2006/2007
Youth Co-ordinators Report
2006/7
was a busy year again for me with chess activities.
Much
of these activities were on a local and national level.
At
the
78
kids participated in 7 sections. We had no Under 18 girls and one Under 16
girl. The only girls-only section that we ran was the Girls Under 10. We are
continuing to suffer a diminishing number of Girls playing chess!
Most
of the youth participating were in the Under 12 boys and Under 14 boys sections
and these were Hotly contested sections. We also increased our numbers in the
Under 16 and Under 18 sections this year. These also were rife with
competition.
Many
of the longest running games were in these sections and so they were the last
ones going in the whole tournament.
U18
boys first place went to Jeff Willms
U16
boys first place went to Justin McDonald
U14
boys first place went to Roman Sapozhnikov
U14
girls first place was shared by Dalia Kagramanov and Liza Orlova
U12
boys first place went to Nikita Gusev
U12
girls first place went to Tina Fang
U10
boys first place went to Christopher Knox
U10
girls first place went to Rebecca Giblon
U8
boys first place went to Yinshi Li
U8
girls first place went to Melissa Giblon
All
these players will have their full entry ($150) to the CYCC paid for plus
receive some extra funds to help offset some of the expenses of attending the
CYCC.
We
also had 6 other youth qualify for partial to full funding to the CYCC and a
further 10 book prizes were awarded.
Barry
has had a lot of success in organizing and starting off youth events and
programs in the
On
a local perspective for me; I have been actively working with a youth chess
club in the
As
always, I am open to any suggestions or offers of help with any youth
activities in
I
would welcome suggestions, calls for help or offers to help. Please feel free
to email me at: patrick@psmcd.net.
Thank
you for again allowing me to continue to work for the youth in
Thank
You,
Patrick
S. McDonald
Youth
Coordinator –