Four Rugby players took part in the WJC Tournament in Knowle on Saturday. Jamie did particularly well with no losses over his six games (4 wins and 2 draws), coming joint 2nd in a very competitive field. As the winner of the U-12s (Joseph Friar is from Worcs) Jamie was joint winner of the Warwickshire Under-12 category, with Ashwin Kalyana from Edgbaston. They share a lovely trophy and are joint age-related Warwickshire Champions. Congratulations to Jamie on a chess triumph.
Leo won four games of his six, again against strong competition, losing first and last game - the last to the age group winner I think. He won a medal. Sam Elks was also there, but not sure what his score was. (Sam, if you let me know I will update this information). We need a banner of some sort to muster Rugby players at large tournaments :-)
Rhys was playing in the 14-21 age group, which contained some very experienced players. He won two games, gained one draw and declined another draw (which he then went on to lose). His first match was against Astghik Stepanyan, a very good U-18 female player with a 156 rating. Several of the older players in this category were very strong, one with a rating of 191 (near Jonn Naylor's own) showing how talented Junior players can be.
