Island team pipped at post by Knights (From Barry And District News)

Island team pipped at post by Knights

BARRY Island Chess Team were pipped by Cardiff Knights in their final match of 2003 at the Marine Hotel.

The final score was 2-2 with one adjourned game, and after match analysis it was awarded to Cardiff making the final score 3-2.

Scorers for the Island were the impressive Eric Blackwell and Autumn Cooke, who secured a nice checkmate and was player of the match.

M Cooke, A Hennessy and S Cooke made up the rest of the team.

Cardiff scorers were H Price, D Stevenson and Jon A Cowhey, with G White and A Gauci making up the team.

Next match is away to Caerphilly on Thursday, January 15. Team: M Cooke, E Blackwell, A Cooke, R Cooke, S Cooke. Subs A Hennessy and T Cooke.

Congratulations to Thomas Cooke who scored 4-5 in the Welsh U-12 Rapid Play chess tournament, finishing joint third. Autumn Cooke can consider herself a little unlucky to finish 2-3, losing in the last round. R Cooke, S Cooke and Lee Gelipse also competed for the Island.