On a lovely spring day and the 1^st day of the Easter holidays for most local schools we still had an excellent attendance of 18 Juniors that came along to enjoy chess.

Several of our regulars are away on the Spring and Easter holidays and so our end of term and Easter all play all competition will be held on the 26/4 when we hope and expect a good turnout.

This Saturday Tony gave a simul display to our advanced juniors which was good fun with most games ending in draws. A sign of good play by all and seeing the progress of this group is rewarding.

Steve has his hands full with 3 beginners – Liam, Anthony and Nathan and we are looking forward to seeing them learn and develop.

Azhar/Paul and Eric spent time with Kit now in the intermediate level and Pavina and Markas respectively. It is great to have the opportunity to have one to one sessions with this group.

The 2^nd session was much smaller however Alfie/Josh/Andrew and Nicholas all reviewed mating attacks – Steve did well with beginners Nilay and Mariella.

Ladder Board Matches

Advanced group 1^st session

Nathanial 1 Coach 0

Neil 1 Rafan 0

Lathujan 0 Peter 1

Peter maintained his 1 point lead with Nathanial just 1 point behind now.

Intermediates & Beginners

Markas 0 Pavina 1

Kit 1 Anthony 0

Liam 1 Nathan 0

Pavina continues to lead with Kit doing equally well in the beginners group.

Advanced & Intermediates 2^nd session

Nicholas 1 Andrew 0

Josh 1 Coach 0

Alfie 0 Arthur 1

Nicholas, Arthur and Rowley all on 5 points now with 2 rounds to go.

Beginners

Tables…………………….

Mariella 1 Nilay 0

We look forward to seeing you again next week and during the Easter holidays and thanks as always to all our coaches who come along to support the sessions and make this club possible.

Eric Sachs