February 2025

My name is Saoirse, a few of my class mates and I went to a chess tournament in Grange Gorman at TU Dublin. When we first arrived they, were very welcoming they had a snack table with muffins and little cupcakes. There were 6 schools including us, Stanhope Brunner Christ The Kings Boys and Christ The King Girls. The way it was set up so one person from each school would go against another person from another school. There were 5 pupils from each school so there were 5 rounds. After our games and lunch breaks we had an award ceremony and we got a certificate each. Thanks Ms Jenkins for putting up with us :)  (Especially Josh)

My name is Ava and on Thursday the 27^th of February 2025 Me and a few of my classmates went to TU Dublin Chess Tournament. There was 6 primary schools and 5 players per team. The schools were Stanhope, Brunner, Sacred Heart, Christ The King boys ,Christ The King Girls, Paradise Place. We left the the school at 9.30 and we arrived at the collage at 10.15. When we arrived, they were very welcoming and they had a little table with muffins and little sweets. They had a system with the points of each school and player. The tournament timetable 10:00-10:20: welcome players, reintroduction to clocks.10:20-10:30: Arbiter introduction everyone finds their boards. 10:30-11:00: First round 11:05-11:35: second round.11:35-12:00: lunch break. 12:00-12:30: third round.12:30-1:00: fourth round. 1:00-1:15: short break. 1:15-1:45: fifth round.1:45-2:00: Casual games/Puzzles.2:00-2:15 Awards ceremony, prize giving. It was a great day thanks to all the people that invited us and helped especially Ms. Jenkins thanks for putting up with us and buying us cookies and vitamin drinks (and especially for putting up with Josh and his McDonalds obsession)