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World Youth Chess Championships has started17 November in Turkey. Click to link to follow how our players are doing.

Good luck to our GJ players, Andre Meyer (U14B),Laetitia van Wyk and Angelique Hattingh(U16G).

Jason Naidoo (U16) and Ryan van Rensburg(U18) declined the invitation due to playing in other internatinal tounaments this year.

Watch SABC 1 at 8:30pm on Thursday the 29th November - program Zola7 will interview with Charneen Neethling from KZN, who talks to an ex inmate who has served 9 years in jail and his passion is to coach chess to children. Each show revolves arond the story of a single person who is preparing for a day that will have an impact on their lives - a day they will never forget. The episode is about Nkosinathi Thabethe, an ex inmate with no resources, who wants to pass on the passion and skill of chess to disadvantaged school children. This took place at a KZN school over three days and it is amazing to meet the people involved in this. Zola from SABC1is a form of reach for a dream.

Well done to all the GJ teams, managers and coaches on their fantastic performances at the Inter Provincial on the 6th October at MidStream College. We are proud of you! The tournament was represented by 5 regions - Gauteng North, Mid Gauteng, Gauteng South, Ekhuruleni and Platina.

Of the 14 team sections, GJ receive 12 of the trophies for first place. There were second in the other 2 divisions.
They were awarded best trophies in the A, B and C sections and won the overall provincial trophy.

Summary:

Algehele wenner :		GW
Afdeling A
Algehele wenner :		GW
	1ste	2de	3de
0/10	MG	GW	EK
0/12	GW	GN	MG
0/14	GW	MG	GN
0/16	GW	MG	GN
0/20	GW	MG	GN
Seniors	GW	EK	MG
Afdeling B
Algehele wenner :		GW
	1ste	2de	3de
0/10	GW	MG	GN
0/12	GW	GN	MG
0/14	GW	GN	EK
0/16	GW	MG	EK
0/20	GW	MG
Afdeling C
Algehele wenner :		GW
	1ste	2de	3de
0/10	GW	MG	GN
0/12	GW	GN	MG
0/14	GW	MG	EK

Detailed Results : U10A.....U10B.....U10C .....U10D (n/a)
............................. .U12A.....U12B.....U12C
...............................U14A.....U14B.....U14C(n/a)
...............................U16A.....U16B
...............................U20A.....U20B
..............................Adults

Those who are participating in the inter Provincial on 6th October, roll call will be at 6:30 am at
Cliffview Primary, Norman Rd, Fairland to depart as a team on the bus. Please wear GJ tracksuit and golfshirt.
PLEASE BE ON TIME SO AS NOT TO KEEP THE WHOLE UNION WAITING

Please check the above link for clothing orders for GJ Team and amounts owing. Orders are listed in alphabetically. All dress orders will be delivered during the first week of October 2007. You will shortly be advised of final arrangements in this regard. Please ensure that names and orders have not been inadvertently omitted and allso verify all entries. Payments are to be made directly into the GJ Bank Account. Kindly revert to Francois Wilke as a matter of urgency on all errors that you may find. Tel: (011) 646 4294...........Fax: 088 011 646 4294.............. Cell: 082 798 8363

The annual national CHESSA Junior Championships for 2007 will be taking place at the Central University of Technology (CUT), in Bloemfontein this year. All GW players are required to stay in the hostels as part of the team for the duration of the team event from 2 - 6 December. For the Individuals event from 7 - 12, players can stay in the hostels or organise their own accommodation. There is no space for any parents to stay in the hostels, as there are 1500 players to accommodate.

This tournament is from 4 - 12 August. We wish Anant Dole, Benjamin Hercules, Eitel Kruger, Michael Michaelides and Jason Naidoo good luck. The SA Team is rated 23 out of 36 teams.

NWR Primary School League starts on Monday 23 July. Click HERE for Rules, Scedules and Contacts.

SA Open Results

3 of the GW players made the TOP 10 at the SA Open, recently held in Cape Town.
Watu Kobese (2nd) with 9/11, Corno Klaver (5th) and Ryan van Rensburg (9th) (Both 8/11).

U18: Michael Michaelides was 3rd place (5.5/11).
U14: Craig Bornheim was first and Heinco du Plessis was 3rd (5.5 and 5/11).
For full results visit http://saopen.chesscube.com

Gauteng Junior Team Selection will be announced shortly
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There are no sessions in the government school holidays.

This takes place every Saturday at the Boskruin community centre and is there for the benefit of your kids to improve their chess. The clinic will be held over 2 sessions to allow you to choose a time that is most suitable for yourself. The first session is from
8am - 10am and the second from 10am to 12.00 midday.

To cover costs we are asking parents to pay R30 for the 2 hour session - this is an absolute bargain. To facilitate administration of these costs we ask you to kindly deposit the money into NWR chess account, monthly in advance. Thus the cost per month will be R120 per month per player. Unfortunately, should a player miss a session we will not be able to refund the money.

The account for payment is

Bank:                       Standard Bank
Account Name:        North West Rand Chess Association
Account number:     00 207 571 7
Branch:                    Rosebank
Branch:                    4305

Please bring proof of payment with you.
We appreciate your support and believe you children will benefit enormously from these sessions.

NWR committee.

The Gauteng Junior Prize giving took place at the Gauteng Open Prize giving. If you participated in the CHESSA Junior Chess Championships in Pretoria in December, and have still not yet received a participation certificate, GJ medal, Board prize certificate of you won a board prize, top 10 medal and certificate or not received team photo's from December, you can arrange to collect them. _________________________________________________________________________

Coming up on Carte Blanche.............Sunday 19 May 2007...........Presenter: Derek Watts
Check mate for change

It’s a game of power, strategy and common sense. Thought to have been invented in India around the 6th century, the game of chess is still alive and actively played today. In fact, in
New York’s South Bronx, the game has changed the lives of many disillusioned young
children and has become the inspiration for the film, Knights of the South Bronx. Based on
the remarkable story of David MacEnulty, the film depicts the ways in which chess has had a positive impact on children. In South Africa, it gave rise to Chess for Change, an initiative aimed at introducing the game in local schools. The results speak for themselves. Carte Blanche brings you the story.

Producer: Carol Albertyn Christie .............Presenter: Bongani Bingwa and Derek Watts

Online Knockout Competition - R8000 - 15 July	Monthly best game prize R1000
Best "Sneezers" - R5000	Daily most active player - R100 per day
Active Player competition - R5000	Masters Simul Challenge (Wed/Sat) R100

Click Section for detailed results	A Section	B Section	C Section	D Section
Players	41	124	86	10
1	SKOSANA, STEPHEN	TAKAWIRA, E	ENGELBRECHT, KOBUS	Venter, RA
2	MUTALE, P	NCUBE, WILBERT	OERTEL, BRETT	de Jager, T
3	VAN RENSBURG, RYAN	KHONDOWE, D	SILBER, MAXIMILLIAN	Poretti , CS
4	KLAVER, CORNELIS	HAYWOOD, RUDY	JOOSTE, MARTHINUS	De Koster. A
5	MBATHA, P	OBERHOLZER, FRANCOIS	VAN ZYL, ARMANDT	Beckerling, A