These News Items relate to May 2000

Megafinal results

All Megafinal results except Scotland have now come in, and are already available on this site. To see these results, Click Here.
The results for the Mercia Area megafinal which are remarkable in that all seven of the juniors who won Suprema or Suprema titles are members of the same club - Cheddleton and Leek, in Staffordshire. No less than six of these are girls!!

GMCCA Congress, 26-28 May 2000

The strong and improving U11 girl Katie A Martin of Ashton-u-Lyne did very well with an unbeaten 4/5 taking a Grading prize. Katie, who has been chosen as U12 Reserve for England Girls in the forthcoming match against Germany, had a performance grade of 115.

International Girls' Match against Germany, 8-9 July 2000

An International match between England and Germany is being held this Summer in the prestige location of Canary Wharf in London Docklands. We have secured this venue through the good offices of a parent, and we had originally hoped to attract sponsorship on a scale large enough to allow us to hold a U14 International Jamboree. The sponsorship, sadly, has not materialised and our only income has been very small amounts from one or two Trusts. This has meant that we have had to borrow from private sources in order even to fund the German match.
If any parent or other interested person would like to make a donation towards the expenses of this venture, please get into touch with bruce.birchall@btinternet.com who will be pleased to supply details.
A very strong England team has been selected for this event. To view the selections, Click Here

Golders Green Rapidplay Tournament, 20 May 2000

In the Open Section, Heather Richards [Kent] scored 4/6, and in the U100, Naomi Miller [Oxfordshire] also had 4/6. Several other girls, including Margaret Donald [Cambridgeshire] and Danielle Gross [Middlesex] also played, but I do not have their final scores.

EPSCA U11 Girls Inter-Association Team Tournament, Liverpool 20 May 2000

The Wey Valley-Surrey team were again winners of this competition with 33½/36. Manchester were second with 27. You can see the individual scores of the Wey Valley girls and also the other team scores Here but at this stage the only other individual score to hand is that of Manchester's top board Katie A Martin who had an excellent 3/3. The other individual scores will be added soon.

ECGCF Eastern Region Jamboree, Bedford 20 May 2000

In this very exciting four-team competition, in which first place depended on the very last game being played, Norfolk just pipped Bedfordshire by half a point to become 2000 Eastern Region champions, and the very first winners of our new Eastern Region trophy. Suffolk, whose strongest player Sophie Payne was not available, were third, and the young Hertfordshire team, giving away an average of over two years in age to the oldest team, were fourth.
For full details, including individual players' scores, Click Here.
Accordingly Norfolk and Bedfordshire go through to the ECGCF Grand Final at Abingdon on Saturday 1 July, while Suffolk will play in the Minor Counties Final (Petit Coup) at Paddington on Sunday 11 June.

EPSCA Inter-Association U9 Team Championships, Basingstoke 13 May 2000

The Wey Valley team came in fifth. All results Here.

Frome Chess Congress, 6-7 May 2000

Claire Morris [Oxfordshire] took a half-point bye in the first of five rounds - and then went on to win all her other four games in the Minor section - to finish Joint First!

Sheffield Easter Congress

The only female competitor was Emma Atkins of Staffordshire, who scored 3½/6 in the Minor section, sharing a grading prize.

National Girls' Schools Championships, Hampton, Middlesex 7 May 2000

The winners of the various Sections were as follows:
U18, Lady Eleanor Holles
U13, St. Mark's
U11, Wroughton [Wiltshire] and Lady Eleanor Holles tied.
U9, South Hampstead High
U11 Reserves, Sheen Mount II
U9 Reserves, Putney High II
Detailed results (all players' names and scores have been added) are available Here.

EPSCA U11 [Mixed] Inter-Association Finals, Wirral, Cheshire 6 May 2000

The winners were Sussex, and they deserve our hearty congratulations. No County has done more to develop and sustain an active approach to junior chess than have Sussex. We are very pleased indeed to see them reap the rewards of this. The victorious Sussex team included three girls who played their full part in the triumph: on Board 3, Stephanie Barraclough scored 3/3; on Board 5, Georgina Draper had 2/3; and on Board 19, Eleanor Hayden had 2/3.
Scores of all the competing teams can be seen Here.
Richmond came in second on tie-break over Hampshire. Wey Valley(Surrey) were placed fourth. The Wey Valley team included many girls, and their individual scores can be seen Here. It is not yet known which other teams included girls. We hope to be able to make this information available later.

London v Rest of England, Streatham, 1 May 2000

The Rest of England, with a very strong team, defeated London heavily in this U11 girls' match over twenty boards and two rounds. The final score was 35-5 to The Rest, whose team included girls from as far apart as Lancashire and Cornwall. To see full details of the match, Click Here.

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