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Liverpool Quadrangular Tournament 2007
Callum
Dickson
In Friday 7th
December 2007 the best U12, U14 and U16 players got on the same bus and went
down to Liverpool to represent Scotland in the Quadrangular chess tournament.
Unfortunately
the U12 did not have their top 3 ranked players Ian McDonald, Daniel Thomas
and Robert Childs leaving me to play on board 1.
9 of the 10
boards for the U12’s were new arrivals and hadn’t played for Scotland before,
the new players were Aaron Lewis, Peter Rainey, Alice Lampard,
Peter Sanders, Kiron Roy, Taylor Panton, Jonathon Blake, Ben he, and Conor
Mckay.
The first game
was against North England where we lost 7.5
– 2.5 to a much stronger side with a board 1 grade of 1464 compared to my
911. The winners for Scotland U12’s were Taylor Panton
and Ben He with Aaron Lewis getting a draw on board 2 – well done to these 3
players.
Our second game
was against English Midlands where we were beaten 6.5 – 3.5 again to a
stronger side who’s board 1 had a grade of 1576. The players who won were
Taylor Panton, Ben He and Conor
Mckay and our draw came from Alice Lampard on board 4 – well done again to these players.
On Saturday
night we had a team dinner and were told to go to bed at 10pm.
Our final game
was against Wales
and we probably went into this game as the stonger
team. The score finished 5-5 with the wins coming from Callum
Dickson, Alice Lampard, Ben He and Conor Mckay and the draws from
Peter Rainey and Taylor Panton. Well done to
everyone who took part.
I thank the U12’s
for voting me captain and I would like to congratulate the team for how many
points we got. Our top scorers were Ben He (3/3), Taylor Panton
(2.5/3) and Conor Mckay
(2/3). Thanks also to Donna Officer, Norrie and
Maureen Mathie, Andrew Green Calum
McQueen, Amy Officer and Blair Hawthorne for making sure we got there and
back safely.
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