On Friday the 14th of August John Colet participated in a Semi Final of the Interschool Chess Challenge and enjoyed an amazing result.
Our team was selected from our Chess Club, taking into account performance during matches at school as well as various tournaments and Competitions throughout the year. The team consisted of Thomas J from Yr 4, Daniel S, Leo G and Mimi P from Yr 5 and Liam M from Year 6. This was quite a young and inexperienced team as JCS representative teams at this level had previously been dominated by children from last year's Year 6.
The Tournament was hosted by Willoughby Public School and 15 schools were represented by 76 Primary School students. The children played 7 matches in Swiss Perfect format.
We came 3rd and qualified through to the NSW Final!
It was a fantastic team effort and wonderful to witness. The children really stuck together during the day cheering each other on and displaying great team spirit.
Neutral Bay came 1st with 22.5 pts and North Curl Curl came 2nd on 18.5pts.