Gold Coast Primary Coastal Chess Tournament
On Wednesday, 10th September 2025, 38 students from Years 2 to 6 from Caningeraba SS took part in the Gold Coast Primary Coastal Chess Tournament. The event was hosted at Emmanuel College. Caningeraba entered ten teams across six divisions with our students playing seven challenging rounds throughout the day.
Running concurrently with the standard tournament was the premier division, which took the top 4 teams from the three different Gold Coast areas being Hinterland, Coastal and Gold Coast North to have the top 12 teams play off to determine who would qualify for the state finals in Brisbane on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October. Our premier team battled some tough opposition and showed great determination and resilience under pressure to accomplish an amazing feat that no other Caningeraba team has ever done before…
They qualified for the state titles!!!!
Our premier team consisted of some amazing young talented grandmasters in the making in Leo, Sylvie, Bailey & Xavi (with Finn who helped the team originally qualify being absent today but having the potential to rejoin the other 4 team members at state to make a team of 5).
Congratulations to all students on their outstanding behaviour, effort and achievements throughout the tournament. Special recognition goes to the following students who were awarded ribbons and medals during the presentation ceremony.
Individual success:
Premier – Leo (merit ribbon)
B division – Zac (merit ribbon)
Logan (merit ribbon)
C division – Miki (3rd place bronze medal)
D division – Mia (merit ribbon)
Aydin (merit ribbon)
E division - Coen (merit ribbon)
Team success:
B division – Caningeraba 3 – Zac, Louie, Logan & Max (2nd place silver medal)
Acknowledgements:
Thank you goes to the following students for showing leadership and supporting our newer students by being their buddies for the day and helping them navigate the tournament environment:
Zac, Sean, Java, Maddison and Lara
Gold Coast Primary Coastal Chess Tournament
On Tuesday, 10th June 2025, 31 students from Years 2 to 6 from Caningeraba SS took part in the Gold Coast Primary Coastal Chess Tournament. The event was hosted at St Kevin's Catholic College and over 300 students from local primary schools participated. Caningeraba entered eight teams across five divisions and our students played seven challenging rounds throughout the day.
While we celebrated some excellent individual and team results, what truly stood out was the character our students displayed. They showed integrity, patience under pressure, thoughtful collaboration, quiet confidence, mental stamina, and a genuine respect for their opponents. Their encouragement of one another and the kindness extended to players from other schools reflected the best of Caningeraba's values. A special mention goes to Leo, Bailey and Noah for willingly taking on the responsibility of supporting some of our newer students in the tournament environment.
Congratulations to all students on their outstanding efforts and achievements throughout the tournament. Special recognition goes to the following students who were awarded ribbons and medals during the presentation.
Individual success:
Merit ribbon recipients:
A division – Leo, Sylvie & Finn
B division – Zac & Chaddy
C division – Vienna, Max, Logan & Miki
D division – Lara & Elliot
E division - Aydin
Team success:
A division – 3rd place Bronze medal - Caningeraba 1 – Leo, Bailey, Sylvie & Finn
B division – tied 3rd place – Caningeraba 3 – Sean, Zac, Louie & Chaddy
C division – 3rd place Bronze medal – Caningeraba 4 – Noah, Vienna, Max & Logan
D division – 3rd place Bronze medal – Caningeraba 6 –Blake, Kai, Elliot and Isaac
Article by Bree Dlugosz