Rookies Cup.
Sponsored by Zed chess:
www.zedchess.com.au
Contact coach George Zaprudsky
The next event will be held on July 13 immediately after the finish of the Ergas training tournament and when I say immediately after I mean immediately after Prize giving of Ergas is at 11.45 Rookies starts 12.30
Novice Coaching Term 3
Details for the third term of the Tuesday coaching and the Sunday coaching are now available in the Canterbury Junior Section of the BHCC web site
http://www.boxhillchess
Here is a brief report by Derek on the Sunday afternoon novices
Sunday Afternoon Novice Coaching Report Term 2
Over the past term, a group of young chess enthusiasts have been learning the tricks and traps of our game on Sunday afternoons. With coaches Rukman Vijayakumar and Derek Yu coaching the junior novice classes and Trevor Stanning taking the Adult novices, the Chess Club has been buzzing with activity with many excited players eager to learn. They are improving extremely quickly and it is a pleasure to see so many young people wholeheartedly enjoying chess.Derek Yu
2008 Box Hill Championship. Bulletin for the final round.
The tournament belongs to
Geoff Saw as he finished on 8.5/9, and the next best were Douglas Lindberg and Bobby Cheng on 6.5/9. This was a commendable result for Geoff.
I looked at our fancy new Honour board, to see if Geoff had been Club Champion previously, and noticed that an update was needed to also include the 2007 winner, Chris Wallis. My guess is that the gestation period for the production of the new Honour board threw our usual cycle of up-dates a little out of synch. And, given that we seemed to have switched from black lettering (old board and maintained each year by John Kable) to gold lettering (new board and probably looking for a new volunteer for updates), the Committee probably needs some-one to put their hand up to manage this update.
So, well done Geoff, but it could be a little time before your name is ‘in lights’.
Chris Wallis had a good tournament to date but dropping ˝ to Peter Frost set his campaign back which included a loss to Geoff.
Bobby Cheng has done very well; his remaining two hurdles are how to beat Chris and Geoff.
Eugene Schon has had 4 half-point results and that represents his next challenge for a step-up in grade.
Efrian Tionko is showing much improvement, that may be a result of attending the Sunday morning elite coaching from GM Daryl Johansen.
Gene Lai has come in as an un-rated junior and achieved a commendable 4.5/8 to date.
Linden Lyons has shown that the 44th seed can have good results as a consequence of study of the game.
Stephanie Ang won two games against seeds much higher placed than her. Well done Steph.
Note from the arbiter
Chris Wallis was unfortunately not available for the last round and had to take the bye
2008 CV Inter-club competitions
We have had a few responses from interested players but mainly most members are sitting back waiting to be asked. Can we please try and be a bit more PROACTIVE and show some interest
The 2008 interclub competition will be held at our club fortnightly on
July 4,July 18, August 1, August 15, and August 29. With finals September 12
Both Box Hill chess Club and Canterbury Junior Chess Club will be fielding teams in A, B, C, and D Grade We will have room for players of all standards and are particularly keen hearing from our up and coming junior brigade. Believe me playing in a team is a different experience altogether. You will realise that you are not alone
As a Box Hill or Canterbury Junior player you will have home ground advantage. This competition will be the biggest thing at the club. So where is everyone.
Entry fees will be low $15 per player maximum.
Schedule is easy, one game every 2 weeks.
You will see some great players.
Club President’s message – Gladys Liu July 2008
Box Hill Chess Club has always been a busy place for learning chess and for having excitement of chess tournaments.
In recent months, it has been busier than ever. In addition to our regular coaching and tournaments, not only had we held the Vic Open a few weeks ago, we are currently holding the Vic Junior Under 12 and Under 18. Straight after the Vic Junior, there will be the Ergas Elite Junior Chess Training Camp (7 July to 13 July). The best junior players from all over Australia will be coming to our Club for the training.
Our Committee has been great in attempting different tasks and has performed remarkably. In order to make it easy for more volunteers to know what to do, Trevor is developing a handbook with checklists of jobs involved in different roles.
Getting volunteers has been one of our biggest challenges. Fortunately, many people (mostly parents) have willingly helped with the Canteen, at Registration and with the computer at the Vic Open and Vic Junior.
I urge you to put our hand up for our future events. With your support, we are confident that we will all do a very fine job for our expanding Club and all our members.
Happy chess playing.
Gladys Liu
President
Box Hill Chess Club
Canterbury Junior Chess Club
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