North Wales v South Wales 2002

Results of the North Wales U 14 Team Match against South Wales at Caersws Primary School

The South Wales Team of 7 players arrived by car led by Ian Eustis, the U 14 Team Manager supported by Russell Dodington The Welsh Director of Junior Chess. The venue was funded by The WCU & a mid match coaching session was given by Mr Dodington & Mr Eustis .

There were four rounds of chess at 30 minutes for each per player, commencing around 11:15, with a closing ceremony around 18:10..

The match itself over the 4 rounds was won by South Wales by 13 to 11 & was designed to help decide the pecking order for the lower boards of the Wales U 14 Team to play England Teams in December. Apart from Garth Owen who is already an established International, the result was inconclusive for North Wales players. A further trial was suggested for the U 13 event to be held at the end of the month or the U 14 event on 7^th December at Cardiff. We hold the North Wales Championships on Sat 9^th November.

The results are shown below with the North Wales result shown on the right on each round

Board	North Wales	Round 1	South Wales	Round 2	South Wales	Round 3	South Wales	Round 4	South Wales
1	Garth Owen	1-0	Yutien Zhao	1-0	Perri Khamma	1-0	Alex Kent	1-0	Yutien Zhao
2	Andrew Brereton	0-1	Alex Kent	0-1	Yutien Zhao	0-1	Aaron Billing	0-1	Perri Khamma
3	Anthony Lodge	½-½	Christian Sayers	1-0	Aaron Billing	0-1	Yutien Zhao	1-0	Jonathan Evans
4	Michael Mooney	0-1	Aaron Billing	1-0	Alex Kent	0-1	Perri Khamma	0-1	Sam Whyley
5	Luke Turford	0-1	Sam Whyley	1-0	Christian Sayers	1-0	Jonathan Evans	½-½	Aaron Billing
6	Robert Brereton	1-0	Jonathan Evans	0-1	Sam Whyley	0-1	Christian Sayers	0-1	Alex Kent
Total		2½-3½		4-2		2-4		2½-3½
G.Total		2½-3½		6½-5½		8½-9½		11-13

Anthony Lodge & Luke Turford both staked a claim for selection with 2 wins (& draws which they should have converted to wins!). It appears that 5 places were on offer for the 13 players present. Anthony Farrell has been selected & was unable to attend.