{"id":675,"date":"2015-08-28T02:39:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T02:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/?p=675"},"modified":"2015-08-28T02:39:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T02:39:04","slug":"cac-youth-chess-festival-2015-a-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/cac-youth-chess-festival-2015-a-great-success\/","title":{"rendered":"CAC Youth Chess Festival 2015-A Great Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Dear Chess Community<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">It is with great pride that we bring down the curtain on what was a very successful Central America and the Caribbean Youth Chess Festival 2015.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">This event was held for the first time in the English-Speaking Caribbean and we can boast of participation by approximately 180 players from 14 countries.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Throughout the tournament there was a wonderful spirit of camaraderie as persons worked<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">together to ensure that the event came off without any major issues.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-676 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Team TnT CAC 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015-600x397.jpg 600w, http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015-900x596.jpg 900w, http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/chesstt.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Team-TnT-CAC-2015.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We also would like to congratulate ALL the players from Trinidad and Tobago who put forth great effort in bringing home a 3rd place finish for the country prize. The top 3 countries were:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">1. Jamaica \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a034 points ( first time a country in the English-speaking Caribbean came in 1st place)<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">2. Colombia \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 30 points<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">3. Trinidad and Tobago \u00a0 29 points<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">In addition, Trinidad and Tobago obtained 4 medals from:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Under 8 Absolute \u00a0Rayden Rampersad \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Silver<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Under 16 Female \u00a0WCM Gabriella Johnson \u00a0 Silver<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Under 18 Female \u00a0Sadiqah Razark \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Silver<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Under 18 Female \u00a0WFM Javanna Smith \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bronze<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">These performances, in addition to several top 5 finishes, contributed to Team T&amp;T ranking within the top 3.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Pulling off a tournament of this size required extensive support both internal and external to the community.We take this opportunity to recognise:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>Corporate Sponsors<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">The following sponsors played a major role in the hosting of this tournament:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ministry of Sport<\/li>\n<li>First Citizens Asset Management Limited<\/li>\n<li>Rhand Credit Union<\/li>\n<li>Blue Waters<\/li>\n<li>Scrip J<\/li>\n<li>Seven Seas<\/li>\n<li>The Banquet &amp; Conference Centre, Cascadia Hotel<\/li>\n<li>The Tobago House of Assembly ( Division of Education, Youth and Sport)- who supported the contingent from Tobago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We also thank all other sponsors who supplied resources for the hosting of this tournament.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>Arbiters<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We would like to thank all the arbiters including:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Chief Arbiter, IA Russell Smith, and Deputy Chief Arbiters: NA Trevor Flower, IA Trevor Griffith ( Barbados), NA Courtney Lee, NA Clayton Gomez, FA Rudy Tjong Tjin Joe (Suriname), Andre White ( Bahamas), Elton Joseph ( Bahamas)<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We also thank the assistant arbiters including: Naroutam Singh, IM Vishnu Singh, Alpacino Smith, Vandoff Smith, Keevin James, Elyse James, NM Cecil Lee and Andrew Bowles<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">In addition, we thank our 2nd VP, Bhisham Soondarsingh for serving on the Appeals Committee under IA Serafin Chuit as Appeals Committee Chairman.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We express sincere gratitude to the many persons, parents who provided assistance, support, especially when at times the task seemed overwhelming. We would like to make a special mention of: Mrs. Sonia Yearwood, Mr. Simeon Yearwood and Mrs. Mala Agostini.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<div><b>Trainers<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks to\u00a0CM Dev Soondarsingh, CM Kevin Cupid,\u00a0FM Ryan Harper and CM Adrian Winter-Atwell, who were on hand every day to go through the games of the players. We thank our 2nd VP Bhisham Soondarsingh, who also made himself available for the analysis of games and whose club members had a significant presence in this event.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>Organising Committee<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Of course we cannot underscore the effort of the other hard-working core committee members:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Debra Walcott-Treasurer<\/li>\n<li>Sandy Razark-Secretary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">who worked tirelessly before and during the tournament.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We also recognise and appreciate the efforts of the other sub-committee members:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Bhisham Soondarsingh &#8211; 2nd VP<\/li>\n<li>Naresh Bhola- 3rd VP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0and of course\u00a0our President,\u00a0David Martin and Alpacino Smith-PRO<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>Guest MC &amp; Other Guests<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Thanks goes out to\u00a0<b>Nikki Crosby<\/b>, our MC for the Closing Ceremony, who delighted the crowd with her humour, while always remaining professional. We also thank the other guest artistes who played a role in the opening and closing ceremonies including our pan players, Danielle Cadogan, Kamaria Charles-Richards and Kena Bartholomew; the Silver Stars Tassa Group, member from the Shiv Shakti Dance Troupe and Marge Blackman.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><b>Other Services<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We thank Mr. Quintin Cabralis and family for supplying the meals for the arbiters and trainers every day and Ms. Coreen Cabralis for producing the name tags and board numbers for the tables. We thank Mrs. Sandy Razark and family for producing the accreditation badges and a PA System during the rounds of play as well as arranging the country signs.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">We were also very grateful for the positive and constructive feedback in addition to the expressions of gratitude from participating Federations during the course of this event. After such a rewarding experience, the organising committee will now embark upon a post-mortem to ensure that the requisite learnings are derived and documented for future events.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Stay tuned for photos of the event, which will be posted on our website\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"http:\/\/chesstt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">chesstt.org<\/a>, during the course of this week.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">Once again, thank you all for the enormous support given to the team and we look forward to continued collaboration in the building and development of the sport of Chess within Trinidad and Tobago.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Best Regards<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sonja<\/div>\n<div>Chair, CAC 2015 Organising Committee<\/div>\n<div>1st Vice President, TTCA<\/div>\n<div>681 1151<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Chess Community It is with great pride that we bring down the curtain on what was a very successful Central America and the Caribbean Youth Chess Festival 2015. 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