Chess
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#AnnitesMemes: 30 big wins in just a couple of months
Our athletes and music units have accomplished so much in no time! 30 ?champion, 1st & 2nd runner-up wins and counting.
Annites recorded these wins in the following departments:
- Western Music
- Eastern Music
- Basketball
- Karate
- Weightlifting
- Chess
And, we aren't done yet!
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Adithya emerged victorious at Novices Division Chess Championship
We are waking up to another win by an Annite Chess player as Adithya Ganehiarachchi emerged as the Champion in the 2023 Sri Lanka Novices Division Chess Championship - Kurunegala District.
Grade 9 student Adithya outplayed 143 contestants in the competition organized by Knights Flame Chess Club on behalf of the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka which was held at D. S. Senanayake Central College, Uhumeeya.
He is undefeated in the entire tournament with 6 points from a maximum of 7 with 4 wins and 2 draws and he got an impressive performance rating of 1309.
This competition is one of 16 Divisional Championships that were held in parallel this month as the preliminary stages of the Sri Lanka Chess Federation National Cycle.
It's already a good start to this year's Annites Chess Calendar, as not too long ago we were able to report that St. Anne's College Chess Teams bagged 3 wins in the Provincial Team Chess Championship. -
Annites claimed 2nd Runner-up at U-13 SLSCA Teams Chess Tournament
St. Anne's College Under-13 Chess team claimed the Second Runner-up in the 2023 (2024) Team Chess Championship Division B Tournament organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Chess Association.
Our players garnered 4 wins and 1 draw, earning a total of 9 Match Points and 22.5 Game Points.
Chess teams from 36 schools across the island took part in this competition.
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Annites shone at 2023 Provincial Chess Tournament
St. Anne's College Chess Teams garnered the Second Runner-up and First Runner-up places in the under 17 and under 20 categories, respectively, at the North Western Province Chess Tournament during the 2023 National School Games.
The competition was organized by the Provincial Department of Education, North Western Province, and held at Ibbagamuwa Central College. -
Heartiest congratulations to two proud Annites who have made it onto the world stage
Everyone from the Annites family, from the Rev. Fr. Principal Chandana Hapuarachchi, staff, students and old boys add their congratulations and best wishes to Pruthivi Vitharana and Methoopa Dewnith who respectively qualified to represent Sri Lanka at the 6th South Asian
Karate Championship and the 2022 Commonwealth Chess Championship.Go Pruthivi! Go Methoopa! Make your country proud just as you made your College proud. We are with you every step of the way. -
It's time for some photo ops: Methoopa Dewnith and Pruthivi Vitharana
Photo ops of Methoopa Dewnith and Pruthivi Vitharana who respectively represented ??Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth ♟Chess Championship and the 2022 South Asian ?Karate Championship with Principal Reverend Father Chanadana Hapuarachchi, Teacher in-Charges, Coaches, Parents and Old Boys. Pruthivi went on to win the bronze medal in his event.
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Little Annite did Big! - Methoopa Dewnith qualified for 2022 Commonwealth Chess Championship
Annites are on a roll! Junior Annite Methoopa Dewnith will represent Sri Lanka at the 2022 Commonwealth Chess Championship.
Methoopa will play in the Under 10 Open category. Players from 8 Commonwealth nations are taking part in this tournament organized by the Chess Federation of Sri Lanka and will be held at the Citrus Waskaduwa Hotel, Kalutara.
What a big moment for little Methoopa! This came after we heard the other good news of our Pruthivi qualifying for the 6th South Asian Karate Championship, making this a jubilant coincidence for all Annites.
You won for the College. Now is the time to win for the country. We are all rooting for you.Go Methoopa!
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St. Anne's College Chess Teams began the New Year by registering wins this past weekend
During the 2022 SLSCA North Western Province Team Chess Championship, our Under 09 and 11 teams end up taking Second Runner-up places while the Under 15 team finishes as First Runner-up.
The tournament was organized by the Sri Lanka Schools' Chess Association and was held on the 7th and 8th of January at Central College, Kuliyapitiya.
These victories came with the Under 09 Team earning 17 Game Points and the Under 11 and 15 Teams earning 20.5 Points each. With these gains, the teams selected for Division A.
Our players have picked up where they left off last year and we hope they will carry on the winning spirit throughout the year.