Mid Sussex Times Schools Chess Tournament - 30 March 2001

On Friday 30th March The annual Mid Sussex Chess Tournament was held in St Lawrence C of E Primary School Hurstpierpoint. Eight schools took part in the afternoon, 2 more than last year. The standard of play gets higher each year and this year was no exception. The Swiss Style competition was played with 5 rounds of half an hour each. The top 3 in each school counted for the school title. The second and third places were decided by including the fourth placed player.

Team Results

1st St Lawrence C of E Primary Hurstpierpoint 13 points

2nd Birchwood Grove Primary Burgess Hill 11 points

3rd Lindfield Primary Haywards Heath 11 points

4th Harlands Haywards Heath 10 ½ points

5th Holy Trinity Primary Cuckfield 8 points

6th Warninglid Primary 7 points

7th St Peters Ardingly 6 ½ points

8th St Wilfrids Burgess Hill 4 ½ points

Individual Winners

1st=  Stephanie Barraclough Lindfield joint winner

        Grant Bucher St Lawrence joint winner

3rd Simon Wilcox Birchwood Grove

Thanks to everyone who made this tournament such an enjoyable occasion. To those who scored, paired players after each round, made refreshment, oversaw the children between rounds, encouraged their teams in such a sporting way and cleared up at the end a VERY big thank you. The children behaved admirably and so made the event that much easier for the organisers.

Grateful thanks to the Mid Sussex Times whose sponsorship enabled us to provide trophies, medals, certificates and refreshment for this event.

It is good to see more joining in and we hope that other small schools will join the competition next year. With a minimum of three in a team it is a suitable event for large and small schools to meet together on an equal footing.

Report by Margaret Tester, St. Lawrence School