Domingo Salam- San Francisco de Jeronimo R.C. Team Winner of the tournament.
Desiderius Bal- St. John the Baptist
Jose Teul - San Pedro Columbia BOYZ
Rigoberto Choco - Blue Creek
Rob Magee - Corozan Creek
E. Alvarez and A. Sho - Punta Gorda Team
Rodolfo Shal - Little Flower School
Benjamin Tuario - Indian Creek
During the games coaches were not waisting their time: they were discussing different techniques they can use to explain the end game concepts to the children.
In addition to the actual tournament, we had a Puzzle Station area set up, that was run by Ellra Alvarez, the Puzzle Station director, with the help of Jose Teul, Max (BDF) and Rigoberto Choco, coach from Blue Creek.
Puzzles were designed to improve not only chess skills, but also math, language arts, comprehension and logical thinking.There was a separate section( Yellow), where children had a chance to see their team mates and go over the games that they played.
Final results: blitz games to determine the winners of the tournament for both sections:
..and Alexia Scot, both students of Little Flower Team.
Team award for the most participants in the Tournament: 27 players were brought by Rodolfo Shal, Little Flower coach:
Award for the best performance: team winner of the tournament - San Francisco de Jeronimo team. As we found out, the coach had only 2 sets to train his team of 16, but their determination to master the game brought the results!!
There were awards given out for the best performance in the chess Puzzle Competition: Marlin MOreira, Edgar Moreira, Javier Geron and El Rey Shol, all from the PUNTA GORDA Team.
Awards for the Perseverance was given out to Ishamae Gomez and Silvano Paau.
2nd place: Betty Bul and Dario Tush
3rd place: Mark Pop and Bebedicto Coc
Community assistance to the BNYCF staff in running the tournament
Sgt Sho, BDF and David Martinez, BNYCF
Michael Manley, Community Volunteer
Ralph Bardalez, Community Volunteer and Machaca Hill member of staff
Irianie Pech, BNYCF
Preciliano Robateau, BDF
Steven Ortega, BDF
Bruno Kuppinger, Community Volunteer
Lunch for children and coaches was provided by Machaca Hill ( 120 plates of good and juice)
Morning Snacks were the courtesy of BDF, afternoon snacks – Toledo Sports Council.