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The 2009 Under 9 team Last year, the Staffordshire Under 9 team went to Nottingham for the EPSCA Northern Zone Championships and finished 5th.
Could they do even better this year?
On Saturday March 13, this year's northern zone championships were again held at Nottingham High School.
Like last year, the "Staffordshire" team included the top 14 players from the combined Birmingham and Staffordshire areas.
The team that went to Nottingham were:
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Aloysius Lip |
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Ashwin Kalyana |
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Matthew Fergusson |
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Eddie Tracis |
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Jivan Mann |
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James Draper |
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Aaron Vitarana |
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Vishal Aurora |
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Andre German |
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Daniel Holland |
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Skye Wiggins |
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Jacob Boswell |
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Amil Mohammed |
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Aroun Kalyana |
Those players were selected because of their performance in school, local and national competitions.
The team just after the players had been presented with their bronze medals.
In Nottingham, our team gave an outstanding performance and the standard of play was very high - particularly on the top three boards.
During the championships every player scored at least one point and James Draper achieved a perfect score of 3 wins from 3 games.
The team finished with a total score of 22 points out of 36, securing third place.
Bronze medals were presented to every player on the team.
Finishing third means the team has qualified for the finals in Northampton.
Those finals will be held on 25 April, and every one of those bronze medal winning players has been invited to play.
Good Chess
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