St John’s, Cardiff, were convincing winners of the 2017 Welsh Primary School Championships held at Bishop Hedley School Merthyr Tydfil, on Saturday 1 April.
The team of four – Hiya Ray, Anish Choudhury, Sridatta (Sanwi) Dantu, and Benjamin Jaberansari – won all five matches, and netted 16.5 game points out of as possible 20. As well as enjoying this success, the team found out that they had been awarded a place at the ECF Under 11 Open finals at Uppingham in July, thanks to their high score as runner up in the South West regional round.
In the top flight section involving 8 teams, Whitchurch came second with 8 match points. The Dell and The Grange both netted 6 match points, but The Dell came third, thanks to superior game points.
Winners in division 2, involving 31 teams, were Peterston super Ely. The team of Audrey Piguet, Zac Moss, Alexandre Piguet and Tom Cordell-Smith scored 17.5 game points. The Dell B came seconds with 13.5 game points, Whitchurh B third with 12.5 points, and in joint fourth, on 12 points were: Grange B, Roath Park A, and St John’s B.
In the individual competition held in parallel, Harri Gilbert won with 5/5, and sharing second place with 4 points were Alice Potter and Govind Anandkumar.
St John’s A, winners of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Hiya Ray, Anish Choudhury, Sridatta (Sanwi) Dantu, and Benjamin Jaberansari
Whitchurch A, second place in the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Ellison Smith, Fraser Britton, Alistair Hamblin, Finlay Britton
The Dell A, third place in the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Harrison Postans, Steffan Griffiths, Oliver Sapsford (not show), Thomas Davies
Peterston super Ely, winners of the 2nd division of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Audrey Piguet, Zac Moss, Alexandre Piguet and Tom Cordell-Smith
The Dell B, second place of the 2nd division of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Osian Jessop, Gabby Watkins, Miles Peckham (not shown), William Edwards (not shown), William Pennock
Whitchurch B, third place in the 3rd division of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Ed Maquire, Ethan McCafferty, Owen Lockwood, Elliot Barry
The Grange B, joint fourth in the 2nd division of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Benjamin Holley, Max Law, John Newington Bridges, Alfie Baillie
Roath Park A, joint fourth in the 2nd division of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Maazin Rizwan, Joseph Lopez, Wangsu Xu, Rafaul Karim
St John’s B, joint fourth in the 2nd division of the Welsh Primary School Championships:
Ashika Shahameeran, Krishma Lee, Rishi Paul
Harri Gilbert won the individual competition with 5/5,
and sharing second place with 4 points were Alice Potter and Govind Anandkumar.
DIVISION ONE
| Match points | Game points | |
| St John’s A | 10 | 16.5 |
| Whitchurch A | 8 | 14.5 |
| Dell A | 6 | 13.5 |
| Grange A | 6 | 10.5 |
| Howells | 4 | 8 |
| Melin Gruffydd | 4 | 7 |
| Ysgol y Wern | 3 | 8 |
| Birchgrove A | 0 | 2 |
DIVISION TWO
| Game points | Position | |
| Peterston | 17.5 | 1 |
| Dell B | 13.5 | 2 |
| Grange B | 12 | 4= |
| Roath Park A | 12 | 4= |
| St Johns B | 12 | 4= |
| St Josephs | 11.5 | 7= |
| St Marys Merthyr B | 11.5 | 7= |
| Inglefield | 11.5 | 7= |
| Dell C | 11.5 | 7= |
| Sandycroft | 11 | 11= |
| Cwrt Rawlin A | 11 | 11= |
| Lakeside | 11 | 11= |
| Gwaelod y Garth A | 11 | 11= |
| Birchgrove B | 11 | 11= |
| Melin Gruffydd B | 10.5 | 16 |
| Ton yr Ywen | 10 | 17 |
| Whitchurch C | 10 | 17 |
| Rhydypenau | 9.5 | 19 |
| St Marys Merthyr A | 9 | 20= |
| Osbaston | 9 | 20= |
| Birchgrove C | 9 | 20= |
| Kings Monkton A | 8.5 | 23 |
| Cyfarthfa A | 8 | 24= |
| St Clares | 8 | 24= |
| Roath Park B | 7 | 26 |
| Kings Monkton B | 6.5 | 27= |
| Hawthorn | 5.5 | 27= |
| Roath Park C | 6.5 | 27= |
| Cwrt Rawlin B | 6 | 30 |
| St Marys Merthyr C | 5.5 | 31 |
