Stormont Childrens Award Ceremony 2008
Brian Wilson met children, parents, principals and volunteers and he praised the childrens skill and enthusiasm. The timetable was full. We had a tour of Stormont followed by a tournament - The Stormont Elite where the top 4 Primary Children played each other and the top 4 Form3 and below played each other. Whilst this was happening MLA Brian Wilson took some chess lessons from Belfasts Exceptional Youngster Raghav Gupta who aged 7 had won his age group in the UK Chess Challenge event in Manchester last year.
Green Party Assembly Member Brian Wilson said: “This is an opportunity for the children to have fun and show off their chess skills in the historic surroundings of Stormont, it will be a celebration of young minds.”
Raghav Gupta was awarded the Belfast Scholastic Shield: Exceptional Young Player 2008
Kevin Robbin - Primary Chess Champion 2008
Luke Taylor - Secondary (Lower School) Chess Champion 2008
The Belfast Scholastic Shield.
Primary Chess Champion
|
|
Name |
Year |
School |
Score |
|
1st |
Kevin Robbin |
P6 |
St Bride’s PS |
30 |
|
2nd |
John Dawson |
P6 |
Maralin Village PS |
22 |
|
2nd |
Kiaran Robbin |
P7 |
St Bride’s PS |
22 |
|
4th |
Radhika Gupta |
P7 |
Dromore PS |
20 |
The Belfast Scholastic Shield.
Lower School Chess Champion
|
|
Name |
Year |
School |
Score |
|
1st |
Taylor, Luke |
F2 |
BRA |
28 |
|
2nd |
Roe, Christopher |
F1 |
BRA |
17 |
|
2nd |
Turnball,Christopher |
F1 |
BRA |
17 |
|
2nd |
Chapman, Matthew |
F1 |
Grosvenor |
17 |
The tournament was hard fought and we saw some excellent chess.
Stormont Elite Chess Tournament - Secondary
|
Position |
Name |
Score |
|
1st |
Christopher Turnball |
2 |
|
1st |
Matthew Chapman |
2 |
|
2nd |
Luke Taylor |
1 |
|
2nd |
Christopher Roe |
1 |
Stormont Elite Chess Tournament – Primary
|
Position |
Name |
Score |
|
1st |
John Dawson |
3 |
|
2nd |
Kevin Robbin |
2 |
|
3rd |
Kiaran Robbin |
1 |
|
4th |
Radhika Gupta |
0 |
Everybody enjoyed the event and it is planned to repeat this next year.
