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Girls For Czech Republic
The BCF Junior Squad will visit the Czech Republic in April: there will be 14 boys plus 4 girls: Hannah Dale [Lincolnshire], Stephanie Barraclough and Eleanor Hayden [Sussex], and Chantal Sirisena [Surrey].
Wey Valley Ramsey Cups, 16 February 2003
Girls were very successful in this year's Ramsey Cups tournament: in the U11, Sheila Dines and Marissa Stenning tied for first place, each with 4.5/5, while in the U9, Fay Birch was clear winner with 5/5. Some 31 girls played in all, out of around 150. To see all results, including the boys, please Click Here.
More U14/U90 News
Eastern Zone: On Saturday 15 February, Surrey (boys) beat Coulsdon CCF 17-7. In another match the same day, played at in difficult circumstances at Bloomsbury on the route of the Peace March, Kent beat MGCA with a large number of defaults. In the Northern Zone, the 'official' Middlesex team has been withdrawn following the resignation of its manager, Graham Snow.
New BCF Director of Women's Chess
We are very pleased to announce that Claire Summerscale has been appointed as BCF Director of Women's Chess. Claire intends to pursue a proactive approach to girls' chess, and we can look forward to exciting new initiatives, especially with training opportunities and increased collaboration between BCF and ECGCF. Watch this space!!
U14/U90 Match Called Off
The U14/U90 match, Surrey Girls v Hampshire, due to be played on Saturday 15 February, was conceded by Hampshire who were not able to raise a team. This match thus counts as a 24-0 win for Surrey Girls.
British Women's Chess Association National Girls' Championships, Croydon 8-9 February 2003
In the pleasant surroundings of Old Palace School, some 62 girls in all competed. The most
prestigious section was the Croydon Palace Trophy, an all-play-all of six girls. The winner
was WIM Elaine Rutherford of Scotland with 3½ points; Sabrina Chevannes [Warwickshire] and
Annie Powell [Wales] tied for second place with 3, then came: 4. Teresa Khoo [Surrey] 2½;
5. Sarah Hegarty [Surrey] 2; and 6. Marta Egeland [Norway] 1.
To see the results of the other sections, please click on U8/U9 or
U10/U11 or U12/U14.
SCCU Inter-County U18 Team Championship (Mixed), Barnes 9 February 2003
This event attracted seven teams of 12, and was narrowly won by Essex, half a point in front of Richmond. Seven girls in all were involved, two each for Surrey and Hertfordshire, and one each for Sussex, Richmond, and Berkshire. Alex Kelly [Surrey] did especially well, with a draw against Dana Hawrami [Essex] in Round 1, and a win over Anton Chernikov [Richmond] in Round 2. The full details can be seen Here. The corresponding Girls Inter-County U18 Team championship is likely to be played on Sunday 6 April, at a venue to be announced. No date has yet been given for the BCF Inter-County Girls U18 Team Championships.
Membership Lists Updated
Our Lists of Members of ECGCF and of SGCL have been completely updated. These can be accessed through
our Links page. If you are not on one of these lists, but think that you should be, let us know
without delay.
Also our Archives section has been overhauled and all links should work. If they
don't, please let us know.
Yateley Manor International Congress, 25-26 January and 1-2 February 2003
This FIDE-rated event played over two weekends had several girls participating. Katie A Martin,
a U14 who is an enthusiastic member of 3Cs Chess Club, for whom she plays 4NCL chess, and who
recently played Board 1 for Lancashire Girls in the ECGCF Northern Region event, did very well
indeed in this very tough company: she finished with 4½/9 and a FIDE part-rating. Anna Partington,
in her last year as a Junior, also scored 4½, while U14s Poppy Aarons [Middlesex] and Sarah
Hegarty [Surrey] also did well with 3½ points each.
Jessie Gilbert of Surrey was the other girl who played but was unwell over the first weekend
and therefore unable to play. Jessie was given half-point byes for the first five rounds, and on
the second weekend went on to score 2½/4, so finishing on 5/9.
South of England Junior, Yateley 1-2 February 2003
To see the results of the 28 girls who took part in this event, please Click Here.