Copthorne Chess Team – back on the road!
Members of the Copthorne Chess team travelled to Aldro School in Surrey on Saturday to compete in the Godalming Chess Club’s 10th Open Tournament. Madeline Liu, Daniel Gooda, Josh Higgs, Alex Broadley and Melissa Davy-Ericson (making her last appearance) worked very hard in a tough competition and...
Connel Davis
During the summer holidays, Connel Davis became one of the youngest people ever to successfully complete the PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) open water scuba diver course.
Sam Higgs finishes seventh in regional Triathlon series
Congratulations to Sam Higgs who was placed 7th in the Triathlon England South-East Childrens T2 series held over the last four months. Recent successes’ at events at Dorney Lake (Eton College) and Christ’s Hospital Horsham, saw Sam well placed in his first ever series. Good luck for the rest...
Josh Higgs – The Hero of Snodland!
Josh travelled to Snodland last weekend to compete in the Kent Individual Rapidplay Chess Championship, an adult tournament. Â He scored 2/6 and was placed 44/55. Â He won ÂŁ15 for being the U120 joint winner and was also the U10 winner. Â Well done Josh.
Copthorne boys excel at National Chess Competition
Four members of the Copthorne Chess Team travelled to Wellington College last Saturday to compete in the UK Chess Challenge which started back in January across the country with 68,000 children entering nationwide. 41 boys from Sussex schools aged between 7 and 10 qualified for the Southern Gigafinal,...
Elliot Bayley wins Gold Medal
On Sunday 27th June, Elliot Bayley competed in an Under 13 Junior Open Taekwon-do competition. Representing East Grinstead, he won the gold medal in the Special Techniques category for his flying side kick!
Copthorne Chess excel in the Primary Cup
The Copthorne Chess Team travelled to St. Lawrence School, Hurstpierpoint last week to compete in the U11 Sussex Inter-Schools Competition.  2010 saw the largest entry of U11 teams (Year 6 and below) who compete in teams of 4 players for the Primary Cup. This tournament has always proved very successful...
Sevenoaks School welcomes Josh Higgs!
Josh Higgs travelled to Sevenoaks School last Sunday to compete in the Kent Junior Chess Grand Prix U11 competition.  The standard of junior chess in Kent is very high and it was no surprise to find 7 England squad players in the competition.  Josh played very well all days and scored 4/6 and was...
