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New Junior Club Monday Nights

From Monday 29th August the junior club will meet in Bothwell Community Centre every Monday night from 6pm till 8pm. The Cambuslang Junior club will reopen on Tuesday 23rd August in St Brides PS Cambuslang from 6-8pm.

Both clubs will offer graded games, friendly games, coaching and fun activities like doubles, dice and mad chess etc.

The summer club will continue on Thursday nights till 25th August from 7-9pm in Bothwell Community Centre.

The club will reopen in Bothwell Bowling Club on Thursday 22nd September. Junior graded under 500 from 6-7pm with the adult club and junior section of adult club 7pm onwards.

Juniors are welcome to join one or more of the 3 clubs.

Michael.

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress Results 19th June

UNDER 300:

1st  Gia Kohli High School of Glasgow/ Lenzie Chess Academy 5/7

2nd Zayd Khan High School of Glasgow 5/7

3rd Michael Moroz High School of Glasgow 5/7

      ( all first = split on tiebreak)

 

Medals for 50% and above:

4/7 Aiden Cunningham Bothwell PS

        Sai Ritvik Dugyala Dalry PS Edinburgh

        Luke Fulton St Brides PS Cambuslang

       Kai McAlroy Lanark CC

       David Simpson Rockfield PS Oban

       Mitchell Mackie Bellshill CC

 

UNDER 600:

 1st Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 5.5/7

2nd Justin Choi Lenzie Chess Academy 5/7

3rd Koray Ordukaya St Brides PS Cambuslang 4.5/7

 

Medals for 50% and Above:

4/7 Ethan Palmer East Kilbride CC

 

3.5/7 Florence Wilson Flora Stevenson PS Edinburgh

            Robbie Smith Bellshill CC

 

Over 600:

 1st Matthew Billcliff Lenzie Chess Academy 4.5/5

2nd Kalyan Kante Bon Accord CC 3/5

3rd Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 3/5

 

Medals for 50% and Above:

3/5 Sam Cook Menstrie PS/ Stirling CC

        Carl Kang Stirling CC

       ( all 4 finished 2nd equal, split on tiebreak)

 

2.5/5  Chelsea Liang Fettes Cottage Edinburgh

             Sahib Kohli High School of Glasgow/ Lenzie Chess Academy

 

www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk Grand Prix:

 1st Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy

       With 31 points winning the £50 prize.

 

Michael.

 

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress Sunday 8th May Results

Under 300:

1st Asirini Parakramawansha Woodhill PS/Lenzie Chess Academy 6/7

2nd Robert Smith Whithorn PS Newton Stewart 5.5/7

3rd Gia Kohli High School of Glasgow/Lenzie Chess Academy 5/7

 

Medals for 50% and above:

4.5/7 Pranav Aluri Our Lady of The Missions PS Giffnock, Victoria Smith Whithorn PS Newton Stewart, Pragna Aluri Our Lady of the Missions PS Giffnock.

 

Under 600:

1st Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy / Hamilton CC 8/8

2nd Alex Sevic High School of Glasgow/ Lenzie Chess Academy 5.5/8

3rd Koray Ordukaya St Brides PS Cambuslang 5.5/8

 

Medals for 50% and Above:

5/8 Rajandeep Singh St Aloysius PS Chapelhall, Emma Heron Holy Cross PS Croy/Hamilton CC

4.5/8 Abhi Reddy St Aloysius PS Chapelhall/ Hamilton CC, Tavish Gangwani Hutcheson Grammar/Hamilton CC

 

Over 600:

1st Mark Heron Holy Cross PS/Hamilton CC 5/5

2nd Sahib Kohli High School of Glasgow/Lenzie Chess Academy 4/5

3rd= Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy/Hamilton CC & Matthew Billcliff Lenzie Chess Academy

 

New leading scores in www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk Grand Prix:  £50 prize to the leader after last round on 19/6.

1st Sophie Heron 25.5 points

2nd Sahib Kohli 21.5 points

3rd Abhiram Reddy 20.5 points

4th= Emma Heron & Liam Heron 20 points

 

A total of 122 different juniors have played in this seasons Hamilton Junior Congress so far.

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress 6th December Results

UNDER 300:

1st Emma Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 5/6

2nd Arran Wallace Holy Cross PS Croy 5/6

3rd Grace Sutherland Bishopton PS 5/6

Medals for 50% and above:

5/6 Luke Volland Muckhart PS

( All the above finished 1st= and where split on tie-break (S-B scores were 21, 20, 18.5, 12.5))

4.5/6 Tavish Gangwani Hutcheson Grammar

4/6 Aiden Cunningham Bothwell PS, Cathy Madsen Bearsden CC, Gia Kohli Lenzie Chess Academy, Lewis Stirling St Aloysius College, Tommy Turner St Brides PS Bothwell, Carolina Espinosa Cancino Sacred Heart PS Girvan.

3.5/6 Alex Sevic High School of Glasgow

3/6 Lucia D’Alessio Lenzie Chess Academy, Zayd Khan High School of Glasgow, Alexander Webster Lenzie Chess Academy, Pranav Aluri Our Lady of the Missions PS Giffnock

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UNDER 600:

1st Anton Sigurdarson Sciennes PS Edinburgh 6/6

2nd Murdo McLaurin Wardie PS / Fettes College Edinburgh CC 5/6

3rd Richard Zheng St Peters PS Edinburgh 3.5/6

Medals for 50% and above:

3.5/6 Alina Tang Lenzie Chess Academy, Luke Wilson Hamilton College, Abhiram Reddy St Aloysius PS Chapelhall.  ( all were 3rd= but trophy decided on S-B tie-break)

3/6 Declan McClelland Lanark CC, Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy, Koray Ordukaya St Brides PS Cambuslang, Alex Brimlow Cumbernauld CC

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OVER 600:

1st Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 4/6

2nd Matthew Billcliff Lenzie Chess Academy 4/6

3rd Martin Murphy Cumbernauld CC 4/6

( all were 1st= but split on tie-break) ( S-B scores were 12.25, 12.25, 11)

( on second tiebreak Liam and Matthew drew!!, thanks again to Matthew for offering to take 2nd place trophy, he will get another plaque with first place on it)

Medals for 50% and above:

3.5/6 Sergi MacKinlay-Vich Sciennes PS Edinburgh, Misha Ruzov Tiger Cubs Edinburgh, Mark Heron Holy Cross PS Croy.

( ONLY HALF A POINT BETWEEN TOP 6!!)

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Hamilton Junior Congress Grand Prix ( sponsored by www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk)

17.5 points Sahib Kohli & Sophie Heron

16.5 points Liam Heron & Marc Lees

16 points Abhiram Reddy

15 points Emma Heron & Tavish Gangwani

Total of 111 players.

Hamilton Congress Grand Prix

 

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress 15th November Results

UNDER 300:

1st Florence Wilson Flora Stevenson PS Edinburgh 6/7

2nd Joseph Lawlor St Peters PS Edinburgh 5.5/7

3rd = Tavish Gangwani Hutcheson Grammar Glasgow 5/7

Alexander Webster Lenzie Chess Academy

(Tavish won tiebreak for trophy by 20-18 points, alexander got a medal)

Medals for 50% and above:

4.5/7 Alex Sevic High School of Glasgow, Declan McClelland Lanark CC

4/7 Gia Kohli Lenzie Chess Academy , Tommy Turner St Brides PS Bothwell, Emma Heron Holy Cross PS Croy, Alex Petrie Hamilton College, Abhi Reddy St Aloysius PS Chapelhall

3.5/7 Carolina Espinosa Cancino Girvan PS , Brohdan Nicol-Wood Fernhill School Rutherglen

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UNDER 600:

1st Sahib Kohli Lenzie Chess Academy 7/7

2nd Sam Cook Menstrie PS 6/7

3rd Bruce Kerr Mearns PS Newton Mearns 5/7

Medals for 50% and above:

4/7 Aidan Clarke St Peters PS Edinburgh, Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy, Michael Currie Braidbar PS Giffnock

3.5/7 Luke Wilson Hamilton College

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Over 600:

1st Marc Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang 5.5/6

2nd Chelsea Liang Fettes College Edinburgh 5/6

3rd Callum Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang 4.5/6

Medals for 50% and above:

3/6 Martin Murphy Cumbernauld CC, Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy

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Leading scores in www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk Grand Prix

  1. Marc Lees 16.5 points
  2. Sahib Kohli 15 points
  3. Sophie Heron 14.5 points
  4. = Abhiram Reddy  & Liam Heron 12.5 points

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Hamilton Junior Congress October 24th Results

UNDER 300:

1st Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 5/6

2nd Abhiram Reddy St Aloysius PS Chapelhall 5/6

3rd Rajandeep Singh St Aloysius PS Chapelhall 5/6

Medals for 50% and above:

4 points, Joseph Lawlor St Peters Edinburgh, Moira Douglass Bishopton, Fergus Currie High School of Glasgow, Daniel Mazzei St Peters Edinburgh

3.5 Points, Racheal Lamb Bishopton, Emma Heron Holy Cross PS Croy, Tommy Turner St Brides Bothwell, Alexander Webster Lenzie Chess Academy.

3 Points, Aidan Hetherington Lenzie Chess Academy, Tavish Gangwani Hutcheson Grammar Glasgow, Declan McLelland Lanark CC.

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UNDER 600: 4/6

1st Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 5.5/6

2nd Sahib Kohli High School of Glasgow/ Lenzie Chess Academy 4/6

3rd Aidan Chim Lenzie Chess Academy 4/6

Medals for 50% and above:

4 Points Alasdair Sandham Low Port PS Edinburgh

3.5 Points Jack Nobile Calderglen HS East Kilbride, Ivan McDougal Calderglen HS East Kilbride, Murdo McLaurin Fettes College Edinburgh

3 Points Koray Ordukaya St Brides Cambuslang, Aidan Clarke St Peters Edinburgh

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OVER 600:

1st Marc Lees St Brides Cambuslang 4.5/6

2nd Callum Lees St Brides Cambuslang 4.5/6

3rd William Lithgow Hamilton College 4/6

Medals for 50% and above:

4 Points Ritvik Maheshwari High School of Glasgow/Lenzie Chess Academy, Aditya Hegde Bon Accord Aberdeen

3 Points Sambhav Chadha Glasgow Academy, Mark Heron Holy Cross PS Croy

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www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk Grand Prix Leaderboard for £50 1st prize

1st Marc Less 11 Points

2nd Sophie Heron 10.5 points

3rd Liam Heron 9.5 points

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Hamilton Junior Congress Results 13th September 2015

Under 300:

1st Sophie Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 5.5/6

2nd Alina Tang Lenzie Chess Academy 4.5/6

3rd Rajandeep Singh St Aloysious PS Chapelhall 4/6

Medals for 50% and above:

4/6 Alex Brimlow Cumbernauld CC , Kona Whitelaw Hamilton College ( both were 3rd= but lost out on tiebreak)

3.5/6 Abhiram Reddy St Aloysious PS Chapelhall , Asirini Parakrawansha Lenzie Chess Academy, Campbell Petrie Hamilton College

3/6 Tommy Turner St Brides Bothwell, Arran Wallace Holy Cross PS Croy, Isabel Bolder Bishopton

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Under 600:

1st Martin Murphy Cumbernauld CC 5/6

2nd Mark Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 5/6

3rd Chelsea Liang Fettes College Edinburgh 4/5

Medals for 50% and above:

4/6 Salib Kohli High School of Glasgow, Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy, David Buchanan Glasgow Academy ( all 3rd= but lose out on Tiebreak)

3.5/6 Ryan Brannigan St Brides PS Cambuslang

3/6 Jack Lewis Holy Cross PS Croy, Philip Inglis Kingsland PS Peebles, Justin Choi Lenzie Chess Academy, Jack Hill Bishopton

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Over 600:

1st Marc Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang 6.5/7

2nd Zoe Ng Lenzie Chess Academy 6/7

3rd William Lithgow Hamilton College 5/7

Medal for 50% :

3.5/7 Ritvik Maheshwari High School of Glasgow

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Leading scores in www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk  Grand Prix for the £50 first prize:

Marc Lees 6.5 points

Zoe Ng 6 points

Sophie Heron 5.5 Points

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Hamilton Junior Congress Sunday 29th March Results

Under 300:

1st Max Gallagher St Marks PS Hamilton 6/7

2nd Liam Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 4.5/7

3rd Mark Heron Holy Cross PS Croy 4.5/7

Under 600:

1st Martin Murphy Cumbernauld CC 5/7

2nd Skye Aitken Hamilton College 5/7

Over 600:

1st Marc Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang 6/7

2nd Dominic McGee St Brides PS Cambuslang 5/7

3rd= William Lithgow Hamilton College, Nathan Deane St Brides PS Cambuslang 4/7

Medal for 50%:

3.5/7 Callum Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang

Lanarkshire Championship Results Saturday 31st January

Primary 2 & Under:

1st Michael Joyce Holy Cross PS Croy

2nd Niamh Kiernan St John the Baptist PS Uddingston

Primary 5 & Under:

1st Callum Lees st Brides PS Cambuslang7/8

2nd= Skye Aitken Hamilton College, Luke Joyce Holy Cross PS Croy, Jack Lewis Holy Cross PS Croy

Medals for 50% and above:

4/8 Kona Whitelaw Hamilton College, Joshua Kiernan St John the Baptist PS Uddingston, Aiden Cunningham Bothwell PS, Cole Taylor St Elizabeths PS Hamilton.

5/8 Nathaneal Lewis Holy Cross PS Croy

Primary:

1st Brodie Aitken Hamilton College 6.5/7

2nd Marc Lees St Brides PS Cambuslang 6/7

3rd= Nathan Deane St Brides PS Cambuslang, Ciaran Sutherland St Brides PS Cambuslang 3/7

Secondary:

1st William Lithgow Hamilton College

2nd Martin Murphy Cumbernauld CC

3rd Hannah Ord Hamilton College

Held in St Margarets Church Hall Airdrie

 

 

 

Hamilton Junior Congress October 5th Results

Under 300:

1st Jack Lewis Holy Cross PS 7.5/8

2nd Lewis Ng Lenzie Chess Academy 5.5/8

3rd Aiden Cunningham Bothwell PS 5/8

Medals for 50% and above:

4.5/8 Nathaniel Lewis Holy Cross

Under 600:

1st Dominic McGee St Brides PS 7.5/8

2nd Philip Inglis Flora Stevenson PS 6/8

3rd Vincent Wan Lenzie Chess Academy 5/8

Medal for 50% and above:

5/8 William Lithgow Hamilton College

Over 600:

1st Chris Wan Lenzie Chess Academy 4.5/5

2nd Lukah Connolly Sams Edinburgh CC 4/5

3rd Marco D’Alessio Lenzie Chess Academy 4/5

Medals for 50% and above:

3.5/5 Joe McKie John Ogilvie HS

3/5 Jan Van Heese Caldervale HS,  Nandini Dutta St Margarets HS, Andrew McMillan Oban.

2.5/5 Oishani Dutta Broomhill PS.

Leading scores in www.helpfriendssavemoney.co.uk Grand Prix:

9.5 Lewis Ng

9 William Lithgow

8 Joe McKie

7.5 Dominic McGee, Jack Lewis.

 

Michael.