After 3 terms of preliminary zone tournaments involving 24 schools from across the state, Coromandel Valley PS qualified as one of the seven teams to take part in the SA State Titles. Our qualifying rank allowed us to enter 4 students, with Dexter, Hamish, Jackson and Nathan making the long trip to Salisbury East to take part. 

With only the best schools making it to the finals, and with some of the schools qualifying up to 12 players, it was always going to be a tough assignment, but our Coro team played exceptionally well. A total of 61 students took part, and it was an extremely close competition for the top 3 podium spots with Whitefriars Catholic School earning the State Champions title with a score of 23.0 from St Martins School by just 0.5 of a point, with Burnside Primary a further 0.5 point behind to take 3rd place.   Coromandel Valley was caught in a battle for 4th place with with3 other schools, but a tough final round of games saw us finish in 6th place with a score of 17.0 points.

    Hamish             5.0

    Dexter              4.5

    Jackson            4.0

    Nathan             3.5

Coromandel Valley has had an extremely successful year in chess, finishing 2nd, 3rd and 3rd in their term zone-based tournaments, and 4th in the recent Girls Only tournament.  To finish 6th at State Titles, from the 24 schools that took part across the year, is an amazing effort. Well done to all the Coro students who have taken part in tournaments across the year.