On the 7th July the annual Haimo Primary School Chess Tournament took place, with schools from all over the borough of Greenwich competing against each other to win the coveted trophy. The competition was set up three years ago by Tracy Cardigan, a year 3 and 4 teacher at Haimo Primary, to encourage children to play more traditional games like chess as opposed to computer games and enable primary schools around the borough to come together. A passionate chess player herself, she admits “to be honest there is more competition between the teachers than the students”.
This year the winning team is The Mighty Reds from Charlton Manor. When asked about their team name they say “We are the Mighty Reds because we are mighty and all our favourite football teams have red kits!” Indeed their teacher, Richard Pittman Weekes II, seems absolutely thrilled with the win as he kisses their new trophy and fuels the children’s excitement with shouts of “GO MIGHTY REDS!”
As Tracy attempts to calm down the excitable chess players she says “Haimo won last year but this time we were defeated, I suppose we can’t win every time! The competition has become so popular, next year I hope to do it over two days; the children seem to love it”. As all the participants run around waving their shiny certificates it is certainly clear that they’ve enjoyed the tournament, jalthough they may not look like traditional chess players.
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