On Monday 9th March, Kieran Casey, Fallon Fotaras, Jaxson Jarvis and Hamish Thompson represented Newington at the Interschool Chess Challenge at Homebush Boys High School. It was an amazing day and we did really well. We all played 7 games: Newington finished first in the primary schools division with a score of 20 out of a possible 28. It was a remarkable day of chess seeing that the second place team had 24 players representing their school and we had only 4.  We not only came first but also took out the first three placings with Fallon coming overall first, Hamish second and Kieran third. In the competition there was a high school team, which we versed and won most of our games against. The thought of it was daunting but as we built up our confidence we enjoyed the challenge. We are looking forward to the semi finals next term.

Fallon Fotaras 6R