Lincoln Primary School team

A stunning 7 out of 7 score by 8-year-old Farhana Halim led her Lincoln Primary School team to victory at the Christchurch Interschool tournament held at The Cathedral Grammar School on 30 June. So impressive were the Lincoln youngsters that their team topped all others on the day, including three Intermediate School teams. Runners-up in the Primary Division were The Cathedral Grammar School, with St Michael’s Church School in the bronze medal position.

The host school went one better in the Intermediate division, snatching gold from Heaton Normal Intermediate School, with Rangi Ruru Girls’ School finishing in third place. So Lincoln Primary School and The Cathedral Grammar School Intermediate qualify for the National finals to be held in Auckland in October.

Full details are on our results page here.

Helensville Primary School, Waiuku Primary School and Rosehill Intermediate School are the latest schools to qualify for the Super 14 Interschool Chess National finals in October. Helensville blitzed a field of schools from all over the Rodney district on 16 June.

On 22 June the Pukekohe/Waiuku Zone saw Waiuku Primary School narrowly home in the Primary Division, while Rosehill Intermediate, who have travelled considerable distances to participate in Super 14 Interschool Chess events this year, had a happy trip home after dominating the Intermediate division.

For full results of all Super 14 Interschool Chess events go to http://chesskids.co.nz/ratings/ and click on the links.

This video was put together by Paul Macdonald at the Rodney event.