18-08-2012, 11:59 AM
Linda and everyone,
I'd just like to go over some of the background for Mureck. Roughly back in August last year Hamish approached Paul and told him he had just retired and wanted to help in junior chess. A guy who was a deputy head, great with children, we were delighted to have him on board. Now we started looking at the major events of 2013. Paul decided that he would go to the Euroyouth, I would go to the World Youth and we thought Hamish would be great for the EU youth at Mureck. This was based on past events there. Mureck is a good event but it's not nearly as strong as the other two. The players that go tend to be not the strongest players in their country but are still good players. Mureck only gives funded accommodation for a boy OR girl at u8,u10,u12,u14 plus one coach/head of delegation. We have only sent one coach/head of delegation there in the past. The players that travelled,
Robert Pirrie-Has been working with Hugh Brechin for some time now and recently qualified for the Terafinal, a fantastic achievement
Kirsty McCusker- Was being coached by Adam Bremner (not sure if she still is)- Had a great season and her grade rose by over 400 points
Stuart Wynne- Coached by Clement Sreeves. Had a great result in the EK open, followed by winning the weekend minor at the Scottish Championships
Andrew McCusker- Coached by Andrew Green. Started off the season in the Marymass reserve section and worked his way up through all levels winning a major and a challengers on the way before playing in the full Scottish championships.
All of these players had a 2000+ class player working with them for some considerable time before Mureck.
If we had sent a coach in addition to Hamish it would have cost the CS budget something in the order of £900. We really couldn't justify this based on the number of players travelling. We thought Hamish would be of great help to Robert and Kirsty and perhaps to a lesser extent Stuart. I accept that Andrew's incredible improvement last season put him beyond Hamish's coaching scope. Hope this is helpful,
Robin.
I'd just like to go over some of the background for Mureck. Roughly back in August last year Hamish approached Paul and told him he had just retired and wanted to help in junior chess. A guy who was a deputy head, great with children, we were delighted to have him on board. Now we started looking at the major events of 2013. Paul decided that he would go to the Euroyouth, I would go to the World Youth and we thought Hamish would be great for the EU youth at Mureck. This was based on past events there. Mureck is a good event but it's not nearly as strong as the other two. The players that go tend to be not the strongest players in their country but are still good players. Mureck only gives funded accommodation for a boy OR girl at u8,u10,u12,u14 plus one coach/head of delegation. We have only sent one coach/head of delegation there in the past. The players that travelled,
Robert Pirrie-Has been working with Hugh Brechin for some time now and recently qualified for the Terafinal, a fantastic achievement
Kirsty McCusker- Was being coached by Adam Bremner (not sure if she still is)- Had a great season and her grade rose by over 400 points
Stuart Wynne- Coached by Clement Sreeves. Had a great result in the EK open, followed by winning the weekend minor at the Scottish Championships
Andrew McCusker- Coached by Andrew Green. Started off the season in the Marymass reserve section and worked his way up through all levels winning a major and a challengers on the way before playing in the full Scottish championships.
All of these players had a 2000+ class player working with them for some considerable time before Mureck.
If we had sent a coach in addition to Hamish it would have cost the CS budget something in the order of £900. We really couldn't justify this based on the number of players travelling. We thought Hamish would be of great help to Robert and Kirsty and perhaps to a lesser extent Stuart. I accept that Andrew's incredible improvement last season put him beyond Hamish's coaching scope. Hope this is helpful,
Robin.