21 schools from across the state took part in zone qualifying tournaments across the year, with Coromandel Valley one of the 11 primary schools making it through to the State Championships.  From the qualifying tournaments, Coromandel Valley was able to enter 5 players, with Finn, Hamish, Jackson, Shravenn and Tyler, taking their place amongst the 77 competitors.

With only the best primary school chess players taking part, it was always going to be a tough competition, and Coro did exceptionally well.   After 8 rounds of play, East Marden Primary took out the State Championships with a score of 21.5.   Coromandel Valley were just 3 points behind and finished in 6th place.   Our individual results were:

    =14^th  Hamish                 5.0 points

    =14^th  Finn                       5.0 points

    =33^rd  Jackson                4.0 points

    =33^rd  Tyler                      4.0 points

    =63^rd  Shravenn             2.5 points

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