Shoreham Airport training (4 Nov 00)

Ninety children from Sussex Junior Chess invaded Shoreham Airport for the November training and fun day. A little chess was fitted in between a tour of the airport and a talk by world champion memory man Daniel Tammet. They were also treated to a real emergency when a light aircraft blew a tyre on the runway, and was attended to by the full airport emergency services. For those interested in the chess, a team of selected West Sussex players beat a team from East Sussex by 3 - 1 in the Jade Air hangar surrounded by aircraft.

The television crew from Meridian TV got their scoop when Daniel had a slight hiccup in remembering one of the 4 digit numbers on a grid of 10 x 10. (400 numbers in all). However it should be said that he only drew the grid up the night before, and many of us have difficulty in remembering our single four digit PIN numbers !!

SJC would like to thank all the organisers and sponsors for arranging such a fantastic day out, and also the weather for providing a chink of sunshine in an otherwise wet week.