The day attracted delegates not only from our Teesside Schools but from much further afield too, with Andrew Green's journey from Edinburgh being a record travelling distance for one of our events.
Working alongside my trusty assistant Rachel Trotter (recent star of Radio Tees and photographer for this report) we delivered a day of material based on our school lessons and CSC curriculum, with plenty of mini-games, discussions on the merits of chess in schools, the expansion of junior chess on Teesside and many other subjects. We even indulged in a little bit of role play along the way.
It was a great privilege to work with such an outstanding group, whose skills and experience ranged from total novices all the way to Scotland's national junior chess coach.
Thank you, everyone - it was a wonderful day!
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| Sue names the colour of a selected square correctly - without sight of the board |
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| And so - it begins... |
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| Mini-games with pawns |
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| Sue and Kay pointing the way to success |
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| Judy and Nicola showing their competitive spirit |
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| The pointing has become infectious on this board |
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| Steph demonstrating how to move like a bishop |
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| Eddie enjoys moving like a rook |
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| Queen Anna! |
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| More mini-games: Anna vs. Andrew |
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| More pointing on this board! |
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| Sue defending King Andrew from the 'evil' Queen Judy |
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| Can the king escape the dungeon? |
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| Checkmate practice! |
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| A solution is found |
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| Question 2 is the hardest on the sheet |
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| Anna and Andrew closing in on the answers |
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| Is this checkmate...? |
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| That is! |
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| Eddie has found the move! |
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| Playing the Ultimate King Hunt. Andrew eventually delivered checkmate to the lone king. |
It was a brilliant day Sean. Delivered with your usual humour it was just what I required and hopefully I'll be able to take chess forward in my school and encourage more attendees at the next training day. It was great to see you again and thanks for all you do for chess, the Teesside area and the children of Teesside
ReplyDeleteThank you for your very kind comments, Kay.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to see you again too and I felt the day was a great success thanks to the way in which everyone entered into the spirit of the occasion.
Thank you too for your five years of continuous support (long may it continue)!