Chess

The chess club has been becoming more popular each year, with numbers now above 20 people.  

The club meets once a week to play in a room off the Library at lunchtime.

This year saw a big increase in numbers with a lot of new first years joining. Many transition years also have joined in order to fulfil their Gaisce awards obligations.

This years winter league was another great success. Players competed in a Round Robin league.

TY CHESS MASTERS FINAL 2016

The final Chess Competition of the year was fought out in Transition Year between the winners of each class. 

CHESS INTER-SCHOOLS COMPETITION

The school participated in the Chess Inter-School Competition in April  2016. Two teams travelled to Dublin to compete, a senior team and a junior team. the senior team, mostly made up of 5th years, played in a very competitive Champions section, playing six matches each. They did very well, with every student winning at least two of their games . The novice team came in at second place in their section, a great achievement by these students who were competing for the first time. Well done to all, and thank you to Ms McDermott who has put a lot of work into the running  of the club.