Chess Tour to Grey College - 2010.

The chess boys and Mr. Bentham left Glenwood at 5:30am on Friday the 19/02 and made their way to Grey college in Bloemfontein.  The trip went smoothly and we arrived at 1:30pm and registered and booked into the hostel at GreyCollege by 2:30pm.  The boys played two games on Friday, finishing at 8:30pm that evening.  By this time they were very tired and enjoyed a good night's rest.  They woke up to omlettes, cereal and toast, a good start to a long day of intense games against very tough opposition.  The strongest schools in the country played at this tournament, such as GreyCollege themselves and the favourites and winners, Affies from Pretoria.  It is such a pleasure to see the boys’ ability to handle such pressure and intense games that are two hours long, when the slightest slip can cost you the game.  Our A team ended up fourth out of about 50 schools.  Even though the B and C team never really featured, It was a good developmental experience for the boys.  Jarryd Geyser in the C team impressed by winning all five of his games!

Thanks to Mr Ellis, the bus driver and General Manager of all Glenwood Touring Teams, we had a very pleasant and safe journey.  The boys seem to enjoy the tour very much and look forward to definitely featuring next year.

Mr. Bentham

MIC: Chess.