We had a celebration at the club this morning of all our Essex Junior Chess Association Grand Prix trophy winners.
It was also a chance to congratulate everyone who played at Moulsham on 1st June.
The players pictured include Vidwath (U11 Essex Champion) and George (U18 Essex Champion).
It was brilliant to see about 40 of our members playing in the Essex Junior Chess Federation Summer Tournament at Moulsham Junior School on Sunday 1st June.
You can find the results here:
U9 - U9 Crosstable
U11 - U11 Crosstable
U18 Minor - U18 Minor Crosstable
U18 Open - U18 Open Crosstable
It was the final round of the EJCA Grand Prix which decided the Essex Champions.
There were some great results from CJCC players and also (equally pleasing) many playing in their first tournament.
Special congratulations to...
Joshua Buka - who won the U9 section with 6 out of 6.
Vidwath Turayi - Essex Under 11 Champion.
George Scola - Essex Under 18 Champion.
Please note that Chelmsford Junior Chess Club will be closed on the following dates.
Saturdays 7th June, 28th June, 19th July, 16th August, 23rd August.
Open as usual otherwise.
Chelmsford Junior Chess Club meets on Saturdays from 9.15am to 12.15pm
in Christ Church in London Road (CM2 0AW).
We meet (with the odd exception) every week.
The younger club (school years 1 to 5) meet from 9.15am to 10.45am.
The older club (school year 6 and above) from 10.45am to 12.15pm.
There is some flexibility within the group ages.
The cost is £5 per session attended, which will be a mix of playing and coaching.
Best Wishes
Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)
It was good to welcome 4 new players to the club today - Harry, Ethan, Harshvardhan and Toby.
It is a busy weekend of chess with the Essex Under 9s (including Joshua and Jacob) playing the National Association Finals today and with the Essex Megafinal in Colchester tomorrow.
Best Wishes
Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)
There was no chess club on Saturday 29th March because I was organising the English Chess Federation Primary Team Challenge at Brentwood Prep School.
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/primary-team-chess-challenge-2024-25/
On the same day the Essex Under 11 team (minus those at Brentwood) were taking part in the Inter-Association National Finals in Bolton. Essex would finish an excellent 4th.
There were plenty of CJCC players involved in both events.
Brentwood Prep School won the Primary Team Challenge ahead of St Cedd's. 10 teams from 6 schools took part.
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The Essex U19 Final was between KEGS and Brentwood School.
The winners would qualify for the National Final of the English School Championships in Nottingham in June.
There were current and former CJCC players on both teams (7 out of the 12 players) which gives the excuse to post this picture here.
Brentwood ran out 4-2 winners in a high quality and sportingly contested match. Congratulations to them.
Best Wishes
Robin (chelmsfordjuniorchess@gmail.com)
