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I
am searching for a venue for the All England western regional
tournament. Please contact me if
you are able to provide a suitable venue. |
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Well
done to all the girls who played in the All England southern
regional tournament on Saturday 14th January.
I
would like to extend my thanks to the Kent
Junior Chess Association for allowing us to use such a
great venue.
| Age
group |
Name |
Points/5 |
| Under
7 |
Antonia
Welch |
0.5 |
| Under
8 |
Katherine
Shepherd |
4.5 |
| Under
9 |
Radha
Jain |
5 |
| Under
10 |
Radha
Jain |
5 |
| Under
11 |
Danae
Kokossis |
4.5 |
| Under
12 |
Danae
Kokossis |
4.5 |
| Under
14 |
Gabriella
Johansson |
3 |
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Charlotte
DeSouza |
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Paula
Brotherton |
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| Under
18 |
Kimberley
Hirst-Jones |
4 |
Please
click here for the full results. |
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The
Oxford 4NCL team are looking for a female player for their
2nd division 4NCL team. Please contact Kieran
Smallbone if you are interesting in playing. |
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The
2nd GDST championships will take place on the 28th January
2006. These championships are open to any Under 18 girl who
attends a Girls Day School Trust School.
Click
here for an online entry form. |
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The
Southern Regional All England Girls' tournament will take
place in Beckenham, Kent on the 14th January 2006.
Click
here for an online entry form. |
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Any
female players not currently registered for a team, who are
interested in playing in the Four Nations Chess League should
email Peter Sowray
as soon as possible. |
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The
closing date for entries into the British Ladies Correspondence
championships is Monday 10th October. The nature of correspondence
chess means that it is a great way to improve your opening
and endgame knowledge. The event is open to all.
If you
would like to play, please contact the tournament director
Keith Escott on 07831 563 536.
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The
All England season 2005/6 has kicked off in style with two
extremely successful tournaments. Please click on the region
that you are interested in for the full results:
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Good
luck to all participants in the European Youth Championships.
Click
here for the official website. |
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Online
entry forms are now available for the Northern and Eastern
All England Girls Championships:
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Good
luck to all the participants in the European Community Youth
Championships. Please click
here for reports from the English team. |
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Another
year of fantastic results from the British Championships:
| Section |
Girls'
Champion |
Position |
| U8 |
Radha
Jain |
2nd |
| U9 |
Radha
Jain |
12th
= |
| U10 |
Megan
Owens |
4th
= |
| U11 |
Megan
Owens |
1st |
| U12 |
Jessica
Thilaganathan |
2nd
= |
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Sheila
Dines |
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| U13 |
Thilagini
Anandajayarajah |
3rd
= |
| U14 |
Hannah
Dale |
4th
= |
| U16 |
Chantal
Siresina |
9th
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Congratulations
to all section winners. Please let me know if any results
are incorrect. |
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Well
done to the English European Women's Team, who came 13th in
the European Women's Team Championships. Click
here for the full results. |
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Congratulations
to all who qualified for the UK Chess Challenge Terafinal.
The ultimas are listed below:
Ruth
Aldred
Fay Birch
Natalie Cass
Isla Chan
Sabrina Chevannes
Sheila Dines
Natalie Donohue
Sarah Hegarty
Danae Kokossis
Anjali Lakhani
Natalie McDaid
Catriona Meechan
Lateefah Messam-Sparks
Naomi Miller
Amy Milson
Claire Morris
Molly Moruzzi
Megan Owens
Abigail Pritchard
Judith Rawlings
Afira Sutanto
Anna Wang
Maria Wang
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The
English Counties Girls' Chess Federation website is currently
being revamped and thus links to that site will not work for
a while. This mainly applies to the All England results. |
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Good
luck to all the participants in the World Youth Championships,
which started on the 19th July. Please click
here for reports from the English team. |
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The
2nd All England Girls' Chess Championships Gold Finals took
place on the 2nd July in Nottingham, with 108 girls competing
for 8 national titles. Competition
was very fierce and the standard of play was extremely high.
Congratulations to all the girls who took part.
I would
like to thank the numerous people who helped make this event
such a success, including Sandy Lakhani, Neil Clifton, Peter
and Gill Turner, Michael Barnes and Ian Hughes.
Please
click here for photographs
of the event.
Please
find below the section winners. In the event of a tie-break,
trophies were awarded on the basis of sum of opponents'
scores. The trophy winners are in bold:
| Under
7 |
Rowan
White |
Natalie
Cass |
| Under
8 |
Megan
Cleeves |
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| Under
9 |
Maria
Wang |
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| Under
10 |
Megan
Owens |
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| Under
11 |
Fay
Birch |
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| Under
12 |
Fay
Birch |
Anjali
Lakhani |
| Under
14 |
Lateefah
Messam-Sparks |
Thilagini
Anandajeyarajah |
| Under
18 |
Chantal
Siresina |
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Please
click
here or on the icon for the full section results.
Trophies
were also presented to the highest scoring player from each
county:
| Berkshire |
Rachel
Davey |
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Frances
Wise |
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Susie
Yates |
| Buckinghamshire |
Briony
Brock |
| Cambridgeshire |
Sophie
Tullett |
| Cheshire |
Cathy
Machin |
| Derbyshire |
Jennifer
Horsfall |
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Eleanor
Williams |
| Hampshire |
Sophie
Gane |
| Hertfordshire |
Alice
Gosling |
| Kent |
Jia
Ping Lee |
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Sachintha
Wijesinghe |
| Lancashire |
Rachel
Cass |
| Lincolnshire |
Katie
Roy |
| Middlesex |
Radha
Jain |
| Norfolk |
Francesca
Nichols |
| Nottinghamshire |
Anjali
Lakhani |
| Oxfordshire |
Larissa
Cooke |
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Maria
Wang |
| Shropshire |
Katherine
Lovejoy |
| Staffordshire |
Neha
Patel |
| Suffolk |
Sally
Fletcher |
| Surrey |
Fay
Birch |
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Chantal
Siresina |
| Sussex |
Polly
Lambert |
| Warwickshire |
Philomena
Lip |
| Wiltshire |
Megan
Cleeves |
| Worcestershire |
Ayla
O'Keeffe |
| Yorkshire |
Evie
Hollingworth |
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Afira
Sutanto |
Please
let me know if any of these results have been written down
incorrectly or I have omitted any prize winners. The extra
county trophies will be sent out as soon as I have received
them. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have not
received your prize.
I hope
that this championship will continue to grow and next year
we will have over 200 competitors in the Gold Finals.
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Well
done to Jovanka Houska, who came =7th in the European
Women's Individual Championships and collected her final
IM norm.
Click
here or on the icon for the official website. |
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| Congratulations
to Naomi Miller, who has been awarded the Oxford Young
Sportsperson of the year award, 2005. The photo shows
her receiving her award from the Mayor of Oxford. |
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(14th
May) All England Twickenham Prep School coaching and tournament
day results. |
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The
Oxford 4NCL team need a female player for the final weekend
28-30 May. Please contact the team captain Pete
Harrison if you are interested in playing. |
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(7th
May) The National Girls' Team Championships took place at
Claremont Fancourt School in Surrey and attracted an unprecedented
235 players, making it the largest girls' team tournament
ever held in this country. Please click on the icon for the
full results. |
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(23rd
April) The EPSCA Under 11 Girls' Team Championships were again
a success, with twelve teams taking part. Congratulations
to the Wey Valley-Surrey team, who won with a convincing 31.5
out of a possible 36 points. Please click
here for results provided by ECGCF. |
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(April
14th) The National Girls' Team Championship entry forms have
now been sent out. Please do not hesitate to contact
me if you have not received one. Please click
here for further details of this prestigious national
tournament. |
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(April
10th) Liverpool Schools Chess League individual knockout finals
results:
| Section |
Winner |
Runner-up |
| Under
11 |
Sophie
Williams |
Ellen
Thomas |
| Under
10 |
Rachel
Cass |
Natalie
Sergeant |
| Under
9 |
Kate
Mellett |
Beth
Tynan |
| Under
8 |
Natalie
Cass |
Zoe
Tynan |
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Phil
Adams
needs a female player for his 4ncl team. Please contact him
if you are interested. |
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(9th
April) All England Norwich coaching and tournament day results. |
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(3rd
April) All England Leeds coaching and tournament day results. |
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(19th
March) The 2nd All England Eastern regional championships
took place in a fantastic new venue in Nottingham. The standard
of play was extremely high and each section was very fiercely
fought.
However,
I was surprised and disappointed by the reduced number of
competitors, which was partly due to lack of support by local
players and coaches. If girls' chess is to continue to improve,
support is needed for these regional and national events.
I
would like to thank Mrs. Lakhani for all her help with the
organisation of this championship. Please click on the icon
for the full results. |
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The
British Chess Federation and Claremont Fan Court School are
proud to announce that the National Girls' Team Tournament
will take place on the 7th May 2005. Please click on the icon
for full details and an entry form. |
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(12th
March) All England Reading coaching and tournament day results. |
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(6th
March) All England Gloucestershire coaching and tournament day
results. |
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(26th
February) 1st Girls' Day School Trust, Inter-Trust Championships.
Please click on the icon for full results.
This
was the 1st Inter-Trust tournament and was a great success,
with 12 of the 25 Trust schools taking part. Congratulations
to all particpants.
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Here
are the full crosstables for the:
Wellington
College international and the South
of England championships.
Please find below a few of the girls' brilliant results:
| Section |
Position |
Competitor |
Points
/6 |
| Under
9 |
1st |
Megan
Cleeves |
5 |
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4th |
Radha
Jain |
4.5 |
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| Under
12 |
2nd |
Jessica
Thilaganathan |
3.5 |
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Sheila
Dines |
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| Under
14 |
1st |
Thilagini
Anandajayarajah |
4 |
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Amisha
Parmar |
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The
2nd All England Girls Western Regional Chess Championships
took place in Swindon on the 12th February. Thank
you to Kevin Jones, Neil Clifton, Ray Ryan and Sue
Hale and everyone who helped this tournament to run
so smoothly.
The
under 8 and under 10 sections were merged, as were
the under 12 and under 14 sections. The
trophy and medal winners are below and the full results
can be found by clicking on the icon:
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| Section |
Position |
Competitor |
Points
/5 |
| Under
8 |
3rd |
Isla
Chan |
2.5 |
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2nd |
Chantelle
Foster |
3 |
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1st |
Megan
Cleeves |
3.5 |
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| Under
9 |
1st |
Maria
Wang |
5 |
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| Under
10 |
3rd |
Savanna
Bonstow |
3 |
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Briony
Brock |
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Rachel
Davey |
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Chantelle
Foster |
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Sarah
Higgs |
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Abigail
Sathyamurthy |
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Jessica
Smart |
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Jaelithe
Swan |
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2nd |
Holly
Carter |
4 |
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Stephanie
Hale |
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1st |
Maria
Wang |
5 |
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| Under
11 |
1st |
Megan
Owens |
4 |
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| Under
12 |
3rd |
Marjay
Alojado |
3.5 |
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Ruth
Burr |
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Larissa
Cooke |
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Zoe
Geidelberg |
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2nd |
Fay
Birch |
4 |
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Abigail
Wood |
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1st |
Megan
Owens (on tie-break) |
4 |
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| Under
14 |
3rd |
Stephanie
Hargraves |
3 |
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2nd |
Alex
Torregrosa-Jones |
4 |
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1st |
Katie
Hale |
4.5 |
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| Wiltshire
U18 |
|
Alex
Torregrosa-Jones |
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| Wiltshire
U14 |
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Emma-Louise
Parker |
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| Wiltshire
U12 |
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Marjay
Alojado |
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| Wiltshire
U10 |
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Holly
Carter |
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Alan
Ruffle, British Chess Federation Director of Junior Chess has
organised an England team selection and training tournament.
Please click on the icon for further details. |
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30th
January, All England Ormskirk coaching and tournament day results. |
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British
Chess Federation All England Girls'
Coaching and Tournament Days.
More
than a competition, more than a training day,
This will be a chess extravaganza!
The
Director of Women's Chess, Claire Summerscale
is inviting juniors of all ages and abilities to come and
compete.
Everyone
wins a prize!
These events will be suitable for beginners and experienced
players.
These
events will combine professional coaching with tournament
play.
Play will start at 10.30am and the prize giving will be at
4.30pm.
Please
click on the icon for an entry form, or contact
me for further details. |
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6th
March |
Gloucestershire |
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12th
March |
Reading |
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2nd
April |
Darlington |
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3rd
April |
Leeds |
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London
Junior Chess Championships results. |
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Click
on the icon for an exciting interview about women and girls'
chess, which was broadcast on Radio 4's Woman's Hour on the
16th December 2004. |
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Click
on the icon for 2004 news. |
