Coulsdon Rapidplay, 31 May 2003

Marissa Stenning [Surrey] was joint first in the U80 section, scoring 4.5/6

Four Nations Chess League, 2002-2003

The final weekend of this season took place from 24-26 May when Rounds 9, 10 and 11 were played. Star of the weekend was undoubtedly Robyn Smith of Oldham, Lancashire: playing for Poisoned Pawns, Robyn had three straight wins, two of them over opponents considerably higher rated than herself. Poppy Aarons of Middlesex also had a fine win in Round 10 when she defeated Oxana Kosteniuk, rated 2184.
Our summary table of girls' and women's 4NCL results has been updated and can be seen Here.

Wey Valley win U11 Mixed, Wroughton, Wiltshire 10 May 2003

For the second year running, the Wey Valley U11 (Mixed) team was the winner of the EPSCA U11 competition. Four girls took part and scored as follows: Board 7, Sheila Dines 2.5/3; Board 10, Marissa Stenning, 2.5/3; Board 19, Jessica Thilaganathan, 3/3; Board 20, Thilagini Anandajeyarajah, 3/3. For other details, see the Wey Valley link from this site.

Surrey Junior Congress, New Malden 17 May 2003

This event, ably organised by SGCL President Susan Lalic and Graeme Buckley, had a total entry of 214. Good news for girls is that the outright winner of the U11 Major was Jessica Thilaganathan, while Fay Birch was the outright winner of the U9 Major. Thus the two most important sections both had girl winners. To see the full results of all girls who took part, Click Here

ECGCF/Batsford National Girls Team Tournament, New Malden 11 May 2003

Some 25 teams took part in this event. The U18 and U13 Sections were combined, and in this combined section, the overall winners were the Lady Eleanor Holles U13 team who thus took the U13 Gold Medals. The U18 Gold went to the Surrey Queens, a group of friends organised by the Dines family.
In the U11 (ten teams), gold went to the strong team from St. Michaels, Aughton, Lancashire who scored a tremendous 15½/16.
In the U9s, two teams ties for equal first place, so both received gold medals. The teams were Wimbledon High School and Rowan Prep. A team.
For full details of the scores of all teams and players, please Click Here. Results of individual games are also available at the bottom of the same page.

London Girls v The Rest of England Girls, U11 match, Streatham 5 May 2003

The traditional London v The Rest match ended, as in recent years has always been the case, in a large victory for The Rest of England, this time the score being 31½-8½. To see the full details, please Click Here .
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