Chess News - Veronica Melville
On Monday St Monica's held it's 10th Annual St Monica's Chess Tournament. We had a record-breaking 53 students play 7 rounds with 27 in the senior tournament and 26 in the junior tournament. It was lovely to see so many young students participate and have fun during the day. A special congratulations to Cooper D (Yr 6) and Emanuel S (Yr 6) who tied for first place with 6 points in the senior tournament and Ella F (Yr 3) who won the junior tournament with 6 points. In the senior tournament in second place was Alessandro S (Yr 4) with 5.5 points and in third place there was a tie between Kobe B (Yr 6), Iyin A (Yr 6) and Lachlan Pinkerton (Yr 6) who all scored 5 points. In the junior tournament in second place it was a tie between Flynn P (Yr 2), Leo S (Yr 3 and Liam R (Yr 3) with 5.5 points and Tobias C (Yr 3) coming third with 5 points. Well done to all our participants who showed great skill and sportsmanship.