Coromandel Valley recently took part in the Southern Zone Interschool Chess Tournament.   We had 11 students representing the school - Amelia, Finn, Hamish, Isla, Jackson, Jake, Piper, Reuben, Sahishnu, Shravenn and Tyler.

The Southern Zone tournament is always a tough competition, and our students all played very well and represented their school admirably.

The Coro team were very competitive across the whole tournament, finishing in 3rd place on 18 points, behind St Martin de Porres (21.5) and Immanuel Primary (18.5), earning bronze medals for our top 4 competitors.  

The entire Coro team did exceptionally well, and I was extremely proud of both their efforts and their sportsmanship.   8 of our 11 players either equalled or set a new personal best tournament score.   Special mention to

- Finn who finished in 3rd place, with 6 wins from his 7 games. 

- Piper who took out the trophy for the highest placed female competitor, a fabulous achievement for a year 2!

- Hamish who was competing in his very tournament

A huge thanks to Shannon Rose-Husson and Carrie Julian for assisting in transporting the team.

The Chess Club continues to meet on Monday lunchtime in the Mr Johnson's classroom, and anyone is welcome to come along.

David Shaw