After the final event in the EPSCA Grand Prix series, the Under 9 Final, Sussex come third nationally out of 29 Counties. The EPSCA Grand Prix is sponsored by Audio Chess – Counties accrue points for their performances in each of the EPSCA inter-county events from February – April each year. Pos Team U11 Zones …
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EPSCA Under 9 Championship Final, 27th April
A great result for our Under-9s – 5th in their national final in Nottingham; helping Sussex come 3rd overall in the Audio Chess Grand Prix Headline Results: Pos Team R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Barnet 10½ 10 8 28½ 1 Richmond 11 8½ 9 28½ 3 Kent 10½ 8½ 9 28 4 Warwickshire 8½ 10½ …
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EPSCA U11 County Championship Final, 30th March, Solihull
Our Under 11s finish safely mid table with some good individual results. More soon. Results: Pos Team R1 R2 R3 Points 1 Kent 17 16½ 18 51.5 2 Richmond 17 15 16 48 3 Oxfordshire 16 12½ 16 44.5 4 Barnet 10 14½ 15 39.5 5 Warwickshire 14 12 13½ 39.5 6 Essex 11 11½ …
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EPSCA U11 Girls County Championships, 23rd March, Solihull
News just in…..fantastic result for our amazing U11 girls to finish in 2nd place! Results: R1 R2 R3 Total Essex 8½ 7½ 11 27 Sussex 8½ 7 9½ 25 Berkshire 7½ 8½ 7½ 23½ Barnet 9 6 8 23 Hertfordshire 5 10 8 23 Wiltshire 6 7½ 8 21½ Manchester 6 6 8 20 …
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EPSCA U9 County Team Championship – South Zone, 16th March, Bath
News just in – our Under-9 team take Silver in the South Zone in Bath, Somerset today…more soon R1 R2 R3 Total Oxfordshire 11 9 6½ 26½ Sussex 7½ 9 6 22½ Wey Valley 5½ 5½ 11 22 Hampshire 4 5½ 6 15½ Somerset 6 4 2½ 12½ Berkshire 2 3 4 9 The …
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EPSCA U11 Championship South Zone, 9th March, Leatherhead
News hot off the press…despite suffering some last minute illness our U11 team have won the Zone, securing their place in the Final at Birmingham – well done all. R1 R2 R3 Total Sussex 15 15 16½ 46½ Oxfordshire 13½ 16 13½ 43 Wey Valley 10 9½ 12½ 32 Berkshire 11 9½ 9½ 30 …
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Sir Patrick Moore Cup – Ireland vs Sussex – 9th/10th March 2019
This fixture was reinstated in 2017 after a break of several years when the Irish Chess Union invited a delegation from Sussex to Dublin. Following the return fixture in Crawley last year Sussex once again return to Ireland to compete for the prestigious Sir Patrick Moore Cup. The venue was the Crowne Plaza, Dundalk. The …
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Sussex U11 Girls vs U9 Boys, 3rd March 2019
As a warm up fixture before their EPSCA team matches later this month, our U9 team challenged our U11 Girls to a 2-round match. At stake was the prestigious Sir Patrick Moore Cup. Results: R1 R2 Total U9 Boys 8 10 18 U11 Girls 13 11 24 Congratulations to the girls who won convincingly …
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U11 Girls’ Inter-County Match, 24th February 2019, Copthorne
Sussex organise an inter-County friendly match to provide some practice for our new Girls squad in advance of their upcoming National Final in Birmingham on 23rd March. Unfortunately the Berkshire team had suffered some withdrawals due to illness, but Kent and Sussex rallied round to share their players and the matches were all played in …
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Under-11 Inter-County Match, 16th February, Maidenhead
First outing of the season for our new Under 11 squad…. Headline Results: R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Oxfordshire 13 12 11½ 36½ 2 Maidenhead 12½ 8½ 14 35 3 Sussex 9½ 10½ 8 28 4 Buckinghamshire 5 9 6½ 20½ The Team: Toby Appleton, Matthew Armstrong, James Bashford, Kit Blades, Sophia Blin, …
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