Chess

Over the recent school holidays, siblings ๐—ž๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ travelled to Alice to compete in the Inter-Regional Chess tournament, where they successfully qualified to participate in the EC Closed trials.

Between them, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ at various chess events across the province – from Makhanda to Jeffreys Bay and Graaff-Reinet.

They are also proudly counted among the six learners from Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet selected to represent the Sarah Baartman Chess teams.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜’๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ถ/8, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/10 ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ โ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด!