Pictures by Jeremy Greenow

Worcestershire Megafinal Winners 2010

* Asterisk indicates that the player has qualified for the Northern Gigafinal in Dukinfield, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester) in July 2010.

Photographs are available of most prize winners receiving their trophies. If a competitor would like a copy, please contact me by e-mail using the same e-mail address as given on their entry form.

Girls and young women

Under-7
Suprema: Charlotte Pearson* (Clent Parochial Primary) 3 points
Runner up: Beatrice Beever (Kings Hawford, Worcester) 2 points

Under-8
Suprema: Amy Moynihan* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 5½ points
Runner up: Aoife Woodcock* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 4½ points
Rosette: Eleanor Parker* (Acocks Green Primary, Birmingham) 4 points; Isabelle Rooke (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 3½ points

Under-9
Suprema: Nandini Bulchandani* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 4 points on tie-break
Runner up: Jasmine Randle* (RGS Springfield, Worcester) 4 points

Under-10
Suprema: Xara Furniss* (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 4 points
Runner up: Lucy Morris (Welland Primary, Malvern) 2½ points

Under-11
Suprema: Megan Taylor* (Malvern Parish Primary) 3½ points
Runner up: Kate Devine (Powick Primary, Worcester)

Under-12
Suprema: Samantha Cooke* (Kings Hawford, Worcester) 4 points
Runner up: Anna Cardy (Walkwood Middle, Redditch) 2 points

Under-13
Suprema: Felicity Parker* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 3½ points

Under-14
Suprema: No award

Under-15
Suprema: Katie Smith* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 4 points

Under-16
Suprema: No award

Under-17
Suprema: No award

Under-18
Suprema: Sophia Emanuel* (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 2½ points


Non-Worcestershire Players' winning Rosettes

Under-9 Boy
Robert Ashworth* (Gloucestershire) 5½ points

Under-11 Boy
Michael Ashworth* (Gloucestershire) 5½ points

Under-15 Boy
Rosette:
Jaspal Jheeta (Warwickshire) 3½ points

Under-18 Boy
Kaiser Malik* (Warwickshire) 5½ points

Boys and young men

Under-7
Supremo: Jonathan Skipper* (Powick Primary, Worcester) 4 points
Runner up: Matthew Hall (Kings Hawford, Worcester) 3 points

Under-8
Supremo: Jamie Sheehy* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 4 points (on tie-break)
Runner Up: Eugene Read* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 4 points
Rosette: Alexander Bower* (RGS Springfield, Worcester) 4 points; Husnain Akram (Yorkmead Primary, Hall Green, Birmingham ) 3½ points

Under-9
Supremo: Ibraheem Malik* (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 5½ points
Runner up: Will Noyce* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch) 4½ points
Rosettes: Fraser Campbell* (Our Lady of Mount Carmel First, Redditch), Jacob Hughes* (Welland Primary, Malvern), and Judah Wood* (River School, Worcester) 4 points; Aiden Taylor (Kings Hawford, Worcester) 3½ points

Under-10
Supremo: Matthew Fergusson* (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 6 points
Runner up: Sean Atkinson* (Hall Green Junior, Birmingham) 5 points
Rosettes: Cameron Westwood* (Worlds End Junior, Birmingham) 4½ points; Abdulrahman Altaie* (Hall Green Junior, Birmingham), Sebastian Bower* (RGS Springfield, Worcester), Dominic Cole* (Malvern Parish Primary), and Connor Fell* (St Joseph's Primary, Norton, Stourbridge) 4 points; Aaron Westwood (Walkwood Middle, Redditch) 3½ points

Under-11
Supremo: Joseph Friar* (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 5½ points
Runner up: Luke Wellings* (St Joseph's Primary, Norton, Stourbridge) 4 points
Rosette: Ben Hunt (River School, Worcester) 3½ points

Under-12
Supremo: Aldrich Miguel* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 5 points
Runner up: Luke Crowther* (Nunnery Wood High, Worcester) 4 points on tie-break
Rosette: Nathan Dyke* (Nunnery Wood High, Worcester), and Marcus White-Bower* (Nunnery Wood High, Worcester) 4 points

Under-13
Supremo: James Friar* (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 4 points
Runner up: Liam Simpson (Nunnery Wood High, Worcester) 1½ points

Under-14
Supremo: Kyle Reed* (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 4 points
Runner up: Max Cheung (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 3 points

Under-15
Supremo: Philip Purcell* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 4 points on tie-break
Runner up: Jason Pereira* (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 4 points

Under-16
Supremo: Daniel Edwards* (Nunnery Wood High, Worcester) 1½ points

Under-17
Supremo: Unnat Krishna* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 3 points

Under-18
Supremo: Christopher Smith* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 5 points
Runner- up: Aled Walker* (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 4 points on tie-break
Rosette:
Matthew Watkeys* (King Edward VI, Fiveways, Birmingham) 4 points

What Three Megafinal Winners Did Next

Three megafinal winners win again Left to right: Kyle Reed, James Friar and Joseph Friar line up for their shares of the first prize in the Minor Tournament from congress director Andy Moore at the Worcestershire Open Congress 25 July 2010.

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Published 7 June and revised 29 July 2010 . Telephone Ray Collett at 01905 454754 if corrections are required