Cardiff and the Vale Schools Championships 2017

The Annual individual junior championships for Cardiff and the Vale schoolchildren took place at Cardiff City Council Offices on 12^th February. For many years the Championships have been supported by Cardiff City Council, allowing the use of the prestigious venue. This event is now seen as one of the highlights of the chess calendar.

The Championships are also supported by Cardiff Bay Rotary Club who has provided the trophies for the prizewinners.

We thank both Cardiff City Council and Cardiff Bay Rotary Club for their continued support of these Championships.

This year there was a special surprise to begin the prizegiving ceremony with the President of the Cardiff Bay Rotary Club awarding Hugh Price with the Paul Harris Fellowship. Hugh received the Fellowship certificate and a gold pin.

Over 140 children took part in the Championships with sections from Under 8 to Open. The Deputy Lord Mayor of Cardiff Councillor Georgina Phillips, together with her husband, presented the prizes to our winners.

The list of prize winners is:

Open 1^stElliott MacNeil, 2^nd Karanvir Lutchman Singh, 3^rd Kimberley Chong
Under 15s 1^st Duncan MacDonald, 2^nd Aishwarya Lutchman Singh, 3^rd= Connor Evans, Callum Smith
Under 13s 1^st Tycho Twohig, 2^nd Cian Grattidge, 3^rd Mahieddin Hamadah
Under 11s 1^st= Nayana Kalavala, Ellison Smith, 3^rdAnish Choudhury
Under 9s 1^st Yuxuan Wu, 2^nd = Oscar Hitchings, Ashika Shahameeran, Amany Schwarz
Under 8s 1^st Tom Davies, 2^nd Finlay Britton, 3^rd = Benjamin Jaberansari, Ewan Witmott

An event of this size cannot happen without the support of the large number of volunteers who freely give up their time to support it. We sincerely thank all those who have helped make this year’s Championships such a success.