ALDRO PLAYERS ENJOY THE I.A.P.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS

Over the Easter holidays over 100 players from all over the country took part in the 36th annual Prep School Chess Championships.

The standard of play was higher than usual in the Championship section and the individual and team competitions were very close again.

We had a strong team with only a few of our top players missing on holiday. The U.13 team came 2nd in the Hodgson Cup and the U.11 team were 3rd in the David Bull Cup. All 27 of our players from Jon Hall (captain) at the top the school down to our year 3 players playing for the first time enjoyed the tournament and the added extras such as the trip to Chessington World of Adventure and the simultaneous displays.

We did extremely well in both team competitions coming 2nd= in the U.13 age group and 3rd in the U11 age group. Silver medal winners included Jon Hall, Raunaq Cavet, Elliott Ghent, James Whitton and Robert Hewett, they were our top scoring players in the Championship this year.