National Junior Squad Championships, Chadderton, Lancashire 25-27 April 2003

This is a very strong annual event, and girls who play here earn every point they get. This year, the girls did very well: top girl in the U16s was Robyn Smith [Lancashire] with 4/6; [ Alec Webster writes: "Robyn had a tremendous tournament. She played five of the top six seeds, and was on the top board in the last round"]. In the U12, best girls was Katie Hale [Somerset] with 5/7; and in the U10, Anjali Lakhani [Nottinghamshire] with 4/7. To see all of the girls' results, Click Here.

Turnaj Sachovych Nadeji, Frydek Mistek, Czech Republic 17-21 April 2003

The above title is translated in English as Tournament of Young Chess Talent. There were 4 girls from England competing in the U14 Girls section of 47 players, and they achieved results as follows: Ellie Hayden [Sussex] and Hannah Dale [Lincolnshire], each 6.5/9 placed joint 3rd: Chantal Sirisena [Surrey] and Stephanie Barraclough [Sussex] each 5.5/9, joint 10th. These results courtesy Robert Dale

Surrey Easter Chess Congress, Ashtead 18-21 April 2003

In the Eric Weimann Major, U145 over three days Friday-Sunday, Sarah Hegarty did very well indeed, being joint first on 4½/6. Selina Khoo had 3½ and Naomi Miller had 3.
In the 20-player 2-day Novice A Section, Friday and Saturday, no less than 7 girls took part. Of these the highest scorer was Jemima McGraw, placed 2-3 with 4½/6. The others were Marissa Stenning 3½, Katie Houstoun and Jessica Thilaganathan 3, Jyoti Parmar [Derbyshire] 2½, Jia Ping Lee [Kent] 1½, and Danae Kokossis 0/3 withdrew.
There was also one girl in the Minor A section, where Amisha Parmar [Derbyshire] scored 3½/6.
The Minor B and Novice B, 2 days Sunday and Monday, were combined. There was one girl, Thilagina Anandajeyarajah, and she scored 2/6.
Monday saw two rapidplays taking place: the C J De Mooi Rapidplay (U170), in which Teresa Khoo was joint second with 4½/6 while Sarah Hegarty was joint fourth with 4; and the Junior Rapidplay, where Sheila Dines scored 3½, Jemima McGraw 3, and Fay Birch and Caroline Foster, each 2.
Unless indicated, all above girls are Surrey.

Maidenhead Junior Championships, 14-15 April 2003

Marilyn Stenning writes: In this two day nine round tournament the U11 section saw 13 girls take part out of a total of 46 entrants. No girl scored less than 50% and their results are as follows:
Zoe Geidelberg [Hampshire], Marissa Stenning [Surrey] both 6½/9
Alexandra Torregrosa-Jones [Wiltshire], Catherine Judd, Rachael Judd [both Hampshire], Jessica Thilaganathan [Surrey] all 5½/9
Stephanie Hargraves [Hampshire], Yasmin Jones [Berkshire], Christina Maddock [Surrey] all 5/9
Thiligini Anandajeyarajah [Surrey], Susanna Challinger [Buckinghamshire], Catriona Meechan [Surrey], Abigail Wood [Hampshire] all 4½/9

30th Barnet Knights Tournament, 13 April 2003

The leading girls in this popular tournament were as follows:
Novice Section, 15 players, 3 girls:1. Tamara Levene [?county] 5½/6.
U7 Section, 17 players, 2 girls: 1. Briony Brock [Buckinghamshire] 6/6, 2. Katie Kwong [Middlesex] 5.
U9 Section, 44 players: 19-28 Lucy Dent [Bedfordshire] 3/6.
U11 Section, 51 players, 5 girls: 2-4 Sheila Dines [Surrey] 5/6.
U13 Section, 20 players, 3 girls: 3-4 Katie Houstoun [Surrey] 4½/6.

Only two girls managed to score 50% or more: Amisha Parmar [Derbyshire] 4, and Sheila Dines [Surrey] 3½. It is not known if any other girls took part, but if they did, they scored less than 3. Neither is it known which players have been selected for the England team. These results courtesy of Neville Belinfante.

SURREY SWEEP THE BOARD! SCCU Girls Team Event, Northwick Park 6 April 2003

Surrey Girls' teams comprehensively defeated such opposition as was offered in every section of this event.
In the U18, other entrants withdrew so that Surrey had in effect won the trophy before a pawn had been moved. A substitute 3-board Team tournament was played in order to give games to all those attending, and this was won by the Surrey Wey Valley team consisting of Sarah Hegarty, Rachel Peat and Katie Houstoun.
The U11 was an 8-board jamboree played over 3 rounds between six County teams, and the Surrey team captained by Marissa Stenning won easily.
In the U9 there were three County teams each of 4 boards, and a jamboree over 4 rounds again saw Surrey romp home, dropping only two games out of 16.
We have full details of all the Sections below. The U11 is as actually played, even though there appear to be anomalies!

Summary of U9 Results . Results of all U9 games.

Summary of U11 Results . Results of all U11 games.

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