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Richmond Junior Chess Club (RJCC) meets on Saturdays during term time from 14.00 to 17.00 at the ETNA Community Centre ... more details about the club here.
The Under 11 team did well in the National Championships today (Saturday May 10th) coming 4th with 36.5 points out of 60, behind Kent (43), Wey Valley (39) and Notts (39). Well done to everyone who played, and thanks to parents and supporters.
Click here for the Press Release.
Great news! Richmond's Under 9 team won the EPSCA (English Primary Schools) Championship on Saturday April 26th. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who played, and thanks to Marie Gallagher (coach), and to Phil Benton and all the other parents. It was a fantastic team effort.
Our team included the following players: Peter Andreev, Tarun Malhotra, Joe Benton, Paul Calderon, Will Styles, Jake Ruse, Elliott McCall, Amay Aggarwal, Hugo Till, Jake Simms, Dominic Tso, Fraser Owen, Noah Bultema, Alex Gogoladze, James Adshead and Jamie Gallagher.
Final scores:
For our latest newsletter, click here.
The first session of the Summer term is on Saturday April 26th. On the same day, Richmond's Under 9 team will be competing in the final of the national EPSCA competition. Good luck to all those playing!
Here are some positions from the latest Squad Training session.
The Under 11 team did well in the National Championships today (Saturday May 10th) coming 4th with 36.5 points out of 60, behind Kent (43), Wey Valley (39) and Notts (39). Well done to everyone who played, and thanks to parents and supporters.
Click here for the Press Release.
Great news! Richmond's Under 9 team won the EPSCA (English Primary Schools) Championship on Saturday April 26th. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who played, and thanks to Marie Gallagher (coach), and to Phil Benton and all the other parents. It was a fantastic team effort.
Our team included the following players: Peter Andreev, Tarun Malhotra, Joe Benton, Paul Calderon, Will Styles, Jake Ruse, Elliott McCall, Amay Aggarwal, Hugo Till, Jake Simms, Dominic Tso, Fraser Owen, Noah Bultema, Alex Gogoladze, James Adshead and Jamie Gallagher.
Final scores:
| Richmond | 29.5 |
| Kent | 25.5 |
| Hertfordshire | 22.5 |
| Oxfordshire | 22.5 |
| Barnet | 21 |
| Wey Valley | 21 |
| Sussex | 20.5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 19.5 |
| Essex | 19.5 |
| Berkshire | 17.5 |
| Bucknghamshire | 15.5 |
| Cambridgeshire | 14 |
| Yorkshire | 13.5 |
| Staffordshire | 13 |
| Liverpool | 11 |
| Manchester | 11 |
| Cheshire & North Wales | 9 |
For our latest newsletter, click here.
The first session of the Summer term is on Saturday April 26th. On the same day, Richmond's Under 9 team will be competing in the final of the national EPSCA competition. Good luck to all those playing!
Here are some positions from the latest Squad Training session.
Latest news:
- Richmond scored another good result by coming second in our EPSCA Under 11 zone on Saturday March 15th.
Final scores:
Wey Valley - Surrey 47 Richmond 42 Berkshire 35 Oxford 35 Somerset 34 Devon 24.5 Hants 20.5 Bucks 18 Wilts 14
Well done again to everybody who played and thanks to all the parents, to Derek Thrumble who organised everything, and to Marie Gallagher who was the coach on the day.
We have now qualified for the National Final which will be played on Saturday May 10th in Liverpool.
- WE WON!!!!!
Richmond came first in our EPSCA Under 9 zone on Saturday March 8th.
The winning team was:- Theodore Dias
- Tarun Malhotra
- Joe Benton
- Hugo Till
- Paul Calderon
- Will Styles
- Jake Ruse
- Elliott McCall
- Amay Aggarwal
- Jake Simms
- Dominic Tso
- Fraser Owen
- Noah Bultema
- Alex Gogoladze
Final scores:
1st Richmond 26 2nd Oxford 23.5 3rd Wey Valley 22 4th Kent 21 5th Barnet 20.5 6th Sussex 20 7th Bucks 19 8th Berkshire 16 9th Hants 7.5 10th Wiltshire 3.5
Congratulations to everybody who played. It was a very tough zone! Thanks also to all the parents for your support, to Derek Thrumble who did all the organisation, and to Marie Gallagher who coached the team on the day.
We have now qualified for the National Final which will be played on Saturday April 26th at Crown Woods School, Riefield Road, Eltham, London SE9 2QN.
- Six RJCC members were chosed to appear in a forthcoming Children's BBC TV programme, Brain-Jitsu. Congratulations to Neil Deo, Francesca Kamil, Edward Ko, Daniel Morgan, Thushaan Rajaratnam and Lottie Till (Hugo's sister), who all took part. The programs will be aired the week of February 25th on BBC2 at 07.30 (so set your video recorders ...)
- On Saturday February 8th we held a Squad Training session for the Richmond players competing in the English Primary Schools Chess Asoociation Under 11 and Under 9 championships.
Here's a position that we studied at the Training session.
- On Sunday February 3rd, the Richmond zone of the EPSCA Under 11 and Under 9 championships took place at Hampton School. Results here.
- RJCC hosted its first open blitz tournament on the morning of Saturday November 24th. 40 children competed in a five round event. The Under 18 section ended in a four way tie between Nishant Joglekar, Edward Ko, Michael Pettit and Jasper Tambini. Alfred Drinkwater won the Under 11s and Theodore Dias scored 100% in the Under 9s. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who competed. We will hold further blitz events on Saturday June 7th and Saturday July 5th. Further details will be published shortly.
- On the afternoon of November 24th, RJCC welcomed International Master Andrew Martin who played 36 children in a simultaneous display. Despite some excellent fighting chess from the RJCC players, Andrew ended up winning all the games! There was coverage in the English Chess Federation's Right Move magazine.