Dec 11th holiday tournament

135 players from all the districts arrived to compete in the Holiday Team tournament. Each team consisted of 4 players under 17 years old and one player of 18 years old or older. It was a terrific day of arts, puzzles, Christmas cookies and of course CHESS!

All districts participated in this tournament and the competition was tough:

Best female players

Nia Beane, Xena Zul, Vanessa Cucul, Michealynn Young, Maricela Cocom and Rosana Chun

Winners of the adult section:

Winners of 15- 17 ears old section:

1.Alfred Awe

2.Juan Vernon

3. Javier Lisbey

Winners of the 13-14 year old section:

1. Steve Flowers

2. Dolores Sho

3.Brandon Marsden

4. Pablo Bo

Winners of the 11 and 12 years old section:

1. Jerome Sho

2. Carlos Cocom

3. Lloyd Augustine

4. Briceno Choc

5. Erwin Wills

6. Dwayne Rodriguez

Winners of 10 years old section:

1.Ivan Pixabaj

2. Kareem Jenkins

3. Jaheed Palacio

4.Keiderre Loria

5. Vincent Hulse

Winners of 9 and under section:

1.Gabriel Cocom

2. Kenrick Fransisco

3. Jovel Chiac

4. Dondre Augustine

Team winners: 1st place was share by the team from Belize City ( Belize one) and Stann Creek ( Mighty Knights)

2nd place team winner: Chess Family one from Cayo

3rd place team winner: Chess Family two also from Cayo

4th place team winner: San Ignacio Team:

It is great to see our young players participating in such a difficult tournament: Gabriel Cocom - 8, Nia Beane- 7 years old and the yongest player in that tournament- Zahira Chun- 6 years old.

There was an excellent participation of the Golden Kings and Queens team:

This was a great Holiday event- thank you to all the players, coaches and parents!

In addition to that, Brian Chun, Stann Creek Chess Association Chairman, as well as President of Belize Chess Federation, received a Chess Table( Hand made by David Coombs) in recognition of his outstanding dedication to the work with young chess players of his district.