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Updated 24.8.01 JUNIOR NEWS

OXON SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2000-1
Two local APA leagues at each age level, followed by a Final.
Under 18 1 Magdalen College School; 2 Abingdon School
Under 15 1 Magdalen College School A; 2 Magdalen College School B
Under 13 1 Frideswide Middle School; 2 Magdalen College School
Under 11 1 Magdalen College School; 2 Frideswide Middle School
Under 9 1 Magdalen College School; 2 Little Milton Primary
Results John Place

CCF CHESS CHALLENGE 2001
From Scott Freeman. Scott doesn't say, but this is the Coulsdon Fellowship's local answer to Michael Basman's UK Land Chess Challenge. Why Coulsdon feel an answer is needed is not an issue for this page.
Under 13 Boys Oliver Gillman ("Wilsons")
Under 11 Boys Michael Rogan ("Elmwood Junior")
Under 10 Boys Dean Saunders (Chipstead Valley Primary)
Under 9 Boys Max Sheffield ("Kenley Primary")
Under 8 Boys Robert Maguire (Ashburton Junior)
Under 7 Boys James Side ("St Mary Magdalen Primary")
Under 11 Girls Felicity Bentley (Smitham Primary)
Under 10 Girls Katie Price (Chipstead Valley Primary)
Under 9 Girls Lizzie Walsh (Smitham Primary)
Under 8 Girls Emily Frost (Christchurch, Purley)
Under 7 Girls Naomi Poyser ("Essendene Lodge")
Schools are in quotes (ours) where they seem to be unidentifiable without local knowledge.

KENT JUNIOR CA: GP FINAL CONGRESS at Maidstone, 7th July 2001
Under 18 (33 pl) 1 Oliver Cooley 162 (St Olaves) 6/6; 2 Edmund Birkhamshaw 126 (Beckenham) 5; 3-5 Jonathan Marrow 122 (St Olaves), James Chapman 95 (Danson), Richard Cheeseman 131 (St Olaves) 4½; 6-9 Greg Wellman 95 (Bishop Challoner), Paul Richards 132, Mark Richards 93, Raymond Gosden 133 (all Whitstable) 4...
Under 11 (18 pl) 1-2 Kenrick de Nazareth 83 (St Olaves Prep), Nicholas Kidson 82 (Tonbridge) 5½/6; 3 Sam Evington 31 (Barming Maidstone) 4½; 4-5 Chris Russell 77 (Tunbridge Wells), Ian Wellman 66 (B Challoner) 4...
Under 9 (23 pl) 1 Jack Siebert 43 (Bromley) 5½/6; 2 Anthony Gregory ("St Francis") 5; 3 Constantine Philippou 43 (Hayes) 4½; 4-7 David Ryan (Maidstone), Oliver Sargent 33 (Hayes), Timur Basaran (Bexley), Visar Beqiri 52 (Dover) 4...

KENT SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2000-1
update 2.7.01
Senior (13 entries) 1 St Olaves Orpington; 2 Judd GS Tonbridge; 3 Dulwich College; 4 Kings Rochester
Under 16 (12 entries) 1 St Olaves GS Orpington; 2 Maidstone GS
Under 13 (20 entries) 1 Judd GS Tonbridge; 2 Dulwich College
Primary (28 entries) 1 Barming Maidstone; 2 Amherst Sevenoaks

BRIANT POULTER SURREY SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2000-1
(Nearly final. We give the places that appear to be firm.)
Division 1 (7 teams) 1 RGS Guildford 22/24; 2 Hampton School 19; 3 Tiffin 10+; 4 Trinity Croydon 9...
Division 2 (10 teams) 1 RGS II 17/18... The rest are miles behind but second place is undecided.
Division 3 (8 teams) 1 RGS III 13/14; 2 Hampton III 11; 3 Emanuel II 8 (GP 24); 4 John Fisher 8 (20½)...
Results RGR Harris

TONBRIDGE JUNIOR 5th May 2001
Under 18/14/Parents (18 pl) 1 Oliver Cooley 162 (St Olaves) 5/6; 2-4 Richard Cheeseman 131 (St Olaves), Jonathan Marrow 122 (St Olaves), Russell Jones (Bishop Challoner but a teacher, so honorary Parent: U18 Minor Prize) 4½... Under 14 title (and U16 Trophy) Michael Marrow 87 (St Olaves) 4
Under 12 (Kent Championship) (28 pl) 1-3 Nicholas Kidson 82 (Yardley Court Tonbridge), James McKeever 88 (Dartford CC), Gregory Wellman 95 (Trinity Croydon) 5/6; 4 Sam Siebert 76 (St Olaves) 4½; 5 David Christie 4... Girls Champion Bess Novitt 26 (Welling) 3½
Under 10 (29 pl) 1 Ian Wellman 66 (Bishop Challoner) 6/6; 2 Jack Siebert 43:U9 (Bromley), 3-4 Alexander Davan-Wetton 50, Thomas Warrener *57 (both Hilden Grange Tonbridge) 4½; 5-10 Fraser Bridges 53 (Hayes Primary), Byron Harris *59 (St Olaves Prep), Jenny Martin U9 (Bromley), Saravana Perumal (Colfes), Constantine Philippou 43 (Hayes Primary), John Ryan 46 (Maidstone) 4...
Under 8 (18 pl) 1 Samuel Hill (Hayes Primary) 6/6; 2-3 Anthony Gregory (Maidstone), Joseph Huggett (Bishop Challoner) 4½; 4 Jonathan Rodda (Hayes Primary) 4...
Team Prize Hayes Primary, narrowly from St Olaves and Bishop Challoner.
Results Us. Cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

OXFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS CONGRESS 18-19 April 2001
at Magdalen College School, Oxford. Results are on the new Oxon Junior Congress site.

DACORUM JUNIOR CHESS INITIATIVE: UK CHESS CHALLENGE QUALIFIER
at Hemel Hempstead, 26th March 2001
See the Chess Oracle site under "Junior". Qualification is normally over six weeks or so, in school chess clubs, and your Webmaster has never been able to find the rules about one-day qualifying tournaments.

BCF U18 GIRLS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS 25th March 2001
Major 1 Surrey 10/12; 2 Middx 2
Minor 1 Surrey II 9/12; 2 Herts 6; 3 Middx II West 5½; Middx II North 3½
Results Bruce Birchall

SOLIHULL U14 SCHOOLS TEAMS at Solihull School, 3rd March 2001
We mention it because SCCU schools came first and second (and only tie-break separated them at that). Both of them play regularly in this annual event, which normally attracts more than this year's entry of 14 teams. A lot of top schools were there. Five rounds, eight boards.
1 Magdalen College School Oxford 4/5 (GP 25½); 2 St Olaves GS Orpington 4 (22½); 3 Queen Elizabeths GS Wakefield 3½ (24); 4 Nottingham High School A 3½ (23); 5 Manchester Grammar School 3 (22½); 6 Nottingham High School B 3 (20½)...
Results Hanna Cooley

KENT PRIMARY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Maidstone, 24th February 2001
Under 11 (13 pl) 1 Nicholas Kidson (Yardley Court Tonbridge) 5½/6; 2 Chris Russell (Rose Hill Tunbridge Wells) 4½; 3-5 Jonathan Clark (Highway Orpington), Emma Kitley, Peter Haffenden 4; 6 Jasmine King (Barming Maidstone) 3½...
Under 10 (15 pl) 1 Thomas Warrener 5½/6; 2 Sam Evington (Barming) 5; 3-4 Harry Clarkson-Bennett, Karen Jones 4; 5-6 Alexander Dudok de Wit, Andrew Lawrence 3½...
Under 9 (10 pl) 1 Jack Siebert 6/6; 2-3 Visar Beqiri, Bjorn Romeis 4; 4 Constantine Philippou 3½...
Under 8 (13 pl) 1 Anthony Gregory 6/6; 2 Sam Hill 5; 3 Pierre Ortlieb 4; 4-7 Christopher Williams, Georgiana Philippou, Alex Khakwani, Timur Basaran 3½...
Results Darrell Siebert. Cross-tables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

TIMES BRITISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP 2000-2001
The Times now (7.3.01) has a page to itself.

ECGCF SE REGIONAL JAMBOREE at Burgess Hill, 10th February 2001
1 Surrey; 2 Kent; 3 Middx; 4 Sussex; 5 Essex
Details: ECGCF site

SOUTH OF ENGLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 3/4 February 2001
at Yateley Manor School (near Camberley)
Under 14 (Closed Tournament) 1 William Bennet (Rutland) 4½/5; 2-4 Robert Payne (Essex), Josiah Lutton (Essex), Sam Williams (Hampshire) 3½; 5-11 Balwinder Grewal (Notts), Edmund Birkhamshaw (Kent), Stewart Trent (Herts), Chris Dorrington (Lincs), Andrew Moxley (Warcs), Matthew Dignam (Herts), Amarjit Mehton (Notts) 3...
Under 13 1 Mark Goodwin (Bucks) 4½/5; 2 Robbie Dams (Wiltshire) 4; 3-4 Philip Makepeace (Bucks), Colin Kay (Surrey) 3½...
Under 12 (Closed Tournament) 1-3 Robert Heaton (Richmond), Peter Roberson (Hants), Simon Fowler (Shropshire) 4/5; 4-7 Anton Chernikov (Richmond), Tom Harbour (Beds), Charles Rowe (Somerset), Richard Willis (Northants) 3...
Under 11 (This was a pre-trial tournament for the England Under 11 team trial in April) 1-2 Henry Kingston (Cambs), Thomas Pym (Shropshire) 4½/5; 3-7 Vedantha Kumar (N London), Stephanie Barraclough (Sussex), Dana Hawrami (Essex), Eugene Geidelberg (Hants), James Porter (Richmond) 4...
Under 11 Challengers 1 Graham Hargraves (Hants) 5/6; 2-4 Sohail Jannesari (Hants), Steven Wilkins (Hants) 4½...
Under 9 1-2 Kaiser Malik (Middx) (Winner of trophy on tiebreak), Robbie Carr (Herts) 5/6; 3 Alex Thomson (Hants) 4½; 4-5 Alastair Dow (Hampshire), Peter Carr (Bucks) 4...
Under 8 1 Andrew Goodman (Surrey) 6/6; 2 Simon Tucker (Sussex) 4½; 3-8 Peter Hale (Essex), Stefon Curtress (Surrey), Sheila Dines (Surrey), Edward Gilmore (NW London), Peter Watt (Oxfordshire), James McCallion (Surrey) 4...
Under 7 1-2 Edward Gilmore (NW London), Edward Ardner-Forsdyke (Middlesex) 5½/6; 3-5 Peter Keetley (Notts), Eden Kirk (Bucks), Stephanie Hale (Essex) 4...
Under 130 (We have no idea what the status of this event was) 1 Oliver Payne (Hants) 4½/5; 2-4 Chris Cook (Herts), Matthew Harborne (Surrey), Oliver Coddington (Hampshire) 3½...
Results Neville Belinfante

LANGLEY PARK JUNIOR 20th January 2001 (with Kent Secondary Championships)
Under 18/16 (11 pl) 1 Oliver Cooley 162 (St Olaves) 5/6; 2 Daniel Diamond 142 (Dulwich College: U16 title) 4½; 3 Alex Woodfield 107 (Judd) 4; 4-7 Raymond Gosden ("QE Grammar") 133, Edmund Birkhamshaw 126, Michael Muttiah 103 (both St Olaves), Konrad Sanders 122 (Thomas Tallis) 3½...
Under 14 (24 pl) 1 Michael Marrow 89 (St Olaves) 5½/6; 2 David Ridout 111 (Maidstone GS) 5; 3-8 Sam Siebert 76, Zubin Siganporia (both St Olaves), Guy Aust 73 (Bishop Challoner), Gregory Wellman 95 ("Trinity"), Christopher Jones 65 (Bickley Park), James McKeever 117 (Dartford GS) 4; 9-11 Arwen Van Der Elst 84 (JAGS), Lech Sikorsky, Vinno Bala (Eltham College) 3½...
Under 11 (23 pl) 1-4 Karen Jones 68 (Bromley High), Rupert Quiney (Surrey), Chris Russell (Tunbridge Wells), Ian Wellman (Bishop Challoner) 4½/6; 5-6 Alexander Davan-Wetton, Thomas Warrener (both Tonbridge) 4; 7-8 Siddharth Viswanath (Eltham College), Fraser Bridges (Hayes) 3½...
Under 9 (26 pl) 1 Constantine Philippou (Hayes) 6/6; 2 Oliver Sargent (Hayes) 5; 3-10 Vas Bala (Bishop Challoner), Rupert Harbig (Yardley Court Tonbridge), Sam Hill (Hayes), Jena Kitley (Sydenham High), Barney Low (Scotts Park), Robert Maguire (Surrey), Sebastian MacGougan (Bickley Park), Jack Siebert (Bickley park) 4...

SCCU JUNIOR TITLES 2000-2001
incorporated in the London Junior 29-30 December:
Under 18 (incorporated in the London U21 FIDE rated event) Lorin D'Costa 196 (Royston) 5/6: SCCU prize £25 and the Hassabis Trophy. 2nd on tie-break was Murugan Thiruchelvam 203 (Richmond Juniors) 5/6: SCCU prize £25. Both (and especially Murugan!) are comfortably under 18. They were =1st in the U21.
Under 18 Girls Not awarded
Under 11 (incorporated in U12) Peter Poobalasingam 94 (Finchley) 6/9: SCCU prize £25
Under 11 Girls Poppy Aarons 96 (Hampstead) 5/9: SCCU prize £25
incorporated in the London Junior 9-10 December:
Under 14 Tim Woodward 183 of Westminster School & Richmond Juniors. SCCU prize £40. Tim won the U14 tournament outright with 5½/6. He is also London Champion.
Under 14 Girls Sarah Hegarty 116 of Ashtead (3½, and Best Girl overall). SCCU prize £25.
Under 9 Callum Kilpatrick of Dulwich Hamlet Junior School & Richmond Juniors, who came =6th in the Under 10 Major tournament with 5/7 and took the SCCU title (prize £25) on tie-break from reigning Champion George O'Toole. Another U9, Eugene Geidelberg 80 of Hants, already WECU U10 Champion, was =1st on 6/7 together with two U10s. Eugene was not eligible for the SCCU title. As a Hants junior he would have qualified, had he played in the SCCU U14/90 league previously, or the Herts centenary match.
Under 9 Girls Katherine Hale 50 of Essex Juniors (4½). SCCU prize £25.
The new Champions have been added to the SCCU Champions page.
Results Neville Belinfante

LONDON JUNIOR QUALIFIER at Hitchin Boys School, Sunday 3rd December 2000
Under 12 (26 pl) 1 Chris Anguelov (Garden Suburb School) 5½6; 2-4 James Asquith (Haileybury), Alex O'Toole (Temple Sutton), Tom Harbour (Bedford Modern) 4½; 5-6 Michael Hale (Chessmates CC), Ben Derrett (Stamford School Lincs) 4; 7-13 Matthew Bertuzzo (Chingford Jnr School), Chay Mottley (Monks Walk School), Katie Hale (Chessmates CC), Matthew Wright (Bedford Modern School), David Cox (Letchworth & Hitchin CC), Gil Rutter (Sunnybank School), Vedantha Kumar (Garden Suburb School) 3½...
Under 10 (16 pl) 1 Oren Friedlander (Akiva) 6/6; 2 Eren Kilich (Hadley Wood) 4½; 3-6 Christopher Belfield, Emma Williams, Robbie Carr (all Roundwood), Thomas Heirons (Hereward House) 4...
Under 8 (12 pl) 1-3 Edward Gilmore (The Hall), Rory Williams (Roundwood), Rory Scott (Roundwood) 4½; 4 Alexander Ekserdjian (The Hall) 4...
Results Neville Belinfante

RGS GUILDFORD JUNIOR 26th November 2000
Under 18 (23 pl) 1 M Harborne (RGS) 6/6; 2-3 S Hegarty (Guildford HS), O Wilson (Wallington) 4½; 4-6 O Coddington (Portsmouth GS), K Feld (LE Holles), O Payne (Cranborne) 4; 7-10 C Dixon (Whitgift), M King (RGS), J Lutton (Basildon), S Williams (RGS) 3½... U105 1-2 A Bell (RGS), R Webb (Warneford) 3½; 3 P Almeida (RGS) 3...
Under 14 (24 pl) 1-3 N Baranga (Garden Suburb), C Kay (Guildford), J Yardley (Kings House) 5/6; 4 R Dame (Commonweal) 4½; 5-6 N George (Commonweal), MT Harris (Tiffin) 4; 7-9 G Davies (RGS), M Gwilliam (Warlingham), D Watts (Sutton GS) 3½...
Under 12 (68 pl) 1 Alexei Chernikov (Tiffin) 6/6; 2 P Roberson (Robert Mays) 5½; 3-4 R Caldecott ("St Johns"), M Elstrop (Yareley Manor) 5; 5-10 Anton Chernikov (Tiffin), J Gordon (Danes Hill), G Hantman (Surbiton Prep), H King-Oakley (Dulwich College), A Truslove (Yateley Manor), N Wallis (Aldro) 4½; 11-19 M Baker (RGS), Y Ball (The Abbey), M Boulton (Newland House), A Drew (Lethbridge), R Fayyaz (Tasis), E Geidelburg (Danes Hill Hants), C Hashemi (Dulwich College), K Savania (Lanesborough), B Scholl (Danes Hill) 3½...
Results AJW Thorn

SIDCUP JUNIOR 11th November 2000
Under 18 (8 pl) 1 Konrad Sanders (Thomas Tallis) 5/6; 2 Richard Cheeseman (St Olaves) 4½; 3-5 Paul Richards (Whitstable), Jonathan Marrow, Michael Muttiah (both St Olaves) 3½...
Under 14 (7 pl) 1 David Ridout (Maidstone) 5½/6; 2 Michael Marrow (St Olaves) 4½; 3 Nicholas Trussell (Dulwich College) 3½...
Under 12 (20 pl) 1-4 James McKeever (Dartford GS), Chris Russell (Tunbridge Wells), Nicholas Kidson (Tonbridge), Sam Siebert (St Olaves) 4½; 5-6 Claire Wu (N London), Harry Ryan-Smith (Chislehurst & Sidcup GS) 4; 7-10 Kimberley Hirst-Jones (Leigh Essex), Charlie Travers ("Coopers"), Aram Karakashian (Eltham College), James Asquith (Herts) 3½...
Under 10 (26 pl) 1 Jack Read (St Olaves Prep) 5/6; 2-5 John Ryan ("St Francis"), Ian Wellman (Bishop Challoner), Sebastian MacGougan (Bickley Park), Sam Evington (Maidstone) 4½; 6-7 Joshua Travers (Hayes CC), Elizabeth Mills (Tunbridge Wells) 4; 8-11 Oliver Price, Byron Harris (both St Olaves Prep), Jack Siebert ("St Georges"), Jennifer Martin (Bromley High) 3½...
Results David Brown

FOURTH MILLFIELD SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT 21-22 October 2000
14 teams of 12. After the first 2 jamboree rounds, the top 6 played in the "Championship" and the rest in the "Major" (5 more rounds). You know what we think about Minors called Majors.
Championship 1 RGS Guildford 34½/60; 2 (tie-break) Gorzaga A (Ireland) 33; 3 Manchester Grammar School 33. Gorzaga were unable to retain their 1999 trophy.
Major 1 Torquay Boys GS (tie-break) 44½/60; 2 Queen Elizabeths Barnet 44½...
Reserves Tournament 1 Bryce Conduit (RGS Guildford) 7/7; 2 Chris Bright (RGS Guildford) 6...
Individual Awards
Best U12 Zubin Siganporia (St Olave's Grammar School)
Best U14 Jamie Hillman (QE Boys Barnet)
Best U16 David Shaw (Manchester Grammar School)
Best U18 Sam Collins (Gonzaga)
Best Girl Lale Tuncer(K Edwards Camp Hill School, Birmingham)
Stephen Joseph Memorial Award John Kennedy (St Benildus)
Results Neville Belinfante

TIMES SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP
An update 25.10.00. At the extended closing date of 20th October, entries stood at 237. Two days later they were at 241, and there they seem to have stopped. (They'll have to, now.) Last year's 208 was almost certainly a blip. We're told it used to be pushing a thousand, but that was in the good old days. It could be true. Seventies/early eighties? Anyone know?

HIGH WYCOMBE JUNIOR LJCQ 14th October 2000
Under U12 (18 pl) 1 Daniel Hall (Lethbridge Wilts) 6/6; 2 Philip Makepeace (Dr Challoners Bucks) 4½; 3-6 Yasmin Ball (Abbey, Reading Berks), Alisdair Drew (Lethbridge Wilts, Robbie Dame (Commonweal Wilts), Charlie Fry (Merchant Taylors Bucks) 4...
Under 10 (24 pl) 1-2 Adam Wiltshire (Lethbridge Wilts), Daniel Rey (Magdalen College School Oxon) 5/6; 3 Andrew Clark (Gerrards Cross Bucks) 4½...
Under 8 (15 pl) 1 Christopher Lillie (Hamilton Bucks) 5/6; 2-4 Philip Dodwell (Hamilton Bucks), Peter Watt (Aston Rowant Oxon), Andrew Willis (Little Milton Oxon) 4...
Results Neville Belinfante

ASHFORD (KENT) JUNIOR 8th October 2000
attracted 63 players.
U18 Major 1 Raymond Gosden 6/6; 2 Richard Cheeseman 4; 3-4 Jan Wassermann-Fry, Paul Richards 3½...
U18 Minor James Chapman 3½...
Under 14 1 Edmund Birkhamshaw 6/6; 2-3 David Ridout, Stephan Wassermann-Fry 4½; 4 James Graves 4...
Under 12 1-2 Gregory Wellman (Trinity School), James McKeever (Dartford GS) 5/6; 3-4 Charlie Travers, Nicholas Kidson 4½; 5-7 Chathu de Silva, Peter Mills, Sam Siebert 4...
Under 10 1 Karen Jones (Bromley High) 5½/6; 2 Ian Wellman (Bishop Challoner) 5; 3-7 Oliver Sargent, Sam Evington, Byron Harris, Elizabeth Mills, Fraser Bridges 4...
Under 8 1 Sebastian MacGoughan (Bickley Park)...
Results Felicity Moore

RUSSELL TROPHY JAMBOREE at RGS Guildford 15th September 2000
1 St Pauls (?London) 6½/8; 2-3 Hampton, RGS 5½; 4 Tiffin 4; 5 Whitgift 3; 6 Westminster 2; 7 Sutton 1½.
Results AJW Thorn

Earlier material is in the Archive.