Merseyside tournament at St George’s Hall, Liverpool

CSC’s annual Merseyside Primary Schools Chess Tournament was held in the grand setting of St George’s Hall, Liverpool, on Wednesday 9th July. Chess is Merseyside is experiencing a huge boom and the area is looking forward to hosting the 2025 British Chess Championships later this month. CSC has seen unprecedented demand for its Schools Programme recently, and has been hiring and training new tutors to teach in an ever-increasing number of schools next year.

On their arrival at St George’s Hall, the children received lessons from CSC tutors, honing their skills for the competition to follow. In the tournament itself, school teams of five players competed in matches in one of three sections: U9, U10, and U11. The games were all played in an excellent spirit and all tutors were very impressed with the level of chess on display.

The results were as follows:

U9
St Bridget’s A 25pts
Greasby 16pts
St Bridget’s B 16pt

U10
Our Lady of Pity 19pts
Ladymount 17.5pts
St Bridget’s 17.5pts

U11
St Bridget’s 22pts
Birkenhead 19.5pts
Whitefield 15.5pts
William of York 15pts
Holy Family A 14.5pts
Greasby 14pts
Greenbank 14pts
St Elizabeth’s 13.5pts
Barlow A 13.5pts
Croxteth A 13.5pts
Wellesbourne 13.5pts
Norman Parnell A 13pts
Norman Parnell B 12.5pts
Ladymount 12pts
Riverside 12pts
St Lady de Paul 12pts
St Cleopa’s 11.5pts
Knotty Ash 11.5pts
Barlow B 11pts
Netherton Moss 11pts
Kings Lander 10.5pts
St John’s 10pts
Holy Family B 10pts
St Paul’s 10pts
Croxteth B 9pts

At the end of the tournament, medals and trophies were presented to the leading schools while all children took home some CSC goodies. Our congratulations to everyone who took part in a most enjoyable day.