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Updated 28.7.02 JUNIOR NEWS

UK CHESS CHALLENGE: GIGAFINAL 20/21 July 2002
Mike Basman reports:
The Gigafinal stage of the UK Chess Challenge was held at the Octagon Centre in Sheffield on 20th and 21st July. Over 1,600 players took part and 38 of these qualified for the Terafinal with a further 82 gaining places in the Challengers Tournament. These tournaments will be held at Blenheim High School in Epsom, Surrey on 24th and 25th August and there the final destination of the title of STRAT and the £1,000 first prize will be decided.
     Players from the Southern Counties will be well represented at this event. Comprising about 30% of the population of the UK, the Southern Counties have provided more than 50% of the finalists. The breakdown is as follows:-
Berkshire: 2 Challengers
Buckinghamshire: 1 Challenger
Cambridgeshire: 0
Essex: 2 Terafinalists (Subin Sen U9 boy; Alex O'Toole U11 boy) plus 6 Challengers
Hertfordshire: 2 Terafinalists (Lorin D'Costa U18 boy: 2000 and 2001 Strat; Robbie Carr U10 boy) plus 1 Challenger
Kent: 2 Challengers
Middlesex: 2 Terafinalists (Jack Harding U7 boy; Akshaya Ahuja U10 boy) plus 7 Challengers
Oxfordshire: 2 Terafinalists (Larissa Cooke U9 girl; Claire Morris U14 girl) plus 3 Challengers
Surrey: 8 Terafinalists (Caroline Foster U7 girl; Damir Rafi U8 boy; Harvey Birch U9 boy; Jeremy Gordon U10 boy; Charles Court U10 boy; Selina Khoo U11 girl; Graham Hantman U12 boy; Alexandra Wilson U18 girl) plus 13 Challengers
Sussex: 3 Terafinalists (Andrew Tucker U11 boy; Stephanie Barraclough U12 girl; Katherine Rattle U13 girl) plus 4 Challengers
     Full results can be viewed on http://www.ukchesschallenge.com

KENT JUNIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL EVENT at Maidstone, 7th July 2002
Under 18 (13 pl) 1 Raymond Gosden 148 (Whitstable) 5/6; 2-4 Jonathan Marrow 134 (St Olaves), Kenrick de Nazareth 102 (Colfes), Richard Cheeseman 141 (St Olaves) 4; 5-7 Michael Marrow 117, Sam Siebert 96, Zubin Siganporia 82 (all St Olaves) 3½...
Under 11 (29 pl) 1 Richard Lobo 63 5½/6; 2-3 Siddhu Viswanath 64 (Eltham College), Tim Weaver 5; 4 Max Jarvis 4½; 5-9 Sam Evington 71 (Maidstone), Alex Davan-Wetton 72, Jack Binysh (Dulwich College), Byron Harris 68, Thomas Warrener 75 4...
Under 9 (21 pl) 1 Glen Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner) 6/6; 2 Patrick Dowling 5; 3 Elliott Auckland 27 (Tunbridge wells) 4½; 4-8 Scott Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner), Jack May, Koki Ichimura, Udara de Silva (Maidstone), Anthony Gregory 59 4; 9 Robert Lobo 3½...
GP winners: U18 Raymond Gosden; U11 Richard Lobo; U9 Anthony Gregory. More details on the KJCA site.
Results Darrell Siebert

ECGCF FINALS at Abingdon, 29th June 2002
See the ECGCF site

BRIANT POULTER SURREY SCHOOLS LEAGUE 2001-2
Division 1 (7 teams) 1 1 Hampton School 22/24; 2 RGS Guildford 19; 3 Tiffin 15; 4 Whitgift 11...
Division 2 (10 teams) 1 St Pauls II 14/18; 2 RGS Guildford II 13; 3 Tiffin II 12 (GP 34); 4 Emanuel I 12 (32)... (NB St Pauls I did not play)
Division 3 (10 teams) 1 RGS III 16/18; 2 Charterhouse 15; 3 Wallington 14; 4 Whitgift III 11...
16 schools played in all.
Results RGR Harris

COULSDON CF JUNIOR GP 2001-2
"The CCF Junior Grand Prix for Season 2001-2 lowered the curtain after today's 3rd and final round [8.6.02] at CCF in Coulsdon." Overall winners:
Under 18 1 Visagan Ravindran £50; 2 Similan Anandajeyarajah £30; 3 Niroshun Nadeselingam £10
Under 12 1 Matthew Lunn £50; 2 Katie Houstoun £30; 3-5 Nicholas Dempsey, Philip Greenfield, Anant Shah £3.50
Under 10 1 Sheila Dines £50; 2 Thilagini Anandajeyarajah £30; 3 Robert Maguire £10
Under 8 1 James Side £50; 2 Keith Barker £30; 3-4 Alex Hesketh, William Glover £5
Results Scott Freeman

KENT SCHOOLS CHESS LEAGUE 2001-2
Senior (11 teams played) Finals: 1 Maidstone GS; 2 Judd GS Tonbridge; 3 St Olaves GS Orpington; 4 Eltham College
Under 16 (12 teams) Final: St Olaves GS Orpington 3 2 Dulwich College
Under 13 (20 teams) Final: St Olaves GS Orpington 5 0 Maidstone GS
Under 11 (23 teams) Finals 26.5.02 1 Barming Maidstone 18/25; 2 Eltham College Junior School 14½; 3-4 Solefield Sevenoaks, St Johns Tunbridge Wells 13½...
Full results are in the KSCL web page.

CCF CHESS CHALLENGE FINAL 2002 18th May 2002
"The Coulsdon Chess venue was almost splitting at the seams today when 106 chess mad youngsters and a number of parents converged on the venue for the 2nd annual final of the CCF Chess Challenge. Somewhere around 600 children had battled through competitions in various schools and clubs in the area to try and make it through to today's final."
U15 Boys Visagan Ravindran (Tiffin)
U13 Boys Similan Anandajeyarajah (Tiffin)
U13 Girls Rhian Pickstock (St Bede's, Redhill)
U11 Boys Alex Troop (Smitham Primary)
U11 Girls Georgia Blake-Mills (Broadmead Juniors)
U10 Boys Jonathan Lui (Whyteleafe)
U10 Girls Thilagini Anandajeyarajah (Knollmead)
U9 Boys Robert Maguire (Ashburton)
U9 Girls Sheila Dines (Old Palace)
U8 Boys Lawrence Cast (St David's)
U8 Girls Yasmin Kasim (Glendower)
U7 Boys Craig Whitfield (Hassell County)
[We're sorry if some of these school names mean nothing to you. They mean nothing to us either, but it's the way they were reported.]
     There was a total of 44 qualifying events, at various schools and clubs. "The schools ranged in distance from Dorset up to Central London, with the majority being in Surrey (mainly Croydon Borough) and North-West Kent (Dulwich and Lewisham)." [We don't know how out-on-a-limb Dorset was.]
     The winners will be invited back to a "Champion of Champions" event after the summer holidays.
Results Scott Freeman

BOYS' BRIGADE NATIONAL FINALS 2001-2 at Tonbridge, Saturday 18th May 2002
When they asked your Webmaster to be arbiter at the Finals, he thought "Boys Brigade what?"
     It is entirely to his discredit that he had never heard of this chess competition. Its Trophy is engraved from 1980, but it goes back further than that. It's proper gradable chess, and it's not a small competition either. It is a KO organised from October each year in three separate Zones: England & Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. All of Ireland, not just Northern Ireland, so it's geographically bigger than the BCF Schools. Entries this year: England & Wales 43, Scotland 51(!), and Ireland much smaller. The Zones take it in turns to provide two qualifiers, and this year it was England & Wales's turn. The right to be Host Zone also moves around, probably keeping in step but we didn't ask. The four Finalists play semi-finals in the morning and a Final and Third-Place Play-off in the afternoon. This is a concept you'll have met before.
     Matches are Rapidplay 30/30 over three boards Scheveningen, so everyone plays one game against each member of the opposing team.
     We weren't sure what to expect. BB players aren't going to be by and large Club and County players, and why should they be. But this was the Finals. It was a mix, as it turned out. Some were indeed social players, who'll have got as much out of playing in it as others who scored more points. One team, which had flown in to Gatwick the night before, contained 50% of its Company's eligible members. Others were playing for blood. A different Company, more populous but not the biggest, fielded two Scottish Internationals and didn't win it.
     Semi-Finals Maidstone 8 1 Dublin; Newtonhill (Aberdeen) 8 1 Nottingham. So you've guessed where the serious players were. Maidstone were the holders. Final Maidstone 5½ 3½ Newtonhill, and it went to the last game and the last few minutes. Nottingham beat Dublin in the Third Place Play-off. (We have not named these teams very precisely. Maidstone were the 1st Maidstone Company.)
     We asked if the Champions go on to a further stage. The BB is a world-wide organisation, after all. Sadly not, they said. They'd have fancied a next stage in Barbados.
     For more information see the Boys Brigade website.

TONBRIDGE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 4th May 2002
Under 18/14/Parents (26 pl) 1 Raymond Gosden 148 (Whitstable CC) 5½/6; 2 Michael Marrow 117 (St Olaves GS) 5; 3 David Lettington *110s (Parent: Maidstone) 4½; 4-8 Chathu De Silva 88 (Maidstone GS), James McKeever 103 (Dartford GS), Sam Siebert 95 (these three share U14 title), Jonathan Marrow 134, Richard Cheeseman 141 (all St Olaves GS) 4; 9-10 Kenrick de Nazareth 101 (Colfes: U12), Joe Richardson 97 (Hastings: U12) 3½...
Under 12 (29 pl) 1 Jia Shen Lee 51 (Dulwich College) 6/6; 2 Yari Voropayev 64 (Dulwich College) 5; 3-6 Peter Yearsley 34 (Ditton), Chung Leung (St Olaves GS), Ross Drummond 66 (Tunbridge Wells), Alex Ludlow *65 (Eltham College) 4... Best Girls Caroline Gregory (Rochester GGS), Victoria McAulay (Bishop Challoner) 3
     The U12 was for the Kent Championship, but the title was not awarded on the ground that the clear first and second places did not go to Kent players. Try telling the BCF that Dulwich College isn't in Kent. The KJCA isn't the BCF, and neither are EPSCA and the NYCA, and these things get caught up in politics. But Jia Shen Lee is Tonbridge Champion.
Under 10 (37 pl) 1-5 Tim Weaver *50s (Roseacre), David Voisey (Eltham College), Glen Ostacchini *23 (Bishop Challoner), Joshua Edwards (Wouldham), Anthony Gregory 59 (Horsted Junior) 5/6; 6 Nathan Durrant (Sevenoaks) 4½; 7-12 Barney Low 32 (Bromley), Patrick Dowling (Bishop Challoner), Jack Siebert 58 (Bromley), Vas Bala (Bishop Challoner), Koki Ichimura 11 (Bishop Challoner), Oliver Sargent 54 (Hayes Primary) 4...
Under 8 (16 pl) 1 Udara De Silva (Barming Maidstone) 5½/6; 2-5 Silas Wharton (Wouldham), Robert Lobo (Harenc), Matthew Waterton, Scott Ostacchini (both Bishop Challoner) 4...
Schools Team prize: Dulwich College. We're thinking about this.
Results us. Crosstables should be on the Kent Junior site shortly.

BCF UNDER 18 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS at Nuneaton, 13th April 2002
Two-round jamborees, 1 hour for all moves. This was the biggest entry in recent years. Nonetheless it was very much an SCCU and Midlands affair, with just one team from East Anglia and none at all from the West and North. It's a couple of years since anyone came from the North of England, and we don't know how long since anyone did from the West.
Major (teams of 12) 1 Warwicks 18½/24; 2 Essex 17½; 3 Oxon 10½; 4 Herts 8; 5 Cambs 5½
Minor (teams of 12) 1 Surrey 19/24; 2 Kent 13½; 3 Shropshire 9; 4 Leics 6½
Major Girls (teams of 6) 1 Surrey 10/12; 2 Staffs 8; 3 Leics 0. Leicestershire, with a very inexperienced team, took the Minor title.
The designations "Major" and "Minor", made on the day, were according to mean grade of team. Surrey say they were disappointed to be Minor. It does look surprising, considering their team was pretty much the one that won the SCCU U18 title ahead of four teams deemed Major at Nuneaton.
Results Hanna Cooley, Peter Turner, Alan Thorn

NYCA U16 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP in Birmingham, 16th March 2002
Teams of 12, 3-round jamboree. 1 Richmond 30/36; 2 Warwicks 28; 3 Wilts 25; 4 Hants 24½; 5 Sussex 21½; 6-7 Oldham, Somerset 18½; 8 Glamorgan 17½; 9 Kent 16; 10 Essex 13; 11 Cheshire & N Wales 12½; 12 Surrey Girls 11; 13 Surrey 8½; 14 Herts 7½
Results Alan Thorn

GIRLS FRIENDLY MATCH 2nd March 2002 at Wanstead House
Essex 7½ 19½ Middlesex (MGCA presumably). Nine boards, three rounds: played as practice for the EPSCA Girls U11 20.4.02
Result Bruce Birchall

ELTHAM PRIMARY SCHOOLS CHESS CHALLENGE 2nd March 2002
For teams of 6. 1 Eltham College Junior A 5/5; 2 Eltham College Junior B 4; 3 St Olaves Prep School 3; 4 Brindishe Primary 1½; 5 Harenc Prep 1; 6 St Dunstans Prep ½
Calum Smith of St Dunstans scored 4½/5 at age seven.
Results Vic Southern

KENT PRIMARY CHAMPIONSHIPS 16th February 2002 at Barming, Maidstone
Under 11 (27 pl) 1 Jia Shen Lee 5½/6; 2 Siddhu Viswanath (Eltham College) 5; 3-4 Ian Wellman (Trinity), Kimberley Hirst-Jones (Essex) 4½; 5-10 Sam Evington (Barming), Byron Harris (St Olaves), Liam Cleary (St Olaves Prep), Lyall Bayliss, Perumal Saravana (Colfes), Jack Binysh (Dulwich College) 4...
Under 10 (28 pl) 1 Hugo King-Oakley (Dulwich College) 5½/6; 2 Tim Weaver 5; 3-4 Constantine Philippou (Hayes), Richard Lobo 4½; 5-9 Jenny Martin (Bromley High), Lawrence Stannard, Shahin Ghezelayagh (Eltham College), Robert Stebbings, Oliver Sargent (Hayes Primary) 4...
Under 9 (18 pl) 1 Glen Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner) 6/6; 2 Anthony Gregory 4½; 3-5 Elliott Auckland (Tunbridge Wells), Alex Twerdochlib, Jennifer McKeever 4...
Under 8 (15 pl) 1 Silas Wharton (Wouldham) 5½/6; 2 Scott Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner) 5; 3 Udara de Silva (Barming) 4...
Cross-tables should be on the KJCA site shortly.

KENT SECONDARY CHAMPIONSHIPS at Langley Park, 26th January 2002
Under 18 (4 played: double-round APA) 1-2 Jonathan Marrow (St Olaves), Raymond Gosden (Whitstable) 3½/6; 3-4 Matthew Rogers (Dulwich College), Richard Cheeseman (St Olaves) 2½
Under 16 (4 played: double-round APA) 1 Michael Muttiah (St Olaves) 6/6; 2-3 Luke Hunter (St Dunstans College), James Hayward (Wrotham School) 3; 4 Kevin Stone (Wrotham School) 0
Under 14 (25 pl) 1 Michael Marrow (St Olaves) 5/6; 2-4 Nicholas Kidson (Yardley Court Tonbridge), James Mckeever (Dartford GS), Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes School) 4½; 5-10 Lech Sikorski (Eltham College), Christopher Blanchard (St Olaves), Aram Karakashian (Eltham College), Guy Aust (Bishop Challoner), Sam Siebert (St Olaves), Gregory Wellman (Trinity) 4...
Under 11 (Non-Championship: 42 pl) 1 Richard Lobo ("Holy Innocents") 6/6; 2-7 Vas Bala (Bishop Challoner), Lyall Bayliss (Otford), Sam Evington (Barming Maidstone), Byron Harris (St Olaves Prep), Alex Ludlow (Eltham College), Oliver Sargent (Hayes) 4½; 8-12 Joshua Edwards (Wouldham), Rupert Harbig (Yardley Court), Constantine Philippou (Hayes), Jack Siebert ("St Georges"), Lawrence Stannard (Oak Lodge Bromley) 4...
Under 9 (Non-Championship: 24 pl) 1 Anthony Gregory (Horsted) 6/6; 2 Robert Maguire (Ashburton) 5; 3-6 Patrick Dowling (Bishop Challoner), Rafael Castelo ("Rosemead"), Jennifer McKeever ("Steephill"), Glen Ostacchini (Bishop Challoner) 4...
Results Darrell Siebert. Cross-tables should be on the KJCA site shortly.

UNDER 14 FRIENDLY 12th January 2002
Sussex Girls 13 17 Middlesex Girls (teams of ten, three rounds). This was an afternoon event forming part of a Sussex training day.

SCCU JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2001-2
incorporated in the Andersen London Junior Championships
     15-16 December 2001
Under 14 Robert J Heaton 138 (Sutton GS/Richmond) 5/6
Under 14 Girls Sarah N Hegarty 126 (Ashtead) 4/6. Sarah was easily the highest-placed girl, SCCU or not. She retains her 2000-1 title.
Under 9 [incorporated in LJCC U10 Major] George E O'Toole 100 (Temple Sutton Southend) 6½/7 and joint tournament winner, sharing first place with an U10 from Nottingham. George was also U9 Champion two years ago. To win an U9 title twice, and not in consecutive years, must be rather a rare achievement.
Under 9 Girls [also in LJCC U10 Major] Sheila J Dines 78 (Old Palace Surrey) 3½/7
All four SCCU Champions received brand-new trophies, the gift of an anonymous donor.
     27-30 December 2001
Under 18 [incorporated in U21/18] Lorin AR D'Costa 202 (Royston) 4½/6 and = 1-2 in the tournament. Lorin retains his SCCU title.
Under 18 Girls [incorporated in LJCC U16: there were no girls in the U21/18] Sarah N Hegarty 126 (Ashtead) 3½/6
Under 11 [incorporated in LJCC U12 Major] Selina Khoo 111 (Surrey) 6½/9
Under 11 Girls Selina Khoo. Selina is the first player to win SCCU Open and Girls titles, simultaneously or not, at any age level. Heather Richards would have done it in 1998-9 if there had been a Girls title that year.
Full cross-tables, all tournaments: LJCC website.

BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT SCHOOLS RAPIDPLAY
24th November 2001 at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham
An annual event for teams aged U18. (There is also an U14 in the spring term.) 12 teams of eight: five rounds 30/30
1 Magdalen College School, Oxford (Champions Trophy) 9/10; 2 Manchester Grammar School (Visitors Trophy) 8; 3 King Edwards School (Home Trophy) 7; 4-6 St Olaves Orpington, KE Camp Hill A, Nottingham High School A 6...
     Places 4-6 in that order on tie-break. Note that King Edwards School (Birmingham) is not the same as King Edward VI Camp Hill School (Birmingham). It is, however, King Edward VI School (Birmingham).
Results John Place

RGS GUILDFORD TOURNAMENT 24-25 November 2001
Under 18 Trophy (both days: 16 pl) 1-2 Matthew Harborne, Sam Williams (both RGS) 5/6; 3-4 Christopher Rawlinson (RGS), Timothy Seymour ("Bishop Wand") 4; 5-6 Joseff Thomas (Monmouth School!), Sarah Hegarty (Guildford HS) 3½...
Under 18 Saturday (15 pl) 1-2 Edward Devonshire (Yateley Manor), Mithun Kailavasan (Haberdashers) 5/6; 3-4 Calvin Peat ("Winston Churchill"), Patrich Almeida (RGS) 4; 5-7 Charles Drummond, Mark Rush (both RGS), Thomas Quilter ("Calthorpe Park") 3½...
Under 18 Sunday (27 pl) 1 Nicholas Fordham (RGS) 6/6; 2 Andrew Bell (RGS) 5; 3-4 Alexander Russell (RGS), Alistair Baldwin (K Edward VI Chelmsford) 4½; 5-8 Karam Saridar, Michael Baker (both RGS), Lydia Prieg (Tiffin Girls), Similan Anandajeyarajah (Tiffin Boys) 4...
Under 12 Saturday (29 pl) 1 Daniel Khoo ("The Weald") 5½/6; 2-3 Arthur Truslove (Yateley Manor), Hannah Dale (Knaphill) 5; 4 Eugene Geidelberg (Daneshill Hants) 4½; 5-8 Freddie May (Aldro), Jac Thomas ("The Grange"), Lewis Martin (Westlea), Rachel Peat ("Horsel Cote Junior") 4...
Under 12 Sunday (57 pl) 1 Graham Hantman (Hampton) 5½/6; 2-6 Dominic Griffin (Danes Hill), Hugo King-Oakley (Dulwich College), James McCallion ("Holy Trinity"), Michael Boulton ("Newland House"), Owen Felsinger (Tiffin) 5; 7 Thomas McNally (Danes Hill) 4½; 8-17 Andrew Clark (Gerrards Cross), Andrew Goodman ("Hall Grove"), Anuk Sirisena, Benedict Scholl (Danes Hill), Deepa Patel (Sutton High), Freddie Lamble ("George Abbot"), Kapil Savania (RGS), Peter Williams ("St Lawrence"), Russel McPartland ("Princes Mead"), Stephanie Epperlein ("Saint Marks") 4...
Results Alan Thorn

34th BERKSHIRE JUNIOR CONGRESS at Wokingham, 18th November 2001
"The entry of 132 was higher than we have had for many years."
Under 18 (11 pl) 1 Sam Williams (14: Guildford) 4½/5; 2-4 Andrew Navias (16: Ascot), Ben Purton (15, Lower Earley), Oliver Coddington (15: Fareham) 3½...
Under 14 (14 pl) 1 William Foster (13: Newbury) 5/5; 2 Peter Roberson (12: Hook, Hants) 4; 3 Joseph Hamdi (13: Windsor) 3½...
Under 12 (24 pl) 1 Charlie Goddard (10: Basingstoke) 6/6; 2-3 Daniel Rey (10: Oxford), Jason Rentmore (10: Basingstoke) 4½...
Under 10 (61 pl) 1 Ludo Hashemi (9: Dulwich) 6/6; 2-5 Daniel West (9: Dulwich), Alexander Thomson (9: Basingstoke), Callum Picken (9: Torquay), Andrew Winchcombe (9: Maidenhead) 5...
Under 8 (22 pl) 1-2 Patrick Butler (7: Spencers Wood), Peter Watt (7: Oxford) 5/6; 3 Joshua Ward (7: Wimborne, Dorset) 4½...
Ages at 31.8.01
Results Nigel Dennis

SIDCUP JUNIOR 3rd November 2001
Under 18 (22 pl) 1-2 Jonathan Marrow, Richard Cheeseman (both St Olaves) 5½/6; 3 Raymond Gosden (Whitstable) 5; 4 Zubin Siganporia (St Olaves) 4½; 5 Michael Marrow (St Olaves) 4...
Under 12 (27 pl) 1 Joe Fraser 5½/6; 2-3 Jia Shen Lee (Dulwich College), Victoria Crompton 5; 4 Lyall Bayliss (Otford) 4½; 5-10 Alex Ludlow (Eltham College), Kimberley Hirst-Jones (Essex), Ross Drummond (Tunbridge Wells), Rupert Quiney, Jonathan Clark, James Langston 4...
Under 10 (43 pl) 1 Hugo King-Oakley (Dulwich College) 5½/6; 2-3 Arutyun Arutyunyan, Gajern Kailavasan 5; 4-7 Siddharth Viswanath (Eltham College), Anthony Gregory, Nick Fraser (Sussex), Timothy Weaver (Tunbridge Wells) 4½; 8-12 Melissa Hirst-Jones (Essex), Björn Romeis (Dunton Green), Oliver Sargent, Constantine Philippou (both Hayes Primary), Jack Siebert 4...
Under 8 (10 pl) 1-3 Scott Ostacchini, Matthew Huggett (both Bishop Challoner), Silas Wharton 4½/6; 4 Vladimir Arutyunyan 4...
Results Darrell Siebert
Cross-tables should be on KJCA site shortly.

RICHMOND JUNIOR 4th November 2001
See Richmond Junior site

COULSDON LJCC QUALIFIER (date not given, but taken to be 20th October 2001)
Under 18 (not LJCC) 1 Matthew Rogers (Dulwich College) 5/6; 2 Visagan Ravindran (Tiffin) 4½...
Under 12 (13 pl) 1 Callum Kilpatrick (Dulwich Hamlet: U12 Trophy) 5½/6; 2 Matthew Lunn (Caterham) 5; 3 Aidan Glennie (Commonweal Wilts) 4½... Minor qualifiers Katie Houstoun (Lady Eleanor Holles), Sarah Thomas ("Ridgeway") 4; Sanjeevan Ahilan ("Homefield": U11 Trophy) 3½
Under 10 (24 pl) 1 Henry Chang (Northbridge House: U10 Trophy) 5½/6; 2-5 Robert Maguire (Ashburton: U9 Trophy); Theo Woodland-Hill (Whyteleafe), Akshaya Ahuja ("Brooklands"), Ben Eder (Brooklands) 4½... Minor qualifiers Sheila Dines ("Old Palace"), Sam Northcote-Green (Dulwich College) 4; Sam Fry (Reigate Priory), Clay Robinson (Dulwich), Jeffrey Levicki ("New College"!!!¹), Ludo Haskemi (Dulwich College) 3½
Under 8 (8 pl) 1 Peter Williams (Basingstoke: U8 Trophy) 6/6; 2-3 James Side ("St Mary Magdalen"), Stephanie Dye (Cuddington County) 4...
We have put schools in quotes where they seem not to be identifiable without local knowledge.
Results Scott Freeman
¹ We understand this was New College Prep School, Oxford.

BUCKS JUNIOR CONGRESS at High Wycombe, 13th October 2001
See BYCA site

ASHFORD JUNIOR 6th October 2001
Under 18/14 (12 pl) 1 Raymond Gosden (Whitstable) 6/6; 2 William Welsh (Harvey GS Folkestone) 4½; 3-5 (and share U14 title) Chathu de Silva (Maidstone GS), James McKeever (Dartford GS), Nicholas Kidson (Tonbridge) 4; Sam Siebert (St Olaves GS) 3½...
Under 12 (18 pl) 1-2 Kenrick de Nazareth (Colfes GS), Alex Ludlow 5½/6; 3-4 Sam Evington (Maidstone), Lyall Bayliss ("St Michaels") 4; 5-7 Byron Harris, Chris Russell (Tunbridge Wells), Jonathan Clark 3½...
Under 10 (31 pl) 1 Constantine Philippou (Hayes) 6/6; 2 Anthony Gregory 5; 3-5 Oliver Sargent (Hayes), Sam Northcote-Green (Dulwich College), Jack Hayball (Dulwich College) 4½; 6-9 Timothy Weaver, Shahin Ghezelayagh (Eltham College), Visar Beqiri, Manray Bahra (Eltham College) 4; 10-13 Björn Romeis, Barney Low, Owen Waugh (Dulwich College), Jack Siebert 3½...
Full cross-tables will appear on the KJCA site.

RUSSELL TROPHY JAMBOREE at RGS Guildford, 14th September 2001
An annual Schools Jamboree for teams of eight.
1 RGS Guildford 7/8; 2-3 St Pauls, Hampton 6; 4-5 Tiffin, Yateley Manor 4; 6-7 Westminster, Whitgift 2½; 8 Sutton GS 0
Results Alan Thorn

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