Chess Tournament

This past Tuesday afternoon, 6 September, learners from 10 schools in Graaff-Reinet competed for fantastic cash prizes at a ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง held at the Botanics Sports Club โ€“ hosted by ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

โ€ข In the Primary School’s B-league, Union placed both second (Grade 7 learner ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต) and first (๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ in Grade 5). They both had a score of 4.5 out of 5.

โ€ข In the Primary School’s A-league, Union placed first through Grade 7 learner ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ, who won all five her matches.

In the category for high schools, Unionโ€™s senior players did exceptionally well in both the A and B league, coming out tops in both.

The best player, overall, in the high school section was Grade 11 learner ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, who won all five his matches.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€!

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ โ™Ÿ

Union extends a special ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to the following sponsors for their contribution to the event: Wรผrth, Haslop & Mason, Mynhardt Construction, Montego Cares and Steel Pipes & Fittings.