These News Items relate to November 2002

U14/U90 Kent v Surrey boys, Westgate-on-Sea, 30 November 2002

In a very close match in the Eastern Division, Surrey boys just beat Kent by 12½-11½. No girl played for either team. Full details will soon be on the SCCU site.

News from Lincolnshire

Dr Robert Dale reports that in the U16 section of the Lincolnshire County Trials at Skegness, of the 33 players taking part, no less than 10 were girls. The whole section was won by 12-year-old Hannah Dale with 7/8, with other girls scoring as follows: Linzi Warren 6, Rachel Bedford 5, Susan Warren 4, Stephanie Steele 3.5, Charlotte Barker and Annabel Goldsack each 3, Nicola Moore 2.5, and Charlotte Dashfield and Kirsty Fox each 2.
We are hoping that Lincolnshire will make a return to the ECGCF Inter-County competition this season, probably in the Eastern Region which is likely to be held at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, date TBA.

Royal Grammar School Tournament, Guildford, 23-24 November 2002

Correction of item previously published

107 players took part in this long-established event which has always attracted some of the strongest players in the County. There were 13 girls taking part.
In the most prestigious section, the two-day U18 Trophy, Chantal Sirisena did well, being placed 5-8 out of 17 with 3.5 points. The other U18 player was Lydia Prieg in the 23-player one-day U18B on the Sunday. Lydia scored 2 points being placed 18-20.
All the other girls played in one or other sections of the U12. Saturday's U12A had 24 players with 5 girls. the winner was Eleanor Hayden of Sussex with 5.5/6. Next best girl was Zoe Geidelberg with 4/6 placed 4-8, then came Abi Fryer of Sussex placed 12-14 with 3, while Rachel Peat and Sophie Gane each had 2.5 placed 15-17. In Sunday's U12B with a total of 39 players, there were 6 girls. Antonia Round [Middlesex] and Thilagini Anandajeyarajah [Surrey] were joint best girls with 4.5/6 placed 3-7, then came at 8-9 Verity Maton with 4, then a U10 player, Fay Birch, with 3.5 placed 10-18. Soriah Williams of Kent had 2, placed 29-34, and Zara Brookes had 1.5 placed 35-36.

Date fixed for Northern Region ECGCF Jamboree

This season's Northern Region ECGCF Jamboree will take place at Ormskirk, Lancashire on Saturday 11 January 2003. Already entered are Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, but other Real County teams from the region will be welcome.

Wiltshire take ECGCF Western Region cup in close match, Swindon 23 November 2002

Only two teams contested the Western Region cup, but the match between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire could not have been closer. After the first round, Oxfordshire led 4-2. The second round was drawn 3-3, still leaving Oxfordshire two points in the lead, but the third and final round went to Wiltshire by 4½-1½, thus giving them a narrow victory 9½-8½ overall.
To see the details of the match, Click Here.

World Youth Championships, Crete 15-25 November 2002

All the results are now in, although we do not yet have final official position standings. The last round went very well for the English girls, with wins for Amisha, Selina, Mollie, Poppy and Katie, and draws for Teresa and Jessie. The outstanding overall performance must be the 7½/11 achieved by Selina. The table of results is available Here.
The English girls who played were:
U18: Teresa Khoo [Surrey] 5/11
U16: Jessie Gilbert [Surrey] 6½/11
U14: Katie A Martin [Lancashire] 5½/11 and Poppy Aarons [Middlesex] 5½/11
U12: Selina Khoo [Surrey] 7½/11 and Molly Moruzzi [Staffordshire] 4½/11
U10: Amisha Parmar [Derbyshire] 6/11.
Playing for Ireland were:
U14: Sarah Hegarty 4½/11
U10: Catherine Denaher 4½/11
Playing for Wales was:
U12: Sioned Rees 3/11
No Scottish girl played.

Wey Valley Winter Tournament, Shackleford 17 November 2002

A visitor from Cambridgeshire was among the ten girls who took part in this tournament. To see results of all who took part, boys as well, click Here.

U14/U90 News: Surrey Girls team draw first match, Basingstoke 16 November 2001

In a thrilling match which was not decided until the finish of the very last game, our new Surrey girls U14/U90 team had a splendid draw with the Hampshire team. Every one of the Surrey girls arrived on time and ready to play, really a team to be proud of. And they played with great determination and achieved a pleasing result. The full details of the match can be seen Here.
Our next match is on Saturday 11 January 2003, away v Sussex at Hove, and the team selection for this match appears Here , CHECK FOR TEAM CHANGES! Anyone who will have travel difficulties, or for any reason cannot play, must contact team manager Neil Clifton as soon as possible.
The date of the match after that, (Surrey Girls v Sussex, at Coulsdon) is Saturday 25 January 2003.

Other U14/U90 News 16 November 2002

In another match, played in the Eastern Division on the same date as the above, the Surrey (boys) team inflicted a severe defeat 19½-4½ on the Coulsdon Fellowship team. Details of this match, in which no girl took part, will soon be available on the SCCU site, accessible through our Links page.

Four Nations Chess League, 2002-2003 Season

Play in the 4NCL started last weekend 9-10 November for Divisions 3 and 4 only. Division 4 is new, and in what must be seen as a retrograde step, 4NCL have decided that the inclusion of a female player will not be mandatory in Division 4.
However, the requirement continues for Divisions 1 to 3 and we have compiled a list of female registrations which may be of interest. To access this list, Click Here . Results of girls playing in 4NCL are being presented in a simplified format this season: Only their round-by-round scores are given, in this table, (the results of adult women also are included). To see the opponents the girls faced in each round, you will have to access 4NCL's own website, which will shortly be available through our Links page.

Copthorne Hundred Championship, Epsom 9 November 2002

In the latest of Mike Basman's mediaeval war encounters, only two girls took part, of whom Stephanie Dye did very well, scoring 4/5. Full results Here.

SCCU U14/U90 Team Competition

In the first match of the new Season, on November 10 Middlesex Girls were trounced 21-3 by Coulsdon Fellowship, with Middlesex Girls defaulting on five boards. In a change of policy from last season, MGCA fielded an all-girls team for the first time. To see the full gory details, Click Here.

Wallington Hundred Championship, Sutton 2 November 2002

The U7 was won by a new girl, Kavita Appulingam from St Mark's School of Chess. To see all the results, Click Here.

35th Chess Olympiad, Bled, Slovenia 25 October - 11 November 2002

England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales all had teams competing in the beautiful mountain resort of Bled. The players for England and Ireland were all adult women, but there were two 15-year olds playing, both ECGCF members: these were Louise Macnab for Scotland and Suzie Blackburn for Wales.
All the women's teams deserve congratulations for their performance. Outstanding was Heather Lang for Scotland with 70%, (England's Jovanka Houska was only a whisker behind), but all in all the four home countries should feel well satisfied with the outcome.
We have summarised the results of all the four countries for you: please click on the appropriate country: England : Scotland : Ireland : Wales.

English Closed U11 Championships, Bedford, 2-3 November 2002

Katie Hale of Somerset with 4/5 easily outdistanced all competition to show that she is England's leading girl in this agegroup. The crosstable can be seen Here.

Ampleforth Junior Masters Oct - Nov 2002

Poppy Aarons [Middlesex] had an excellent result being placed joint 5th out of 91 in this very strong invitation tournament. You can see the crosstable Here , now properly formatted.

Surrey and South Eastern Counties Girls Chess Congress, Epsom 3 November 2002

Just 50 girls sat down to play in this event, a reduction of over 50% on 2001. Just why numbers were so low is not obvious.
The brightest spot was the U14/U18, where we had 11 players all of good or reasonable strength. Double winner was Sarah Hegarty of Surrey, who thus took first prize in both U18 and U14 age groups, as well as the Elaine Saunders trophy (U18) and the Kim Williams trophy (U14). Sarah had a perfect 5/5 score. Second was Claire Morris, a most welcome visitor from Oxfordshire, with 4/5.
Twelve girls played in the U12, which was won by Abi Fryer of Sussex, with 4½/5. But since Abi does not have a Surrey qualification, the Ann Hopton Trophy (Ivory Queen) went to second-placed Anita Tse of Surrey, a very much improved player, who scored 4/5.
The U10 also had twelve players, and here Sheila Dines of Surrey was clear winner with 5/5, taking the Yellen Trophy. Second was a strong visitor, Abigail Wood of Hampshire, while a visitor from Lancashire, Ciara Pugh, was one of five players placed joint third, and also received the Distance Prize.
The largest section was the U8 where all 15 entrants arrived to play. Winner, again with 5/5, was Caroline Foster of Surrey, also receiving the Susan Walker Trophy. Second was our strong Monmouthshire visitor, Megan Owens, with 4/5, but Megan just lost out, by about 30 miles, on the Distance Prize!. In joint third place were Sarah Craig and Sophie Holmes with 3½, but as Sophie is a U7, she was the winner of Billy the Bear.
Full crosstables of results can be found Here.
Regretfully, this event, for which the excellent accommodation at Blenheim High School was used, incurred a large loss, and this year's poor attendance calls into question whether the event will continue to be held, at least in its present form. SGCL and ECGCF still lack any sponsor, (except for one specialised event in May each year), and events that lose this amount of money clearly cannot go on indefinitely.

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