The Mazenod Gazette

From the Executive

ACC Open Chess – amazing success:

In these difficult and uncertain times, with so much being cancelled, it is great to report on an activity that has been able to continue!  On Thursday this week our chess club competed online in the annual Open ACC Chess tournament.  We emerged the champion school for the 18th year in succession, and for the 21st time in the 23 years of competing in the ACC. Truly a remarkable achievement.

 

The competition was divided into two divisions; with a total of 21 teams comprised of 196 players entered. Mazenod had three teams – all in Division 1 – with 45 of the 97 players in division 1. Our 45 players represented us with outstanding attitude, competitiveness, and good sportsmanship.

  1. Mazenod A         24
  2. De La Salle A      21.5
  3. Mazenod B         20
  4. St Bedes              19
  5. Mazenod C        15.5
  6. De La Salle B      15

Team A: 1st. Consisting of our top 4 players together with eleven of our Year 12s, they won the competition comfortably. Congratulations to overall ACC champion, Duleesha Gunaratne of Year 11, who was also the recent Mazenod Open champion for 2021. Great to see our exceptional Year 8 and 9 chess players:  Jackie Li, Khoi Do and Chris Boey, who all placed in the top 6 for the entire ACC. Special mention to our 2021 Chess Captain, Elias Ng (Year 12) and the ten other Year 12 Chess players who have all worked hard on their games and represented the College with distinction for the last six years. It is our tradition that all Year 12 Chess club members get to play in the top team in their final year.

  1. Duleesha Gunaratne      Year 11               6.5 / 7                 1st Individual overall
  2. Jackie Li                              Year 9                  6                           Equal 2nd
  3. Khoi Do                               Year 8                  6                           Equal 2nd
  4. Chris Boey                          Year 8                  5.5                       Equal 6th

Team B: 3rd Consisting of fourteen players from Years 9 – 11. They came a very creditable 3rd, without the two best Year 9-11s who were in Team A.  Special congratulations to Team B Captain Christopher Hermawan of Year 10 who placed Equal 8th overall.

  1. Christopher Hermawan Year 10               5/7                       Equal 8th overall
  2. Aston Pham                       Year 11               5                           Equal 8th
  3. Deni Trkulja                        Year 10               5                           Equal 8th
  4. Kevin Tran                           Year 10               5                           Equal 8th

Team C: 5th Consisting of sixteen of our new Year 7-8 Chess players. They came a remarkable 5th in Division 1 Open ACC against Open teams from all the other ACC schools, without our two best Year 8 players who were in Team A.  These boys have been developing nicely - working diligently on their games during sport time on Thursdays and at Chess coaching Wednesdays after school when it has been able to be run. Congratulations to Team C Captain Bradley Susanto on an outstanding tournament.

  1. Bradley Susanto                    Year 8             4/7                       Equal 26th
  2. Tristan Youhorn                     Year 8             4                           Equal 26th
  3. Michael Ma                             Year 8            4                            Equal 26h
  4. Hy Viet Nguyen                      Year 8             3.5
  5. Alexander Fischbacher       Year 8             3.5

Chess competition continues with the upcoming Open State Championships and the Years 7-10 ACC in October. All interested students at Mazenod are always welcome to join our Chess club.

 

 

 

Mr Noel Jenkinson 

Deputy Principal

Curriculum & Staffing