Sunday
19th June 2005
Beatrix Potter Centre, Birnam
report by Lynsey Shovlin
The event took place at the Beatrix Potter Centre. This
excellent venue has hosted us for the past few years,
with its excellent modern and friendly facilities.
The format of the event is all players play in one
section and are later split into their respective
categories for prizes. Team prizes are awarded to the
top 4 scoring players in each team which can consist of
any number of players. This year some teams not
containing 4 players were made up with the combination
of 2 clubs.
There were many interesting and close fought games for
the titles. As an addition this year all players
returned home with a rosette of participation. This will
hopefully encourage and help to promote and generate
interest among youngsters in the game.
A
special mention goes to the girls from Aberdeen Chess
Academy. The Academy is run under the guidance of David
Leslie. The project has received enormous praise and
achieved many positive results including the northern
girl's having proudly retained their Scottish Girls
Primary Team Championship Title for the past 4 years.
The girls have been an asset to the event with their
friendly attitudes and now have their eyes upon the
Secondary Title.
Winners on the day were:
Scottish Girls Primary 5 and Under Individual:
1st Laura Ryan 3 (Fair City)
2nd Emma Grant 2˝ (Newtonhill)
3
rd Louise Cameron 2˝ (South Morningside)
Scottish Girls Primary Individual:
1st Rhian Hughes 4˝ South Morningside
2nd Samantha George 4 Aberdeen Chess Academy
3rd Hannah Hopkins 4 Aberdeen Chess Academy
Scottish Girls Secondary Individual:
1st Lynsey Shovlin 4˝ Fair City
2nd Jennifer Emery 4 Stonehaven
3
rd Natalie Donohue 4 Bankton
Scottish Girls Primary Teams:
1st Aberdeen Chess Academy 14pts
Samantha George
Hannah Hopkins
Maryann MacDonald
Gail Rennie
2nd South Morningside 12pts
Rhian Hughes
Kirsten Vipond
Louise Cameron
Florence Edwards
3rd
Fair City & Newtonhill 9˝pts
Laura Ryan
Nicola Emery
E mma Grant
Carol Ryan
Scottish
Girls Team and Individual Championships
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