead 7½ 17½ 5th Cheshire & N.Wales 5 15 6th Merseyside …
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Headline Results: Under 11 Minor Under 11 Major 1st Lucy Lai 6 1st Oliver Stockham 5½ 2nd Seha Konara 5 (on tie-break) 2nd Nicholas Deacon 4 (on tie-break) 3rd James Beecroft 5 3rd Taran Sharma 4 Under 18 Minor Under 18 Major 1st= Austin Mitchell 5 1st Timmy Hedger …
We have 2 Sussex Champions! Congratulations to Calum Salmons – Under 16 Champion with 5.5/7; and Polina Shchepinova 3rd= and Under 14 Girl Champion with 5/7. Also Will Graham, 1st= in the Under 2050; Matthew Britnell 1st= in the Under 1900; Matthew Howell 1st= in the Under 1750; and Matt Payne 1st= in the Blitz. …
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Congratulations to Arjun Kolani and Cassie Graham who were both selected to represent England in the annual Glorney-Gilbert International. The event comprises a team round robin in 4 sections – The Glorney Cup (Under 18), the Gilbert Cup (U18 Girls), the Robinson Cup (Under 14) and the Stokes Cup (Under 12). The nations taking part …
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Brian Stockham writes: ” I am afraid I am having to cancel the Academy events this week, or hopefully rather postpone it. I have been having a problem with circulating group emails for some months and am in my eighth week of liaising with BT to solve the problem. Unfortunately just advertising the events on …
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New ECF grades released – http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.php – has yours gone up?
Congratulations to our 5 Terafinalists – Seha Konara, Jonathan Britnell, Sophie Rees, Lilya Stewart and Thomas Finn….and to the many more who qualified for the Challengers. Good luck in the next stage. Those scoring 3.5 points or more at the Megafinals in the Spring qualified for the third stage of the challenge – the regional …
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