Congratulations to two of Elm Mount’s junior players who were amongst the prizes at recent tournaments.

Harry Braine was the joint winner of the Challengers Section of the recent UCD Chess Congress with a perfect score of 5/5 while Thomas Syms (aged 10) finished third in the Challengers Section of the Kilkenny Chess Congress with an unbeaten score of 5/6. Thomas is pictured below at the prize giving with Maurice Buckley (left) from the Kilkenny Chess Club.