With one player missing from our zonal winning team and after struggling with 6/12 in round 1 we scored 7 then 8 in the next 2 rounds and finished 6th. Very tough competition with some strong opposition. Richmond were the winners, Kent second place then Barnet in third. Massive congratulations to Spriha who scored 3/3 …
Category Archives: 2023
Under 14’s Match vs Kent at Sevenoaks 14th April 2024
On Sunday the 14th the Sussex U14 team took on the Kent team at Knole Academy in Sevenoaks. We had a very strong side and beat Kent in both rounds ending on 15.5 to Sussex to 8.5 for Kent. It was a great sunny day out for the team and a brilliant win! The Squad …
Continue reading “Under 14’s Match vs Kent at Sevenoaks 14th April 2024”
EPSCA U11 Girls’ Final, Oxford, 13th April 2024
On 13th April 2024, Sussex under 11 girls team travelled to Oxford for the finals. Despite coming 5th place, the girls all had a really great day, cementing friendships for the new season. The Squad: Bella Walsh, Eliza Blin, Gemma Cuthbertson, Gabrielle Bermingham, Ekaterina Panchenko, Spriha Punjabi, Skanthamithraa Nirmala-Ranjith, Smrithi Manoj, Rhiannon Page, Ella Clark, …
Continue reading “EPSCA U11 Girls’ Final, Oxford, 13th April 2024”
NCJS Trip to Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic 28th March – 1st April 2024
Henri Blin, George Tagg, Louis Buckland, Aidan Burnside. Jacob Wynn, and Arthur Kendall were all selected to represent the NCJS (National Chess Junior Squad) at the annual Tournament of Young Talents in Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic. Louis and Jacob played in the FIDE open. George and Henri were in the U15. Aidan and Arthur in the …
Continue reading “NCJS Trip to Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic 28th March – 1st April 2024”
Under 11’s Inter County Match, Leatherhead
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”
Under 9’s Inter County Match, Hassocks
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 …
Under 14’s Match vs Richmond at Burgess Hill 25th Feb 2024
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”
Under 9’s Inter County Match, Richmond
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 …
Another Half Norm for Hal!
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.
Under 11’s Inter County Match, Richmond
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 …