On Sat 16th March our U11 team travelled to Leatherhead to compete in the EPSCA South Zone tournament. Bucks, Berks, Wey Valley and Oxon were the opponents for the day. A fourth place finish was required to reach the finals in Northampton in May. There was some excellent chess played on all boards including our …
Continue reading “Under 11’s Inter County Match, Leatherhead”
Congratulations to our under 9’s squad who took 1st place in the EPSCA intercounty zonal. Pos Team Points Wins 1 Sussex 27.5 27 2 Oxfordshire 20.5 19 3 Wey Valley 19 18 4 Maidenhead 18.5 15 5 Buckinghamshire 17.5 15 6 Hampshire 5 4 Euan Burnside won the reserves with 3/3 with both Sasha and …
On Sunday the 25th the Sussex U14 team headed to Burgess hill to take on a strong Richmond team. With the white pieces in round one Sussex overwhelmed Richmond 10.5-1.5 with no losses. Clearly in good form the team won the second round 9-3. Winning the match 19.5-4.5 the team moves to second in the …
Continue reading “Under 14’s Match vs Richmond at Burgess Hill 25th Feb 2024”
Sussex a close 3rd in todays under 9 match just 1.5 points behind Richmond. Great result as we were significantly out rated by the opposition. Pos Team R1 R2 R3 Points Wins 1 Kent 8.5 10.5 7.5 26.5 25 2 Richmond 4 5 5.5 14.5 13 3 Sussex 5.5 2.5 5 13 12 The Squad …
Well done to Hal from our U11 team who had a good day yesterday at the Elstree U11 junior competition. He finished joint first on points with 5/6 on the day and secured his second EPSCA England qualifier half-norm in the process.
On Sat 3rd February, Sussex took a small and fairly inexperienced team to a warm up jamboree in Richmond. After a difficult first round where only 2 points were scored out of a possible 12, we settled into the tournament scoring 5.5 in round 2 and an amazing 7.5 in the third and final round. The last …
Everyone you see helping at our events is a volunteer, so thank you to: Headline Results U11 Minor U11 Major Pos Name Score Pos Name Score 1st Lola Finlay 5.5 1st Nathaneal Waller 6 2nd Mark Shchepinov (On tie break) 4.5 2nd Iaroslav Sinkevich (On tie break) 4 3rd Henry Munroe(On tie break) 4.5 3rd Noah …
On 28th January Sussex U14 took on a very strong Surrey team in Cheam. Playing with the black pieces in round 1 we managed to score 3 points from the 12 boards. Mid way through the second round it looked like Sussex might just catch up but in the end scored a respectable 5.5 in …
Continue reading “Under 14’s Match vs Surrey at Cheam 28th Jan 2024”