44 young players took part in the 2026 Croydon Junior Open over the Easter school holidays. There were many hard fought games, great sportmanship and great competition. Thank you to all those who took part. Special thanks to Pearl, Teddy, Garry for helping with the organisation and to Peter and Jeremy for helping to rearrange the furniture at the finish.
Congratulations to our prize winners who all received a chess book;
1st Hasas Abeygunawardana
2nd Jeremy Gu
3rd Yasas Abeygunawardana
= Top under 14: Shanay Guha, Aritha Wanasundera
Top under 12: Erin Yuan
Top under 10: Shawn Chen
Top under 8: Flora Yuan
Puzzle winner: William He