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News Items for 2006-07
| Sat, 18-Aug | UK Chess Challenge Terafinal:
Some top prizes, and excellent results for all Berkshire entrants.
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| | Sun, 29-Jul | British Chess Championships:
A somewhat untypical British seaside holiday in Great Yarmouth - the weather was good; and so were many results for Berkshire juniors, including a British champion and a second place!
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| | Sat, 07-Jul | UK Chess Challenge Southern Gigafinal:
Results are finally in, and the 50 Berkshire entrants gained 3 Ultimo titles, and 6 further TeraFinal qualifying places.
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| | Sat, 23-Jun | Chess Kings Tournament:
Felix Ynojosa, Roy Zhang and Louise Head grab the top prizes.
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| | Sat, 09-Jun | National Girls Team Championships:
Trophies all round for an under 14 girls team (3 Berkshire players, plus 1 from Wiltshire).
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| | Sat, 12-May | Best EPSCA result for Under 11s as well!:
Following on from successes for the under 9, under 13 and Girls teams.
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| | Thu, 10-May | Under 9 Primary Schools Jamboree:
Almost everything that could go wrong, does, but the kids carry on as if nothing was amiss, bless'em.
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| | Mon, 07-May | UK Chess Challenge Berks Megafinal:
All results for the MegaFinal are now available.
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| | Sat, 28-Apr | Best ever EPSCA final result for Under 9s:
and silver medals for the reserves!
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| | Sat, 21-Apr | Under 13s Win ECF County Championships!:
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| | Sat, 24-Mar | Under 11 EPSCA Girls:
A big improvement from last season for Berkshire's Girl's team.
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| | Sat, 17-Mar | Under 11 EPSCA Zone:
Berkshire come 2nd with 41 / 60 behind only reigning champions Wey Valley.
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| | Sat, 10-Mar | Berkshire Under 9s runaway winners of the South West EPSCA Zonal:
This year victory was even more emphatic, with 29 points from a possible 36, 6 clear points ahead of the second place team.
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| | Sun, 04-Mar | Under 11 team match v. Buckinghamshire:
The Under 11 team continues its winning ways in the run-up to the EPSCA Zonal.
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| | Sun, 04-Mar | Under 14 event: Berks, Bucks, Hants & Surrey:
The Under 14 team finish their season with an excellent hard-fought win, including a rare win against Surrey.
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| | Sat, 24-Feb | Wiltshire and West of England Junior Congress:
After the successes in the South of England championships (see below), there were further excellent results in the West of England event.
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| | Sat, 24-Feb | SAE - St. Michael's:
A fourth trophy for Rachel Davey this season, and a first-time trophy winner in Kieran Brown.
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| | Sat, 10-Feb | UK Chess Challenge Qualifying Event:
UK Chess Challenge Qualifying event won convincingly by Venezuelan star.
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| | Sat, 03-Feb | SAE - Streatley Primary:
Rachel Davey wins her second SAE trophy of the season, defeating last year's winner, Robert Starley in the final round.
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| | Sat, 03-Feb | South of England Chess Championships:
Superb results for Berkshire's young players, winning two firsts and two seconds.
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| | Sun, 28-Jan | Under 11 event: Berks, Bucks, Hants and Sussex:
The Under 11 team continue their good form from last weekend against 3 more neighbouring counties.
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| | Sat, 27-Jan | All England Girls Championships (Western Region):
Rachel Davey wins the under U18/14/12 section.
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| | Sat, 27-Jan | SAE - Eagle House:
Playoffs galore and two new trophy winners for the season.
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| | Sun, 21-Jan | U11 and U9 team matches v. Wiltshire:
Excellent results for both the U11 and U9 teams in the annual fixture against Wiltshire.
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| | Sat, 20-Jan | SAE - St. Nicholas, Hurst:
Daniel Noel wins his fourth SAE of the season with a perfect 6 out of 6. Ben Smith wins his first trophy, taking the under 500 grade honours.
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| | Sat, 13-Jan | U11 Girls and Maidenhead Junior Tournaments:
Louise Head wins another trophy at Maidenhead.
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| | Sun, 07-Jan | Under 9 event: Berks, Bucks, Hants and Sussex:
Berkshire Under 9s win again.
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| | Sat, 06-Jan | SAE - Aldryngton:
Miserable weather conditions outside, but happy times inside for yet another new SAE winner this season: Robert Starley.
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| | Sat, 16-Dec | Maidenhead Junior Club Tournament:
Another three-way tie for first place...
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| | Sat, 09-Dec | SAE - Whiteknights:
A third trophy of the season for Daniel Noel, and a first ever trophy for William Foo.
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| | Sat, 09-Dec | London Junior Championships:
Some excellent results for those Berkshire Juniors who took part in this prestigious event.
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| | Sun, 26-Nov | Berkshire Junior Congress:
All results, with crosstabs, and reports from each section now available.
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| | Sun, 19-Nov | Under 9 team match v. Barnet:
Berkshire Under 9s comprehensively beat Barnet
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| | Sun, 19-Nov | NYCA Under 14:
A young Berkshire Under 14 team do themselves proud in their final event of the season.
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| | Sat, 18-Nov | Claires Court and Ridgeway Society Sixth Annual Chess Festival:
The promise of separate sections for each age group (with trophies for first and second), toasted sandwiches, and a School Trophy on offer prompted a large turnout.
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| | Sun, 12-Nov | Under 11 team match v. Buckinghamshire:
A resounding success against Bucks for the Under 11 team.
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| | Sat, 11-Nov | SAE - Upton House:
And in a packed programme, 4 separate events were run with a grand total of 59 players, in a variety of different formats.
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| | Sun, 05-Nov | Under 14 Team event: Berks, Surrey, Sussex:
With several higher board players unavailable, the under 14 team give it their all against strong sides from Surrey and Sussex.
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| | Sat, 04-Nov | Maidenhead Junior Club Tournament:
A three-way tie for first!
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| | Sat, 04-Nov | SAE - Checkendon:
A perfect 7 out of 7 for Sam Goodwin means he doesn't have to share the trophy for a change.
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| | Sat, 28-Oct | SAE - Caversham Primary:
Sam Goodwin and Ryan Chen fail to produce a blitz game result, so share first place in the Open Section. Peter Robinson bounces back from last week's event to take the Challengers Section trophy
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| | Sat, 21-Oct | SAE - Reading School:
Grizzled old veterans (some as old as 15!) lead the way in a high-quality field.
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| | Sun, 15-Oct | Bucks Junior Congress:
3 Berkshire players qualified for the London Juniors at the Bucks Junior Congress.
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| | Sun, 15-Oct | Under 14 Team event: Berks, Sussex, Kent and Barnet:
A nail-bitingly close second round saw Berkshire squeeze out a narrow victory over Kent, after a tough first round match against Barnet.
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| | Thu, 12-Oct | Primary Schools Jamboree:
With only one point separating the top four teams, it could hardly have been closer.
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| | Sun, 01-Oct | Under 9 Trial:
An encouragingly high entry to the Under 9 trial ensured that squad places had to be earned the hard way. An exciting last round left three players tied for first place with 5 points out of 6.
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| | Sun, 01-Oct | Under 11 Trial:
A good entry for the Under 11 trial as well. Several newcomers performed very well to claim a place in the squad, but the "usual suspects" made their experience tell, and held on to the top places.
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| | Sun, 24-Sep | NYCA Under 12 and Under 16:
Relatively young Berkshire teams battle hard against tough opposition.
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| | Sat, 23-Sep | SAE - Polehampton:
A new season of SAEs kicks off with a first win for Philip Archer-Lock.
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