In the last week of Term 1, Coromandel Valley took part in the Term 1 Southern Zone Chess Tournament. It was a new look team for 2021, with 8 of our 12 competitors - Julian B, Eli D, Tilly G, Charles M, Thomas M, Daniel S, Joseph S and  Lily Z - competing for the very first time, with 5 of them in only year 2 and 3.

6 schools and 66 students took part, with the Coro team competing well, and in the mix for a top 3 position all tournament.  Going into the last round, Coro were sitting in 3rd place, but a tough final round saw us fall a little behind to miss out on a medal by just 2 points.

We had some excellent individual results, with Daniel, Ewan and Lily our top placed players, scoring 4 points from their 7 games to each finish in equal 17th place.   10 of our 12 students have set themselves a new personal best to try and beat at their next tournament.   Not only did the team play well, but they all showed good sportsmanship, so congratulations to all of our students for representing our school so well.

Huge thanks to Kerry Coghlan, Kerry Ettridge and Jeff Zweck for assisting with transport and enabling our students to take part.   Without your help it would not have been possible to have our team compete.

The Chess Club continues to meet on Monday lunchtimes, and anyone is welcome to come along.  It would be great to see some new faces.