St Joachim's wins invitational tournament. 26 March 2018 – Big well done to St Joachim's Primary, who won this year's Ellen Wilkinson primary school invitational tournament. Nii Tettey Amasa-Attram from St Joachim was the individual winner with 5/5. His team-mates Otigbo, Laurelle Asare and Anwulikaego Obi were each the highest scorers for their age. The top scorer for the hosts, Ellen Wilkinson, was Kayaan Shah with 4/5. Gallion's star performer was Mark Hodovanets, who scored 3½/5. Top scorers for the other two schools, Gallions and Grangewood's, were Cherry Wu and Raghav Dash respectively – both 3/5. The tournament comprised 27 players competing over five rounds. Final scores: St Joachim's - 16½ Ellen Wilkinson - 13 Gallions – 11 Calverton – 9 Grangewood – 8½________________________________________________________________________________ St Joachim's wins again 26 April 2018 - St Joachim's today won an invitational tournament at St Anne's in Custom House.The format was an all-play-all between eight eight-player teams. St Joachim's won five matches, drawing with Gallions, who finished second, and St Helen's.This follows the school's success at Ellen Wilkinson last month.Alex Bruckshaw, Gallions' board two, was the only player to score 7/7.The tournament was organised by Jerzy Dybowski, a World Chess Federation master and a tutor with Chess in Schools & CommunitiesFinal Scores:St Joachim's 12Gallions 11Calverton 10Rosetta 9St Helen's 8Ravenscroft 4Vicarage 2Park 0 Manage Cookie Preferences