On Sunday, February 3rd, YHS hosted the Jr. Girls Chess Tournament.
Parent Gaby Eirew (mom to Gr. 6 chess wiz Pepi), writes: “Thank you to everyone for the very happy and smoothly run chess tournament. I am so proud York House hosts such a positive, kind event for chess players. It seems to have the widest range of prizes and awards to encourage players – which is terrific!”
Here are the results:
Section A ( Gr. 5 and 6 )
1. Annika Z. – York House
2. Pepi E. – York House
2. Stepanie Y. – St. John’s
Section B ( Gr. 3 and 4 )
1. Iris L. – Vancouver Christian School
2. Olivia W. – York House
3. Shirley – Chartwell School
Section C ( 1 and 2 )
1. Joyce T. – York House
2. Talia P. – St. John’s
3. Coco K. – York House
See http://www.wcjc.blogspot.ca for full results and more photos.
More Chess this Weekend
Pepi, Gr. 6, and fellow chess champion Ashley (they met at the 2012 Canadian Chess Championships) jointly challenged people to a game of chess at Chapters this weekend.
This was a creative way to raise funds for the “Because I am a Girl” charity. Pepi liked the idea of “real girl power helping real girl power!” They ended up beating the few people that challenged them to a game. Most members of the public wanted to watch the young chess powerhouses in action!
