News just in….congratulations to our U12 and U16 teams who both won their National Championship in Kenilworth today. Under 16 Championship A very exciting finish – Sussex were 2 points behind S Wales going into the final round but scored a perfect 8 out of 8 to secure first place. R1 R2 R3 …
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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?