Insurance Management School Teams Chess Championships
In
a format where teams of four players compete in three new age divisions, C.
R. Walker Senior High, S. C. McPherson and Queen's College came away
champions in the prestigious Insurance Management Bahamas School Teams
Championships held at College of the Bahamas on June 28.
Overall champions and winners of the Senior High (19 & Under) Division was
C. R. Walker, led by Bahamas Junior Champion Elton Joseph. Together with
team mates Debaro Huyler, Walter Rolle and Charles Ash, C. R. Walker pipped
Cat Island's Old Bight High School by 14 wins to 12. Old Bight High School
won the Senior High championships two years running in 2000 and 2001.
Third place in the 19 and Under was College of the Bahamas invitational team
which scored a respectable 11.5 wins.
In the 15 and Under Division, last year's champions S.C. McPherson retained
their trophy, beating Temple Christian and the two teams that tied for
third: A. F. Adderley and South Haven Christian Academy.
In the largest age division, the 12 and Under, Queen's College scored an
overwhelming 21 wins out of 24 leaving a close battle to be fought for 2nd
and 3rd place between Gerald Cash Primary (13 points) and South Haven (12
points). Queen's College scored the highest percentage of victories in
the tournament.
In remarks to the students at the trophy presentation, Bahamas Chess
Federation Thierry Boeuf urged the players to start training seriously for
the International Florida Chess Orange Bowl in December. He reminded
students that chess has been shown to increase academic scores and often
helps students to find better jobs.
Boeuf praised Insurance Management for its generous support in helping the
Chess In Schools program conducted by Warren Seymour. Boeuf also encouraged
the students to attend the Federation's tuition classes held by Mr Seymour
each Saturday.
The Federation' next tournament is the Independence Tornado held on July
12th at C. C. Sweeting Senior High. The format will be Swiss format, 30
minutes per game