Butler Cup Finals Day 13th June 2023 Team Won Drawn Lost Match Points Game Points Place Division 2 1 Windlesham House (A team) 3 0 0 6 10½ / 12 1 2 Brighton College (A team) 1 1 1 3 7 / 12 2 3 Copthorne (A team) 1 1 1 3 5½ / 12 …
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Schools U11 Primary Cup 2022-23
Primary Cup Finals 13th June 2023 Team Won Drawn Lost Match Points Game Points Place Division 1 1 Windlesham House (A team) 3 0 0 6 10 / 12 1 2 Golstone (A team) 2 0 1 4 9 / 12 2 3 Westbourne House (A team) 1 0 2 2 4 / 12 3 …
Under 7 Championships, 11th June 2023
Thanks to our volunteers: Tournament Control: Gary McCulloch Entries: Steve Merchant Catering: Andy Collins, Mike Chapman, Nick Burgess, Nick Brown Photos: Nick Brown, Gary McCulloch Headline Results: 1st Arthur Ashcroft 5 2nd Neo Williams 4 3rd George Brown 3.5 Top Girl Spriha Punjabi 3 Top School Copthorne Prep Arbiter’s Awards: Filip Abramowicz, Kai Irie, Rhiannon …
2022 – 23 Grand Prix
There are 6 tournaments that make up an annual Sussex Junior Chess Grand Prix (GP), similar to the one in motor racing. Results in each of the constituent Grand Prix tournaments earn points towards the overall Grand Prix. These points are accumulated for all eligible participants. The 6 grand prix tournaments for 2022-2023 are: GP1 …
Worthing Grand Prix, 20th May 2023
Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer so thanks to: Headline Results Under 11 Minor Pos Name Score 1 Marcy Page 6 2 Zachary Rohvarger 5 3 Magnus Gomez 4.5 Under 11 Major Pos Name Score 1= Hal Gomez 5.5 1= Rose Burgess 5.5 3 Aditya Gupta 4 Age Group Prizes Age Group …
East Grinstead Bookshop – Parents vs U11s – 13th May 2023
U11s smash the parents this time! A big thank you to so many of the U11 squad and their parents who came to the bookshop last weekend. The kids took on the parents in an 11 a side match. The kids won this time with a rather convincing score of 7-4 in each of the …
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Online Blitz Grand Prix 2022-23
Alongside our full calendar of over the board events we are continuing to run a monthly training sessions online, followed by an online blitz tournament. Points are earned for attendance at training and performance in the Blitz; with small prizes to be awarded at the end of each term. The dates are 9th October, 13th …
Online Inter-County Chess Battle
Thanks to Alex Holowczak, ECF Director of Junior Chess, for organising this fun, fast and furious online championship. Taking place every 2-3 weeks teams need a minimum of 15 players (no maximum) and play matches with a time limit of 5/3 – the whole event lasting 90 minutes. 41st Battle – 1st May 2023 Thank …
Under 11 Team National Final, Nottingham, 29th April 2023
The under 11 team managed a fantastic performance to finish in 4th place, just behind the 3 London teams, in the national finals in Nottingham. The results can be seen here: https://www.oxfordfusion.com/epsca/TeamsOverall.cfm?EventID=170 A big thank you to all players and parents for making it happen. Steve Merchant U11 Team Manager Pos Team R1 R2 R3 …
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EPSCA Under 9 Inter-County Championship Final, 22nd April 2023
First medals of the season for our young Under-9 squad who take third place in National Final. Pos Team R1 R2 R3 Points 1 Richmond 9.5 11 11 31.5 2 Kent 12 9 9.5 30.5 3 Sussex 8.5 9 8.5 26 4 Barnet 7.5 8.5 8 24 5 Oxfordshire 8 8 6 22 6 Essex …
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