3 Oct 2004
Well done to all players who took part in the 2004 Stafford Junior Congress.   Trophy winners were:

Under 18 R Westwood and C Wilcox
Under 16 Yangshi and Yangshan Yu
Under 14 C Whitfield
Under 12 R Corden and N Patel
Under 11 M Brown and S Davies
Under 10 J White and B Haigh
Under  9 G Smalley and E Humphreys
Under  8 C Green.

Final scores for all entrants to the Congress held in Stafford on 2^nd October 2004 can be found on the Congress 2004 section.   My thanks to Traci Whitfield for supplying the details.

20 Nov 2004
There is no report for the the recent U15 NYCA competition, but a roll of honour page has been set up for the team.

3 Oct 2004
At the recent NYCA competition, the under 18 Staffordshire's Junior Chess team came 6^th out of 9 while the under 13 team came 12^th out of 15.   In a very tough competition, this was an excellent result: This is their first year of County competitions after a break of many years.   None of our under 13`s had a grade, but in the 1st round, our board 1 played someone with a grade of 145!

Both Staffordshire teams played really well and show excellent potential which is being promoted through training days.   (Training days are held for under 9,11,13 and 15s but not 18`s)   The next team competition is for the Under 15 team on the 20^th November and once again it is an NYCA event (at Solihull).