Castles Junior Chess Club
Results in 2000

Saturday 16th December 2000
The Caterham Schools Chess Tournament was held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday 16th December. Congratulations to the Castles members who won their groups:

Richard O'Neill 4/5 - 1st in the Under 12s
Kasra Hormati 4.5/5 - 1st in the Under 11s
Melissa Bird 2.5/5 - 1st girl in the Under 11s
Kyle Sheehan 5/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Beccy O'Neill 2/5 - 1st girl in the Under 10s
Jonathan Lui 5/5 - 1st in the Under 9s
Joshua Cooper 5/5 - 1st in the Under 8s
Natalie Bird 1.5/5 - 1st girl in the Under 8s

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Wey Valley London Junior Qualifier Leatherhead 15 October 2000
U12 Peter Humphrey 2.5/6; Tom McKenna 2
U10 Kyle Sheehan 4/6; Jonathan Lui 3.5; Matthew Howells 2

Kyle and Jonathan both have qualified for the London Junior tournament, to be held in December.

UK Chess Challenge 2000
Congratulations to Keya Hormati, Kasra Hormati and Peter Humphrey, who reached the national Gigafinal, which was played in August, 2000. Each of them scored a very reasonable 3 out of 6

Saturday 15th July 2000
Caterham Schools' Easter Chess Tournament, held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday July 15th, 2000. After the tough Wey Valley competition 3 weeks earlier, Castles members found greater success in the local tournament.

Congratulations to the Castles members who made a clean sweep of winning the groups:

James Rudland 5/5 - 1st in the Under 13s
Lucy Bamber 2/5 - 1st girl in the Under 13s
Daniel Leathers 3.5/5 - 1st in the Under 11s
Kasra Hormati 5/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Melissa Bird 2/5 - 1st girl in the Under 10s
Keya Hormati 5/5 - 1st in the Under 9s
Beccy O'Neill 2/5 - 1st girl in the Under 9s
Jonathan Lui 4/5 - 1st in the Under 8s
Joshua Cooper 5/5 - 1st in the Under 7s

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June 25th, 2000. Wey Valley Summer Tournament at Whyteleafe School.

It was very good to have a Wey Valley tournament being held where our club normally meets. The tough opposition did, however, emphasise the strength Surrey Junior Chess. In many cases these players not only work hard at improving their chess, but also have training at school. In particular the importance of recording games, and then looking at them afterwards to learn from experience, was emphasised.

Castles Junior Chess Club was well represented, with a total of 8 members playing. Each had their ups and downs, with half scoring more than 50%. The scores were:

U10 Championship: Peter Humphrey 3/5 (8th=/32); Kyle Sheehan 2; Kasra Hormati 1.5
U10 Minor: Keya Hormati and Harry Leathers 3/5 (both 9th=/33), Simon Fowler 2
U8 Section: Jonathan Lui 3/5 (10th=/45), Joshua Cooper1.5.

Full results can be found at the Surrey Girls Chess League website.

9 May 2000
Congratulations to the Castles members who played in the Surrey Megafinal of the Britsh Land UK Challenge 2000. Scores of Castles players in the Megafinal were: Richard O'Neill (3.5/6 in U11), Keya Hormati (4/6 in U9), Kasra Hormati (4.5/6 in U10), Peter Humphrey (5/6 in U10), Jonathan Lui (3/6 in U8) and Joshua Cooper (3/6 in U7).

Congratulations to Keya Hormati, Kasra Hormati Peter Humphrey who therefore qualified for the National Gigafinal, to be played in London in August.

Full results can be found of the Surrey Girls Chess League website.

10 April 2000
Congratulations to the Castles members who won their groups in the Caterham Junior Schools' Easter Chess Tournament, held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday April 8th, 2000.

Richard O'Neill 4.5/5 - 1st in the Under 11s
Tom McKenna 4.5/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Melissa Bird 3/5 - 1st girl in the Under 10s
Keya Hormati 5/5 - 1st in the Under 9s
Joshua Cooper 4/5 - 1st in the Under 7s

and to those who came second

Daniel Leathers 2/5 - 2nd= in the Under 11s
Kasra Hormati 4/5 - 2nd in the Under 10s
Kyle Sheehan 3.5/5 - 2nd= in the Under 9s

On the same day Becky Townsend score a good 3/5 in the Kingston Chess Championships Under 10s Tournament.

6 February 2000
Congratulations to Kyle Sheehan on being selected for the Wey Valley Under 9 squad.

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1999

12 December 1999
Congratulations to the Castles members who won their groups in the Caterham Junior Schools' Christmas Chess Tournament, held at Whyteleafe School on Saturday December 11th, 1999.

Edward Malyon 4.5/5 - 1st in the Under 11s
Peter Humphrey 4.5/5 - 1st in the Under 10s
Jonathan Lui 4/5 - 1st in the Under 8s

and to those who came second

Daniel Leathers and Richard O'Neill 3.5/5 - 2nd= in the Under 11s
Becky Townsend 4/5 - 2nd= in the Under 10s
Matthew Howells 3.5/5 - 2nd in the Under 9s
Joshua Cooper 1.5/5 - 2nd= in the Under 7s