Manchester entered three teams in the Junior 4NCL at Daventry 28/29th September.

Best overall result must be Thisumi Jayawarna of Heywood with 4.5/5 but everybody scored positively. Honourable mentions for Ethan Gardiner (Three C’s) who held his opponent (graded 177) to a draw in the last round and Rowan Eccleston (Bolton) who also scored 4.5

The A team played in the A division and came joint 4th (7th on tie breaks) The B and C teams played in the second division and came 18th and 19th respectively. Most of our players recorded results at 50% or above.

Results can be seen at chess-results.com

It was good to see a Three C’s team in the B Division and perhaps we can collaborate over entries in the next match which is:

19/20th January 2019 in Solihull

Any MCF Juniors with a grade in the range 60-140 who would like to play contact Julian Clissold at julian.clissold@outlook.com

Pictures of the children in the fifth round

Big thanks to parents who supported the event but in particular to Vic Pelling from Heywood who helped organise the children.

Manchester A Team

Niamh Bridgeman

Ethan Gardiner (Three C’s)

Tarini Jayawardena (Heywood)

Kyle Pelling (Heywood)

Nethuli Saram (C&NW)

Manchester B Team

Rebecca Correa (Three C’s)

Thisumi Jayawarna (Heywood)

William Fairclough (Bolton)

Bryony Eccleston (Bolton)

Sam Hunt (Bolton)

Manchester C Team

Ivan Prikazcikov

Edward Correa (Three C’s)

Edward Jackson (Three C’s)

Alex Gardiner (Three C’s)

Rowan Eccleston (Bolton)