2006 Derry "En Passant" Championships
This year, the En Passant Championships where held in the Longtower, Derry
10 junior school teams competed in a closely contested championship over the weekend.
The teams from the Derry area each fielded 10 boards so over a 100 kids packed into the Longtower for 2 days of intense competition with each school playing every other for a total of 9 rounds.
With 10 boards over 9 rounds and each board playing a pair of games, for an enormous total of 180 games the competition winner was amazingly only 3.5 points ahead of the runner-up.
Well done to everyone
Results of the competition are available in the Schools Results Service. Competitors are also rated in the Schools Rating List
The teams from the Derry area each fielded 10 boards so over a 100 kids packed into the Longtower for 2 days of intense competition with each school playing every other for a total of 9 rounds.
With 10 boards over 9 rounds and each board playing a pair of games, for an enormous total of 180 games the competition winner was amazingly only 3.5 points ahead of the runner-up.
Well done to everyone
Results of the competition are available in the Schools Results Service. Competitors are also rated in the Schools Rating List