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Irish Checkmate (secondary schools) Chess Champions 2019. L-R: Bryan Chan (Captain), Sean Hayes, Denis Popov and Peter Sheeran. Also pictured is Mr John Weldon (mentor) and Mr John Alfred (event organizer). Bryan Chan also achieved the single best player at the event.
Open-Night 20.9.2018
Chess Club ‘Welcoming Committee’. Back row. Pictured left to right: Mr Weldon (mentor), Mark Duff (6th yr), Cian McMahon (5th yr), Seán Warlow (3rd yr), Mr Norman (mentor).
Front row: Left to right: Bryan Chan (2nd yr), Seán Hayes (5th yr) and Kieran Curran (5th yr). Wonderful success. Thanks to the committee for making all our visitors welcome and for helping them enjoy a game of mental gymnastics. See gallery for more pics.
Irish Checkmate champions 2018 Irish ChessZ Silver Recipients 2018 Well done lads!
Pictured below L-R are Cian Cashman (6th year); Peter Sheeran (3rd year); Denis Popov (4th Year); Joe Murray (2nd year) and Bryan Chan (1st year) with mentor Mr Weldon.
FOURTH PLACE IN THIS YEAR’S ALL IRELAND. See link for full report and stats.
‘The Final Twelve’ (in alphabetical order) representing ROCO at the Check-Mate All Ireland Final. (April 7th. Limerick. Captain: Ben O’Sullivan (Pic above includes subs). Good luck lads!!
1. Athinson, James 3rd year
2. Cashman, Cian 5th year
3. Curran, Kieran 3rd year
4. Malone, Padraic 6th year
5. Moynihan, Diarmuid 6th year
6. Murphy, Jordan 5th year
7. O’Donovan, Conor 5th year
8. O’Sullivan, Ben 6th year
9. O’Sullivan, Oisin 3rd year
10. Popov, Denis 3rd year
11. Sforza. Fabrizio 5th year
12. Sheerin, Peter 2nd year
Sub panel
1. Hayes, Sean 3rd year
2. Fenkher, Anton 4th year
3. Lecane, Mark 2nd year
4. Vidauski, Gleb 4th year
In-house Results
The last two players to make it into the squad of twelve going to the All Ireland Check-Mate competition on April 7th have earned their places. In addition a sub-panel of four players has emerged. All as a result of a two-hour play off of six games using clocks in the Blueroom. Congrats to Fabrizio Sforza and Jordan Murphy ( both fifth years) on making the team and Sean Hayes, Anton Fenkher, Mark Lecane and Gleb Vidauski (3rd, 4th, 2nd and 4th years respectively) making the sub-panel in that order.
