Wellington Interschools 2023
Introduction
These tournaments have now concluded, this page now starts with the results. Entry details etc. follow (for archival purposes).
The Wellington Chess Club organised Primary, Intermediate and Secondary Interschools team tournaments as part of the National Interschools program.
More information about the Wellington tournaments including the schedule, venues and how to enter teams can be found here here.
More information about the NZCF Interschools competition as a whole can be found on the NZCF site.
Note that year 1-8 Primary schools should enter year 7-8 pupils in the separate Intermediate competition.
Primary Results
1st Kelson A (Jack Norton, Mark Wu, Venon Kumarasamy, Carrig Murray) 11/12 match points qualifies for National finals
2nd Waterloo 10 match points
3rd Kelson B 8 match points
Kelson B takes the bronze medal on tie-break with 16.5/24 game points ahead of Thorndon A on 15.5 game points
Board Prizes
Board 1 5/6; Rose Connon (Kelson B), Zachary He (Waterloo) and Ian Chen (Thorndon A)
Board 2 6/6; Alex Chen (Waterloo)
Board 3 5/6; Venon Kumarasamy (Kelson A), Sanneev Paul (Newlands A), Matthew Payne (Thorndon B)
Board 4 5.5/6; Carrig Murray (Kelson A)
Final team scores
1 Kelson A 11 match points, 19 game points
2 Waterloo 10 match points, 19 game points
3 Kelson B 8 match points, 16.5 game points
4 Thorndon A 8 match points, 15.5 game points
5 Newlands A 7 match points, 14 game points
6 Thorndon B 6 match points, 10.5 game points
7 Papakōwhai 6 match points, 10 game points
8 Kelson C 5 match points, 10 game points
9 Amesbury 4 match points, 8 game points
10 Raumati 4 match points, 8 game points
11 Churton Park 3 match points, 8 game points
12 Newlands B 0 match points, 5.5 game points
Intermediate Results
1st HIBS A (Timothy Wang, Caleb Rae, Samuel Coles, James Fuller, Stephen Ataalla) 12/12 match points qualifies for National finals
2nd Evans Bay 8 match points
3rd Thorndon A 8 match points
Evans Bay takes the silver medal on tie-break with 16.5/24 game points ahead of Thorndon A on 15 game points
Board Prizes
Board 1 6/6; Jin Tan (Thorndon A)
Board 2 5/6; Caleb Rae (HIBS A)
Board 3 5.5/6; Samuel Coles (HIBS A)
Board 4 5.5/6; James Fuller (HIBS A)
Final team scores
1 HIBS A 12 match points, 20 game points
2 Evans Bay 8 match points, 16.5 game points
3 Thorndon A 8 match points, 15 game points
4 Raroa A 7 match points, 13.5 game points
5 Scots 7 match points, 12.5 game points
6 Rāroa B 7 match points, 11 game points
7 Levin 6 match points, 14 game points
8 Papakōwhai 6 match points, 12.5 game points
9 Rāroa C 6 match points, 12.5 game points
10 HIBS C 6 match points, 10 game points
11 HIBS B 5 match points, 12.5 game points
12 Thorndon B 4 match points, 10.5 game points
13 Paraparaumu Beach 2 match points, 7.5 game points
Secondary Results
1st Wellington College A (Ollie Archer, Joshua Langford, Cohen Young, Zachary Thirkell) 11/12 match points qualifies for National finals
2nd Upper Hutt College A 10 match points
3rd Wellington College B 9 match points
Board Prizes
Board 1 6/6; Thomas van der Hoorn (Wellington High School)
Board 2 5/6; Cazna Campbell (Upper Hutt A), Alexander Howe (Wellington College B), Luke Chang (Onslow College A)
Board 3 6/6; Cohen Young (Wellington College A)
Board 4 6/6; Edison Yang (Upper Hutt A)
Final team scores
1 Wellington College A 11 match points, 20 game points
2 Upper Hutt College A 10 match points, 18 game points
3 Wellington College B 9 match points, 16.5 game points
4 Onslow College A 7 match points, 14 game points
5 Scots C 7 match points, 12.5 game points
6 Aotea College 7 match points, 12 game points
7 Rongotai College A 6 match points, 12.5 game points
8 Scots A 6 match points, 12.5 game points
9 Wellington High School 6 match points, 11.5 game points
10 Upper Hutt College B 6 match points, 11.5 game points
11 HIBS A 6 match points, 11 game points
12 Tawa College A 5 match points, 13 game points
13 Tawa College B 5 match points, 11.5 game points
14 Rongotai College B 5 match points, 10.5 game points
15 Onslow College B 5 match points, 10 game points
16 HIBS B 5 match points, 9.5 game points
17 Rongotai College C 1 match points, 5 game points
18 Scots B 1 match points, 4.5 game points
Full details are available on Orion here.
Approximate schedules
Primary:
Round 1: 9:30
Round 2: 10:05
Round 3: 10:40
Round 4: 11:15
Lunch 12:00
Round 5: 12:45
Round 6: 1:20
Prizegiving: 2:00
Intermediate and Secondary:
Round 1: 9:30
Round 2: 10:15
Round 3: 11:00
Round 4: 11:45
Lunch 12:30
Round 5: 1:00
Round 6: 1:45
Prizegiving: 2:30
Entries;
Primary, 20th July at Newlands School
- Newlands Primary School (2 teams)
- Kelson School (3 teams)
- Thorndon School (2 teams)
- Amesbury School (1 team)
- Raumati Beach School (1 teams)
- Waterloo School (1 team)
- Papakōwhai School (1 team)
- Churton Park School (1 team)
Intermediate, 26th July at HIBS
- Rāroa Normal Intermediate (3 teams)
- Thorndon School (2 teams)
- HIBS (3 teams)
- Evans Bay Intermediate (1 team)
- Papakōwhai School (1 team)
- Scots (1 team)
- Levin (1 team)
- Paraparaumu Beach School (1 team)
Secondary, 27th July at HIBS
- Rongotai College (3 teams)
- Wellington College (2 teams)
- Wellington High School (1 team)
- Onslow College (2 teams)
- HIBS (2 teams)
- Upper Hutt College (2 teams)
- Tawa College (2 teams)
- Scots (3 teams)
- Aotea College (1 team)