The Chess Scotland Scottish Schools Individual Chess Championship was held at George Heriots School on April 15th 2007 in association with the Edinburgh Chess Congress.
Chess Scotland is delighted to announce that the Association of Certified Public Accountants has undertaken to sponsor the Scottish Schools Individual Chess Championship for 3 years. We were very pleased to welcome Mr Kevin Henry, Chief Executive of the Association of Certified Public Accountants, when he attended the opening ceremony: especially in view of the fact that he undertook a 600 mile detour to come to Edinburgh! Mr Henry said “we are pleased to be entering into this relationship with Chess Scotland, supporting the youth of Scotland in a worthy, intellectual pursuit, such as chess.”
The Scottish Schools Individual Chess Championship is the culmination of eleven primary and secondary qualifying chess tournaments that were held throughout the year across Scotland including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Perth and Glenrothes – these involved 500 children who played over 3000 games of chess! A record breaking one hundred and ten competitors from all over Scotland travelled to Edinburgh to battle over the board in their attempt to become the Scottish Schools Individual P5 and Under, P6/7 or Secondary chess champion. As every entrant had qualified for this event on merit, all players received a medal with trophies being awarded to the top 10 players. Robin Harper (former MSP) continued his steadfast support of junior chess in Scotland by awarding the children with their trophies and medals. The champions and top finishers in each section were:
P5 and Under section Scottish Schools P5 and Under Individual Champion – Kiron Roy, Kinross Primary School
2nd place – Max Allison, James Gillespie’s Primary School
3rd place – Benjamin He, Sciennes Primary School
4th place – Camas Miller, Belah Primary School
5th place – Daniel Marron, Holy Family Primary School
6th place – Stefan Robertson, James Gillespie’s Primary School
7th place – Zak Roy, St Cuthbert’s Primary School
8th place – Fergus Skillen, South Morningside Primary School
9th place – Ian Tait, Auchterarder Primary School
10th place – Caelan Lekuse, South Morningside Primary School
P6/7 section
Scottish Schools P6/7 Individual Champion – Jamie Scott, South Morningside Primary School
2nd place – Andrew McLaughlin, Bishopton Primary School
3rd place – Ross Black, Jordanhill Primary School
4th place – Sarat Roy, Kinross Primary School
5th place – Iain Ross, Markinch Primary School
6th place – Adam Shannon, Dollar Academy
7th place – Ross Hannah, Bonaly Primary School
8th place – Emma Grant, Newtownhill Primary School
9th place – Aaron Lewis, Primary School
10th place – Jonathan Blake, Home School
Secondary section
Scottish Schools Secondary Individual Champion – Cosmo Grant, The Glasgow Academy
2nd place – Scott Jordan, Giffnock Chess Club
3rd place – Nicholas Blake, Home School
4th place – Anton Laptev, St Leonards
5th place – Adam Brand, Craigmount High School
6th place – David Shenton, Home School
7th place – Shona Jordan, Giffnock Chess Club
8th place – Aletia McCulloch, Shawlands Academy
9th place – Ecsher Mills, James Gillespie’s High School
10th place – Andrew Smith,
I am very grateful indeed to all those who helped make the tournament run so smoothly (despite the technical glitch with the PA system!) including Donna and Clare Officer, Brenda Hughes, Dave Taylor, Lloyd Hughes, Owen Hughes and Derek Mills.
Report by Jeremy Hughes
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Kevin Henry (right), Chief Executive of the Association of Certified Public Accountants, at the opening ceremony with the Championship organiser Jeremy Hughes (left) |
Robin Harper (former MSP), addresses the crowd at the award ceremony with Donna Officer (Chess Scotland Junior International Director) behind. |
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Let battle commence! |
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The trophy and medal winners of the P5 and Under section |
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The trophy and medal winners of the P6/P7 section |
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The trophy and medal winners of the secondary section |