The state-wide Primary Schools Competition (for teams of four players), which commenced in second term, has at last concluded. Over the last few months the 36 zone winners participated in region finals and the 10 region winners then took part in the inter-region finals to determine the country and metropolitan champions, which then played each other in the NSW final. Several finals matches were delayed by bushfires, which prevented teams from travelling and forced one to withdraw. In the Metropolitan final Emanuel School defeated Neutral Bay Public School while in the the Country final Wollongong Public School defeated St Mary's Primary School Dubbo. In the long delayed NSW final Emanuel School was victorious. Congratulations to the winners and also to all the other finalists for their achievement in reaching the finals. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left, then on the Primary Schools Competition's "Draw & Results" and then on "Finals".

Vincent Qiang wins Under 18 Title

Quan Nguyen wins Under 12 Title

Vincent Qiang of Wollongong, aged 16, has won the NSW Country Junior Championship, finishing half a point ahead of Matthew Clarke, who had held the title for the past three years.

Vincent Qiang is the winner of this year's Country Player of the Year Award, which is sponsored by the NSWJCL Vice-president Sebastian Jurd.

The Under 12 Championship was won by Quan Nguyen of Wollongong with a score of 9/10, two points ahead of Sarayu Prakashbabu of Dubbo.

For full results click on "Results" in the menu at left.

NSW teams achieved two seconds, a third and a fourth in this year's Australian Schools Teams Championships (ASTC), which were held Canberra on the weekend of 30 November and 1 December. The championships consisted of four divisions, with a total of 24 teams competing.. The winners and the NSW teams' results were:

Secondary Open Division:  1st Anglican Church Grammar School (QLD), ...,
3rd Sydney Boys High School (NSW)

Secondary Girls Division:  1st Presbyterian Ladies' College (VIC),
2nd Sydney Girls High School (NSW)

Primary Open Division:  1st Waverley Christian College (VIC), ...,
4th Emanuel School (NSW)

Primary Girls Division:   1st Mount View Primary School (VIC),
2nd Neutral Bay Public School (NSW)

The following NSW players won board prizes:

Secondary Open Division Board 5:  Kerwin Ma

Secondary Girls Division Board 2:  Jennifer Wang

Primary Open Division Board 4:  Max Tsipris

Primary Girls Division Board 1:  Chelsea Huey

For full details click on the link at top right.

This year's series of Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments consisted of 25 district tournaments plus finals. Forty schools took part in the NSW finals, including  schools from country areas such as Coonabarabran, Deniliquin, Griffith, Tumbarumba, Newcastle and Wollongong, as well as several teams from the Blue Mountains and the Central Coast. Beecroft Public School won the finals, half a point ahead of Sydney Grammar St Ives and Ironbark Ridge Public School.

For detailed results click on "Schools" (at left) and then on "Results" under the heading "Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments".

Smiths Hill High School from the South Coast Region has won this year's Country Secondary Schools Competition for the third year in a row. Merewether High School from the Hunter Region came second, also for the third consecutive year.

For full details click on "Schools" in the left-hand column and then look under the heading "Country Secondary Schools Competition".

Smiths Hill High School from the South Coast Region has won this year's Country Secondary Schools Competition for the third year in a row. Second was Merewether High School from Hunter Region.

For full details click on "Schools" in the left-hand column and then look under the heading "Country Secondary Schools Competition".

Jack Keating continued his recent run of successes by winning the City of Sydney Junior Championship. He scored 6.5 out of 8 and finished a full point ahead of last year's winner Matthew Clarke and Justin Wayne-Lowe.

The Under 15 division was won by Seth Peramunetilleke, who conceded only one draw to finish on 7.5 out of 8.

There was a close finish in the Under 12 division with Shaheel Faizal capturing first place with 9.5 out of 11, half a point ahead of Ralph Tsui.

The three divisions attracted a total of 109 players, which was 13 more than last year.

For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column.

(10 Oct 2019):

Spring Tournaments 2019

Jack Keating wins Sydney Spring One-Day and Two-Day Tournaments
Khaiam Ali wins Orange Spring Under 18 Tournament
Sarayu Prakashbabu wins Orange Spring Under 12 Tournament

Jack Keating has repeated his winter successes by winning both Sydney Spring Tournaments. He won every game in the One-Day Tournament but conceded one game (to Justin Wayne-Lowe) in the Two-Day Tournament.

Khaiam Ali has won the Orange Spring Tournament's Under 18 Division with a clean score of 8 out of 8, a point ahead of James Joseph. The Under 12 Division was won by Sarayu Prakashbabu, who conceded only one draw to finish on 7.5 out of 8.

For detailed scores click on "Results" in the menu at left.

The NSW Girls Under 18 Championship has been won by 12-year-old Alaina Vincent. She won all her games except one, a draw with Amanda Cheng. Amanda finished second, one and a half points behind.

The Under 12 Championship was won by Chelsea Huey, who also conceded only one draw and achieved a similar margin of one and a half points. In second place was Chanya Rupasinghe..

For full scores click on "Results" in the left-hand column.

The 2019 Metropolitan Secondary Schools Teams  Competition, which commenced at the beginning of second term, has concluded. The winners of the three grades were as follows:

Senior Grade (Years 11-12): Sydney Grammar School
Intermediate Grade (Years 9-10):  Sydney Boys High School
Junior Grade (Years 7-8): Sydney Grammar School

A total of 302 teams from 80 schools took part in the competition, eight more teams than last year. The teams were divided into four regions and then into divisions of approximately 8 teams. Division winners qualified for knock-out region finals, the winners of which progressed to the inter-region finals in each grade. For full details click on "Schools" in the menu at left.

Sydney Boys High School has won Open Division of the Secondary Schools One-Day Tournament and with it the Terrey Shaw Shield. This was the school's first victory in this event since 1996. Second was North Sydney Boys High, which led throughout the tournament until the last round.

Sydney Boys High School also won the Junior Division (Year 7-9), half a point ahead of Normanhurst Boys High School..

A total of 48 teams from 19 schools participated.

For full scores click on "Schools" in the menu in the left-hand column.