Worcestershire Megafinal Winners 2009

Supremas, Supremos, and all players scoring 4 points or more qualify for the National Gigafinal at Oldham. All players with 3.5 points won rosettes.

Under 7 Girls
Suprema, Guilia Leahy, 2 points

Under 7 Boys
Supremo, Neddy Tsoi (Checkmates, Quinton) 6 points
Runner-up, Samuel Timmins (Clent Primary School) 4 points
Rosettes: Alexander Bower (Worc Jun Chess Academy|) and Henry Cox (The Meadows Junior & Infants School, Northfield, Birmingham) each with 3.5 points

Under 8 Girls
Suprema, Samiya Karimov (Green Meadow Primary, Selly Oak, Birmingham) 2 points

Under 8 Boys
Supremo:
Ibraheem Malik (Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) on 5.5 points
Runner-up and qualifying: Jake Broughton (Worlds End Junior, Quinton, Birmingham) on 5 points.
Rosettes and qualifying: Jacop Payne-Lunn (Worcester Junior Chess Academy), 4.5 points, George Battle-Welch (Our Lady of St Carmel, Redditch), Fraser Campbell (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch), William Noyce (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch), each on 4 points.
Rosettes: James Kim (The Meadows Junior, Northfield, Birmingham), Joshua Topham (Clent Primary), James Wheeler (Green Meadow, Selly Oak, Birmingham), Harry Williams (Our Lady of St Carmel, Redditch) each on 3.5 points

Under 9 Girls
Suprema
, Xara Furniss (Worcester Junior Chess Acdemy) 3 points won on tie break
Runner-up
, Charlotte Wright (Heathfield, Kidderminster) 3 points

Under 9 Boys
Supremo, Sean Atkinson (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch) 6 points
Runner-up and qualifying
,
Simon Kim (St Laurence, Northfield, Birmingham) 4.5 points
Rosettes and qualifying, Thomas Bishop (Kings Hawford, Worcester), Sebastian Bower (Worcester Junior Chess Academy), Dan Boyd (River School, Worcester), Cameron Westwood (Worlds End Junior, Quinton, Birmingham) each on 4 points
Rosettes, Johannes Beckett (Checkmates, Quinton), Peter Nicholas (Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch), Jack Sivill (Heathfield, Kidderminster), each with 3.5 points

Under 10 Girls
Suprema,
Georgia Hempenstall (Cherry Orchard, Worcester) 3.5 points
Runner-up,
Rachel Tudor (St Joseph's, Stourbridge) 3 points

Under 10 Boys
Supremo, Joseph Friar (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 6 points
Runner-up
, Justin Hsu (St Laurence, Northfield, Birmingham) 5 points on tie break

Rosette and qualifying: Ben Hunt (River School, Worcester) 5 points, Kade Stenson (Acocks Green Primary, Birmingham) 4.5 points, Harry Annable (Kings Hawford, Worcester), William Lee-Anglin (Heathfield, Kidderminster), Alex Read (St Laurence, Northfield) Birmingham), each on 4 points.
Rosettes: Kieran (Bhamra, Hall Green Junior, Birmingham) Thomas Keast (Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham), Kabeendan Murugesu (Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath, Birmingham) each on 3.5 points

Under 11 Girls
Suprema
, Elizabeth Robinson (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 4 points

Under 11 Boys
Supremo
, Leo Tsoi (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 6 points
Runner-up, Luke Comerford (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 5 points on tie break
Rosette and qualifying: Joseph Dymock (St Joseph's, Stourbridge), Miles Lloyd-Badham (Malvern Parish Primary) both on 5 points; Oliver James (St Joseph's, Stourbridge), Levi Philpott (The Meadows, Northfield, Birmingham), Samuel Rahmen (Hall Green Junior, Birmingham), Kaushik Rai (Kings Hawford, Worcester) all on 4 points

Under 12 Boys
Supremo
, James Friar (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 5 points
Runner-up and qualifying
, Ravi Patel (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 4 points
Rosette: Jason Hundle (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 3.5 points

Under 12 Girls
Suprema, Rachna Prem (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 4 points

Under 13 Boys
Supremo
, Kyle Reed (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 5.5 points
Runner-up and qualifying
, Max Cheung (King Edwards VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 4.5 points
Rosette: Patrick Rowberry (Nunnery Wood, Worcester) 3.5 points

Under 14 Boys
Supremo
, Kuran Rati (Worcester Junior Chess Academy), 4 points
Runner-up
, Matthew Robinson (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 3 points on tie break

Under 15 Boys
Supremo
, Andrew Pearson (King Edward VI, Camp Hill, Birmingham) 4.5 points
Runner-up and qualifying, Ashley Davis ((Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 4 points

Under 16 Boys
Supremo
, Peter Brankin (Worcester Junior Chess Academy) 4 points
Runner-up, Samuel Last (Nunnery Wood, Worcester) 3 points

Under 17 Girls
Suprema: Sophia Emanuel (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 2 points

Under 17 Boys
Supremo
, Kaiser Malik (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 5 points
Runner-up
, Chris Smith (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 4 points

Under 18 Boys
Supremo
,
Dani Malik (Tony Miles Checkmates, Quinton, Birmingham) 5.5 points

River School players were featured in an article in the Evesham Journal who published a picture showing them with Keith Arkell and their Chess Teacher, Stephnie Boyd.

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Published 27 July 2009 by Ray Collett