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Gonzaga Senior Chess Team retained Johnny White who, with the rest of Prep 4
their Leinster Senior title for the ninth will compete next may for the last Prep
year in a row, leaving us with something School Championship.
still to aim for in 1995. The Minor team In September, at the Lloyd’s Bank
distinguished itself by finishing top of the Tournament in London, Mark Quinn
Leinster M inor League, and were (class of ‘94) gained a norm for the title
unfortunate to lose the play-off to of International Master: 2 more norms and
Benildus. A somewhat weakened Senior the title is his. Keep it up. Mark!
squad failed to retain the All-Ireland title Starting October 1994, the Gonzaga
at Belfast, but on the evidence of this past pupils and staff team plays in the first
year’s First Years, we’ll be back! division Armstrong Cup, with a very
The School Championship was shared strong line-up: Quinn, Peart, Waldron,
between Eoin Lawless and Cian Mclnerney, Murphy, Cusack....We expect
McLoughlin, both failing to produce the to stay up this time.
decisive victory which would have
separated them. The penultimate Prep Gerard Murphy
School Cham pionship was won by
LEINSTER SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONS ‘93-4
(9-in-a-row)
Standing: E. Fox, J-P O’Leary, C. McLoughlin, D. O’Leary
Seated: D. Murphy, E. Lawless, Mr Gerard Murphy, M. Quinn, M. Naughton
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Gonzaga Senior Chess Team retained Johnny White who, with the rest of Prep 4
their Leinster Senior title for the ninth will compete next may for the last Prep
year in a row, leaving us with something School Championship.
still to aim for in 1995. The Minor team In September, at the Lloyd’s Bank
distinguished itself by finishing top of the Tournament in London, Mark Quinn
Leinster M inor League, and were (class of ‘94) gained a norm for the title
unfortunate to lose the play-off to of International Master: 2 more norms and
Benildus. A somewhat weakened Senior the title is his. Keep it up. Mark!
squad failed to retain the All-Ireland title Starting October 1994, the Gonzaga
at Belfast, but on the evidence of this past pupils and staff team plays in the first
year’s First Years, we’ll be back! division Armstrong Cup, with a very
The School Championship was shared strong line-up: Quinn, Peart, Waldron,
between Eoin Lawless and Cian Mclnerney, Murphy, Cusack....We expect
McLoughlin, both failing to produce the to stay up this time.
decisive victory which would have
separated them. The penultimate Prep Gerard Murphy
School Cham pionship was won by
LEINSTER SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONS ‘93-4
(9-in-a-row)
Standing: E. Fox, J-P O’Leary, C. McLoughlin, D. O’Leary
Seated: D. Murphy, E. Lawless, Mr Gerard Murphy, M. Quinn, M. Naughton
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