The Belfast Scholastic Chess Shields.
2012 Winners
This is the 6th year of the Belfast Scholastic Shields all 5 previous years being held at Stormont. We hope to hold this also at Stormont (to be confirmed).
Points are awarded to each player depending on their position in their section: Primary, Lower Secondary (Form1-Form3), Upper Secondary (Form4-Upper 6th). These points are added over the series of the childrens chess tournaments. At the end of the sequence the top 3 from each player are added and the top 4 from each section is invited to Stormont. The top player being awarded the Belfast Scholastic Shield - one of the hardest chess prizes to win in Northern Ireland.
The top 4 players will play in the Stormont Elite tournament on the day of the awards.
The Principals from the Pupils School are invited to the event with the Parents and the pupil.
The Upper Secondary tournament has become very high calibre with quality players a very tough section to play in. Over the 4 tournaments we have had 4 winners: Karina Kruk, Kevin Robbin joint winners in Dec, Kiran Robbin in Jan, Matthew Chapman in Feb and Kevin Robbin for second time in Mar.
Belfast Scholastic Shield 2013
Upper Secondary School Championship
| Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Total | Best 3 | ||
| Kevin Robbin | F4 | 9 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 10 | 28 | 24.5 | |
| Matthew Chapman | L6 | 5.5 | 8 | 10 | 5.75 | 29.25 | 23.75 | |
| Kiran Robbin | F5 | 5.5 | 10 | 5.75 | 21.25 | 21.25 | ||
| Karina Kruk | U6 | 9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | |
| Thomas Donaldson | F5 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 8 | 5.75 | 21.75 | 19.25 | |
| Adam Henning | L6 | 2.5 | 5.75 | 8.25 | 8.25 | |||
| Mond Parissis | F4 | 2.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | |||
| John Dawson | F4 | 2.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Ashley McWhinney | F5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Chris Turnbull | L6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||||
| Aodhan Donnelly | F4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
In the lower section again we have had multiple winners: Eoghan winning in Dec, Jake in Jan, Eibha in Feb and three joint winners in Mar - Eihba, Jake and Joel.
Belfast Scholastic Shield 2013
Lower Secondary School Championship
| Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Total | Best 3 | ||
| Eibha Ni Mhuireagian | F1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 26 | ||
| Jake Patterson | F3 | 10 | 5.75 | 8 | 23.75 | 23.75 | ||
| Joel Dawson | F2 | 6 | 5.75 | 8 | 19.75 | 19.75 | ||
| Eoghan Turkington | F1 | 10 | 5 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | ||
| Finlay Kelly | F3 | 6 | 5.75 | 11.75 | 11.75 | |||
| Naoisa Ellis | F2 | 4 | 5.75 | 9.75 | 9.75 | |||
| Ryan Jackson | F1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Zoe Marno | F1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||||
| Chloe Millar | F1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Rachael Eachus | F1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||||
| Blazej Zaworski | F2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
For the primary schools Honor has an unassailable lead with max points of 30. Winning the first 3 competitions. Joining us late in the year Dayna Ferguson has done very well especially considering shes only P3.
Belfast Scholastic Shield 2013
Primary School Championship
| Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | total | Best 3. | ||
| Honor Parissis | P6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 30 | |
| Dayna Ferguson | P3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Andrew Farquharson | P6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Calvin Patterson | P1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| Lucia Corrigan | P6 | 8 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | |||
| Phoebe Patterson | P3 | 5.5 | 3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | |||
| Ben Wilson | P6 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Admira Kecskameti | P2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Lea Homaee | P7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Morris, Joshua | P7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Elise Dawson | P6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Daniel Ferguson | P2 | 3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | |||
| Ronan Amir | P5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Sara Kelly | P7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Sam Dawson | P4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
This year sees for the first time Shields for the puzzle solving competitions.
Belfast Scholastic Shield 2013
Secondary Puzzle Solving School Championship
| Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Total | Best 3 | ||
| Kevin Robbin | F4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 30 | |
| John Dawson | F4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Ni Mhuireagian, Eibha | F1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Mond Parissis | F4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Patterson, Jake | F3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Joel Dawson | F2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Belfast Scholastic Shield 2013
Primary Puzzle Solving School Championship
| Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Total | Best 3 | ||
| Honor Parissis | P6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 30 | |
| Admira Kecskemet | P2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 28 | |||
| Lucia Corrigan | P6 | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 17.5 | 17.5 | |||
| McCann, Matthew | P5 | 5.5 | 3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||||
| Andrew Farquharson | P6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| Calvin Patterson | P1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Daniel Furguson | P1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Ellen Eachus | P6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Dayna Furguson | P2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Elise Dawson | P6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
