Sixteen Somerset students competed against the best teams from across Queensland at the Chess State Finals, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October at St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace. The All-Girls State Finals also took place on 19 October at Tingalpa State School, and 16 Somerset girls took part.
A huge congratulations to the winners: Anglican Church Grammar School in the Secondary Open, MacGregor State School in the Primary Open, Brisbane Girls Grammar School in the Secondary Girls and King's Christian College in the Primary Girls. Somerset’s results included third in the Secondary Girls, third in the Primary Girls, equal Fourth in the Secondary Open, and equal second (fifth on countback) in the Primary Open.
Many matches were on a knife edge, and the schedule was gruelling. In the end it was nerves that decided the crucial match-ups. In the Primary Open, Somerset took an early lead with 11.5/12 in the first three rounds, but a 1 to 3 loss to MacGregor SS in Round 4 proved decisive.
Somerset had an excellent showing at the Gold Coast Individual Age Championship, held on Wednesday 31 October at Emmanuel College. Ninety-five Somerset students took on a record-breaking field of 737 students from all over the Gold Coast.thirteenf 13 titles, Somerset won an incredible eight.
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