It can be too easy to think of Melbourne as being Victoria. However, there is plenty of country chess going on at all levels, and the premier annual tournament in the state is held in Ballarat. Well, I received an email from Nigel Barrow pointing out that a junior chess tournament was held in Bendigo and received local
media coverage.
Here's what Nigel had to say about the event.
Yesterday (21st August) separate Primary and Secondary School Zonal tournaments were conducted at Girton Grammar, Bendigo.
52 students contested the Secondary tournament, which featured teams from Girton Grammar, Catholic College and Maryborough Education Centre (MEC). The tournament was seven rounds with time limits of 15 minutes each.
85 students competed in the Primary tournament, which featured teams from Winters Flat, Castlemaine Primary, Girton Grammar, Maryborough Education Centre and Eaglehawk North Primary. The tournament was only for 6 rounds as many of the students were delayed for the scheduled start of the first round due to travel and bus issues.
Congraulations to Alan Zhou (Secondary) and Joe Flexmore & Lloyd Butcher (Primary) for finishing first in their tournaments.
Overall, the two tournaments were played in a friendly atmosphere, with no disuptes, and ran quite smoothly. This was due to both the attitude of the students and the organisational and managemennt skills of the various teachers and volunteers (I only had to put the results into the computer).
Please note the Girton secondary team names are based on which of the six "school house" the students were from:
JE/RI indicates students from the Jenkin and Riley houses,
JO/FR indicates students from the Jones and Frew houses,
M/AH indicates sudents from the Millward and Ahearne houses.
Team Standings - Secondary:
Place Name Score
1 GIRTON GRAMMAR SECONDARY JE/RI 20.5
2 GIRTON GRAMMAR SECONDARY JO/FR 19
3 CATHOLIC COLLEGE BENDIGO A 18
CATHOLIC COLLEGE BENDIGO B 18
5 GIRTON GRAMMAR SECONDARY M/AH 17
6 MEC SECONDARY 16
Team Standings - Primary
Place Name Score
1 WINTERS FLAT PRIMARY A 26.5
2 MEC PRIMARY A 21
3 WINTERS FLAT PRIMARY B 19
4 CASTLEMAINE PRIMARY B 18.5
5 CASTLEMAINE PRIMARY A 18
6 GIRTON GRAMMAR PRIMARY 17.5
7 ST MARYS PRIMARY A 16.5
8 ST MARYS PRIMARY B 14
9 MEC PRIMARY B 13.5
10 EAGLEHAWK NTH PRIMARY 9
Individual Standings - Secondary:
Place Name Club Score
1 Zhou, Allan Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 7
2 Hartshorn, Finn Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 6
3 Eenjies, Tavish Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 5.5
4 Henrickson, Sullivan MEC Secondary 5
5 Bevan, Fin Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 5
6 Myres, Michael Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 5
7 Berryman, Will Catholic College Bendigo A 5
8 Babovic, Milos Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 5
9 Mann, Stephanie Catholic College Bendigo B 5
10 Knight, Joshua Catholic College Bendigo A 5
11 Brown, James Catholic College Bendigo A 4.5
12 Brennan, Riley Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 4.5
13 Goffin, Rowan Catholic College Bendigo B 4.5
14 Pitson, Jack Catholic College Bendigo B 4.5
15 Caltibianco, Paul Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 4.5
16 Lyons, Charlotte Catholic College Bendigo B 4
17 Smith, River Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 4
18 Woodhatch, Riley Catholic College Bendigo B 4
19 King, Simon MEC Secondary 4
20 Price, Lewis Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 4
21 King, Jordan MEC Secondary 3.5
22 Exell, Ayden Catholic College Bendigo A 3.5
23 Reilly, Blake Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 3.5
24 Jayasekera, Rani Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 3.5
25 Swanson, Bianca Catholic College Bendigo B 3.5
26 Smagas, Spencer Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 3.5
27 Walton, Holly Catholic College Bendigo B 3.5
28 William Fraser, Travis MEC Secondary 3.5
29 Howell, Harrison Catholic College Bendigo B 3.5
30 Smith, Roy Catholic College Bendigo B 3.5
31 Brewin, Tom Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 3
32 Neilsen, Alexander Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 3
33 Morrison, Tom Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 3
34 Pianta, Zachary Catholic College Bendigo A 3
35 Kelly, Gnaden Catholic College Bendigo A 3
36 Jonny, Joel Catholic College Bendigo B 3
37 Smagas, Nelson Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 3
38 Edwards, Bailey Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 3
39 Carmeron, Riley Catholic College Bendigo A 3
40 Ilagan, Rajan Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 2.5
41 Hartigan, Chelsea Catholic College Bendigo A 2.5
42 Killick, Mia Catholic College Bendigo B 2.5
43 Nassar, David Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 2.5
44 Enever, Harry Catholic College Bendigo A 2
45 Haythorne, Patrick Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 2
46 Weaver, Harry Girton Grammar Secondary JE/RI 2
47 King, Zac Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 2
48 Cooper, Sharni Catholic College Bendigo A 1.5
49 Marshall, Zac Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 1.5
50 Johnston, Jai Girton Grammar Secondary M/AH 1.5
51 Douch, Connor Girton Grammar Secondary JO/FR 1
52 Wild, James Catholic College Bendigo A 1
Individual Standings - Primary
Place Name Club Score
1 Flexmore, Joe Winters Flat Primary A 6
2 Butcher, Lloyd Winters Flat Primary A 6
3 Lanfranchi, Jackson MEC Primary A 5
4 Vella, Regan Winters Flat Primary A 5
5 McCoy, Kaspar Winters Flat Primary A 5
6 Showell, Sidney Castlemaine Primary B 5
7 Coventry Brownrigg, Henry Castlemaine Primary A 4.5
8 Gamage, Sankalpa Girton Grammar Primary 4.5
9 Melton, B.J. MEC Primary A 4.5
10 Van Domburgh, Shem St Marys Primary A 4.5
11 Stroek, Felix Winters Flat Primary A 4.5
12 Tremlett-Davies, Henry Winters Flat Primary A 4.5
13 Saunders, Cohen Winters Flat Primary B 4
14 Killeen, Caspar Winters Flat Primary B 4
15 Dodson, Courtney St Marys Primary A 4
16 Lyell, Jenson MEC Primary A 4
17 Berry-Smith, Jaspar Winters Flat Primary A 4
18 Munn, Travis Castlemaine Primary B 4
19 Pattern, Lewis MEC Primary A 4
20 Byrne, Martineau Castlemaine Primary B 4
21 Hinrichson, William Winters Flat Primary A 4
22 Marsden-Sweeney, Dylan Winters Flat Primary B 4
23 Kennard, Ben Winters Flat Primary A 4
24 Russell, David Girton Grammar Primary 3.5
25 Maroudas, Stefan Winters Flat Primary B 3.5
26 Rogers, Eli Winters Flat Primary B 3.5
27 O'Brien, Lucas St Marys Primary B 3.5
28 McMahon, Dylan MEC Primary A 3.5
29 Denk Rai, Fabian Castlemaine Primary B 3.5
30 MacKinnon, Callum Castlemaine Primary A 3.5
31 Bailey-Banks, Jaxon Girton Grammar Primary 3.5
32 MacDougal Di Manno, Reuben Winters Flat Primary B 3.5
33 Jennings, Finley Castlemaine Primary A 3.5
34 Wellard, Macklin Eaglehawk Nth Primary 3.5
35 Chaffey, James Castlemaine Primary A 3.5
36 Lohmann, Jacob MEC Primary A 3.5
37 McCoy, Gabe Winters Flat Primary B 3
38 Reed, Justin St Marys Primary A 3
39 Casley, Jack St Marys Primary A 3
40 Ragg-Hansen, Rama Winters Flat Primary A 3
41 Hutchings, Ben Girton Grammar Primary 3
42 Chapman, Bailey Castlemaine Primary A 3
43 Nies, Miriam Girton Grammar Primary 3
44 Tokovic, Malakai Castlemaine Primary A 3
45 Marshall, Zed Castlemaine Primary A 3
46 Freudenberg, Ryan Winters Flat Primary B 3
47 Ford, Riley MEC Primary A 3
48 Walker, Brendan St Marys Primary B 3
49 Rose, Freddie Winters Flat Primary A 3
50 Parker, Nathan MEC Primary A 3
51 McCaig, Connor Girton Grammar Primary 3
52 Aldridge, Declan MEC Primary B 3
53 Leathan, Aiden MEC Primary B 3
54 Bird, Austin St Marys Primary B 3
55 Lawrence, Sophie Winters Flat Primary B 2.5
56 Cheema, Alayvir Girton Grammar Primary 2.5
57 Tolland, Xavier St Marys Primary B 2.5
58 Lang, Bailie MEC Primary B 2.5
59 Muirson, Sergio MEC Primary B 2.5
60 Polinelli, Coby MEC Primary B 2.5
61 Broughton, Tom Castlemaine Primary A 2.5
62 O'Connor, Niamh Castlemaine Primary B 2
63 Jones, Kyle St Marys Primary B 2
64 Rolands, Campbell St Marys Primary B 2
65 Reed, Kirrilly St Marys Primary A 2
66 Pollard, Jy St Marys Primary B 2
67 Kelly, James St Marys Primary A 2
68 Maroudas, Evia Winters Flat Primary B 2
69 Zi Chia, Ri Girton Grammar Primary 2
70 Loughan, Michael Girton Grammar Primary 2
71 Jumpertz, Gabriel St Marys Primary A 2
72 Shobanan, Harrishma Girton Grammar Primary 2
73 Leevers, Padric Castlemaine Primary B 2
74 Meadows, Lloyd Castlemaine Primary B 2
75 Trew, Hayden Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1.5
76 Attwater, James Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1.5
77 Marshall, Tobiah Castlemaine Primary B 1.5
78 Lumsdon-Hill, Adam Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1.5
79 Poradi, Max St Marys Primary A 1.5
80 Shaleah, Gahan Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1
81 Wellard, Elliot Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1
82 Mundy, Charlotte Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1
83 Diss, Shane Eaglehawk Nth Primary 1
84 Diss, Jasmine Eaglehawk Nth Primary 0.5
85 Trew, Stephanie Eaglehawk Nth Primary 0
