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Munster Junior Chess Championships 2016

(Odd age groups)

Held at the Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Limerick

Perpetual Chess Prizes

Report by John Alfred, MJCC–Chairman and Mary O'Donovan, MJCC-PRO

Results Summary of the NEW odd-age's Munster Junior Tournament

u7'sGirls: Boys: Rosiemarie O'Neill – Munster Champion Xavier Hickey - Munster Champion George Stack - 2nd Munster

Conor Greene - 3rd Munster

u9'sGirls BoysTrina Eustace – Munster Champion David Hegarty–– Munster ChampionHolly Hickey - 2nd Munster Sam Varley - 2nd Munster Karl O'Neill - 3rd Munster

u11'sGirls BoysJana Solomatina – Munster Champion Bryan Chan – Munster ChampionHannah O'Rahilly - 2nd Munster Mark David Tonita - 2nd MunsterEva Donnelly - 3rd Munster Phillip Lyons - 3rd Munster

u13'sGirls BoysRobyn Lyons – Munster Champion Arthur Curran– Munster ChampionBetty-Ann Hickey - 2nd Munster Conor Joyce – 2nd, Munster

David Holland - 3rd, Munster

u15'sGirls BoysMegan Chan – Munster Champion No Boys took part

u17'sGirls BoysSophie O'Leary – Munster Champion No boys took part

u19'sNo Participants

Our SponsorsAn appeal was sent out to Munster players (c700 email addresses) looking for sponsors for 14 Perpetual Cups. The response was more than generous with more offers than we had cups for ! Thank you all so much

Here is the list of sponsors ….

GIRLS PERPETUAL CUPS:

Sponsor Winneru7's: The Kerry Woolleen Mills Cup Rosiemarie O'Neillu9's: The Verona Stellet Cup Trina Eustaceu11's: The Connie Danaher Cup Jana Solomatinau13's: The School Directory Cup Robyn Lyonsu15's: The Shirley Flynn Cup Megan Chanu17's: The St Michael's Chess Club Cup Sophie O'Keefeu19's: The Kilfinane Junior Chess Club Cup no entries

BOYS PERPETUAL CUPS:

Sponsor Winneru7's: The Adare Pharmacy Cup Xavier Hickeyu9's: The Joe Wallace Cup David Hegartyu11's: The Abbeyfeale Motor Factors Cup Bryan Chanu13's: The Morrissey Cup Arthur Curranu15's: The Valentina Dernova Cup no entriesu17's: The Mitchell Cup no entriesu19's: The Newcastlewest Chess Club Cup no entries

Photos of the sponsored perpetual cups are shown overleaf …...

Perpetual Cups with sponsor names

The Girls Cups

The Boys Cups

Main report

The Munster Juniors Chess Championships (ODD age groups) were held in The Kilmurry Lodge Hotel in Limerick city on Sunday, 13-November, 2016. Up to 70 entries were taken (40+ were hoped for), and a few couldn't make it on the day.

Limerick City – old and new public

Every year since 2004, The Munster Junior Chess Committee (MJCC) has run Munster Provincial Chess tournaments, but this year an odd ages one was run for the very first time. The age groups included … u7s, u9s, u11s, u13s, u15s, u17s, u19s.

Munster and non-Munster winners: Only Munster resident players could win a title, but any non-Munster player finishing ahead of a Munster prizewinner was entitled to a prize.

Special thanks to the Munster Junior Chess Committee (MJCC) for all their help going back several months – Mary O'Donovan, Sean Phillips, Ryan Fitzgerald, Keith O'Rahilly, Mikhail Ramendik, Gabriel Mirza and John Alfred.

Equipment, chess sets and clocks were provided by John Alfred, who also controlled the event.

Players came from all over Munster; Limerick, Cork, Newcastle West, Adare, Ennis, Cloghjordan, Mallow, Shannon, etc

Age groups u13's, u15's, u17's and u19's were combined in one section due to low numbers.

Keith O'Rahilly, MJCC Children's Officer, presented the prizes.

Many thanks to Mary O'Donovan and Ryan Fitzgerald who supplied the photos.

u7's age groupu7's Munster Junior Chess Championships 2016

Results of u7'sGirls: 1st: Rosiemarie O'Neill - Munster u7 Girls Champion

Boys: 1st: Xavier Hickey - Munster u7 Boys Champion 2nd: George Stack 3rd: Conor Greene, on tie-break

Cross TableNo Name Total 1 2 3 4 5

1 Hickey, Xavier 3.5 4:L 7:W 6:W 2:D 3:W2 O'Neill,Rosiemarie 3.5 7:W 4:D 3:D 1:D 8:W3 Stack, George 3 6:D 5:W 2:D 4:W 1:L4 Greene, Conor 2.5 1:W 2:D 8:D 3:L 5:D5 Sheehan, Liam 2.5 8:D 3:L 7:W 6:D 4:D6 O'Rahilly, Ben 2 3:D 8:D 1:L 5:D 7:D7 Hartnett, Conall 1.5 2:L 1:L 5:L 8:W 6:D8 Hickey, Gavin 1.5 5:D 6:D 4:D 7:L 2:L

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u9's age groupu9's Munster Junior Chess Championships 2016Girls: 1st: Trina Eustace - Munster u9 Girls Champion 2nd: Holly Hickey

Boys: 1st: David Hegarty - Munster u9 Boys Champion 2nd: Sam Varley 3rd: Karl O'Neill, on tie-break

Cross Table

No Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Hegarty, David 6 9:W 3:W 10:W 2:W 8:W 4:W2 Varley, Sam 5 17:W 18:W 8:W 1:L 11:W 5:W3 O'Neill, Karl 4 6:W 1:L 16:W 9:W 4:L 8:W4 Jeffers, Adam 4 11:L 14:W 15:W 5:W 3:W 1:L5 Lyons, William 3.5 13:W 16:W 11:D 4:L 9:W 2:L6 Hartnett, Darragh 3.5 3:L 15:L 13:W 14:D 10:W 12:W7 Lyons, Conor 3.5 8:L 13:D 17:W 16:D 12:D 11:W8 English, Conor 3 7:W 12:W 2:L 11:W 1:L 3:L9 Stack, Seamus 3 1:L 17:W 12:W 3:L 5:L 16:W10 Ipadeola, Lami 3 14:W 11:L 1:L 15:W 6:L 17:W11 Bennett, Ronan 2.5 4:W 10:W 5:D 8:L 2:L 7:L12 Kennelly, Mark 2.5 18:W 8:L 9:L 13:W 7:D 6:L13 Eustace, Trina 2.5 5:L 7:D 6:L 12:L 18:W 14:W14 Ward, Brian 2.5 10:L 4:L 18:W 6:D 16:W 13:L15 O'Connor, Nathan 2 16:L 6:W 4:L 10:L 17:W 18:L16 Fitzgerald, Harry 1.5 15:W 5:L 3:L 7:D 14:L 9:L17 Hickey, Holly 1 2:L 9:L 7:L 18:W 15:L 10:L18 Calton, Cillian 1 12:L 2:L 14:L 17:L 13:L 15:W

u11's age groupu11's Munster Junior Chess Championships

u11's ResultsGirls: 1st: Jana Solomatina - Munster u11 Girls Champion 2nd: Hannah O'Rahilly 3rd: Eva Donnelly, on tie-break

Boys: 1st: Bryan Chan - Munster u11 Boys Champion 2nd: Mark Tonita 3rd: Phillip Lyons, on tie-break

Cross TableNo Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Chan, Bryan 5.5 10:W 19:W 13:W 2:D 4:W 3:W2 Solomatina, Jana 5 15:W 16:W 7:W 1:D 3:D 5:W3 Tonita, Mark 4.5 20:W 14:W 8:W 6:W 2:D 1:L4 Lyons, Phillip 4 9:L 22:W 10:W 8:W 1:L 15:W5 Wang, Martin 4 17:W 13:L 15:W 14:W 7:W 2:L6 Culhane, Jim 4 21:W 8:L 19:W 3:L 16:W 13:W7 Sheehan, David 3.5 23:W 9:W 2:L 13:W 5:L 10:D8 O'Sullivan, Tom 3.5 11:W 6:W 3:L 4:L 15:D 19:W9 Armitage, Steven 3.5 4:W 7:L 16:D 17:W 11:D 12:D10 Kelliher, Thomas 3.5 1:L 12:W 4:L 22:W 20:W 7:D11 Fitzgerald, Conor 3.5 8:L 21:W 14:L 19:W 9:D 18:W12 O'Rahilly, Hannah 3.5 13:L 10:L 22:W 21:W 23:+ 9:D13 Donnelly, Eva 3 12:W 5:W 1:L 7:L 14:W 6:L14 O'Sullivan, Ellen 3 22:W 3:L 11:W 5:L 13:L 20:W15 Kennelly, Finn 2.5 2:L 18:W 5:L 23:W 8:D 4:L16 O'Brien, Darragh 2.5 18:W 2:L 9:D 20:D 6:L 21:D17 O'Neill, Hannah 2.5 5:L 23:W 20:D 9:L 18:L 24:W18 Buckley, Alice 2.5 16:L 15:L 21:D 24:W 17:W 11:L19 Murillo-Haugh, Emma 2 24:W 1:L 6:L 11:L 22:W 8:L20 Lehane, Eamon 2 3:L 24:W 17:D 16:D 10:L 14:L21 O'Kane, Paul 2 6:L 11:L 18:D 12:L 24:W 16:D22 Dyson, Ella 1 14:L 4:L 12:L 10:L 19:L 0:W23 Keating, Billy 1 7:L 17:L 24:W 15:L 12:- 0:L24 Bowles, Clara 0 19:L 20:L 23:L 18:L 21:L 17:L

Jana Solomatina – u11, Girls Champion Hannah O'Rahilly, u11 Girls, 2nd

Eva Donnelly – u11 girls, 3rd Bryan Chan – u11 Boys Champion

Mark Tonita – u11 Boys, 2nd Phillip Lyons – u11 Boys, 3rd

u13's, u15's, u17s, u19's age groups

u13, 15, 17, 19 Munster Junior Chess Championships 2016

Resultsu13's: Girls: 1st: Robyn Lyons - Munster u13 Girls Champion 2nd: Betty-Ann Hickey Boys: 1st: Arthur Curran - Munster u13 Boys Champion 2nd: Conor Joyce 3rd: David Holland, on tie-break u15's: Girls: 1st: Megan Chan - Munster u15 Girls Champion

u17's: Girls: 1st: Sophie O'Leary - Munster u17 Girls Champion

Cross TableNo Name Age Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 group1 Chan, Megan u15 6 9:W 7:W 2:W 5:W 3:W 4:W2 Curran, Arthur u13 5 11:W 3:W 1:L 12:W 4:W 5:W3 Joyce, Conor u13 4 5:W 2:L 4:W 7:W 1:L 6:W4 Holland, David u13 3 10:W 6:W 3:L 9:W 2:L 1:L5 Feanebanda, Kalum u13 3 3:L 11:W 6:W 1:L 9:W 2:L6 Murphy, Sean u13 3 15:+ 4:L 5:L 11:W 7:W 3:L7 Lyons, Robyn u13 3 12:W 1:L 10:W 3:L 6:L 9:W8 O'Leary, Sophie u17 2.5 0:D 0:L 0:L 0:L 10:W 12:W9 O'Leary, Colm u13 2 1:L 0:W 12:W 4:L 5:L 7:L10 Duggan, Sam u13 2 4:L 12:L 7:L 0:W 8:L 11:W11 Hickey, Betty-Ann u13 2 2:L 5:L 0:W 6:L 12:W 10:L12 Fitzgerald, Maurice u13 1 7:L 10:W 9:L 2:L 11:L 8:L13 Hickey, Niamh u17 0.5 14:D 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L14 NiFhlartha, Margarita u13 0.5 13:D 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L15 Fitzgerald, Sean u13 0 6:- 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L

Robyn Lyons – u13's Girls Champion Betty-Ann Hickey – u13's, 2nd

Arthur Curran Conor Joyce – u13's, 2nd Munster u13's Boys Champion

David Holland – u13's, 3rd

Megan Chan – Munster u15's Girls Champion

Sophie O'Leary – Munster u17's girls Champion

Miscellaneous Photos

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