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Hamilton Junior Congress Grand Prix

After Sunday’s heat, the leading scores in the Grand Prix are,

1st Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh / Jennifer Holland Bishopton 19.5

3rd Lewis Towle Bishopton 14

4th Ariuna Walker St Peters/ James Hartman Edinburgh 13.5

After 5 heats, 143  juniors have played at least one heat.

Final heat Sunday 22nd June.

Hamilton Junior Congress 8th December

Held in St Margaret’s Church Hall Airdrie on 8th Dec.

Under 300:

1st Liam Tang Woodhill PS/Lenzie Chess Academy 7/7

2nd Alex De Koning Glasgow Academy 6/7

3rd Ariuna Walker St Peters Edinburgh 5/7

Medals 50% and above:

4/7 Caitlin McIvor Cedarbank Livingston, Rachel Lamb Bishopton, Sophia Robertson Lenzie Chess Academy.

3.5/7 James Healy Bishopton, Aiden Cunningham Bothwell, William Lithgow Hamilton College, Andrew Killane Cedarbank.

UNDER 600:

1st Rebecca Lamb Bishopton 5/6

2nd Chris Wan Bishopbriggs Academy/Lenzie Chess Academy 5/6

3rd Jennifer Holland Bishopton 4.5/6

Medals for 50% and above:

4/6 Nathan Lunny Giffnock, Arran Ghosh Pentland Juniors

3/6 Adam Coyle Bishopton, Abhinav Datta St Cadocs, Sean O’Brien St Josephs, Marco D’Alessio Woodhill PS/Lenzie Chess Academy.

Over 600:

1st Ronald Coyne Tiger Cubs 4/5

2nd Siddharth Berera South Morningside 4/5

3rd Alex Keenan Airdrie Academy 3.5/5

3.5/5 Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh, Brodie Aitken Underbank,.

3/5 Benjamin Ridge Steiner School Edinburgh, Robert Davis James Gillespies.

2.5/5 Thomas Taylor Prestwick Juniors, Andrew McMillan Oban.

 

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress November Results

UNDER 300:

1st Chris Elliot Lenzie Chess Academy 7/7

2nd Saad Mahmood Mearns PS 5.5/7

3rd Katie Darroch Bishopton PS 5/7

Medals 50% and above:

5/7 Harry McKay Mearns PS

4/7 Jennifer Holland Bishopton, Greta Konovalova Lenzie Chess Academy, Andrew Forster Underbank, Ewan Stewart Mossneuk PS EK

3.5/7 Jack Hill Bishopton, Ross Murray Bishopton, Callum Walls St Marys Lanark, Alen Reji John Ogilvie HS, Jamie O’Boyle St Peters Edinburgh

UNDER 600:

1st Alen Shen Lenzie Chess Academy 6/6

2nd Matthew Ocytko James Gillespies 5/6

3rd Sarah Smith Alloway PS 4.5/6

Medals 50% and above:

4/6 Mairi Mulvanney Pentland Juniors, Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh, Felix Esche Edinburgh CC.

3.5/6 Alexander Nicolson Pentland Juniors, Rebecca Lamb Bishopton, Jonathan McKay Fort William.

3/6 Arran Ghosh Pentland Juniors, Owen Sutherland Bishopton, Adam Coyle Bishopton, Daniel Smith Bishopton, Sean O’Brien St Josephs Blantyre, Beth McAlister Trinity HS, Sambhav Chadha Glasgow Academy, James Norwood Bishopton, Thomas Campbell St Brides.

OVER 600:

1st Rachel Smith Belmont HS Ayr 4.5/5

2nd Ross Heenan Grangemouth 4/5

3rd Alex Keenan Airdrie Academy 4/5

 

Medals 50% and above:

4/5 Connor Allan St John the Baptist PS Uddingston, Agnijo Bannerjee Dundee.

3/5 Julia Ocytko James Gillespies, Tom Laing Prestwick, Siddharth Berera South Morningside.

2.5/5 Robert Pirrie South Morningside, Euan Dunbar High School of Glasgow, James Hartman Edinburgh, Benjamin Ridge Tiger Cubs.

 

 

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress 15th September Results

Held in St Margaret’s Church Hall , Airdrie on 15th September.

54 entries, including 18 Secondary Pupils.

Under 300:

1st Stefan McDermott St Peters Edinburgh 6.5/7

2nd Daniel Smith Bishopton 6/7

3rd James Douglas Shemilt High School of Glasgow 5.5/7

Medals:

4/7 Jenny Holland Bishopton

3.5/7 Toby Bleakley Kilwinning

Ariuna Walker St Peters Edinburgh

Under 600:

1st Alex Keenan Airdrie Academy 5/6

2nd Robbie McKichan Prestwick 5/6

3rd Yvonne Zhou Lenzie Chess Academy 4.5/6

Medals:

4/6 Nathan Lunny St Angelas

James Norwood Bishopton

Liam Wilson St John the Baptist

Archie Kemp Bruntsfield

Rebecca Lamb Bishopton

Sambhav Chadha Glasgow Academy

3.5/6 James Hartman Edinburgh

3/6 Adam Coyle Bishopton

Carrick Simpson Hamilton College

Euan Wallace Cumbernauld

Beth McAlister Trinity HS

Aaran Ghosh Pentland Hills Junior CC

Andrew Menzies Bishopton

Sarah Elizabeth Smith Irvine

Oishani Dutta Broomhill

Jonathan McKay North Juniors

Over 600:

1st Ross Keenan Grangemouth 5.5/6

2nd Sarah Lorna Smith Irvine 4.5/6

3rd Euan Dunbar High School of Glasgow

Medals:

4/6 Joe McKie John Ogilvie HS

Tom Laing Prestwick CC

3.5/6 Jan Van Heese Cardinal Newman HS

3/6 John Morrison Bruntsfield

Andrew Bleakley Kilwinning

Aaron Millar Hamilton College

Advaith Sastry BearsdenCC