Author: Josh Cooper (Junior Club Coach/Arbiter)
On the 25th of October Emmanuel College hosted the Gold Coast Age
Championships, run by Gardiner Chess. This tournament attracted over 800
kids and many schools competing. The Tournament consisted of different age
groups based on the year they were born from 2006 all the way to 2017.
29 Gold Coast Chess Club members were involved in the Gold Coast Age
Championships and every player did a great job. All players showed great
sportsmanship and worked hard over the 7 rounds of chess.
Congratulations to Ryan Wang, Ezekiel George, and Nathanael George who
competed in their first big tournament.
Big congratulations to all players who received a medal and Merrit ribbon and
great job to everyone who participated in the event. It was a very tough
tournament, so everyone deserves recognition as everyone played well.
Gold Coast Chess Club Members Results:
2007
2nd Place Alexander Feldblyum 5/7
3rd Place Eden Skinner 3rd 5/7
Merrit Ribbon - Morgan Lawson 4.5/7
2008
Gold Coast Individual Age Champion - Tristan Smith 7/7
2009
2nd Place - Summer Wang 6/7
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2010
Gold Coast Individual Age Champion - Micah Young 7/7
2nd Place Kotaro Inukai 6/7
3rd Place Oscar Credland-Ballantyne 5/7
Merrit Ribbon - Ryo Cowland-Cooper 5/7
Luke Hu 4.5/7
2011
3rd Place - Luka Hart 6/7
Merrit Ribbon - Rocky Liu 6/7
Noah Sipaea 5.5/7
Dejun Sun 5/7
Benjamin West 5/7
2012
Gold Coast Individual Age Champion - Rentaro Inukai 7/7
Merrit Ribbon - Lyndon Cerfonteyn 4.5/7
2013
Gold Coast Individual Age Champion - Justin Tong 7/7
2nd Place - Max Tong 6.5/7
3rd Place - Ren Cowland-Cooper 6/7
Merrit Ribbon - Ezekiel George 6/7
Caleb Ong 5.5/7
Zia Hart 4.5/7
2014
2nd Place - Jackson Sun 6/7
Merrit Ribbon - Zeke Hu 6/7
2015
Merrit Ribbon - Zac Lee 5.5/7
2016
2nd Place - Ryan Wang 6/7
Merrit Ribbon - Nathanael George 5.5/7
2017
Gold Coast Individual Age Champion - Isaac Ong 7/7
Again, well done to all the players that participated. Keep working hard on
your chess and look forward to seeing you at our junior chess club events.
Full results are available on the Gardiner Chess website
https://gardinerchess.com.au/event-results/inter-school-competition-results/