{"id":26619,"date":"2026-09-24T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=26619"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:51:43","slug":"igsa-chess-tournament-2026","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/igsa-chess-tournament-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"IGSA Chess Tournament 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday evening SCEGGS competed in the IGSA Chess Tournament held at Meriden School. This marked a significant achievement for the team, as it was the first year SCEGGS had progressed to the Finals, with only division winners qualifying for the round-robin competition.<\/p>\n<p>The students performed exceptionally well throughout the tournament, demonstrating strong strategic thinking, resilience, and sportsmanship. Their outstanding efforts resulted in a second place finish overall.<\/p>\n<p>I am extremely proud of the team and their achievements. Throughout the competition, the students displayed impressive skill, collaboration, and mutual support, representing SCEGGS with distinction and embodying the values of teamwork and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>The team consisted of Eloise Phillips (Year 11), Anjola Petrie (Year 11), Alice Mou (Year 8) and Allegra Kennedy-Scott (Year 7).<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms Melinda Chadwick<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Chess Co-ordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday evening SCEGGS competed in the IGSA Chess Tournament held at Meriden School. This marked a significant achievement for the team, as it was the first year SCEGGS had progressed to the Finals, with only division winners qualifying for the round-robin competition. The students performed exceptionally well throughout the tournament, demonstrating strong strategic thinking, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[124],"class_list":["post-26619","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-from-the-secondary-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/26619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=26619"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=26619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}