ACT Schools Teams Championships

The ACT Schools Teams Championship wrapped up this week. The Finals of the Primary and Secondary School sections were held at the ACTJCL Chess Centre at Campbell High School.
In the Secondary section, the Hawker Hurricanes, representing Hawker College were convincing winners, scoring 23/28 finishing 3 points ahead of the Radford College Team. In third place was Telopea High School on 19.5. For full standings click here.
In the Primary section it was another win for Hawker, in this case Hawker Primary. In equal second place was Garran Primary, and the Curtin Johansen's (in reality the Curtin Primary Girls chess team). Primary standings here.
I helped out at the Primary final and was very impressed by the quality of play from all teams. The ever popular "Scholars Mate" didn't get much of a run during the finals, as almost all players new what to do. As I explained to the Amaroo Primary team (playing for the first time), the difference was that "threats only work if your opponent can't stop them, not because they don't see them".