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Black Bush Polder Secondary wins Inter School Chess championship in Berbice
Defending champions Black Bush Secondary School of Mibicuri Black Bush, Corentyne made good use of home advantage as they for the second year running won the Berbice Inter School Chess Championship which is in its third year. Coming in second was Vryman’s Erven Secondary School with J.C Chandisingh placing third.
The winning school, Black Bush Secondary, receiving their trophy from Ms. Bhajan.
Last year, Black Bush Secondary won their first tournament by defeating defending champions Berbice High School which was the host then. The inaugural championship in 2010 which was held at the J.C Chandisingh Secondary school, Corentyne was won by the Berbice High School.
In the individual category Hemchan Narain of J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School was adjudged the winner with Darwin London of St. Theresa Primary School surprising his opponents to place second and Deochan Narain of J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School finishing third.
This year’s competition saw, for the very first time, participation from students of the Amerindian community of Orealla. Five students represented the Orealla area – three from the primary and two from the Secondary.
Coordinator of the tournament and committee member of the Guyana Chess Federation, Krishnanand Raghunandan, in his remarks urged the players to continue playing and to acquire the habit of recording their moves and those of their opponents. This, he said, would help them to analyse their own strengths and weaknesses in order to improve their skills.
Also speaking was representative of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Kenneth Pearson who gave the ministry’s blessing to the tournament and urged the students to stay focused in their quest to improve their skills. He gave the Ministry’s commitment and their continued support to the staging of the tournament and the promotion of the game.
Trophies for this year’s tournament were sponsored by Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd. Rose Hall Branch; Hand-In-Hand Group of Companies; Crown Spot Beverages of Rose Hall Town; Imran & Son & Daughters Rose Hall Town; Magistrate Chandra Sohan and family of Palmyra Village.
The competition was conducted using the Swiss systems and was supervised by Steve Leung, Wayne De France, Dane Grimmond and Joseph Brijbilas.
Forty-seven students from twelve schools participated in this year’s Championship. (Samuel Whyte)
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