Union High School, Graaff-Reinet proudly acknowledges the outstanding achievement of one of our young chess players, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ต.
In December 2025, Caron represented his province at the Mzansi Inter-Regional Youth Chess Championship (MIYCC), where he competed against 125 of the countryโs top u14 chess players. Through consistent focus over the course of the tournament, Caron achieved an impressive 12th place finish, earning him a position in the prestigious Grand Prix Top 20.
๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, Caron has been invited to participate in the South African Junior Closed Chess Championship (SAJCCC), which will take place from 28 March to 2 April in Rustenburg. He will be the only u14 player representing the Eastern Province at this national event.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
