SPORT – SCS Conference 3 Chess Competition
Chess isn’t just a game, it’s not just about moving pieces, it’s way more than that. Chess is an intense, intricate and competitive mind sport and it causes you to use strategic planning and precision.
On the 9 June St Ursula’s participated in the annual Sydney Catholic Schools Chess Tournament at De La Salle Revesby, competing against both De La Salle schools, Bethany College, Our Lady of Mercy, Aquinas College and many more.
Even though our school unfortunately didn’t win, we still left with something and that was our resilience. It didn’t matter if we won or lost. No matter what, both Intermediate and Junior teams still got back up and played again. Even if they kept losing they pushed through it all, not fussing over it and whining about how they didn’t win, and to me that’s better than winning a trophy.
One of the most fun parts of the day was when it was less than five minutes before starting our first round of games and my whole team surrounded me while I was teaching them openings tricks and tips to remember and to look out for when playing. It’ll always be something I’ll remember and I will internally laugh at in future. I’ll also remember shaking my opponents sweaty hands and secretly trying to wipe my own hand on my dress, but it wasn’t so secretive and really quite obvious.
