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News Items for 2005-06
Sat, 26-Aug | 42nd Berks and Bucks Chess Congress:
Three firsts and a second for Berkshire Juniors!
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| Sat, 19-Aug | UK Chess Challenge TeraFinal:
Some excellent results from the Berkshire Juniors who completed the final leg of the UK Chess Challenge.
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| Sun, 06-Aug | British Championships 2006:
Results available for the 6 Berkshire Juniors who entered this year's British Championships at Swansea.
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| Sat, 15-Jul | UK Chess Challenge Southern GigaFinal:
3 Ultimos and 1 Ultima (who qualify for the TeraFinal) and 7 further TeraFinal Challenger qualifiers from Berkshire at the Southern GigaFinal.
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| Sat, 13-May | Under 11 EPSCA Final:
The final EPSCA Final of the year saw the Berks Under 11 team continue the good form of recent seasons.
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| Sun, 30-Apr | UK Chess Challenge Berks Megafinal:
Results and full crosstab detail available for all sections at the Berkshire MegaFinal.
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| Sat, 01-Apr | Under 9 EPSCA Final:
Having won their Zonal, the U9 team find it gets tougher at the Final.
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| Sat, 25-Mar | Under 11 EPSCA Girls:
For the first time in many years, Berkshire entered a Girl's team in this EPSCA competition, and gained some valuable experience.
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| Thu, 23-Mar | Under 9 Primary Schools Jamboree:
Eagle House are convincing winners of this new event in the calendar.
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| Sat, 18-Mar | Under 11 EPSCA Zone:
Berkshire win bronze.
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| Sun, 12-Mar | Under 14 Team Event v. Hants, Bucks, and Surrey:
A final outing of the year for Under 14 players in a 4 team match as they push hard in the second round match against the always strong Surrey side.
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| Sat, 11-Mar | Under 9 EPSCA Zone:
Berkshire U9s win EPSCA South West Zonal !
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| Sat, 04-Mar | SAE - Gorse Ride:
The penultimate SAE is won by Adrian Archer-Lock, his 8th trophy of the season.
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| Sat, 25-Feb | Wiltshire and West of England Junior Congress:
An increased Berkshire presence in Swindon this year
with some outstanding results. Four tournament
winners no less!
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| Sat, 25-Feb | SAE - St. Michael's:
The 9th different winner this season! Roy Zhang gets his first SAE Open Section trophy after winning the blitz playoff.
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| Thu, 23-Feb | Maiden Erlegh v. Wellington College, Under 15:
It's a draw!
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| Sat, 11-Feb | UK Chess Challenge Qualifying Event:
Adrian Archer-Lock and George Tunstall share the honours and are amongst 14 qualifiers for this year's MegaFinal.
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| Sat, 04-Feb | SAE - Streatley Primary:
Yet another new trophy winner this week as Robert Starley scores a perfect 6 / 6.
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| Sat, 04-Feb | South of England Chess Championships:
Roy Zhang wins the under 9 section, and Matthew Wadsworth wins both the under 7 and under 8 sections, at Yateley Manor.
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| Sun, 29-Jan | Under 11 event: Berkshire, Bucks, Hants and Sussex:
A pleasing second place for the Under 11 team in the four counties challenge match.
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| Sun, 22-Jan | U/9 Wiltshire v. Berkshire:
A successful day in Wiltshire for Berkshire U9s.
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| Sun, 22-Jan | U/11 Wiltshire v. Berkshire:
A narrow loss to Wiltshire for the Under 11 team.
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| Sat, 21-Jan | SAE - St. Nicholas, Hurst:
Adrian Archer-Lock returns to the fray and bags his 6th trophy of the season (so far).
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| Sat, 14-Jan | SAE - Mary Hare School:
Another week, another new winner, as Daniel Noel takes home his first Berkshire trophy.
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| Sat, 14-Jan | Maidenhead Junior Club Girls Tournament:
Congratulations to Louise Head in winning her first Berkshire tournament with an unbeaten 3.5 / 4.
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| Sun, 08-Jan | Under 9 event: Berkshire, Bucks, Hants and Sussex:
Berkshire U9's triumph in 4 counties match
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| Sat, 07-Jan | SAE - Aldryngton:
After a string of second and third places, Rachel Davey wins her first SAE by keeping cool while all about her made their grades look like random numbers.
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| Wed, 28-Dec | London Junior Championships (Under 8,12,16):
Further good results from Berkshire players.
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| Sat, 10-Dec | London Junior Championships (Under 10,14):
Excellent results for Berkshire Juniors, including two first places, at the London Juniors.
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| Sat, 10-Dec | SAE - Whiteknights:
A second win of the season for Zach Salvini.
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| Sat, 03-Dec | SAE - Dolphin School:
With sections again divided by grade, more tough competition saw only one player, Charlie Corcoran, unbeaten for his first win in the Minor Section.
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| Sun, 27-Nov | Berkshire Junior Congress:
All results available.
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| Sun, 20-Nov | Under 9 v. Barnet:
A very creditable result for the under 9 team, many making their county team debut, in their first outing of the season.
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| Sun, 20-Nov | NYCA Under 15:
It's like deja vu all over again, as Berkshire finish just 1 point shy of the medals at the NYCA Under 15 championships, a near exact repeat of the NYCA Under 13 event in September.
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| Sun, 06-Nov | Under 11 Berks v. Herts:
An exellent start to the season for the under 11 team against a strong Hertfordshire team.
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| Sat, 05-Nov | SAE - Caversham Primary:
Two very closely fought sections (divided by grade, for the first time), both requiring a blitz game showdown, from which locals Richard Smith and Charlie Powell emerged triumphant.
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| Sat, 22-Oct | SAE - Reading School:
Having rested for a week, Adrian Archer-Lock returned to the fray, and posted another unbeaten 6 ⁄ 6.
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| Sun, 16-Oct | Bucks Junior Congress:
Excellent results for the 5 Berks juniors who travelled to High Wycombe to try their hand at one of the tough London qualifying events.
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| Sun, 16-Oct | Under 15 event: Berkshire, Barnet, Sussex and Wiltshire:
With several top players missing, and up against more highly graded opponents, a string of zeroes on the scorecard might have been predicted, but instead ...
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| Sat, 15-Oct | SAE - Downs School:
A change at the top as Zach Salvini wins his first SAE with a perfect 7 ⁄ 7.
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| Thu, 13-Oct | Primary Schools Jamboree:
Caversham Primary repeat their victory of last season, with Eagle House also reprising their second place performance.
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| Sat, 08-Oct | SAE - Trinity, Newbury:
Another 100% score and a notable hat-trick for Adrian Archer-Lock.
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| Sun, 02-Oct | Under 9 Trial:
Roy Zhang continued his excellent start to the season with another unbeaten 6/6.
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| Sun, 02-Oct | Under 11 Trial:
James Holland picks up where he left off last season, and scores a perfect 6/6.
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| Sat, 01-Oct | SAE - Maiden Erlegh:
Adrian Archer-Lock remains unbeaten this season, and adds another trophy to his collection.
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| Sun, 25-Sep | NYCA Under 13:
An excellent team performance at this annual jamboree saw Berkshire finish just a single point short of a podium place.
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| Sat, 24-Sep | SAE - Polehampton:
Freddie Flintoff isn't the only one who knows how to score great sixes - Both Adrian Archer-Lock and Roy Zhang won the Open and Under 9 sections respectively with 6/6.
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