23/09/2026
What an incredible achievement for our St A’s chess stars! On Wednesday of Week 9, a team of 43 students from Years 3-6 represented St Augustine’s at the annual Coastal Interschool Chess Competition at Emmanuel College, competing against students from 12 other schools across seven challenging rounds.
Our students demonstrated outstanding skill, concentration, resilience and sportsmanship throughout the day, culminating in the strongest chess performance in St Augustine’s history!
A special congratulations to our individual medal winners:
🥇 Jobe (Division B Champion)
🥈 Monty (Division B Runner-Up)
🥇 Hayden (Division C Champion with a perfect 7/7 score!)
🥈 Erik (Division C Runner-Up)
🥇 Nash (Division D Champion with a perfect 7/7 score!)
🥈 River (Division E Runner-Up)
Our teams also achieved remarkable success:
🏆 Division B Team Champions
Jobe, Monty, Harry and James
🏆 Division C Team Champions
Erik, Jake, Leon and Jack
🏆 Division D Team Champions
Nash, Jagger, Hendrix and Juan
🥈 Division D Team Runners-Up
Ziggy, Maveric, Ginji and Harry
🏆 Division E Team Champions
River, Zane, Tallow and Zac
Congratulations also to our Merit Ribbon recipients and every student who competed on the day. Whether you brought home a medal, ribbon or valuable experience, you all played a part in this historic result.
We are proud of your preparation, perseverance and sportsmanship. You represented St Augustine’s with pride and proved that hard work and determination can produce fantastic results. Well done team! 👏♟️💙💛