Junior Boys’ Enjoy Further Chess Success

Merchant Taylors’ Junior Boys have had further success this term in Chess. Fifteen enthusiastic chess players from Years 4-6 Caleb Blower, Simon Holt, Isaac Arnold, Justin Chen, Shivy Gautam, Jack Liptay, Aaron Freddy, Isaac Kia, Abdurrahman Ali, Zach Faulkner-Atkinson, Bruce Hill, Nikuil Bhatnager, Martin Chen, Milo Paine and Joshua Whalley travelled to Bolton Junior School for the annual AJIS Chess Congress.

The boys represented the U9, U10 and U11 teams. The boys demonstrated great teamwork, encouraging one another and displaying superb sportsmanship throughout the tournament. Medals were awarded to the top performing pupils in each group-

U9
Bronze Medals – Caleb Blower & Justin Chen

U10
Gold Medals – Jack Liptay & Isaac Kia
Silver Medal – Aaron Freddy

U11
Gold Medal – Martin Chen
Silver Medal – Bruce Hill
Bronze Medal – Milo Paine & Joshua Whalley

Well done to all the boys who took part!