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Senior Chess Tournament

The Senior Chess Tournament was held in the library on Tuesday 28th of January. A total of 48 students competed to represent the school at the Inishowen Schools Chess Final. The level of play was simply fantastic and there were some very close calls. (See all the photos below.)


The 1st and 2nd placements are as follows:


TY

Lorcan McFeeley

Keelan Doherty


5th Year

Jack Harley

Caolfhionn Wimsey


6th Year

Ethan Doherty

Aodhán Harkin


Senior Grandmaster

The Senior Grandmaster competition played on the day resulted in a draw, the standard was so high! A replay was held the following day and Ethan Doherty was awarded the Senior Grandmaster Trophy.


A huge congratulations to all the students that took part! It was a great achievement to participate in and compete in the competition. Thank you to Ms. McColgan and Ms. Farren for their assistance and a big thank you to the TY students that assisted in scorekeeping and photographing the matches.


Chess Club is in Room 106 on Fridays at lunchtime and all students are more than welcome to “check” it out.



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