The Gauteng Chess Games took place on Saturday 29th August and Jeppe Girls represented D9 with teams in the u15 and u18 categories.
Congratulations to the u15 team who did exceptionally well and are now the Girls u15 Gauteng champions. The team was comprised of six players – Mahima Vandayar, Rethabile Maboko, Nompumelelo Dube, Zamokuhle Gama, Kimberley Mugadza, Kmalda Chetty – and Naomi Nakonga who was reserve. Zamokuhle and Kimberley both won all of their 6 games; Nompumelelo won 4 out of 6 games; Rethabile won 3 out of 5 games and Kimalda won 3 out of 4 games. Mahima won 1 game but she took on 5 top masters. Naomi played 1 game and it ended in a stalemate.
The U15 team will be representing Gauteng at the Nationals in December.
The u18 team also did very well, taking third place. Their team comprised Dominique Meysel, Nicole Song, Shannie Wu, Minal Sarfaz, Tafadzwa Makhuza and Lizan Potgieter. Collectively they won 19½ games out of 30.
U15 Chess Champions
Back : Nompumelelo Dube, Kimberley Mugadza , Naomi Nakaonga
Front: Rethabile Maboko, Mahima Vandayar, Kimalda Chetty, Zamokuhle Gama
