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Jacqui Thomas
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Everyone has been fed & watered & gone for their 9am first game of the day - it might be a long day! We have ordered a few packed lunches as back up in case any games go to the wire & therefore they wont have time to get back to the hotel to eat before the 2nd round today. There is also the possibility that the 2nd round doesnt start on time which could mean some later finishes.
6 points in all achieved yesterday & a few missed opportunities.
I think everyone will appreciate the rest day tomorrow. |
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Jacqui Thomas
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Results so far
Fergus 0
Leora .5
Captiva 1
Alice .5
Liam 0
Iona 0
Jonny 0
Lisa 0
Colin .5
Ian .5
Maryann 0
last updated 12.36 local time (we are 2hrs ahead if UK) |
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Jacqui Thomas
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry its been a nightmare trying to get online - took me an hour just to get logged in tonight
The past 60 hours has definitely been unpredictable. On Tuesday morning we were sunbathing & in the swimming pools in what must have been the hottest & certainly the sunniest day. Yesterday started overcast & then the heavens opened & I mean opened to the point that those of us that went on an excursion had to wade through the water. Then last night we had a huge storm that the locals say they have never seen anything like it before or at least the amount of rainwater. It not only flooded the ground floor at our hotel so that the spa had to close irrespective but we also had a power cut from before light through to 6pm this evening. Breakfast & lunch was very basic & the best the kitchen could do under the circumstances. They had a generator for the lighting at the playing venue but fortunately normal service was resumed early evening. The chess playing results have been on a roller coaster too with 7.5 points scored Tuesday, 1 point yesterday & 9 points today with wins for Leora, Colin, Fergus, Alice, Andrew, Jonny, Clement & draws for Liam, Iona, Ali & Maryann. |
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Jacqui Thomas
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Jacqui Thomas
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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latest scores today are
Liam 1
Iona still playing
Colin 1
Fergus 0
Leora 0
Captiva 1
Ian still playing
Alice .5
Lisa still playing
Ali 0
Andrew still playing
Jonny 1
Clement still playing
Maryann 0 |
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Jacqui Thomas
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Final results were
Iona 1
Lisa .5
Andrew .5
Ian 0
Clement 0
so 50% today 7/14 last game tomorrow starts at 10am local time |
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Jacqui Thomas
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Everyone was up, prepped & had breakfast before they headed off for their last game of the tournament.
Unfortunately, Captiva & Leora are playing each other - what it does mean is that the point achieved however this game finishes, this trip will have matched % score of the Italy trip last year. Some would say that Italy was the Euros & therefore tougher but even the regular guys say this is the toughest tournament for the Worlds. Normally the host nation put a lot of players in but this hasnt been the case this year.
Fingers crossed for a high scoring finish |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:42 am Post subject: |
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I didn't realise we sent more than the rest of the home nations. That was a real surprise for me.
I'd love to have the funds to send a team the size of the Russians! |
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Jacqui Thomas
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:44 pm Post subject: final results & placings |
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6 points scored in last round - well done everyone
SNo Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts. Rk. Group
90 Richmond Liam 0 SCO 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4,5 98 Open U08
105 Howie Colin 0 SCO 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 4,0 131 Open U10
145 Skillen Fergus 0 SCO 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3,0 148 Open U12
103 Mcdonald Ian 1774 SCO 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 4,5 89 Open U14
87 Mcclement Andrew 2046 SCO ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5,5 79 Open U16
117 Scott Jonathan 1811 SCO 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4,5 114 Open U16
81 Sreeves Clement 2104 SCO 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5,0 73 Open U18
38 Bryson Iona 0 SCO 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 3,5 95 Girls U10
85 Flaherty Lisa 0 SCO 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 3,0 96 Girls U14
91 Lampard Alice 0 SCO 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 4,0 87 Girls U14
62 Roy Ali 1822 SCO 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 4,5 69 Girls U16
68 Mcdonald Maryann 1514 SCO 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 3,0 70 Girls U18
103 Mills Captiva 0 SCO 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 3,5 109 Girls U12
114 Wadler Leora 0 SCO 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 3,5 111 Girls U12 |
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Mike Scott
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I would like to thank Phil and Jacqui for all the hard work done both to make this trip happen and then to run so smoothly. |
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AMcHarg
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Good work all. Looks like it was a really enjoyable event! Even the weather had spells to make you feel at home!  |
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Phil Thomas
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| Phil Thomas wrote: | Thanks Andy,
Scalps are good but additionally the targets I set in advance are
(a) Return with an impressive points total - taken over the whole team.
(b) Return with significantly stronger U12 and U10 and U8 players.
(c) Make the the whole party enjoys their experience in Greece.
(a) is measurable as we progress
(b) is measurable throught the grading system in the few months after the event.
(c) I take action at the time and I take notice of any complaints or other feedback made at the time or shortly after our return.
The adults in the party will do our best to send reports back daily. This depends of course on internet accessibility
- even if that coverage is patchy then the event web site can be expected to give excellent coverage updated many time each day.
Link to that web site is on front page of CS site. Can you add link into this thread please |
36 hours afer landing at Glasgow I have to say that multiple thanks are due to all the juniors for their excellent behaviour throughout our time in Greece and also to all the adults present for creating and maintaining the correct atmosphere for their offspring to work hard, play hard and have a good time.
Points average I am told was 4/11 which is 36.4% of available points
Which to me sounds significantly better than my target of 32.7% (Team Score in Italy last year). I guess you can all predict my target for our next major international venture
A special thanks must go to to the parents of the 3 U10 players for arranging their leisure time around coaching slots. I expect and hope to see rewards coming the way of their children in terms of increased grade and further international opportunities. |
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AMcHarg
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Good job all! |
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Phil Thomas
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| Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 6:21 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Phil Thomas"] | Phil Thomas wrote: | . I guess you can all predict my target for our next major international venture
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And the answer is 42 *
The next international junior venture is the Liverpool Quadrangular on Dec 10 to 12. After results from the Glasgow Congress are known the selectors will choose the final 2 places for the U12 team, the final 4 places for the U14 and the final place for the U16 team.
Choosing the final places is always a difficult decision - always a close call with much conflicting information to assess.
I hope to be able to announce the names of all 26 competing players by Friday 12th November.
*Last year our three teams scored between them 41.5 points. Any result above 42 means that our players have made progress. Any score below 42 means that I could have prepared the teams better. |
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