EPSCA Under 11 Final (12 May 01) Sussex scored their highest points total ever in this event, but it was still not quite enough to win the competition, coming only 3½ points behind the strong Richmond team. It was always hoped that the players would be more consistent than in the zonal, and being only …
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Schools Primary Cup
Sussex Primary Cup (10 May 01) Holy Cross defied the odds and retained the Primary Cup title with an outstanding win against St. Lawrence A in the final. Our thanks to Mrs Bangert and Mr Lindsay of Hellingly school for their assistance in putting on the event The win by Holy Cross was the first …
SCCU U14/U90
Sussex Win SCCU Under 14 (90 Grade) (31 Mar 01) Sussex picked up their third title in a year by winning the Southern Counties Chess Union Under 14 (90 grade) title in Brentwood today: 1 Sussex 14� 2 Oxon 13 3 Essex 8� On the unnumbered boards, White “floated” up. Round 1 …
EPSCA U9 Team Championship
EPSCA Under 9 Zonal (10 Mar 01) Sussex Junior Chess hosted the EPSCA Under 9 South East Zonal at Oakmeeds Community College, Burgess Hill. The young Sussex under 9 team could not quite raise their game to qualify for the finals, narrowly missing the target by one point from the relative newcomers to junior team …
Eastbourne Tournament
Eastbourne Open (17 Feb 01) It was back to business as usual for the Sussex grand prix circuit at the new venue of Ocklynge school in Eastbourne. It was also business as usual for the winners in the under 18 and under 11 major sections with Charlie Linford retaining his title with a perfect 6 …
Girls’ Championship
Sussex Girls Congress (20 Jan 01) Five players took part in the Open “Champions” section, the result being a tie for first place between the rapidly rising local star Eleanor Hayden and the Wey Valley’s own star Hannah Dale. Eleanor therefore became the Sussex under 11 girls champion. The under 18 title went to Deborah …
Hastings Tournament
Hastings Junior Championships (6 Jan 01) SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :06/01/2001 Cross Table for HASTINGS UNDER 18 Pos PIN Name Grade Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D 1 1 LINFORD, Charlie…….. 122 b11+ w8+ b6+ w4= b5+ b2= 5 6 804 134 2 2 LUTTON, E Josiah…….. 138 …
U11 Championship
Although disappointing in terms of the lower attendance, both the individual and school trophies in the under 11 championship were nail biting affairs with neither being decided until the end of the last round. The winners of the schools trophy was eventually determined by taking into account extra players where normally only the top three …
U9 Championship
The first three places in the under 9’s were taken by under 8’s with Farris Ziyada from Crawley repeating his earlier success by taking the title. Christopher Linnett came second on countback from his Hellingly compatriot Sebastian Stracey. Hellingly picked up the school prize , closely followed by St. Lawrence Hurstpierpoint. In third place were …
NYCA Championships
NYCA Under 14 Championships (11 Nov 00) A Sussex team of twelve players defied the organiser’s predictions and took the National Youth Chess Association’s under 14 title by a clear three points. The result was never going to be in doubt once the team manager (Martin May) had offered a Mars Bar a win. The …