Junior Chess Tournament

Chess Tournament

On 5 August 2009 the Zone Chess Tournament was held at Halswell School. Springston School entered a chess team into the A grade. The team included Andrew, William, Mollie and Alice.
When we got there, we were told the rules and that there was a team of Year 7 & 8 children called Halswell X and if you had a bye you would play Halswell X. Then we were told who we would be playing.

As it turned out, Springston would be playing Halswell X. No one on our team beat Halswell X because they were much older than we are. Our next game was against Halswell A, but we didn’t have any luck against them. In the third round we were against Cotswold A and we had some luck. We had two draws and two wins. Alice and I drew our games and William and Mollie won their games. Then it was morning teatime. After morning tea in the fourth round I was the only person to win a game. William and Alice drew their games and Mollie lost. In the last round nobody won against Cathedral Grammar A.

In the end Cathedral Grammar A came first, Cathedral Grammar B came second and Halswell A came third. Springston came one point away from tying for third.

By Andrew