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2026 NZCF East Auckland Regional Interschools Chess Championship Results
Intermediate Section
We would like to thank all the attending teachers, parents & students from 5 schools in East Auckland
for another suc-chess-ful day!
So wonderful to see 17 teams of Intermediate school students made up of former Primary school participants, Club players, coached players and those beginning their chess journey, enjoying their EOTC day together. We were pleased to see plenty of good sportsmanship in practice and the support that you give to each other.
Special Mentions:
Somerville Intermediate School students, parents and teachers Hall set up and pack down
Somerville Intermediate School students Welcoming students and setting up chess pieces
Lukas van Batenberg (Papatoetoe Chess Club member, Bucklands Beach Intermediate student) for taking the initiative to check all clocks in the tournament area and reset them meticulously (including which side of the clock buttons needs to be down/up). We think he is an arbiter or tournament organiser in the making. Thank you Lukas, we hope you will be running an interschool tournament one day.
Winners
Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be engraved with students' names. Medals will be sent to engravers after the completion of all the East Auckland Sections and should be with the schools at the beginning of Term 3.
First
Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
Team A
Isaac Lobo
Oliver Lin
Vincent Yam
Jeremy Wang
Second
Third
St Kentigern College
Team A
Hannah Chen
Oscar Wang
Kian Lovell
Jeremy Li
Kaden Chen
The First Place winner can advance to the National Finals held on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September in Auckland this year. For further information about the National Finals and how to register, please refer to NZCF Interschool Rules 2026, Section 2.13 pages 9 & 10, here.
Board prize winners below will receive a certificate:
Board 1 Winner
1 Player with a score of 5.5/6
Olivia Li, Team A, Somerville Intermediate School
Board 2 Winner
2 players with a score of 5.5/6
Oliver Lin, Team A, Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
Jaden Jhia Xing Lee, Team A, Somerville Intermediate School
Board 3 Winner
1 player with a score of 5.5/6
Kian Lovell, Team A, Saint Kentigern College
Board 4 Winners
1 player with a perfect score of 6/6
Jeremy Wang, Team A, Bucklands Beach Intermediate School
For full results please visit here.
Primary Section
We would like to thank all the attending teachers and parents from 16 schools in East Auckland for a suc-chess-ful day!
Together, we positively supported 38 teams of students at all skill levels; resulting in all students enjoying their EOTC with other enthusiastic chess players in East Auckland.
Winnie Ong is very thankful for the support of all the volunteers behind the scenes:
Parents and friends of Point View Primary and students who stayed behind after school to set up tables, chairs, board numbers, table numbers, and final pack down.
Dorothy Zhang Parent of HPCC Member Lincoln Xu - instrumental in organising parent help, and help anywhere she can
Anthony Xu Parent of HPCC Member Lincoln Xu, Point View School student - set up of furniture
Lincoln Xu HPCC Member, Point View School student - setting up pieces and organising other students
Aiden & Alex Point View School students - table & board numbers with other students
Aiden and Alex's Parents Parents of Point View School students - set up and final pack down
Ava Tang HPCC Member, Botany Downs Primary School student - setting clocks night before
Olivia & Shane Lee HPCC Members, Sancta Maria Catholic School students - giving us a head start on setting up pieces
Olivia & Shane's Parents (Arriving so early to help set up pieces
Gopi Uncle of HPCC Member Sai Kotaru, Ormiston Primary School student - set up of furniture
Kayley's Mum Parent of HPCC Member Kayley Lin, Pigeon Mountain Primary student - HPCC equipment count
Max Visiting NZ from Canada - set up of furniture
Tony Booth HPPC Life Member - setting clocks night before and carting equipment into my car
Barry Hooton HPCC Committee Member - carting equipment into my car
Paul Spiller HPPC Life Member - registration payment reporting & carting equipment back to HPCC
Matthew Gosling HPPC Treasurer - registration payment reporting
Suee Lee Maroroa Papatoetoe Chess Club - carting tables out of my car back at Papatoetoe Chess Club and a lovely cup of tea to fortify me for my drive home
Katrine McCarthy Papatoetoe Chess Club - carting tables out of my car back at Papatoetoe Chess Club
Alex Postma Papatoetoe Chess Club - Behind the scenes help - setting up this year's Registration Portal, carting additional tables & equipment in and out of cars, setting clocks, and anything else that needs doing.
Special thanks to the following teachers/parent helpers helping us with arbitering in the tournament area:
Shirley Yang, Ormiston Primary School
Scott Dean, Wakaaranga School
Chris & Matt, Beachlands School
Winners
Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be engraved with students' names. Medals will be sent to engravers after the completion of all the East Auckland Sections and should be with the schools at the beginning of Term 3.
First
Pigeon Mountain
Primary School
Team A
Chu Yang Liu
Hayden Meng
Jeffrey Wang
Kayley Lin
Second
Willowbank School
Team A
Jasper Zhang
Matthew Li
Weslynn Yu
Kimi Jin
Third
Cockle Bay
Primary School
Team A
Jeremy Wang
Oscar Yan
Max Man
Aden Mak
Caleb Xiong
First, Second and Third place winners will qualify for the National Finals held on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September in Auckland this year. For further information about the National Finals and how to register, please refer to NZCF Interschool Rules 2026, Section 2.13 pages 9 & 10, here.
Board prize winners below will receive a certificate:
Board 1 Winners
3 Players with a perfect score of 6/6
Oscar Wang, Team A, Wakaaranga School
Ethan Wang, Team A, Our Lady Star of the Sea School
Rex Zhao, Team A, Botany Downs Primary School
Board 2 Winner
1 player with a perfect score of 6/6
Hayden Meng, Team A, Pigeon Mountain Primary School
Board 3 Winner
1 player with a perfect score of 6/6
Ziheng Wang, Team C, Mission Heights Primary School
Board 4 Winners
2 players with a perfect score of 6/6
Kimi Jin, Team A, Willowbank School
Miles Hong, Team B, Point View School
For full results please visit here.
