This section of the website provides details of junior chess activities in both the Bournemouth & District region and throughout the rest of Dorset.
If you wish to contact someone concerning junior chess in the area please email our Junior Chess Officer: Ian Clark.
We welcome input from parents, teachers, juniors themselves
and anyone wishing to volunteer in the organisation or coaching of juniors.
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| 28th March 2012 |
Mayor of Bournemouth Schools Junior and Senior Chess Leagues Finals day was held in the Sherborne Suite of the Highcliffe Marriott Hotel Report Senior Schools Final Results Junior Schools Final Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sat 17th March 2012 |
Junior Chess Tournament in North Dorset On Saturday 17 March, 70 children from Year 2 to Year 9 took part in a chess tournament organised by St Andrew's C of E VA Primary School in Fontmell Magna. The 15 schools taking part were Abbey Primary School (Shaftesbury), St Andrew's Primary School (Fontmell Magna), Sandroyd School (Tollard Royal), Blagdon Primary School, Gillingham High School, Wardour Catholic Primary School, Shaftesbury High, Thomas Hardye (Dorchester), Clayesmore, St Michael's Middle School (Colehill), Stoberry Park School (Wells), Lytchett Minster, Chilmark Primary School, Ludwell Primary School and Bishop Wordsworth. Every competitor received a certificate and badge. Medals were presented to all prizewinners who were as follows: Year 2: 1st Ken Greenshields (Stoberry) 17 points; 2nd Rhys Fellman (Abbey) 14 points; 3rd= Jasper Lyne (Clayesmore) and Louisa Moody (Abbey) both 13 points. Year 3: 1st Arun Walter (Abbey) 18 points; 2nd Megan Tubb (Abbey) 16 points; 3rd William Hall (Abbey) 15 points. Year 4: 1st Zack Lewis (Abbey) 16 points; 2nd William Scammell (Abbey) 15 points; 3rd= Rufus Long (Blagdon) and Finnigan Young (St Andrew's) both 14 points. Year 5: 1st= Felix Lewis (St Andrew's) 16 points; 2nd Alex Taylor (Chilmark) 14 points; 3rd Joe Kavanagh (Abbey) 13 points. Year 6: 1st Alex Wharfe (St Andrew's) 14 points; 2nd Charlie Harris (Sandroyd) 13 points; 3rd James Bennion-Pedley (St Michael's) 12 points. Year 7: 1st Matthew Evans (Bishop Wordsworth) 14 points; 2nd= George Lacey and Ben Patterson (both Gillingham) 13 points. Year 8: 1st Jamie McDonald (Gillingham) 18 points; 2nd Max Staveley (Shaftesbury) 16 points; Jock Loveridge (Sandroyd) 13 points. Year 9: 1st Liam Churchill (Thomas Hardye) 11 points; 2nd Ross Guy (Thomas Hardye) 10 points. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12 season |
Bournemouth Schools Junior and Senior Chess Leagues Full results from the league season below, details of finals day on 28th March above. Junior Schools East Division part 1 Junior Schools East Division part 2 Junior Schools West Division part 1 Junior Schools West Division part 1 Senior Schools (corrected) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun 4th December 2011 |
Dorset County Junior Chess Championship 2011 was held at St Michael's Primary School, Somerville Road, Bournemouth BH2 5LH. Report Prize winners Results chart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th/10th July 2011 |
UK Chess Challenge - Southern Gigafinal Eight Dorset players competed on the first day of the Southern Gigafinal on 9th July. This was two more than last year. All Dorset players were from North Dorset with St Andrew's, Fontmell Magna represented by Felix Lewis (2.5/6 in the U9's), and Ben Patterson (4/6) and George Lacey and Matthew Evans (both 2/6) in the U11's. Two were from Abbey, Shaftesbury - James Hawthorn (2/6 in the U9's) and Leon Sams (2/6 in the U10's) and two were from Port Regis - Joshua Miskin (2/6) and Alex Vardon-Cardy (1/6) in the U10's. On the second day (10 July), five Dorset players were in action (one more than last year). Megan Tubb of Abbey scored 3.5/6 in the U7 Girls, Megan Feltham of Port Regis scored 3.5 in the U10 Girls, and Annabel Godwin of Hillbourne scored 2.5 in the U13 Girls. In the boys section, Richard Jenkins of Gryphon scored 3.5/6 in the U16's, while Dorset's only qualifier for the Terafinals on 20/21 August was Jamie McDonald from Gillingham who scored 4.5/6 in the U12's. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11 season |
North Dorset Primary Schools League St Andrew's win chess league St Andrew's, Fontmell Magna, are the winners of the North Dorset Primary Schools Chess League, having won all their matches. In the final round, they defeated local rivals Abbey Primary, Shaftesbury with the loss of just a single game. Final standings are: St Andrew's Primary 8, Abbey Primary 6, Semley Primary 4, Trent Young's Endowed Primary 2, Shaftesbury Primary 0. Results: Round 4 - Trent Young's 0-6 v Abbey; Semley 3½ - 2½ v Shaftesbury. Round 5 - Abbey 1-5 v St Andrew'; Semley 4-2 v Trent Young's. St Andrew's success was built on a quartet of strong Year 6 players. As these will move on over the summer, other schools have a fair chance of taking the title next season. If any schools in the area are interested in joining the League, please contact Chris Bellers. |
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| 21st May 2011 |
UK Chess Challenge - the Megafinal At the 'Megafinal' of the UK Chess Challenge held at Lavington School on 21 May (one of 41 Megafinals around the country), 18 children from Dorset qualified for the next stage, the 'Gigafinal' to be held in Reading on 9-10 July. These were: Under 7's - Megan Tubb (Abbey) Under 9's - Felix Lewis (St Andrew's, Fontmell Magna), James Hawthorn (Abbey) and Fransesca Allman (St James) Under 10's - Leon Sams (Abbey), and Alex Vardon-Cardy, Joshua Miskin and Megan Feltham (all Port Regis) Under 11's - Sam Whitson (Abbey) and Matthew Evans, George Lacey and Ben Patterson (all St Andrew's) Under 12's - Jamie McDonald (Gillingham) Under 13's - Annabel Goodwin (Parkstone Grammar) Under 14's - Axel Godot (Gryphon) Under 16's - Richard Jenkins and Anna Bolhuis (both Gryphon) Under 17's - Jake Denney (Gryphon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday 7th April 2011 |
Bournemouth Schools Junior and Senior Chess Leagues The senior final was won by Bournemouth School for Boys, Bethany Church School winning the junior final. Report on the whole season. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 2011 |
North Dorset Primary Schools League After three of the five scheduled rounds, St Andrew's, Fontmell Magna lead the new North Dorset Primary Schools Chess League with three wins, with Abbey Primary close behind with two wins out of two. Trent Young's are third, with Semley Primary and Shaftesbury Primary equal fourth. St Andrew's and Abbey are due to play in the last round in early March, when the title will be decided. While some of the matches have been a little one-sided, all those taking part seemed to have enjoyed the experience, and the hope is that the League will continue next year, hopefully with more schools participating. Results: Round 1 - St Andrew's 6-0 v Shaftesbury Primary; Abbey 4-2 v Semley. Round 2 - Trent Young's 0-6 v St Andrew's; Shaftesbury 0-6 v Abbey. Round 3 - Shaftesbury 1-5 v Trent Young's; St Andrew's 6-0 v Semley |
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| 2010/11 season |
North Dorset Primary Schools League Five primary schools are participating: Abbey Primary, Shaftesbury St Andrew's Primary, Fontmell Magna Semley Primary Shaftesbury Primary Trent Young's Endowed Primary Rules and fixtures here. For more details, please contact Chris Bellers. Chris is also planning junior tournaments in the North Dorset area, again please let him know if you or your school are interested in participating. |
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| Sat 4th Dec 2010 |
Dorset County Junior Chess Championship 2010 was held at Kinson Community Centre. Report, prize winners and photo of age group winners. |
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| Sat 11th Sep 2010 |
The Abbey Primary Fun Day Chess Tournament 2010 Following the success of last year's Fun Day Chess Tournament , the Abbey Primary School at Shaftesbury held its 2010 tournament on Saturday, 11th September. The tournament this year was open to any children in years 2 to 9 inclusive and welcomed those who were new to chess or old hands! Some schools were represented for the first time (Sticklands, Sandroyd, Chilmark & Fonthill and Shaftesbury Primary), and it was good to see someone from "down south" (Annabel Goodwin)! The results can be found here. |
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| 9th July 2010 | Mayor of Bournemouth Schools Competition Finals The finals of the 2nd annual Mayor of Bournemouth Schools competition were held on Friday 9th July at the Highcliff Marriott Hotel, St Michaels Road, West Cliff, Bournemouth. The competing schools were: Senior section Portchester School Bournemouth School Junior section St. Mark's Church of England Aided Primary School Bethany Church of England Junior School Moordown St. John's Church of England Primary School (2 teams) The results
were as follows:
Junior section
The Mayor of Bournemouth Barry Goldbart was attending and was pleased to see the enthusiasm of all the boys and girls playing (and the teachers and parents watching). The presentation of the Sir George Meyrick trophies was made by The Mayor of Bournemouth together with Sir George Meyrick to Portchester with the Senior trophy and St Mark's for the Junior trophy. Thanks were given to the organisation by the Bournemouth & District Chess League notably Ian Clark, Pete Donaldson and Chris Ambrose. Also to Stephen Chappell (Mayor in the event's inaugural year) for his enthusiastic support and to the Highcliff Marriot Hotel for providing the room for the event. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th/5th July 2010 |
UK Chess Challenge: Southern Gigafinal Six Dorset players competed on the first day of the Southern Gigafinal on 4th July. Unfortunately none qualified for the final stage though Ben Patterson from St Andrew's, top scored amongst the Dorset contingent with 4/6. On the second day four Dorset players were in action, of whom Jamie McDonald from Abbey and Annabel Godwin from Hillbourne qualified through to the Terafinal on Aug 21/22. UK Chess Challenge website |
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| Sat 27th Mar 2010 |
St Andrew's Junior Chess Tournament Chris Bellers organised a chess tournament for Years 2 to Year 8 at St Andrew's C of E VA Primary School in Fontmell Magna on Saturday 27 March. Nine schools took part - The Abbey CE VA Primary School (Shaftesbury), Port Regis, Semley Primary School, Shaftesbury High, Sherborne Primary, St Andrew's C of E VA Primary School (Fontmell Magna), St Michael's Middle School (Colehill), Trent Young's Endowed CE VA Primary School (Sherborne) and Wardour Catholic Primary School. In all, 75 children took part in a six round 'Swiss' competition. The winners were: Year 2 - Elijah Balch (Abbey); Year 3 - Tom Rocke (Semley); Year 4 - Tom Cutler (Fontmell), Joshua Miskin (Port Regis), Leon Sams (Abbey) and Alex Wharfe (Fontmell); Year 5 - George Lacey (Fontmell), Ben Patterson (Fontmell) and Dougie Wilson (Abbey); Year 6 - Jamie McDonald (Abbey); Year 7 - Daniel Hayden (Shaftersbury); Year 8 - Christopher Smart (Colehill). Full results can be found here. |