CODICADER JULY 2010

The next category is 13/14 years old. We will be sending 6 players and 3 coaches among almost 100 other athletes from Belize for the whole week of competition and fun in Guatemala.

Here is our Chess Team for CODICADER:

Akeem Jenkins, Cayo

Luis Tut and Kris Sanchez, Stann Creek

Estevan Coy, Toledo

Jose Manzanilla, Corozal

Steve Flowers, Belize districts

Coaches: David Coombs( Cayo), Humberto Juarez( Corozal), Brian Chun ( Stann Creek)

All the participants will be attending July 2-6th week at Sibun Jungle Lodge, where we will concentrate on preparing them for this important event with the help of the guest coach GM Maurice Ashley.

We would really appreciate if you would be able to help financially for the t-shirts and transportation.IF you able to donate money towards the trip- please contact David Coombs, who is the head delegate (670-5435).

To see the pictures from the previous Central American games in May-see below:

The games were based in the IRTRA de Retalhulue resort about 2 hours south of the Guatemala city. This is a luxury 5 star resort set in vast grounds with two theme parks adjoining.

Belize was competing against chess players from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.

between the rounds there was plenty of time to have fun in the water park:

and then back to the concentration on the board:
back to fun- trip to the toy museum:

walk in the park:
.. then back to chess again and making friends with players from other countries
As for those chess games, they needed a real muscle strength!

There were a lot of beautiful things that they saw, and memories will last for years!

and even they had a lot of fun,, it is nice to be back home!

The whole trip lasted 1week, and in addition to an incredible chess experience that our players gained, the cultural and social value of this trip is of even more importance! These kind of trips open their eyes, raise curiosity, allow them to make new friends and learn how to switch from fun to concentration and enjoy both.

During the trip Pedro Pixabaj, Jose Teul and David Coombs( coaches/chaperones) made sure that despite of full days of events, all the players kept their journals and did the homework assignments that they were given from their schools.

Congratulations to our international travel pioneers!