July 18th, 2026
These tournaments attracted about 180 of the best juniors in SA and most played matches over the 3 days – in the case of the Under 18 – Under 13 Championships they played 8 long games, the Under 12 competition had 12 games and the July Junior a total of 23 games. There was lots of excitement, laughter and some inevitable tears.
A big thank you once again to St Peter’s College for allowing us to use their fabulous Junior Hall and its associated facilities and a special shout-out to Jason from St Peter’s who once again helped us enormously each day by initially setting up the hall and providing us with a seemingly unending supply of trestle tables etc and responding to multiple requests! Thanks also of course to Mrs Angelika Bailey and Mr Barnaby Eaton for all their assistance.
Also special thanks to Dr Daniel Kerrigan for managing the actual tournaments – a huge task – not only doing all the draws on the computer and entering the results but corralling the players for each round, untangling the entries for the start of the tournaments on the first day and then calculating all the prize-winners on the final day.
The overall directors of the tournaments were Chee-Fong Cirami and Katie Schiavone who did an amazing job organising a brilliant team of volunteers and arbiters and many thanks to Ethan Retnaraja, Hamish Pattison and William Carrigan. And of course special thanks to our treasurer Carrie Chen and the help provided by Hannah Chen in organising the prize slips etc..
And a special thanks to the parents and carers who brought the students to St Peter’s each day – it is often a tricky thing to arrange but it can be a huge thing in a child’s life!
Below is the list of prize winners for all the tournaments but of course a big congratulations to all the players who took part – not everyone can win a prize but they can make many friends for life and you can learn so much from these serious games.
Prize Winners
|
Player |
Event |
Place |
|
Edward Moore |
July Junior |
1st |
|
Dhruv Ganesh |
July Junior |
2nd |
|
Hao (Damon) Yuan |
July Junior |
3rd |
|
William Clifford |
July Junior U10 |
1st |
|
Isaac Medlock |
July Junior U10 |
2nd |
|
Arthur Kerrigan |
July Junior U10 |
3rd |
|
Nehemiah Heitmann |
July Junior U9 |
1st |
|
Nash Gao |
July Junior U9 |
2nd |
|
Martin Hansen |
July Junior U9 |
3rd |
|
Finn Li-Jackson |
July Junior U8 |
1st |
|
Branson Leung |
July Junior U8 |
2nd |
|
Joey Liu |
July Junior U8 |
3rd |
|
Callum Chung |
July Junior U7 |
1st |
|
Archibald Hardwick |
July Junior U7 |
2nd |
|
Jemimah Heitmann |
July Junior U7 |
3rd |
|
Siggy Kerrigan |
July Junior U6 Prize |
1st |
|
NOT AWARDED |
July Junior U6 Prize |
2nd |
|
Jeremiah Heitmann |
July Junior Wednesday |
1st |
|
Rajmit Kundu |
July Junior Wednesday |
2nd |
|
Alex Chin |
July Junior Wednesday |
3rd |
|
Shlok Dua |
July Junior Thursday |
1st |
|
Patrick Fei |
July Junior Thursday |
2nd |
|
Evan Toppila |
July Junior Thursday |
3rd |
|
Alexander Houridis |
July Junior Friday |
1st |
|
Ryan Giang |
July Junior Friday |
2nd |
|
Feng Chen |
July Junior Friday |
3rd |
|
Alex Tian |
U12 State Championship |
1st |
|
Phuc Minh Long (Pika) Tran |
U12 State Championship |
2nd |
|
Ibrahim Shaikh |
U12 State Championship |
3rd |
|
Johnny Yue |
U12 State Championship |
4th |
|
Huy Anh Doan |
U12 State Championship |
5th |
|
Ella Zuo |
U11 Prize |
1st |
|
Qiankai (George) Guo |
U11 Prize |
2nd |
|
Angela Wang |
U11 Prize |
3rd |
|
Cindy Chen |
U15 State Championship |
1st |
|
Charlotte Chen |
U15 State Championship |
2nd |
|
Luthira Lesandul Wijerathne |
U15 State Championship |
3rd |
|
Lucas Wei Shen Teh |
U14 State Championship |
1st |
|
Eithen Jerry |
U14 State Championship |
2nd |
|
Joel Wiltshire |
U14 State Championship |
3rd |
|
Chen Bi Zang |
U13 State Championship |
1st |
|
Adam Abella Guevara |
U13 State Championship |
2nd |
|
Harry Ung |
U13 State Championship |
3rd |
|
Mai Rao |
U16 State Championship |
1st |
|
Shourya Dash |
U16 State Championship |
2nd |
|
Krsna Dua |
U16 State Championship |
3rd |
|
Alexander Horlin-Smith |
U18 State Championship |
1st |
|
Mark Lian |
U18 State Championship |
2nd |
|
Kavish Nagpal |
U18 State Championship |
3rd |
July 18th, 2026
Another blockbuster day with the lead changing several times!
|
Player |
Event |
Place |
|
Edward Moore |
July Junior |
1st |
|
Dhruv Ganesh |
July Junior |
2nd |
|
Hao (Damon) Yuan |
July Junior |
3rd |
|
William Clifford |
July Junior U10 |
1st |
|
Isaac Medlock |
July Junior U10 |
2nd |
|
Arthur Kerrigan |
July Junior U10 |
3rd |
|
Nehemiah Heitmann |
July Junior U9 |
1st |
|
Nash Gao |
July Junior U9 |
2nd |
|
Martin Hansen |
July Junior U9 |
3rd |
|
Finn Li-Jackson |
July Junior U8 |
1st |
|
Branson Leung |
July Junior U8 |
2nd |
|
Joey Liu |
July Junior U8 |
3rd |
|
Callum Chung |
July Junior U7 |
1st |
|
Archibald Hardwick |
July Junior U7 |
2nd |
|
Jemimah Heitmann |
July Junior U7 |
3rd |
|
Siggy Kerrigan |
July Junior U6 Prize |
1st |
|
NOT AWARDED |
July Junior U6 Prize |
2nd |
|
Jeremiah Heitmann |
July Junior Wednesday |
1st |
|
Rajmit Kundu |
July Junior Wednesday |
2nd |
|
Alex Chin |
July Junior Wednesday |
3rd |
|
Shlok Dua |
July Junior Thursday |
1st |
|
Patrick Fei |
July Junior Thursday |
2nd |
|
Evan Toppila |
July Junior Thursday |
3rd |
|
Alexander Houridis |
July Junior Friday |
1st |
|
Ryan Giang |
July Junior Friday |
2nd |
|
Feng Chen |
July Junior Friday |
3rd |
Here are the final standings:
July Junior | Friday
St Peter’s College (17/07/2026, 17/07/2026)
Standings at round 8
|
Pos |
N |
Title |
NAME |
Rtg |
Fed |
Pts |
BH |
BH-C1 |
|
1 |
3 |
Moore,Edward |
649 |
SA |
7.0 |
44.5 |
40.5 |
|
|
2 |
1 |
Ganesh,Dhruv |
730 |
SA |
7.0 |
43.5 |
40.5 |
|
|
3 |
12 |
Heitmann,Nehemiah |
427 |
SA |
6.5 |
40.5 |
37.5 |
|
|
4 |
18 |
Houridis,Alexander |
378 |
SA |
6.0 |
39.0 |
37.0 |
|
|
5 |
11 |
Giang,Ryan |
435 |
SA |
6.0 |
36.5 |
34.0 |
|
|
6 |
17 |
Li-Jackson,Finn |
389 |
SA |
6.0 |
36.0 |
33.0 |
|
|
7 |
16 |
Clifford,William |
402 |
SA |
6.0 |
34.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
8 |
9 |
Heitmann,Jeremiah |
466 |
SA |
5.5 |
40.5 |
37.5 |
|
|
9 |
14 |
Fei,Patrick |
417 |
SA |
5.5 |
39.0 |
35.0 |
|
|
10 |
15 |
Yuan,Hao (Damon) |
408 |
SA |
5.5 |
32.0 |
31.5 |
|
|
11 |
23 |
Chen,Feng |
248 |
SA |
5.5 |
30.5 |
27.5 |
|
|
12 |
10 |
Dua,Shlok |
439 |
SA |
5.0 |
39.0 |
36.0 |
|
|
13 |
20 |
Kundu,Rajmit |
346 |
SA |
5.0 |
34.5 |
33.0 |
|
|
14 |
5 |
Wanninayake,Thivein |
564 |
NSW |
5.0 |
34.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
15 |
21 |
Sha,Tavvy |
300 |
SA |
5.0 |
33.5 |
30.5 |
|
|
16 |
19 |
Hansen,Martin |
364 |
SA |
5.0 |
33.0 |
30.5 |
|
|
17 |
44 |
Loke,Aiden |
0 |
SA |
5.0 |
30.5 |
28.0 |
|
|
18 |
8 |
Leung,Branson |
467 |
SA |
4.5 |
41.5 |
38.0 |
|
|
19 |
2 |
Medlock,Isaac |
653 |
SA |
4.5 |
39.0 |
36.0 |
|
|
20 |
13 |
Kodituwakku,Saymi |
423 |
SA |
4.5 |
38.0 |
34.0 |
|
|
21 |
25 |
Liu,Joey |
195 |
SA |
4.5 |
36.0 |
33.0 |
|
|
22 |
36 |
Gao,Nathaniel |
0 |
SA |
4.5 |
35.0 |
32.0 |
|
|
23 |
53 |
Tran,Evan |
0 |
SA |
4.5 |
32.5 |
29.5 |
|
|
24 |
24 |
Hansen,Emily |
237 |
SA |
4.0 |
35.5 |
32.5 |
|
|
25 |
7 |
Toppila,Evan |
520 |
SA |
4.0 |
34.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
26 |
56 |
Zhang,Austin |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
33.0 |
30.5 |
|
|
27 |
42 |
Jin,Zengyi |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
32.5 |
29.5 |
|
|
28 |
41 |
Jin,Zengyan |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
32.0 |
30.5 |
|
|
29 |
28 |
Doan,Anh |
119 |
SA |
4.0 |
32.0 |
30.0 |
|
|
30 |
31 |
Chin,Alex |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
31.0 |
29.5 |
|
|
31 |
4 |
Kerrigan,Arthur |
578 |
SA |
4.0 |
30.0 |
27.0 |
|
|
32 |
57 |
Tan,Preston |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
29.0 |
27.0 |
|
|
33 |
27 |
Huang,Kilian |
134 |
SA |
4.0 |
28.5 |
27.0 |
|
|
34 |
51 |
Singla,Pinakin |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
26.5 |
24.5 |
|
|
35 |
6 |
Gao,Nash |
560 |
SA |
3.5 |
32.5 |
30.5 |
|
|
36 |
32 |
Chin,Lucas |
0 |
SA |
3.5 |
30.5 |
28.0 |
|
|
37 |
22 |
Nguyen,Sam |
263 |
SA |
3.5 |
29.5 |
28.0 |
|
|
38 |
34 |
de Mello,Ethan |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
35.5 |
32.0 |
|
|
39 |
45 |
Napagoda,Ayein |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
33.5 |
30.5 |
|
|
40 |
26 |
Kerrigan,Roly |
158 |
SA |
3.0 |
32.5 |
29.5 |
|
|
41 |
30 |
Agarwal,Parth |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
32.0 |
31.5 |
|
|
42 |
39 |
Hardwick,Archibald |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
31.5 |
29.5 |
|
|
43 |
37 |
Ghosh,Siddhartha |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
28.0 |
26.5 |
|
|
44 |
38 |
Gondotra,Reyansh |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
27.5 |
26.0 |
|
|
45 |
33 |
Chung,Callum |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
27.0 |
25.5 |
|
|
46 |
29 |
Karapandzic,Jack |
108 |
SA |
3.0 |
26.5 |
25.0 |
|
|
47 |
40 |
Heitmann,Jemimah |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
26.5 |
25.0 |
|
|
48 |
47 |
Parry,Jachin |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
26.5 |
25.0 |
|
|
49 |
59 |
Blaney,Kai |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
24.0 |
23.5 |
|
|
50 |
46 |
Ngawiki,TJ |
0 |
SA |
2.5 |
24.5 |
24.0 |
|
|
51 |
58 |
Shah,Sia |
0 |
SA |
2.5 |
19.5 |
19.0 |
|
|
52 |
50 |
Shah,Renee |
0 |
SA |
2.0 |
24.5 |
22.5 |
|
|
53 |
48 |
Pragash,Abinav |
0 |
OS |
2.0 |
22.5 |
22.0 |
|
|
54 |
55 |
Xiang,Peter |
0 |
SA |
2.0 |
22.5 |
22.0 |
|
|
55 |
43 |
Kerrigan,Siggy |
0 |
SA |
1.0 |
19.5 |
18.0 |
|
|
56 |
35 |
Edgecombe,Asaph (W) |
0 |
SA |
0.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
|
|
57 |
49 |
Qiao,Joanne (W) |
0 |
SA |
0.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
|
|
58 |
52 |
Su,Hugo (W) |
0 |
SA |
0.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
|
|
59 |
54 |
Wang,Ashton (W) |
0 |
SA |
0.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
Tie Break legend:
BH = Buchholz Total *
BH-C1 = Buchholz Cut 1 *
Generated by Vega – www.vegachess.com
July 18th, 2026
There was another huge turn out for the second event of the July Junior – most played in the Wednesday tournament but new players also took part.
|
Player |
Event |
Place |
|
Edward Moore |
July Junior |
1st |
|
Dhruv Ganesh |
July Junior |
2nd |
|
Hao (Damon) Yuan |
July Junior |
3rd |
|
William Clifford |
July Junior U10 |
1st |
|
Isaac Medlock |
July Junior U10 |
2nd |
|
Arthur Kerrigan |
July Junior U10 |
3rd |
|
Nehemiah Heitmann |
July Junior U9 |
1st |
|
Nash Gao |
July Junior U9 |
2nd |
|
Martin Hansen |
July Junior U9 |
3rd |
|
Finn Li-Jackson |
July Junior U8 |
1st |
|
Branson Leung |
July Junior U8 |
2nd |
|
Joey Liu |
July Junior U8 |
3rd |
|
Callum Chung |
July Junior U7 |
1st |
|
Archibald Hardwick |
July Junior U7 |
2nd |
|
Jemimah Heitmann |
July Junior U7 |
3rd |
|
Siggy Kerrigan |
July Junior U6 Prize |
1st |
|
NOT AWARDED |
July Junior U6 Prize |
2nd |
|
Jeremiah Heitmann |
July Junior Wednesday |
1st |
|
Rajmit Kundu |
July Junior Wednesday |
2nd |
|
Alex Chin |
July Junior Wednesday |
3rd |
|
Shlok Dua |
July Junior Thursday |
1st |
|
Patrick Fei |
July Junior Thursday |
2nd |
|
Evan Toppila |
July Junior Thursday |
3rd |
|
Alexander Houridis |
July Junior Friday |
1st |
|
Ryan Giang |
July Junior Friday |
2nd |
|
Feng Chen |
July Junior Friday |
3rd |
Here are the standings at the end of round 8 – they worked hard each day!
July Junior | Thursday
St Peter’s College (16/07/2026, 16/07/2026)
Standings at round 8
|
Pos |
N |
Title |
NAME |
Rtg |
Fed |
Pts |
BH |
BH-C1 |
|
1 |
4 |
Kerrigan,Arthur |
578 |
SA |
7.0 |
39.5 |
36.0 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Medlock,Isaac |
653 |
SA |
6.5 |
39.0 |
35.0 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Moore,Edward |
649 |
SA |
6.0 |
41.0 |
37.5 |
|
|
4 |
9 |
Heitmann,Jeremiah |
466 |
SA |
6.0 |
39.5 |
37.0 |
|
|
5 |
10 |
Dua,Shlok |
439 |
SA |
6.0 |
35.5 |
32.5 |
|
|
6 |
15 |
Yuan,Hao (Damon) |
408 |
SA |
6.0 |
34.5 |
32.5 |
|
|
7 |
12 |
Heitmann,Nehemiah |
427 |
SA |
6.0 |
33.0 |
30.5 |
|
|
8 |
16 |
Clifford,William |
402 |
SA |
5.5 |
43.5 |
39.5 |
|
|
9 |
14 |
Fei,Patrick |
417 |
SA |
5.5 |
42.0 |
39.0 |
|
|
10 |
6 |
Gao,Nash |
560 |
SA |
5.5 |
35.5 |
32.5 |
|
|
11 |
7 |
Toppila,Evan |
520 |
SA |
5.5 |
35.5 |
32.5 |
|
|
12 |
1 |
Ganesh,Dhruv |
730 |
SA |
5.0 |
40.0 |
36.5 |
|
|
13 |
19 |
Kundu,Rajmit |
346 |
SA |
5.0 |
37.0 |
35.5 |
|
|
14 |
8 |
Leung,Branson |
467 |
SA |
5.0 |
35.0 |
31.5 |
|
|
15 |
17 |
Li-Jackson,Finn |
389 |
SA |
5.0 |
34.5 |
33.5 |
|
|
16 |
18 |
Hansen,Martin |
364 |
SA |
5.0 |
34.0 |
32.0 |
|
|
17 |
33 |
Chin,Alex |
0 |
SA |
5.0 |
33.0 |
31.5 |
|
|
18 |
20 |
Sha,Tavvy |
300 |
SA |
5.0 |
29.5 |
28.0 |
|
|
19 |
5 |
Wanninayake,Thivein |
564 |
NSW |
4.5 |
40.5 |
37.0 |
|
|
20 |
57 |
Zhang,Austin |
0 |
SA |
4.5 |
38.5 |
35.5 |
|
|
21 |
58 |
Parry,Jachin |
0 |
SA |
4.5 |
34.0 |
31.5 |
|
|
22 |
11 |
Giang,Ryan |
435 |
SA |
4.5 |
34.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
23 |
13 |
Kodituwakku,Saymi |
423 |
SA |
4.5 |
33.5 |
30.0 |
|
|
24 |
29 |
Agarwal,Parth |
0 |
SA |
4.5 |
33.0 |
32.0 |
|
|
25 |
35 |
Chung,Callum |
0 |
SA |
4.5 |
31.5 |
29.0 |
|
|
26 |
21 |
Nguyen,Sam |
263 |
SA |
4.5 |
30.5 |
29.0 |
|
|
27 |
23 |
Hansen,Emily |
237 |
SA |
4.0 |
39.0 |
36.0 |
|
|
28 |
36 |
de Mello,Ethan |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
36.5 |
33.5 |
|
|
29 |
28 |
Karapandzic,Jack |
108 |
SA |
4.0 |
34.0 |
31.5 |
|
|
30 |
30 |
Arnold,Rylan |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
31.5 |
30.0 |
|
|
31 |
34 |
Chin,Lucas |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
31.0 |
29.0 |
|
|
32 |
32 |
Chau,Jasper |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
30.5 |
29.0 |
|
|
33 |
38 |
Gao,Nathaniel |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
30.0 |
27.5 |
|
|
34 |
42 |
Heitmann,Jemimah |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
29.5 |
28.0 |
|
|
35 |
44 |
Jin,Zengyi |
0 |
SA |
4.0 |
27.0 |
25.5 |
|
|
36 |
40 |
Gondotra,Reyansh |
0 |
SA |
3.5 |
37.5 |
34.5 |
|
|
37 |
25 |
Kerrigan,Roly |
158 |
SA |
3.5 |
32.5 |
30.0 |
|
|
38 |
41 |
Hardwick,Archibald |
0 |
SA |
3.5 |
26.5 |
24.0 |
|
|
39 |
24 |
Liu,Joey |
195 |
SA |
3.5 |
24.0 |
21.5 |
|
|
40 |
46 |
Napagoda,Ayein |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
33.0 |
31.0 |
|
|
41 |
22 |
Chen,Feng |
248 |
SA |
3.0 |
31.5 |
29.0 |
|
|
42 |
26 |
Huang,Kilian |
134 |
SA |
3.0 |
30.5 |
28.0 |
|
|
43 |
27 |
Doan,Anh |
119 |
SA |
3.0 |
30.0 |
28.0 |
|
|
44 |
51 |
Singla,Pinakin |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
30.0 |
27.0 |
|
|
45 |
54 |
Tran,Evan |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
27.5 |
25.0 |
|
|
46 |
52 |
Su,Hugo |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
26.5 |
25.0 |
|
|
47 |
39 |
Ghosh,Siddhartha |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
25.0 |
23.5 |
|
|
48 |
55 |
Xiang,Peter |
0 |
SA |
3.0 |
25.0 |
23.0 |
|
|
49 |
37 |
Edgecombe,Asaph |
0 |
SA |
2.5 |
26.5 |
25.5 |
|
|
50 |
53 |
Tan,Preston |
0 |
SA |
2.5 |
25.0 |
24.0 |
|
|
51 |
59 |
Wang,Ashton |
0 |
SA |
2.5 |
24.0 |
23.0 |
|
|
52 |
50 |
Shah,Renee |
0 |
SA |
2.5 |
24.0 |
22.5 |
|
|
53 |
43 |
Jin,Zengyan |
0 |
SA |
2.0 |
27.0 |
25.5 |
|
|
54 |
48 |
Pragash,Abinav |
0 |
OS |
2.0 |
25.0 |
24.0 |
|
|
55 |
49 |
Qiao,Joanne |
0 |
SA |
2.0 |
22.5 |
21.0 |
|
|
56 |
47 |
Ngawiki,TJ |
0 |
SA |
2.0 |
21.5 |
20.5 |
|
|
57 |
45 |
Kerrigan,Siggy |
0 |
SA |
1.5 |
20.5 |
19.5 |
|
|
58 |
31 |
Blaney,Kai (W) |
0 |
SA |
0.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
|
|
59 |
56 |
Yuan,Matt (W) |
0 |
SA |
0.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
Tie Break legend:
BH = Buchholz Total *
BH-C1 = Buchholz Cut 1 *
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