NYCA U18 and U14 Northampton

Kent fielded an U14 and an U18 at this year’s NYCA which was held in Northampton on 28th September 2014

U14

Kent finished third with 25 points with Sussex and Cheshire and North Wales finishing joint first with 28.5. 

Three players had the perfect score in this section, Jackson Wen (board 2), Rajeiv Ratnesan (board 9), Alejandro Ito-Aramendia (board 10) and three players were just one draw away Freddie Hand (board 3), Francesco Bernardini (board 4) and Jacob Watson (board 11).

It should be noted that two players, Aurideep Nayak (U12) and Charlie Metcalfe (U10) were drafted in to the under 18. Both did fantastically well and Charlie in particular scored an impressive 1.5 out 3, narrowly missing a win through stalemate.

Board order: Anantha Anilkumar, Jackson Wen, Freddie Hand, Francesco Bernardini, Ximan Mao, Mikey Watson, Ranesh Ratnesan, Karthik Velayudham, Rajeiv Ratnesan, Alejandro Ito Aramendia, Jacob Watson, Freddie Nunn

U18

We had to draft in an U12 player Aurideep to play board 5 and an U10 player Charlie Metcalfe to play on board 6, due to some last minute reshuffling.

Board order: Patrick Smith, Rohan Bansal (nominated best Kent U18 player on the day for his excellent performance), Michael Green, Jessica Wen, Aurideep Nayak, Charlie Metcalfe

We are pleased that even with our depleted team we performed well and achieved some extremely credible results.

Best wishes to all,

Anil