June 22nd - 24th

The South Wales Summer Congress and Under 18 Girls Championships were held in Rougemont School in Newport.

Congratulations to the winners:

Open -

1st Allan Pleasants (Weymouth)

2nd Juan Rodriguez (Cardiff)

Jnt 3rd Etelka Csom (St Johns), Robert Taylor (Newport), Peter Varley (Newport)

Under 18 Girls Welsh Champion - Megan Owens

The City of Newport trophy winners were Robert Tylor and Peter Varley

Major -

1st James Lavender (Newport)

Jnt 2nd - Matthew Staniforth (Penarth) , David Williams (Malpas)

Minor - 

1st David Rovaretti (Newport)

Jnt 2nd Owen Bennett (Newport), Ezala Beni (Newport), Mateusz Sieduszewski (Llangyfelach), Vas Sivarajasingam (Cardiff), Chris Smith (Thornbury), Brian Turton (Penarth), Thomas Turton (Penarth), Ken Wardle (Bridgend)

All results

Open games (some games removed at request of player)

These are in pgn format so you can open then in what ever chess viewing programme you have. eg Chessbase - save file on desktop, open Chessbase and drag and drop them in.

Some Photos:

Newport Councillor Noel Trigg giving Congress Controller Kevin Staveley  the new trophy he had donated for highest placed City of Newport qualified player in the Open		James Lavender and David Rovaretti Winners of Major and Minor Both from Newport and County Chess club