SCCU U14/U90 grade Competition

1 June 2002 - The Final

Even though there was a small matter of the world cup as competition, nearly all Sussex's first choice team made it to the Under 14's (u90 grade) final in the pleasant surroundings of Magdelen school, Oxford. A tough first round for the higher boards saw three points dropped in the top 5, but the middle and lower half of the team pulled this up to secure a lead of 2 points over the Middlesex Girls team (with only 3 girls?!).

The second round was a superb all round performance in scoring 9 out of 12 with only two losses. This proved to be far too good for the Middlesex team who fell a further 2½ points behind.

Congratulations to all the players, and also Martin May in probably his last appearance as under 14 manager. He managed to keep his 100% success record intact, and his enthusiasm (and the Mars bars) will be sorely missed next season.

Opponent County Rnd 1 SUSSEX Rnd 2 County Opponent
Similan Anandajeyarajah M2 1 Stephanie Barraclough 1 O1 Joshua Smith
Daniel Rey O2 0 Joe Fraser ½ M1 Callum Kilpatrick
Beau Schofield O3 ½ Grant Bucher 1 M3 Mithun Kailavasan
Visigan Ravindran M4 0 Danny Glebocki 1 O4 Ralph Morgan
Chantal Sirisena M5 0 Joe Richardson 1 O6 Sam Bright
Yuo Buxton O5 1 Andrew Tucker 1 M6 Ralph Caldecott
Anuk Sirisena M8 1 Eleanor Hayden 1 O7 Laurie Neathernway
Jasper Warner O8 1 Richard Howell-Peak 0 M7 Niroshun Nadesalingam
Jacob Trefethan O9 0 Jonathan Paley 0 M9 Douglas Simon
Gajern Kalvaisan M10 1 Neil Carter 1 O10 Mark Amery
Antonia Round M11 1 James May 1 O12 Jeffrey Levicki
Edward Brown O11 1 Steven Stracey ½ M12 Katie Houston
    7½   9    

Team Positions

Team Round 1 Round 2 Total
Sussex 7½ 9 16½
Middlesex Girls (M) 5½ 6½ 12
Oxfordshire (O) 5 2½ 7½

 

9 February 2002

The return match against Hampshire was another resounding success for  Martin May with a convincing 19½ - 4½ win. With a few key players missing for this away match, Sussex were not expecting such a thumping success, and this was borne out in the first round (9 - 3). However, the players warmed to playing with white, and in the second round returned a near perfect 10½ - 1½ score.  Well done to all, and good luck in the finals.

Sussex

Hampshire

  Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 1 Rnd 2  

Stephanie Barraclough (87)

0

1

1

0

Michael Augousti (70)

Danny Glebocki (79)

½

1

½

0

Edward Bauer (45) 

Grant Bucher (88)

1

1

0

0

Jason Rentmore (82)

Joe Richardson (89)

1

1

0

0

Ramesh Nadarajah (63)

Daniel Khoo (77) 

1

1

0

0

Tim Smith (35)

Eleanor Hayden (66)

1

1

0

0

Edward Devonshire (55)

Stephen Stracey (58)

0

1

1

1

Charlie Goddard (62)
Katherine Rattle (33)

1

0

0

0

Rhiannon Chilton (31)

James May

½

1

½

0

Tom Moncreaft 

Jonathan Paley (23)

1

1

0

0

Stephanie Hargraves (42)
Neil Carter

1

½

0

0

William Allsop

Stephen Wrathall

1

1

0

½

Clare Ansell
 

9

10½

3

1½

 
 

19½

4½

 

26 January 2002

The string of successes under Martin May's leadership continued with a comfortable 14½ - 9½ win against Surrey in this return match. After such a close result in the first encounter, Sussex managed to strengthen the team with the inclusion of the girls who were previously not available. Both Stephanie on board 1 and Ellie on board 7 scored perfectly. Others scoring 2 out of 2 were Andrew Tucker, Richard Howell-Peak and Stephen Stracey, well done to them all.

Sussex

Surrey

  Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 1 Rnd 2  

Stephanie Barraclough

1

1

0

1

Michael Gwilliam

Joe Fraser

1

0

0

0

Hannah Dale

Grant Bucher

1

½

0

1

Michael Baker

Joe Richardson

½

0

½

½

David Watts

Felix Sullivan

0

1

1

0

Dominic Griffin

Andrew Tucker

1

1

0

0

Carl Larsson

Eleanor Hayden

1

1

0

0

Robert Aubrey

Richard Howell-Peak

1

1

0

0

Joshua Wolrich

Stephen Stracey

1

1

0

1

Charles Drummond

Elliot Kafetz

0

0

1

0

Matthew Cooke

James May

½

0

½

1

Alex Flinders

Deborah Margolis

0

0

1

1

Tom McNally

 

8

6½

4

5½

 
 

14½

9½

 

6 October 2001

Following the under 8 championship, the Under 14 (under 90 grade) team put up an fantastic display in disposing of Hampshire in the Southern Counties Chess Union competition by the largest margin ever for a Sussex Team. In the first round, not a single game was lost, and the three draws resulted in a 10½ - 1½ win to Sussex. The second round was nearly as successful, with one loss and two draws, giving a total of 10 - 2. The overall result of Sussex 20½ - Hampshire 3½ puts Sussex in a very strong position to qualify for the final and retain their trophy. 

Commiserations to Hampshire who were clearly troubled by their late arrival, and were not prepared for the very experienced Sussex Team. I'm sure they will post markedly better results as their young team matures.

Bd

Hampshire

Rnd 1 SUSSEX Rnd 2

Hampshire

Bd
1

Hai Haran

 0-1 Stephanie Barraclough ½-½

Jason Rentmore

2
2 Jason Rentmore ½-½ Danny Glebocki 1-0

Hai Haran

 1
3 Ramesh Nadayajah ½-½ Grant Bucher 0-1 Michael Augousti 4
4 Michael Augousti ½-½ Joe Richardson 1-0 Ramesh Nadayajah 3
5 Neil Hargreaves 0-1 Daniel Khoo 1-0 Charlie Goddard 6
6 Graham Hargreaves 0-1 Eleanor Hayden 1-0 Neil Hargreaves 5
7 Sohail 0-1 Steven Stracey 1-0 Graham Hargreaves 8
8 Thomas Moncrief 0-1 Felix Sullivan 1-0 Sohail 7
9 Charlie Goddard 0-1 James May 1-0 Steven Wilkins 10
10 Claire Ansell 0-1 Katherine Rattle ½-½ Rhiannon Chilton 9
11 Lauren Taylor 0-1 Deborah Margolis 1-0 Claire Ansell 12
12 Steven Wilkins 0-1 Jonathan Paley 1-0 Thomas Moncrief 11
    1½-10½   10-2    

Final Result

Sussex 20½ - 3½ Hampshire