The fantastic, fun-filled Friends & Family function was held on Sunday 26^th January 2014 at Rosemead School. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all, as the KJCA welcomed not just the regular KJCA junior players, but also many parents, grandparents, younger siblings, relatives and friends alike.

There was a great atmosphere with some great and interesting performances by many, but most notable were as follows:

- Best Junior Players:

• Senior school age - Rohan Shiatis (5 / 5)
• Junior school age - Anika Roy (4.5 / 5)

- Alisa Gray was the best adult player on 4 / 5.

- The Amazikidz Team, featuring Rohan Shiatis, Vishal Shiatis, Kiran Shiatis, Raakavi Rajaseelan, Ben Williams, Max Waters and Krishna Shiatis, won the coveted KJCA best team trophy.

Many thanks must go to GM Chris Ward for his fabulous hosting skills, all the kind voluntary helpers on the day, including Jayatee Roy, Anil Anilkumar, Luca Bernardini and Andrew Shiatis. In addition, a very big thank you to Rosemead Prep School and their very kind deputy head for opening their doors to the KJCA. A special thank you must go to Sue Maguire for making the event happen and providing such excellent catering.

There were many winners on the day and we have featured many of these in the gallery below. Apologies if your picture has not been included since we had a few technical difficulties with our photographer on the day J. A full gallery is available on facebook. Please "like" us on the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/kentjuniorchess

We very much look forward to seeing you all again at Sevenoaks GP on Sunday 2^nd February!

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Westgate Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5DE

Unfortunately due to reasons beyond our control, there has been a problem with St. Olaves for 1^st February and we are not able to hold GP3 there.

However, we have managed to secure Sevenoaks School for Sunday 2^nd February.

The address for the school is:

Parking is limited to Solefields car park only, which has about 60 spaces, otherwise there is parking in the town centre.

Directions to the school and to Solefield car park can be found on the following link:

http://www.sevenoaksschool.org/Websites/sevenoaks/images/documents/aboutus/directions.pdf

We are extremely thankful to Sevenoaks School for accomodating us at such short notice.

Start times are as before. Further details can be found on the following link http://www.kjca.org/event/65.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

KJCA

Location: Knole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3LE

Every Thursday from 5.00pm to 6:30pm

Starting Thursday 16^th January 2014 – Thursday 3^rd April 2014 (not including Thursday 20^th February 2014 – half term)

ACES (Sevenoaks) is pleased to announce that chess training is continuing at the Knole Academy.

The emphasis is on fun, learning, playing chess, building confidence and making friends. Students of all standards are welcome; whether you are already proficient or have no previous knowledge or experience of the game – all you need is an interest in learning and playing chess.

The aim is to provide a location for chess students in the Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells area to train and play together to a county level.

We will be working closely with the Kent Junior Chess Association and will encourage participation of the talented students in County Level events as well as National events.

Total £71.50 (£6.50 per week –11 weeks)

Please contact Krishna Shiatis at amazikidz@hotmail.co.uk should you have any queries.

ACES (Sevenoaks) is the sister organisation to ACES (Bromley) which is held at Bishop Challoner School in Shortlands and held on a Thursday evening during term time. The contact for ACES (Bromley) is luca@plantz.uk.com.

Happy new year to our KJCA players and parents!

A quick reminder about two of our upcoming tournaments.

Chris Ward’s Friends and Family and KJCA GP 3

Chris Ward Friends and Family event is a fun tournament designed for not only our junior chess players but also their parents / guardians / grandparents / uncles / aunties / siblings who might want to give chess playing a go to battle it out as a team. This will be held on Sunday 26^th January at Rosemead Prep School. Details may be found here:

http://www.kjca.org/event/78

A team can have any number of players. The best result from an U14 is tallied with the best result from an over 14 to give a total which is then matched to other teams. In the event of tie-break, the next best results are taken into account for each team.

Chris Ward GM will be on hand throughout the day to arbit and arrange pairings.

KJCA GP 3 is being held at St Olave’s School in Orpington on Saturday February 1st. As well as prizes on the day, this event also forms part of our annual Grand Prix series. With many of our Kent team mangers on hand the event will also be used to help select our top players to be invited to represent our county.

Details may be found here:

http://www.kjca.org/event/65

We hope to see as many of you as possible at these upcoming tournaments.

Kind regards,

Andrew Shiatis

KJCA Treasurer and U11 team manager