Charlie Linford won the competition with a perfect 6 out of 6 to become the Sussex Under 18 champion. Rapidly improving Danny Glebocki was the winner of the 14 trophy with a couple of excellent wins over the Sussex England pair of Theo Penty and David Barraclough. SUSSEX JUNIOR CHESS Date Played :30/06/2001 Cross …
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Sussex U7 Championship
For the second year in succession, the favourite for the title was pipped at the last hurdle. In a game of exceptional quality, Jed Kafetz defeated Ben Blundell with the assured confidence of a champion to take the title by half a point. However, Ben was the leading team member from St. Lawrence School, Hurstpierpoint …
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 …
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 …
U8 Championship
The very first Sussex Under 8 champion is Farris Ziyada from Crawley. A fitting champion for a brand new venue at Lindfield Primary School. Farris managed to overcome both the pre tournament favourites Christopher Linnett and Sebastian Stracey, who both had the consolation of being in the winning school team, Hellingly. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” …