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OUR BIGGEST ROOKIES SHIELD

The June Rookies Shield 'King & Queen of the
Mountain' Competition was the largest we have
run with 53 entries. This included 8 adults who
took on the juniors to try to win the 1st Place
'King' trophy.

But it was 11 year old Kyle Gibson who
became King of the Mountain for 2009 on
6.5 out of 7, closely followed by 6 year old
Ethan Lim on 6. 3rd place went to Manny
Chua on 5.5. The Queen of the Mountain
trophy was won by Denise Lim on 4 points
and the Top Adult trophy went to Serif
Tuglaci on 6 points.

The age group winners were
Under 12 - Tiarn Cook
Under 10 - Joseph Wong
Under 8 - Suren Kapadia

The day was very successful, thanks to all the

kids who enjoyed the opportunity to play

competitive chess, and to all those parents

and friends who helped with the organising.

The trophies and prize money was presented to
the winners by Luan Hanlon, Manager of Upwey
Community Bendigo Bank. We are grateful to the
Bank for becoming a generous sponsor of the five
Rookies Shield competitions that we hold throughout
the year.

The next Rookies Shield is on Sunday 30th August
from 1pm to 4.30pm.

Below are the full results:

Place Name                  Award   AgeGp Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

  1   Gibson, Kyle  (King) 1st OPEN U12   6.5      22.0  30.0   27.0
 2-3  Lim, Ethan           2nd OPEN U8    6        21.5  30.0   22.0
      Tuglaci, Serif      Top Adult OPENA 6        20.5  29.5   24.0
 4-5  Chua, Manny          3rd OPEN OPENA 5.5      24.0  33.5   25.0
      Humphreys, Scott              OPENA 5.5      19.5  27.0   19.5
6-11  Espejo, Elvis                 OPENA 5        24.0  34.5   24.0
      Cook, Jamie                   OPEN  5        22.5  32.0   23.0
      Wong, Joseph          1st U10 U10   5        22.0  32.0   22.0
      Bull-Quijano, Damar           OPEN  5        21.5  32.0   20.0
      Tissainayagam, Jonathan 2nd U10 U10 5        20.5  29.5   18.0
      Simpson, Bruce                OPENA 5        20.0  27.5   21.0
12-13 Penman, Aidan                 OPEN  4.5      21.0  28.0   16.5
      Foo, Colin            3rd U10 U10   4.5      16.5  23.0   15.5
14-24 Appudurai, Rohan              OPEN  4        22.5  31.5   18.0
      Devarajh, Joshua              U10   4        22.0  31.0   22.0
      Patel, Chintan                OPENA 4        20.0  27.5   17.0
      Ranatunge, Eran               OPEN  4        19.5  27.5   16.0
      Moad, David                   U10   4        19.0  25.0   15.0
      Liao, Raymond                 U10   4        18.5  25.5   15.0
      Lim, Denise           (Queen) U10   4        18.0  25.0   16.0
      Cook, Tiarn           1st U12 u12   4        18.0  24.5   15.0
      Newman, Gary                  OPENA 4        18.0  24.5   15.0
      Wickramesinghe, Haren         U10   4        16.5  22.0   12.0
      Taylor, Will                  U10   4        16.0  24.5   15.0
25-28 Kapadia, Suren        1st U8  U8    3.5      19.0  27.0   15.5
      Pecori, Rafael                U10   3.5      18.5  25.5   12.5
      Foo, Calvin           2nd U8  U8    3.5      14.0  20.5   10.5
      Penman, Nadia                 U10   3.5      13.5  19.0   12.5
29-40 Foo, Cameron          2nd U12 U12   3        20.0  27.0   18.0
      Monahan, Trent                OPEN  3        19.5  27.0   15.0
      Tissainayagam, Joanna 3rd U12 U12   3        19.0  27.5   16.0
      Kelly, Jasmine        3rd U8  U8    3        16.5  22.0   12.0
      Srilakshmanan, Kanna          U10   3        16.0  24.0   14.0
      Jahn, Brendan                 U8    3        16.0  23.5    8.0
      Livic, Ellysha                U10   3        16.0  22.0    9.0
      Burborough, Ross              OPENA 3        16.0  21.5   14.0
      Fraser-McDougall, Byron       U10   3        15.5  22.0   12.0
      Wendleman, Ryan               U10   3        13.0  17.5   11.0
      Hogg, Christopher             U12   3        12.5  18.5   10.5
      Pellinger-Riley, Ava          U10   3        11.5  18.0   10.0
41-44 Taylor, Brandon               U12   2.5      19.5  27.5   11.0
      Keyhoe, Thomas                U10   2.5      18.5  25.0   12.5
      Plant, Jackson                U10   2.5      16.5  22.5   10.5
      Burborough, Andre             U12   2.5      16.0  23.5   12.0
45-50 Ranatunge, Ishra              U10   2        16.0  22.0    7.5
      Ford, Max                     U8    2        15.5  22.0    4.0
      Delden, Adam                  U12   2        15.5  21.0    9.0
      Paoli, Samantha (Encouragement) U8  2        15.0  21.0   11.0
      Burborough, Emma              U10   2        12.0  17.0    7.0
      Ford, Sam                     U8    2        10.5  15.5    4.5
51-53 Fischer, Andrew               U8    1.5      14.0  19.0    5.0
      Chow, Evan                    U8    1.5      12.5  18.0    3.0
      Diana,Josh    (Encouragement) U8    1.5      12.0  16.5    5.0

LUCKY STRIKES IN WINTER LIGHTNING

The final rounds of this Round Robin competition
produced some interesting results under time
pressure. Paul came 1st on 12 points, Stephen was
2nd on 10.5, and Aidan won on time against Tom to
earn 9.5 and take home the 3rd place medal. This
left the Top Junior Boy medal for Jamie on 8.5 and
the Top Junior Girl medal went to Carla on 4.

Here are the final Standings:

Ranges Winter Lightning 2009
Place Name Score Berg. Wins

1 Paul, 12 67.50 11
2 Stephen, 10.5 42.25 8
3 Aidan, 9.5 39.25 7
4-5 Frits, 9 43.50 9
Scott, 9 42.50 8
6-7 Jamie, 8.5 36.25 7
Joe, 8.5 33.25 7
8 Damar, 8 31.50 7
9-11 Josiah, 4 13.50 3
Carla, 4 7.50 4
Alex, 4 1.50 1
12 David, 2.5 0.75 0
13-14 Tiarn, 2 1.50 2
Tom, 2 1.50 2
15 Nadia, 1.5 1.25 1
16 Marieke, 0 0.00 0

JUNIOR NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP

FINAL RESULTS:

Over the past few Thursday nights we have played 13 rounds
of 15 minute per player games. From this the 2009 Novice
Junior Champion turned out to be Fidel Sanfilippo on 12,
closely followed by Trent Monahan in 2nd place on 11 and
Daniel Dolan came in 3rd on 9.5.

In the final game of the competition Ryan Wendleman won
against 7 year old Jasmine Kelly so Ryan gained 4th place
and won the Most Improved trophy. But there were a number
who deserved to win this because of the improvement they too
have shown in their games.

Here is the final scoreboard:

Place Name              Award Score Berg. Wins

  1   Sanfilippo, Fidel       1st  12    66.00   10
  2   Monahan, Trent       2nd  11    53.00   10
  3   Dolan, Daniel         3rd  9.5   37.00    5
 4-6  Wendleman, Ryan M Impr  7.5   33.25    6
      Cross, Ziggy            7.5   29.25    6
      Liao, Raymond          7.5   22.50    4
  7   Kelly, Jasmine          6.5   25.75    3
  8   Marsh, Zane             6     18.50    4
  9   Kitching, Izaak         5.5   30.00    5
10-11 Hastie, Lucas         4.5    9.25    2
       Hogg, Chris             4.5    5.75    2
 12   Robinson, Thomas      3.5   11.25    3
 13   Robinson, Michael      2.5   10.00    1

VISITORS TO OUR CLUB ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!


TUESDAYS FROM 6.30pm onwards - Advanced Juniors and Adults

6.30-7.30pm    Advanced Coaching with Grant Lambert
7.30 onwards Adults arrive
7.30                  Snack break
7.40                  Competitions and social chess

                         Juniors finish by 9.00pm
9.00-11.00        Social chess

THURSDAYS FROM 6.30 to 8.30pm - Novice Juniors

(NOTE: No Thursday night meeting during holidays.)

6.30-7.30pm Coaching with Wayne Guy & Paul Bearup
7.30                 Snack break
7.40-8.30         Competitions and social chess
9.00                 Close.