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7th June, 2009 21:34

Just noticed that the tournament software has crashed meaning I'll have to recreate the last 2 draws. I'll update those pages over the next few days :-(

7th June, 2009 21:18

Finally sitting down. What a weekend :-)

There was a play off to determine 3rd place, both players had 20 mins on the clock. In the end Peter Sanders prevailed.

Final Positions

1st Ben He, Tiger Cubs 5.5/6
2nd Kiron Roy, Kinross,. 5/6
3rd Peter Sanders, Dumfries, 4.5/6

Age Prizes
J11 Matthew McCabe, Houston 4.5/6
J10 Wenbo Chen, Sciennes 4/6
J 9 Fergus Skillen, South Morningside 4/6
J 8 Neelay Sant, Giffnock, 3/6
J 7 Kai Pannwitz, Inverness 4/6

I'll upload the games that I recorded on the board later this week along with more photo's when my new charger arrives.

Thanks to:-

Donald Wilson, for being there and practically walking me through the last round draw when my brain had fried.
Conor Woods, for giving up his weekend to coach
Lisa Pannwitz, for all the help you gave us this weekend. Was most appreciated :-)
Gary, Neil and the instructors for a wonderful time
The Cooks, meals were excellent and always well received
All the rest of the staff at Dolphin House for an excellent weekend
Phil Thomas, for helping on Sat
The players, your behaviour was excellent all weekend and you were a credit to your parents, well done!

finally, biggest thanks go to the person who made this all happen and did a power of work to make sure that nothing went wrong, Jacqui Thomas :-)

Looking forward to seeing all the J10's again next year.

7th June, 2009 14:58

Final round has started. We have 2 on 4.5/5 (Ben He and Kiron Roy) and 3 chasing on 4/5. Could not be closer. Ben and Kiron have already drawn with each other so if both win, we are looking at a play-off to determine the title.

7th June, 2009 12:58

Lunch has just been finished, a choice of Sausage with mash and onion gravy, baked potatoes or Roast Beef and Salad, all followed by one of the nicest Ice Cream Sundae's I have had in a long time:-). On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being the worst), the food here probably rates an 11 :-)

This morning we continued the activities, starting with a treasure hunt on the beach and after that we went caving and all pretended to be Robin Hood with the bows and arrows. This was my first time at archery and I loved it. This was probably because I luckily hit the bull :-)

Unfortunately the battery has gone in my camera and I am unable to take any more pics :-( Hopefully the charger will arrive this week so I can upload the rest of what I have.

Round 5 began on time and on the live board we have Peter and Ben. The winner will most likely come from these 2

7th June, 2009 07:00

We are not supposed to be getting up until 7:30, I have been lying awake for the past hour and I suspect Donald is the same. The only sound you can hear from the other rooms is the blissful sound of snoring...

Busy day today. We have Breakfast at 8:30 then we pack our rooms and spend the rest of the morning in activities. Lunch, then the final 2 rounds of Chess. Finally we finish the day off with prize giving and then it is time to go home.

Last night we asked the kids who had been at this event already if they like this venue or the previous one. We had a unanimous yes. We then extended this out to the rest and again everyone voted for coming here next year, so it looks like it is a hit. It is now 07:23 and I can see Donald coming back from his walk. Rooms are stating to stir and it is time to get everyone up (for once I am not allowed to use the fire bell)

6th June, 22:28

Hot Chocolate and biscuits are the order of the day.

The only person on 4/4 is......

6th June, 19:30

Final round for the day. On the live board we had Robert Childs and Wembo Chen. Rather a quick round as many were tired. Looking forward to that Hot Chocolate and bed!

6th June, 19:30

After all that excitement, we went to the adventure playground. Time to let off some steam methinks. I have a feeling both Donald and Phil enjoyed themselves

6th June, 18:00

It's back to chess again. This time it is Round 3. On the live board was Peter Sanders and Kai Pannwitz. Another good game for us all to watch

There were 8 players still on 2 Points, the 2 above, Ben He, Camas Miller, Matthew McCabe, Kiron Roy, Max Allison and Anthony MacFarlane

6th June, 17:00

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! Sphag Boll or Vegetable Lasagne swiftly followed by a large helping of Cheesecake or Ice Cream. Yum :-)