Sussex U7 Championships: 9th June 2007

There was an excellent turnout for this year's Sussex U7 Championship, with some excellent new players joining the regular Sussex players.

In the individual tournament, Rohan won for the second year despite facing some tough games against both Michael Stockham and Joe Thorley.

Overall, it was a very strong competition this year with 36 entries, all played in excellent spirit by the juniors.

1st Rohan Shiatis 5
East Grinstead Junior Chess Club
2nd Joe Thorley 4
Harlands
3rd Tim Sherman 4
Barcombe
4th= Billy Twigge-Molecey 4
St Lawrence CE
4th= Kiran Gopinathan 4
Harlands
Top Girl Abigail Simpson 3.5
The Meads
Arbiter's Prize Michael Stockham 3.5
Holy Cross

In the schools competition, places were awarded as follows:

1st Holy Cross (Uckfield) 9 pts Michael Stockham
Toby Barden
Robert Ross
Alisha Gunn
2nd Fonthill Lodge (on tiebreak) 8.5 pts Matthew Rogers
Nicholas Bailey
Elissa Mayne
Archie Hanna
Sebastian Dowd
Nafim Choudhury
3rd Great Walstead 8.5 pts Edward Critchley
Max Clark
Alex Cankerseer
Alfie Beadle
4th Harlands 8 pts  
5th St Lawrence CE 6 pts  
5th Dorset House 6 pts  
5th St. Peters 6 pts  
6th Barcombe 5.5 pts  
7th East Grinstead Junior CC 5 pts