36 teams in ‘Press’ chess

Press, 14 July 1987, Page 38

36 teams in ‘Press’ chess

Thirty-six teams, just two short of the record last year, will compete in the seventeenth annual schools’ chess tournament sponsored by “The Press.” Seven teams have been accepted in the A grade, 13 in the B grade, 11 in the C grade and five in the girls’ grade. Medbury, in the C grade for intermediate schools, and Marian College, in the girls’ grade, are newcomers to the competition, while Avonside Girls’ High School returns after an absence of seven years. The first round draw and the starting week (games to be played at the first named

crhooD is — A grade (July 13-17): St Andrew’s v. Burnside; S.B.H.S. v. C.8.H.5.; St Thomas’s v. Christ’s College; Ashburton a bye. B grade.— Zone I (July 13-17): C.B.H.S. Bv. Papanui; Cashmere v. S.B.H.S. C; St Thomas’s v. Bumside B; St Bede’s a bye. Zone II (July 20-24): Ashburton B v. Hornby; C.B.H.S. C v. St Andrew’s B; S.B.H.S. B v. Christ’s College B. C grade.— Zone I (July 13-17): Heaton v. Christchurch South; Cathedral Grammar v. St Michael’s; Linwood v. Medbury. Zone II (July 13-17): Cobham v. Kirkwood; Chisnallwood v. St Patrick’s; St Andrew’s Preparatory a bye. Girls' grade (July 20-24): St Margaret’s v. Christchurch G.H.S.; Burnside v. Avonside G.H.S.; Marian College a bye.