CARDIFF AND THE VALE SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Once again held at Cardiff County Hall and supported by both Cardiff City Council and the Rotary Club of Cardiff Bay the Championships were held on 3rdFebruary, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first Championships in 1989. We are extremely grateful to Cardiff City Council and the Rotary Club of Cardiff Bay for their continued support of these Championships – support which has been on-going since the first event 30 years ago.

We are also very grateful to the large number of volunteers who give of their time so readily to support these Championships.

A large number of players took part with the trophies presented by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Cllr Dianne Rees. We thank her for her presence with us at this ceremony.

PRIZE WINNERS

OPEN:             
1st=        Ethan Chung and Hiya Ray
3rd         Callum Smith

UNDER 15:      
1st         Duncan MacDonald
2nd =     James Bridle and Callum Penny

UNDER 13       
1st =      Ellison Smith and Anish Choudhury
3rd =     Pahul Ahluwalia and Krishna Lee

UNDER 11       
1st         Henry Townsend
2nd =     Joseff Roberts and Ashika Shahameeran

UNDER 10       
1st =      Benjamin Jaberansari and Timur Ramzan
3rd =      Jack Neale and Robert Sequira

UNDER 9         
1st =      Isabella Caeser and Sebastian Hoccom
3rd        Finn Osborne

UNDER 8         
1st        Gonind Anandkumar
2nd       Haban Amar                        
3rd=      James Choung, Csege Hanczar, Jamie Lau-Jones, Christopher Mitias, Aaryan Pandi