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Monday 23rd June
Chess Club

Regional Megafinal Success

The School’s Chess Club has rounded off a splendid year with participation in the UK Land Chess Challenge, now the world’s largest chess competition with around 75,000 competitors.  Last term we played the school-based rounds, as a result of which four players (Richard Herbert, Richard Christie, George Tomley and Sam Skubala) qualified for the regional Megafinal in Hereford.  . 

The Megafinal welcomed around 200 players from a large area of Wales and the English border counties.  Competition was keen and three of our players, Richard, Richard and George played around the mid-level of the tournament.  Sam Skubala was more successful still, scoring 4 out of 6 points and qualifying for the next stage of the tournament, the Northern semi-final (called the Gigafinal), in Manchester, which will take place in July.  We wish him every success!