From the Executive
Mazenod Chess Club
The Mazenod Chess club continued its outstanding success this week in the Kids Unlimited National Chess tournaments.
Middle Years (Years 7-9): First Place
Open Division: Runners Up
Middle Years Team L to R:
Mr Noel Jenkinson (Manager), Patrick Klonis, Alex Ho, Dihn Phan Truong, Dyon Perera, Abel Joshy, Sanuk Herath, Michael Ma, Chris Boey (Captain), Rahul De Silva, Yungshin Lim, Vincent Curcio, Hy Viet Nguyen, Martin Flaherty
Open team photo L to R:
Ryan Peiris, Zane Mendes, Christopher Hermawan, Duleesha Gunaratne (Captain), Kevin Tran, Deni Trkulja, Cameron Boey, Mr Noel Jenkinson (Manager)
Full results are detailed below.
Hall of Fame Inductees
This week two departing Year 12 students were presented with a certificate commemorating their induction into our Chess Hall of Fame.
They each have made outstanding contributions to the program over their six years at Mazenod and have reached a very high chess ranking.
Duleesha Gunaratne (Chess Captain) Year 12
Kevin Tran Year 12
Chess Annual Trophy Winners
The following trophies were presented to our chess club this week -
Mazenod Chess ACC & States MVP 2022 | Mazenod Chess Open Rising Star 2022 | Mazenod Chess Junior Rising Star 2022 |
Deni Trkulja Yr 11 | Ryan Peiris Yr 10 | Sanuk Herath Yr 7 |
Mazenod Chess Open Champion 2022 | Mazenod Chess Year 7 & 8 Champion 2022 |
Duleesha Gunaratne Yr 12 | Abel Joshy Yr 7 Rahul De Silva Yr7 |
Kids Unlimited National Chess Championships
Open National Finals
19 Teams and 120 players from across Australia competed online, Monday 28/12 and Tuesday 29/12
1st Huntingtower School - 21.5
2nd Mazenod College - 21
3rd Oberon High School -19.5
Mazenod Open Individual Scores
Duleesha Gunaratne 6 (5th Overall Individual)
Deni Trkulja 5
Ryan Peiris 5
Kevin Tran 5
Christopher Hermawan 4
Zane Mendes 3.5
Cameron Boey 3
Middle Years National Finals (Years 7-9)
15 Teams and 87 players from across Australia competed online, Monday 28/12 and Tuesday 29/12
1st Mazenod College - 23.5
2nd St Monicas College - 20.5
3rd Huntingtower -19.5
Mazenod Middle Years Individual Scores
Chris Boey 6 (2nd Overall Individual)
Rahul De Silva 6 - 4th
Dinh Phan Truong 6 - 5th
Patrick Klonis 5.5 - 7th
Yungshin Lim 5
Sanuk Herath 5
Hy Nguyen 5
Dyon Perera 5
Michael Ma 5
Martin Flaherty 4.5
Alexander Ho 4
Vincent Curcio 3.5
Abel Joshy 3
Mr Noel Jenkinson
Deputy Principal (Curriculum & Staffing)