Hastings Grand Prix, 2nd January 2012

The Hastings tournament is always timed to coincide with it's big brother - the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress - and we were lucky enough to have number of illustrious visitors during the day: veteran chess player, organiser and arbiter Stewart Reuben; Colin Rendle (father of IM Thomas) who was instrumental in the creation of SJC; and WFM Sarah Hegarty come over to present the prizes. The observant amongst you may be able to spot her on this page when she played for Irish Juniors against Sussex Juniors in 2002.

For the second year running George Neale chose to celebrate his birthday by playing chess....and doing very well too!

There are many people to thank for the success of this event:

Catering: Ed Gooda & Debbie Forster, assisted by Daniel Gooda and Sam Higgs
Pairings & Results: Sue Howell, Chris Lear and Arthur Graham
Arbiters and board stewards: Brian Stockham, Dave Graham, Gary McCulloch, Peter Finn, Mike Forster
Registration, set-up and clear-away: Balwinder Ahluwalia, Stella Coleman, Emma Haward, the Higgs Family and the Finn Family

We would also like to acknowledge the support of our parents for giving up their lie-ins to support their children's interest.

Headline results below, cross tables here, updated Grand Prix placings here and photos here.