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Tonbridge Junior Tournament 25 April

In the U10 Section, best girl was Fiona Smailes [U, Surrey] who scored 4½/6 placed 4-7 out of 43 entrants. Other girls: Katie Martin and Bess Novitt, each 3; Katy Cunningham, Jasmine King and Rachel Thomas, all 2; Claire Gower, 1½; Heather Russell-Kay and Aliide Naylor, each 1; and Hannah Lom, 0. All these girls presumed Kent.

England U11 Trials, Liverpool 24-25 April

This took the format of a Closed Tournament for the strongest dozen players, and a Trial Tournament (Swiss) for the remaining 52. There were no girls in the Closed section, but five girls played in the Trial Tournament as follows: Elizabeth Roberts [Cheshire] 4/5; Kathryn Barnes [Suffolk] and Claire Morris [Oxfordshire] each 2½; Danielle Gross [Middlesex] 1½; and Charlotte Wilcox [Staffordshire] 1.

EPSCA U9 Team Finals, Heywood 24 April

Of the 16 teams attending this event, five (Barnet, Nottinghamshire, Wirral, Northamptonshire, and Cornwall) brought no girls at all. Two further teams (Lancashire and Hampshire) only had girls in the Reserve section. Not surprisingly, none of these seven teams finished among the top three.
Winners were Wey Valley, who just pipped the strong Sussex team, with Richmond placed third. In the Main section, Wey Valley had three girls who scored 7/9: Sussex had one, who scored 3/3: and Richmond had one, (like the other Richmond girl who was a reserve, this girl was a Surrey Girls Chess League member) who scored 2/3.
There only appears to have been one girl v. girl encounter, which occurred in Round 2 when Emma Warren (Somerset) played Louise Hanger (Wey Valley), resulting in a win for Louise, who is one of only three girls to return a maximum 3/3 score, the other two being Stephanie Barraclough [Sussex] and Rachel Gilbert [Somerset]. In this context, it should be mentioned that Stephanie has maintained a perfect 100% record in all EPSCA competitions so far this year.
For names and results of all girls playing Click here and for full team results Click here

Richmond Rapidplay, 18 April 1999

There was only one female player in the 27 who competed in the Open section: Jovanka Houska (now out of her Junior years) scored 2½/6, placed 16-21.
No girls in the 14-player Major (U160), but of the 31 in the Intermediate (U120) there were four girls, all Surrey, as follows: Alex Kelly, 3½/6 placed 10-13, GP 113; Anna Partington, 3 placed 14-18, GP 91; Teresa Khoo, 2½ placed 19-24, GP 81; and Aly Wilson, 2 placed 25-28 GP 66.
The only girl out of 24 players in the Minor (U80) was Selina Khoo, scoring 2/6 placed 19-22 GP 40.

Liverpool Girls Tournament, 17 April

Full results awaited.
The U13 Section was won by Gayle Williams [R, Lincolnshire]. 10 players.
The U11 Section winner was Bethany Connor. 18 players.
In the U10, Fiona Smailes [U, Surrey] was the outright winner with 5/5. Kate Stoddard and Tania McDowell each had 4/5. Laura Hulley [U, Lincolnshire] and Bethan Blythe each had 3/5. 17 players.
The U9 winner was Abigail Flint [V, Essex] with 5/5.
The U8 winner was Victoria Crompton [W, Cheshire]

BCF Junior Championships, Liverpool 9-11 April

Three large sections were played, U21, U16 and U12. No girls as far as I am aware were in the U21. There were five girls out of the 69 players in the U16 and 11 in the 109-player U12.
For the full results of all the girls who played Click here.

World Junior selections

Jessie Gilbert [S, Surrey] has been selected to play at the European Junior Championships to be held in Greece 3-12 September, and also to play at the World Junior Championships to be held in Spain. 23 October-5 November. Poppy Aarons [V, Middlesex] has also been selected for the World event. Details of other selections awaited.

All Ireland Junior Championships, Dublin 8-9 April

Sarah Hegarty [U, Surrey] was the outright winner of the U12 Section of this event, scoring 9½/10 - a superb performance!!

Maidenhead Junior Congress, 7-8 April

Catherine David [Oxfordshire] was placed 2-4 with 4½/7 in the 8-player U18 section, which was an American (all play all) tournament.
For results of all 16 girls who played in this event Click here

LPSCA U11 Championships, 6-7 April

Some 10 girls (out of 55 players) took part in this event. Danielle Gross was the best girl in the Major section, and Joanna Moir in the Minor. For full scores of all ten girls Click Here

Surrey Easter Congess, Sutton 2-5 April - Heather takes SCCU U18 title!

Two Kent girls played in the FIDE-rated Open section of this event and both did extremely well with Rosalind Kieran finishing on 3½/7 and Heather Richards on a magnificent 4½/7, taking the SCCU U18 title on tie-break, the first-ever girl to hold this title.
For the full scores of all girls playing in the event Click here

North London Congress 27-28 March - excellent result for Aly!

In the above event, playing in the Major (U160) section, Alexandra 'Aly' Wilson had a score of 3½/5 with a magnificent Performance Grade of 159. Jessie Gilbert also played in the same section, scoring 1½/5.

ECGCF Eastern Region playoff, Scunthorpe 27 March

This most enjoyable event was organised by Jill and Peter Turner and saw four teams competing in the Champions section for the right to play in the ECGCF Finals on 3 July at Abingdon. Play was over three rounds at 40 minutes ppg. In the end, the strong Nottinghamshire team ran out as winners with 10/12 over North Lincolnshire in second place with 9/12, Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire each scoring 2½/12. Nottinghamshire thus qualify for the Finals but since Lincolnshire (real county) had divided their strength over three teams, they will also compete in the Finals, with team selection to be made from all parts of the Real County.
In the Challengers section, there were also four teams, two from schools (Bottesford and Leys Farm), one from North East Lincolnshire (Grimsby area), and one labelled Yorkshire which in fact contained just two Yorkshire girls helped out by two local girls. Placings: 1. Bottesford, 9; 2. Leys Farm, 6½; 3. North East 5; and 4, Yorkshire 3½. Between the rounds IM Matthew Turner was on hand to give a simul, and he also went through games with some of the girls.

Click here for details of Champions section, and here for details of Challengers section.

St Olave's U11 Tournament, Sevenoaks 27 March

There were 40 entrants in this Kent junior event, with 6 girls. Of these, top girl was Fiona Smailes [Surrey] with 4/6 placed 6-12. Then came Sarah Broadbent [Kent] with 3½ placed 13-14, Heather Russell-Kay [Kent] with 3, Jessica Fathers with 2½, Hannah Lom with 2 and Bess Novitt with 1½. Last three girls also Kent.