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These News Items relate to January 2001
Barnet Knights Junior Congress, 28 January 2001
This most recent event at Barnet again produced a good sprinkling of girl entrants, especially in the lower age-sections. Top Girl prizes were awarded as follows: U8, Sheila Dines [Surrey] who had a splendid result being placed second overall; U9, Charlotte Bullen [? county], placed 11-14 overall; U10, Claire Wu [Middlesex] placed second overall - Claire is very rapidly emerging as one of Middlesex's leading girl players! U11, Nathalie Wong [? county], 3-5 overall. In the U12, the best girl was Susannah Prichard [Middlesex] with 3/5 but she does not seem to have been given an award. No girls as far as known in the U14/U16. You can see full crosstables for this event at the excellent Barnet Knights website, accessible through our Links page and very well worth exploring.
Four Nations Chess League, 27-28 January 2001
In Rounds 5 and 6 of the 4NCL, girls scoring 2/2 included Jessie Gilbert [Surrey] as well as
Sophie Tidman and Sabrina Chevannes [both Warwickshire]. Sarah Hegarty [Surrey], making her
4NCL debut, had 1½/2 including a draw against a 2057 player.
Results for all girls who played can be seen on our 4NCL pages Here.
Essex Junior Rapidplay, 27-28 January 2001
In the U9 Section, the outright winner was Katie Hale with 6/6. Sister Stephanie scored 2½.
The U11 produced four co-winners all scoring 5/6, one of whom was Selina Khoo [Surrey].
To see the crosstables for this event, Click Here.
Warrington Primary Schools Championships, 27 January 2001
Girls did well in this popular event, with Kay Findlay runner-up in the U11 and Mary Fortune
runner-up in the U10. Each of these girls scored 4/5, and they will play off for the Best Girl
trophy at 7 pm. on Friday 2 February at Grappenhall Chess Club.
Best Girl in the U9 Section was Rosemary Hughes with 2½/5.
For more details of this event Click Here.
SCCU U18 Girls Team Championship, St Albans 28 January 2001
Only two teams entered for this event, which clashed with a 4NCL weekend, effectively ruling out meaningful participation by Surrey or Kent. Middlesex beat Hertfordshire 8-2. For details of this match, Click Here. In the parallel boys' (mixed) event, played as a three-cornered jamboree over 12 boards, both Surrey and Kent scored 6½ while Hertfordshire had 5. Kent were the winners on Board Count. The only girl in the Surrey team was Kate Feld who lost to the Kent player, David Ho. Kent also had one girl, Anna Fry on Board 11, who also lost.
ECGCF North Western Region, 21 January 2001
The ECGCF North Western Region playoff took place at Holmes Chapel, Cheshire between Cheshire and Staffordshire. This was played as a double-round Scheveningen system event and resulted in a win for Staffordshire by 8½-3½. On this occasion, the strong player Suzie Blackburn represented the County of her birth, Cheshire, (last season she played for Staffordshire). For full details of this match Click Here.
33rd Richmond Rapidplay, 21 January 2001
For some reason the number of girls taking part in this event was smaller than usual - perhaps
school examinations can be blamed for this.
The only girl in the 24-player Open was Heather Richards [Kent], scoring 1½ placed 22-23. There
was also only a single girl in the Major (U160), where Ivana Houska had 2 points placed 14-17 out
of a total of 18 players. In the Intermediate (U120) there were 25 players in all with two girls,
these being Naomi Miller [Oxfordshire] with 3 points placed 12-15, and Chantal Sirisena [Surrey]
with 2½ placed 16-18. Finally the Minor (U80) which had 32 plyers in all, had Karla Houska
[Berkshire] placed 9-11 with 3½ and Michaela Tracy [Surrey] placed 24-27 with 2.
Wey Valley U12 Championship and U11/U9 Selection Tournament, Leatherhead 21 January 2001
This tournament which was very popular with over 160 entrants was played in two Sections.
The U12 Section was won outright by Sarah Hegarty with a perfect 5/5, but only after a very tight
last-round game against another girl, Reyana Fayyaz. This game in fact reached a dead-drawn
position with plenty of time on both players' clocks, but in the subsequent moves Reyana missed
the correct continuation and lost.
In the U9 Section, two girls scored 4/5 placed joint third. They were Louisa Ellis and Olivia
Barber.
To see full results of all girls and the boys as well, click here for
U 12 or U 9 Sections.
Sussex Girls Championships, 20 January 2001
The Open [U18] section had only five entrants: placed first equal with 4½/5 were Hannah Dale
[Surrey] and Eleanor Hayden [Sussex].
The Closed [U11] section had 24 girls playing: clear
winner was Sarah Linnett with 6/6, and Abi Fryer was second with 5/6. Full crosstables are on
the Sussex Junior website, accible through our Links page.
Richmond Girls' Championships, 14 January 2001
Some 26 girls entered this event played at 30 minutes ppg, of which the joint winners were
Sofia Bosworth, Katie Houstoun, and Michaela Tracy, each with 5/6.
For the complete crosstable of results, click Here.
Hertfordshire News
Chris Cook, Hertfordshire girls' organiser, writes: Emma Williams (W) is the new
Hertfordshire Under 11 Girls Champion. Emma scored a perfect 6/6 beating strong V girls
Yvette Cook and Celia Carr along the way. Twelve girls competed in the competition held at
Cunningham Hill School in St Albans. Emma has enjoyed a successful Herts season and looks
set for great things in the future. Next Sunday (28th) the girls compete in the mixed
Under 11 final at St Albans.
Leading scores:- Emma Williams 6, Yvette Cook 5, Michaela Kerrigan 4, Drew Kerrigan 3.5,
Celia Carr, Amy Mills and Lucy Preston 3.
Hastings Junior Championships, 6 January 2001
Hannah Dale [Surrey] had an excellent result coming second with 4½/6 in the U11 Major section.
In the last round, Hannah was beating the eventual winner, but unfortunately lost at the very
moment.
In the U11 Minor section, Sarah Linnett [Sussex] did very well, placed third with 4½/6.
In the U18 Section the top girl scorer was Katherine Rattle [Sussex] with 3/6. To see all girls'
results from this event, click Here.