Chess in the Greater Manchester area

English Primary Schools Chess Association Schools Competition

Under 11
Hulme Court, Oldham  Gold  Qualified for final
Bolton Girls, Manchester  Gold
Bolton Boys, Manchester  Silver
Friezeland, Oldham   Bronze
St. Chad’s, Oldham

Under 9
Bolton Boys, Manchester  Gold
Hulme Court, Oldham  Silver
Beaver Road, Manchester  Bronze
St. Chad’s, Oldham   Bronze
Christ Church, Oldham  Bronze


English Primary Schools County Associations

Under 11
Manchester   3rd in zone   8th in final
Oldham   5th in zone   12th in final
Tameside   10th in zone

Under 9
Oldham    7th in zone   3rd in plate
Manchester   8th in zone   4th in plate
Tameside   10th in zone


Girls
Manchester    3rd
Oldham   8th

The following children were selected to represent England:

Joris Gerlagh  Manchester
Andrew Horton Manchester
Jacob Manton Oldham
Aaron Rogers Oldham

The following girls were selected to represent the West of England:

Georgia Guilbert Manchester
Lara Buckley  Oldham
Jennifer Neil  Manchester
Lucy Towse  Oldham
Emma Hussain Manchester
Nuala Fowler  Manchester


Oldham hosted the Under 11 Zonal
Manchester hosted the Girls Final
Manchester and Oldham hosted EPSCA schools preliminary rounds
Manchester provided the control team for the EPSCA Schools zonal, Prestatyn.

On Saturday 26th September 2009, Manchester Under 14’s took part in the National Youth Chess Association Under 14 Years Finals, held in Telford.
The team did not win a prize, mainly because we entered a very young team, on average two years younger than most of the teams represented.Our best result was Georgia Guilbert of Worsley Chess club and Monton Green Primary School, who achieved three out of four points.

National Youth Chess Association Under 14 Years Finals

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Results from Manchester Junior Congress
High Lawn Primary School, Worsley.
17th October 2009


Kings
Boys Winner  Jack Virgin, Broad Oak School
Runners up  Daniel Abbas, Beaver Road school
Laurence Cooper, Edgworth School
Adit Sanjay Tathere, Beaver road School
Girls Winner  Mahnoor Khalid, High Lawn School


Queens
Boys winner  Dale Francis, MGS
Runner up  Jamie Fernandes, Bolton Boys
Girls winner  Chelsea Twist, Bolton Girls

Final of the NYCA Under 12 Tournament

Manchester Junior Chess took part in the Final of the NYCA Under 12 Tournament, Abraham Darby School, Telford. Saturday 7th November 2009.

1 Alex Myall (Worsley Chess Club) 1
2 Georgia Guilbert (Worsley Chess Club) 1
3 Ravi Mahapatra (Didsbury Dynamos) 2
4 Jennifer Neil (Bolton Chess Club) 2
5 Daniel Abbas (Didsbury Dynamos) 3
6 Robert Connor (Bury) 3
7 Emma Hussain (Bolton School Chess Club) 1
8 Neha Jeyam (Bolton School Chess Club) 1
9 Tom Green (Didsbury Dynamos) 2
10 Sachin Gupta (Didsbury Dynamos) 4
11 Tara Jeyam (Bolton School Chess Club) 1
12 Nathan Campbell (Didsbury Dynamos) 3
13 Tom Rushton (Didsbury Dynamos) 3

The team came fifth overall. This is the first time for ten years Manchester has entered a team for this event. The result was very satisfactory and the children can build on this for the future.

Manchester Junior  Congress
Our Lady’s Primary School,
Whalley Range, Manchester.
22nd November 2009.

Kings    
    
Alex Myall Worsley Chess Club 5.5 Champion  Boys
Dale Francis MGS 5 Runner up Boys
Georgia Guilbert Worsley Chess Club 4.5 Champion Girls
Emma Hussain Bolton School 3 Runner up Girls
Nuala Fowler Bolton School 3 Runner up Girls
    
Queens    
    
Jamie Fernandes Bolton School 5 Champion  Boys
Joe Bailey Bolton School 5 Runner up Boys
Thea Simpson Bolton School 2.5 Champion Girls
Gabriella Appleby Bolton School 1 Runner up Girls
    
Pawns    
    
Maxwell Campbell Moor Allerton School 6 Champion  Boys
Angus Roe Bolton School 4.5 Runner up Boys
Phoebe Moss Bridgewater School 4 Champion Girls
Aaliyah Ashcroft Bolton School 2 Runner up Girls
Grace Gill Bridgewater School 2 Runner up Girls

Saturday 28th November 2009
Junior County Association Match, Nottingham.

Manchester took three teams to Nottingham, Under 11’s, Under 9’s and a Girls team.
There were teams from Nottingham and Yorkshire at the event, the strongest of the northern teams.

Manchester Under 11’s first place
Under 9’s fifth place
Girls fourth place

Manchester Junior  Congress
Beaver Road Primary School
12th December 2009

Kings
1st Daniel Abbas  Beaver Road School
2nd Sachin Gupta  Moor Allerton School
1st Georgia Guilbert UGS
2nd Nuala Fowler Bolton Girls School

Queens
1st Sam Haymen  Beaver Road School
2nd Jamie Fernandes Bolton Boys School

Pawns
1st Eliot  Matterson Bolton Boys School
2nd Joshua Upton  Broad Oak School
1st Nadia Mohammed  Bolton Girls School
2nd Gabriella Appleby Bolton Girls School

English Primary Schools Chess Association
Junior Rapidplay
Saturday 16th January 2010,
Liverpool

Children from Manchester Tameside, Manchester and Oldham. Children from the MCF area were the lagest proportion of those present.
The full results will be printed on the wbsite in the next fortnight, but in the meantime it is worth noting that the following children achieved norms for entry into the England Junior Squad:

Daniel Abbas Beaver Road School
Ravi Mahapatra Beaver Road School
Jack Virgin Broad Oak School
Rohit Bagewadi Bolton Boys School

There were also strong performances from:

Arran Whittaker Edgworth School
Joe Bailey Bolton Boys School
Gabriella Appleby Bolton Girls School

English Primary Schools’ Chess Association Girls Final

Manchester and Oldham both took teams to the English Primary Schools’ Chess Association Girls Final
Queen Elizabeth School,
High Barnet
17th April 2010
Oldham came 8th
Manchester came 11th.

EPSCA Under 11 National Finals

Manchester teams competed in the EPSCA Under 11 National Finals
Manchester 7th (28points)
Oldham 9th (24.5 points)

Pictures of the team; some of the team meeting the Mayor of Bolton; and one of the Manchester players.