Peter Mellor wins junior prize at Nottingham

Congratulations to Shropshire Junior's county team board one Peter Mellor who played in the Nottingham Congress last weekend and won the top junior prize with 3.5/5 in the under 100 section.

Juniors excel in league season

Shrewsbury Juniors and Newport Juniors finished fourth and fifth respectively in Shropshire's division three this season, a very good outcome for both teams who have made some great results against higher-graded adult teams. Shrewsbury, who scored five wins and three draws from 12 matches, were lying in third place right up until the last match but a match default by Wellington B let Oswestry B slip past them. Let's hope they can match that form in the summer cup competitions!

Shropshire Junior county results 2008-09

Here is a summary of the results for this season's county matches. Bearing in mind that the juniors were outgraded significantly on almost all boards, it is a truly magnificent set of results. Special commendations to Nathanael for an outstanding 4.5 points, Athar on 3 points and Francis and Angelica who both scored 2.5.

SHROPSHIRE UNDER 100 TEAM 2008-09

Players	Grade	Leic	Nott	Worcs	Staff B	Warks	Staff T	TOTAL
Peter Mellor	85	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Athar Mehmood	78	0	1		0.5	1	0.5	3
Nathanael Paul	65	1	0	0.5	1	1	1	4.5
Mark Richards	59	0	0.5	0	1	0.5	0	2
Huw Davenport	56	0.5	1	0.5	0	0	0	2
Francis Rooney	49	0	0	1	0.5	1	0	2.5
Jonathan Newey	49	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.5
Matthew Best	37	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
Jamie Allan	35	0	0.5	1	0	0	0.5	2
Joe Mellor	29	0			0	0	0	0
Matthew Mellor	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Angelica Dean	ug	0	0.5	0	1		1	2.5
Oscar Nicholls	ug			0				0
Chris Paul (sub)	69			0				0
Luke West	ug					1		1

Another close encounter for Shropshire Junior team

Shropshire Junior's final county match of the season ended in another tight finish which unfortunately went against us. A fine win by Peter Mellor on top board was not enough to equal the scores and left the match result 6.5-5.5 in Staffordshire Terrier's favour. However the juniors have performed magnificently against tough opposition throughout the six-match campaign with a number of good individual results. The winners in the latest match were Nathanael Paul, Matthew Best and Angelica Dean with draws from Athar Mehmood, Jonathan Newey and Jamie Allan.

Shropshire v Staffordshire Terriers

SECTION - U100

DATE - 28 March 2009

VENUE - Trinity School, Ford, Shrops

Board	Colour	Shropshire Name	BCF Code	Grade	Score	Staffs Terriers Name	BCF Code	Grade	Score
1	B	Peter Mellor	248946G	85	1	N Mclean	271134F	96	0
2		Athar Mehmood	264465E	78	½	J Day	109480E	99	½
3		Nathanael Paul	245834C	65	1	S Burndred	107695E	99	0
4		Mark Richards	264468L	59	0	P Shaw	118825C	99	1
5		Huw Davenport	257511F	56	0	D Nesbitt	171039E	96	1
6		Francis Rooney	264469B	49	0	R Dolan	157184K	94	1
7		Jonathan Newey	267845H	49	½	J Montague	179091C	93	½
8		Matthew Best	269317D	37	1	P Shelley	118855A	92	0
9		Jamie Allen	273629K	35	½	K Grzybowski	266797G	88	½
10		Joe Mellor	252231H	29	0	M Wyza	240298B	85	1
11		Matthew Mellor	260562E	23	0	C Mustaffa	249951E	73	1
12		Angelica Dean		Ung	1	J Gater	255708D	72	0
					5½				6½

Shrewsbury Juniors end season with win

Shrewsbury Juniors topped off their season with another good result, winning 3-2 against Wellington B. Helped by a default on board two, the juniors sealed the result with a fine win by Matt Best on board five and a win on top board where Louis Graham was standing in for younger brother Henry who was unwell. Shrewsbury Juniors 3-2 Wellington B L Graham 1-0 D Powell J Newey 1-0 default F Rooney 0-1 K Hickmott C Lovejoy 0-1 J Kuczjnski M Best 1-0 M Walsh

3rd spot still in sights for Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Juniors kept hopes alive of securing third place in their division with a draw against Oswestry. Wins for Chris Lovejoy and Matthew Best and a draw for Francis Rooney mean that Shrewsbury Juniors retain 3rd place for the moment, although only one point above Oswestry, who still have a game in hand. The battle will now go down to the last matches, with the juniors facing Wellington B in two weeks. Oswestry B 2.5-2.5 Shrewsbury Juniors R Thompson 1-0 H Graham G Hampson 1-0 J Newey S Tullett 0-1 C Lovejoy G Ives 0.5-0.5 F Rooney R Farrall 0-1 M Best

Shropshire juniors ready for next stage of UK Chess Challenge

Eighteen Shropshire juniors qualified for the Megafinal stage of the UK Chess Challenge at a tournament organised by Shropshire Junior Chess Academy on Saturday 7 March. The young chess players will now compete in the regional Megafinal to be held in Hereford in May. The qualifiers are: Under 7 Greg Jones Under 10 Laura Newey Under 11 Ben Jones Under 12 Richard Heath Christian Hudson-Pearson Athar Mehmood Matthew Mellor Alex Dillon Under 13 Matthew Best Angelica Dean Under 14 Jonathan Newey Francis Rooney Luke West Under 15 Peter Mellor Under 16 Matthew Evans Joe Mellor Jamie Allan Under 17 Nathanael Paul The tournament was a closely-fought event with Jamie Allan and Athar Mehmood sharing first place in terms of points scored with Nathanael Paul in third place.