Wey Valley Summer Tournament, Whyteleafe 25 June 2000

For full results click on: U10 Championships, U10 Minor,or U8.

Basingstoke Congress, 24-25 June 2000

In the U16/U18 Section, Jessie Gilbert [Surrey] was the clear winner with 5/6: Teresa Khoo [Surrey] was placed 4th.
In the U12 Section, Danielle Gross [Middlesex] was joint first with 4½/6, while Claire Morris [Oxfordshire] had 4/6.
Full results awaited.

London and Richmond v The Rest Of England, Streatham 24 June 2000

Two (mixed) matches were played, each over two rounds and 24 boards, at U11 level. In the first match, London were defeated 30½-17½ by England Lions, and the other England team, England Unicorns, defeated Richmond by exactly the same score, 30½-17½. It should be explained that the two London teams were arranged so as to be of similar strength.
All of the teams had girls playing, who scored as follows: for London, on Board 2, Poppy Aarons 0/2 and on Board 14, Emilie Dannenberg 1/2; for England Lions, on Board 9, Colleen Halpin 1/2 and on Board 13, Fiona Smailes 2/2; for Richmond, on Board 11, Chantal Sirisena 1/2 and on Board 21, Abigail Archibald ½/2; and for England Unicorns, on Board 11, Katie A Martin 1/2 and on Board 24, Olivia Archibald 0/2.
For full details of the matches, click Lions or Unicorns.

Norwich Junior Congress 24 June 2000

There were no girls in the 8-player Open, but a good count of other girls involved elsewhere:
Challengers, (U75), 7 players included Amelia Duncanson 2nd and Kirsten Briffa 3rd=.
Intermediate, (U50), 19 players included Ema Nash 5th.
Novices, (U25), 22 players included Alexa Grix 2nd=; Melissa Scott 4th=; Alanna Cockburn, Georgina Berry, Sarah Gardner and Rosalind Holden [Suffolk], all 7th; also played, Jade Goveir, Jade Vuong and Samantha Rate. All girls Norfolk unless stated, and all the Novice girls were u9 except Melissa Scott, U8 and Rosalind Holden, U11.
Best School team was Norwich High School for Girls - ahead of all boys' schools!
Report courtesy Steven Orton

St. Mark's School of Chess

Following its recent U13 Championship title success in the ECGCF/Batsford National Girls' Schools Championships, St Mark's School of Chess in Purley has seen another of its teams ('Hesperides' - aged 14 and under) competing in the semi-finals of the Plate event in the BCF National Club Championships Minor (U125) Section. Alexandra 'Aly' Wilson, Sunena Patel, Louise Newlands, Joanne Sui Tit Tong and Sophie Epperlein staged an epic 4-hour challenge, with captain Aly Wilson winning on Board 1, before finally losing 4-1 to their all-male, adult, very experienced opponents (Rose Forgrove of Yorkshire) who have in fact won the National title on several occasions. Aly Wilson and Sunena Patel, who respectively won the U15 and U13 'Suprema' titles at the British Land UK Chess Challenge Surrey Megafinal, will (together with six other members of St. Mark's) be competing in the National Gigafinal at Alexandra Palace in London on 20 August.
I am indebted to Mrs Lorna Bushell for the above account.

Coulsdon Chess Fellowship Saturday Schools League

The Croydon High School team (of course, all girls) entered by Aaron & Claire Summerscale were this term's winners of Division 3 of this event. They had won division 5 last term, but had been sucked into a higher division due to one or two teams not providing players. The team was captained by Anni Gilbert [Surrey], (sister of the better-known Jessie).
Croydon High School will be in Division 2 next time around.

BSP-ISH Congress, London 16-17 June 2000

Playing in the Major (U165) section of this event, Poppy Aarons [Middlesex] scored 3/6 with a performance grading of 161.

ECGCF Minor Counties Final, Paddington Sunday 11 June 2000

In a very exciting jamboree over six boards and three rounds, where the final result was in doubt until the finish of the last round, Kent became the winners of the Petit Coup by just half a point over Wiltshire, who only had half a point more than the third-placed team, Sussex.
For full details of this excellent contest, including all individual scores, Click Here.

Tunbridge Wells Junior Championships, Saturday 10 June 2000

The combined U18/U14 Section with 16 players had only one girl: she was Alexandra 'Aly' Wilson of Surrrey who took first prize with 6/6!
In the U10 Section (22 players), Karen Jones was second with 5/6. There were two other girls, Elizabeth Mills with 3½ and Anna Richards with 2½. The two girls in the 9-player U8 were Alexandra Richards with 3, and Alexandra Kidson with 2½, and in the 22-player U12 Kent Championships were Sarah Broadbent with 3 and Heather Russell-Kay with 2½. All girls Kent unless otherwise stated.

South East England v Wales, Chepstow, Saturday 3 June 2000

Two separate mixed-team matches were played, at U14 and U11 levels, each match being over 12 boards and two rounds. South East England were the winners of the U14 match by 16½ to 7½; the results of the U11 match is awaiting confirmation.
The South East England U14 team included Teresa Khoo [Surrey] on board 4, who scored 1½/2, while in the U11 team was Stephanie Barraclough [Sussex] who had 1/2.
No less than five girls in all were in the Welsh teams: at U14 on Board 2, Suzie Blackburn; on Board 3, Lowri Johnston; and on Board 4, Olivia Smith. Each of these girls scored ½/2. The Welsh U11 team had Sara Benyon-Jones on Board 11 with 1/2 and Sioned Rees on Board 12, 0/2.

Battle of Blenheim, Epsom Saturday 3 June 2000

The most sensational result in this event was the victory, with a perfect 5/5 score, of U9 girl Selina Khoo in the U11 Section, ahead of many strong boys. To see the results of all sections of this tournament, Click Here. In these tables, SGCL/ECGCF Members are shown in orange, and other girls/women in pale pink. In the Adult sections only, boys are shown in pale blue.

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