The Northern Region chess tournament was a great success, and it was lovely to host your schools. The kids were all terrific competitors, showing both humility in victory and grace in defeat. There were some very close match-ups across all divisions, most notably the unforeseen possibility of a three-way tie for first place in Year 6, which necessitated a playoff round. Thanks to all the teachers and chess-club coordinators who prepared the competitors and travelled to Yass for the day to help with supervision.

The official results are:

Year 3:

First place - Izack Pearson, St Greg’s | Runner-up - Athwin Elanthirayan, Ss Peter & Paul’s

Year 4:

First place - Jacky Zhu, Ss Peter & Paul’s | Runner-up - Olivia Tarnowski, St Joseph’s.

Year 5:

First place - Harry Meadley, St Greg’s | Runner-up - Eli Pocock, St Joseph’s (Ss Peter & Paul's was represented in the Year 5 division by Micah De Coning, who came third in this age group!)

Year 6:

First place - Mytra Elanthirayan, Ss Peter & Paul's | Runners-up - Ethan Hauser, St Greg’s and Jack Butt, Mt Carmel.