Berkshire County Team Trial

50th Berkshire Junior Championship

Annual Pairs Tournament and Grand Prix Presentation

Under 18 Girls Team event: Berks, Wilts, Somerset

South of England Junior Chess Championships

Berkshire squad training match

24 players from 13 different schools competed at this year's St. Michael's School SAE. Top seed Rachel Davey won the Major trophy with a perfect 6/6 for the second time this year. Second was William Foo, who only lost to Rachel on his way to a 5/6 score, while Florence Mitchell scored 4½ points to claim third place. First and third placings for the girls represents the best ever SAE result for "girl power"!

The Minor trophy, for the best result for a player graded under 500, was won by Kieran Brown from the host school. Kieran scored 3½ points to claim his first SAE trophy, winning or drawing against a number of well established Berkshire players along the way. Dominic Haederle was runner up with 2½ points, in front of a four-way tie for third.