400 children aged 4 – 18 contested the Sussex Megafinal, hoping to progress to the next stage, the regional Gigafinals, in July. We are very grateful to the parents and volunteers who contributed to making the day run smoothly: Friday set up: Oluseye Balogun , Tom Borland, Derek Ferguson, Mark Godwin, Keith Martin, Karen Meakings, …
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Congratulations to Abhi Jadav, Adam Faulkner and Elena Currah who all qualified for the National Chess Junior Squad (NCJS) at the trial in Liverpool over the weekend. Adam, still only under-10, scored 4 points; Abhi 3½ and Elena 3.
Congratulations to Henri and Sophia Blin, Niamh Grace, Adam Holmes and Lucy Magura who all qualified for the Gigafinal this weekend. Adam entered the Surrey West megafinal and won the Under-10 boys section with an unbeaten 5½ out of 6. Henri, Sophia and Niamh all travelled to the Hampshire megafinal in Winchester. Sophia scored 5 …
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 …
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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Congratulations to Under-13 Oliver Faulkner who gained his second half-norm, and therefore qualification to the Squad, at the Squad Championships in Daventry 6th-7th April.
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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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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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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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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