Waimari School feedback
Papanui supports chess players
You may recall that a few weeks ago the Papanui Rotary Board agreed to help with the travel costs of some Waimari School students to the National Chess Championship.
Here are some photos and a report.
The Christchurch schools involved in the tournament were Riccarton High School, Cobham Intermediate and Waimairi. All our teams finished mid-table.
When you consider that many of the North Island schools have officially ranked chess players in their teams, I think we did very well. As I say it was a bit like professionals vs amateurs!
Our boys played with great spirit and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Our boys played with great spirit and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
I think they did Waimairi school very proud and I would guess that they may have had the most fun of any team at the event.
It would be great if you could mention in the article the support of both Ryman Healthcare, Lone Star and Papanui Rotary as without their support it would have been much harder for the team to get to Palmerston North. And the school did a great job raising funds for the team too with a couple of sausage sizzles and a mufti day.
It would be great if you could mention in the article the support of both Ryman Healthcare, Lone Star and Papanui Rotary as without their support it would have been much harder for the team to get to Palmerston North. And the school did a great job raising funds for the team too with a couple of sausage sizzles and a mufti day.
Myself, Con and all the boys are very appreciative of this support.
Marty Lukes
Waimari school