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Chess Scotland Juniors designed by kids, for kids! Smith and Williamson British Chess Championships Swansea 2006 This was a great year for the Scots. Jonathan Rowson won the Championship for the third year running!! Keti Arakhamia-Grant came second and won the Ladies’title. Calum MacQueen became the British U15 champion and Connor Woods won the U14 title. Lynsey Shovlin came 1^st= in the U100 (U1400) section. Steve Wright and Ali Roy came 1^st and 2^nd respectively in the Yates weekender and we had many other good results!! This event is always a social highlight for junior players and many friendships are forged along the way. It’s always brilliantly run and this year Alex MacFarlane did a wonderful job as chief arbiter ably assisted by Lara Barnes and the rest of the arbiting team. Here’s a picture story of the highlights. (The photos are by a variety of people – thanks to all!!) Everyone at Laser Quest (organised by Claire, Thilagini and Lynsey) Definitely one of the highlights of the events was Andrew’s um…interesting sense of fashion. During the tournament it was my sister, Claire’s 16^th birthday. Her beach party will be remembered for a very long time! Dancing!! Claire’s card from Joe Claire with her cake At the beach! Andrew isn’t the only poser!! Robbie standing tall ‘Mon the Scots!! Lynsey and Calum proudly Scottish! David flying the flag! Last but certainly not least, Keti Arakhamia-Grant and Jonathan Rowson doing Scotland proud… These photos by Lara Barnes