Great news. Mr Laskey has agreed to pay the £15 entry fee for any child that qualifies for the Megafinal. The schools are very proud of how the children do in these competitions and want to show their continued support. Not sure how we will achieve this yet, I need to speak to the schools to find out.

Sat 17th March

Alex Hollingworth (Year 5)

Jacob Hunt (Year 6)

Lawrence Moustafa (Year 4)

William Hardman-Elliott (Year 5)

Austin Butterworth (Year 4)

Dylan Crothers (Year 4)

Lucy Lowe (Year 4)

Patrick Shaw (Year 4)

Michaela Mutopo (Year 4)

Isaac Blabo (Year 4)

Aaron Varlow (Year 5)

Curtis Cresswell (Year 3)

Otis Kershaw (Year 3)

Ethan Lancaster (Year 5) - already qualified

Maddison Smith (Year 5) - already qualified

Today we had a record entry of 68 for the latest Chess in Schools competition at Broadoak Community Centre in Ashton. This was also a qualifier for National Delancey Chess Competition.

Year 2 to 5 had to score at least 4 points out of 6 to qualify for the Megafinal at Saddleworth School at the end of April.

Year 6 unfortunately were placed in the advanced group (all play Manchester League Chess!) had to score 3 out of 5, Both Jacob and Adam played magnificently!

We had 6 qualifiers:

Lucy I, Alexia C and Ayaan I from St James’ (Ayaan playing well above himself to get 2^nd place in the year 4 group).

Mustapha D, Ethan L and Maddison S from St Thomas’ (Mustapha won the year 5 competition, his first prize, Ethan came 2^nd in the year 5 group). Year 5 made up the biggest group of players.

William HE, Dylan C, Lucy L and Austin B all missed out by 0.5 pt.

There is a Last Chance Saloon competition on the 17^th March for those that just missed out for one final opportunity to reach the Megafinal.

For those that qualify this weekend the details have now been released for the Megafinal.

https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/product/pennine-megafinal-28-april-2018/