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Ulster Youngster selected to play for Ireland in Glorney Gilbert International

Youngster Dexter Harris has been selected for the Irish International Under 12 Team to play at the Glorney Gilbert International
Ulster Youngster selected to play for Ireland in Glorney Gilbert International

Fantastic news - Dexter Harris has been selected to play in the under12 Irish Team in the Glorney Gilbert Internationall. This tournament is being run online on lichess.org - the website of the competition is : https://www.glorneycupchess.org/

The ICU info: https://www.icu.ie/events/989 https://www.icu.ie/juniors

The dates and times of the matches:

Blitz                        Sunday 26th July 6.30pm

Round 1                Monday 27th July 6.30pm
Round 2                Tuesday 28th July 6.30pm
Round 3                Wednesday 29th July 6.30pm
Round 4                Thursday 30th July 6.30pm
Round 5                Friday 31st July 6.30pm

We will update you on the teams progress and in particular how our young Champion Dexter does - but for those interested the matches will be online.

The international teams playing:

England
France
Ireland
Nederland
Scotland
Wales
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