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But members of Wollongong Public School’s chess team recently found out they also needed a bit of luck to win.
Lady luck was on their side late last month when the four young students from Wollongong Public School took out the NSW Regional Inter Schools’ Chess Tournament at Killara.
Team members Han Tait, Nazif Sohel, Rahil Shaikh and Christine Chang were ecstatic.
“It was tough. We needed a bit of luck along the way,” Han said.
The team progressed from the Illawarra Zone to the South Coast Regionals.
They then played the inter regional tournament defeating Deniliquin Christian School from the Riverina Region, Kiross Wollaroi from the Western Region and Newcastle Grammar from the Hunter Region in the final.
“We did well but it was tough and in the end we needed a tie-breaker to win,” Rahil said.
The school has a very strong chess club with about 15 students regularly taking part in the chess club each Monday under the supervision of the teacher librarian Stephen McQueen.
“The team did very well. We are very proud of them,” Mr McQueen said.
The students are all in the Opportunity Class at Wollongong Public School.
Agron Latifi
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
