Haywards Heath Chess Academy
Lindfield Primary School, Tuesday 14th July 2011
The second Haywards Heath Junior Chess Academy tournament held at Lindfield Primary School on Tuesday 14/7/11 attracted 38 junior players from 4 different schools. With Ages ranging from 5 – 11 years old.
The tournament was played as an individual event. But any school that entered 3 or more players was also included for team placing. (With the top three scores being counted.) As can be seen by the final standings below it was a very hard & close fought competition!
Certificates for everyone who took part were circulated on the day.
The afternoon was a great success, with several people remarking on what a nice atmosphere there was & the high levels of good sportsmanship.
Many children were playing in their first ever tournament & special prizes were also presented for a combination of Sportsmanship, Exemplary behaviour & good effort. Amongst the school clubs taking part, were children who had been playing Chess in some cases for less than a term, but fought hard to put in good performances & gain prizes!
Also playing in the tournament were several players from County level.
As can be seen by the results below spoils were shared between the experienced players & the newcomers!
I would like to thank everyone who came along, both Adults & children who helped to make the afternoon enjoyable & such a success. Very special thanks go to Lindfield Primary School for hosting the event & their PTA for generously donating the refreshments. Much gratitude goes to Sandra & Edward Manchester for their help in running the event. Finally sincere appreciation goes to John Higgs for all of the coordination, admin support & help that he has given to us all in his role as SJC Chess Academies Coordinator.
Bob Noyce – Academies Director
Results & Prizes (One prize per winner)
1st – Oliver Manchester (Lindfield)
2nd – Girom Guarda ( St Josephs)
Best Girl – Laura Borland (Ardingly)
Most Improved Player – Arya Chanda (Blackthorns)
Boys – Age group prizes – Gold Medals
5y – Theo Billson (Lindfield)
6y – Piers Smith & Thomas Manchester (Lindfield)
7y – Krishna Dee Kini (St Josephs)
8y – Marco Barba & Sean Hernandez (St Josephs)
9y – Joshua Manchester & Cameron Smith (Lindfield)
10y – Kieran Gilson (Lindfield)
11y – Toby Brann (Ardingly)
Girls – Age Group Prizes – Gold Medals
5y – Amy Head (Lindfield)
6y – Layla Guarda (St Josephs)
7y – Darcey Frankland (Lindfield)
8y – Mia Barker (Lindfield)
Special Prizes – Gold Medals / Rosettes
Isabella Doyle (St Josephs)
Leo Bilton (St Josephs)
Harry Cook (Blackthorns)
Mackenzie Richardson (Blackthorns)
Joel Skey (Blackthorns)
Orlaith Ludwig (Lindfield)
Henry Bensley (Lindfield)
Rory Dalgliesh (Lindfield)
Nathan Newnham (Lindfield)
Max Whelan (Lindfield)
Bradley Frankland (Lindfield)
Team Placing
1st – Lindfield 32/36
2nd – St Josephs 31
3rd – Ardingly 28
4th – Blackthorns 27
Lindfield Primary School, 29th March 2011
The first Haywards Heath Chess Academy tournament held at Lindfield Primary School on Tuesday 29/3/11 attracted 35 junior players from 4 different schools, with ages ranging from 5 – 13 years old.
The tournament was played as an individual event. But any school that entered 3 or more players was also included for team placing. (With the top three scores being counted.)
The afternoon was a great success, with several people remarking on what a nice atmosphere there was & the high levels of good sportsmanship.
Many children were playing in their first ever tournament & special prizes were also presented for a combination of sportsmanship, exemplary behaviour & good effort. Amongst the school clubs taking part, were children who had been playing chess in some cases for less than a term, but fought hard to put in good performances & gain prizes! Also playing in the tournament were several players from County level. As can be seen by the results below spoils were shared between the experienced players & the newcomers!
I would like to thank everyone who came along, both adults & children who helped to make the afternoon enjoyable & such a success.
Very special thanks go to Lindfield Primary School for hosting the event, and to Sandra & Edward Manchester for their help and also supplying the much appreciated refreshments.
Results & Prizes (One prize per winner)
= 1st Sanmay Kanumakala & Sushir Kanumakala (Warden Park)
=1st Primary Schools – Oliver Manchester & William Bensley (Lindfield)
Boys – Age group prizes – Gold Medals
5y – Jamie Tuddenham (Lindfield)
6y – Thomas Manchester (Lindfield)
7y – Teddy Kell, Henry Bensley & Jack Rogerson (Lindfield)
8y – Simon Crossman (St Josephs)
9y – Kieran Gilson (Lindfield)
10y – Michael Joyner (Harlands)
11y – Ernesto Paniccia (St Josephs)
13 – Robin Ferguson (Warden Park)
Girls – Age Group Prizes – Gold Medals
5y – Orlaith Ludwig (Lindfield)
7y – Darcey Frankland (Lindfield)
10y – Frances White (St Josephs)
Special Prizes – Gold Medals
Sean Hernandez (St Josephs)
Krishna Dee Kini (St Josephs)
Sebastien Miotla (St Josephs)
Edrian Apostol (St Josephs)
Daniel Southwell (Harlands)
Piers Smith (Lindfield)
Leo Bilton (St Josephs)
Team Placings
1st – Warden Park 35/36
2nd – Lindfield 30/36
3rd – St Josephs 27/36
4th – Harlands/16/36
Report by Bob Noyce, Academy Director
About Chess Academies
Sussex Junior Chess established the Chess Academy concept as a way of encouraging wider participation in chess.
The programme seeks to liaise with schools within a geographic area and then to tailor fun, innovative, and age and experience appropriate chess events to suit that community. It is hoped that this will bring chess to a new audience, encouraging them to learn to play chess and offering them a path for progression through local clubs to County and even National level events.