York House School Blog
Yorkies played really well at the BC Elementary Chess Championship at St. George’s, on Sunday, May 12.
There were 28 teams competing altogether and again we were the only All Girls Team! There were actually more girls than usual this year in co-ed teams: 9 from YHS and 13 from other schools.
Team A came 5th and won a trophy, Team B played excellent games but didn’t place.
The end of another great Chess season!
Submitted by: Christine Addison
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.
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!
