Riverside Highlights Issue 17 Half Term Highlights Term 3b 2016-17 | Page 22

SHREWSBURY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
INIDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS
CHESS CHART-TOPPER PIANIST STRIKE A CHORD AT CARNEGIE
Year 8 chess champion Choo Choo has
leapt up the rankings to become Thai-
land’s top ranked U14 player, and 23rd
ranked (Junior or adult) in the country,
according to the official FIDE rankings.
With a current rating of 1922, he is hop-
ing to break into the elite 2000+ club
very soon. This year marks the 10-year anni-
versary of the Celebration of
American Protégé music Competi-
tions; a platform which gives young
instrumentals an incredible oppor-
tunity to develop and showcase
their performing talents in some of
the worlds top performance ven-
ues.
Since taking up chess as a “You-Time!”
just 3 years ago, Choo Choo has made
phenomenal progress. He has won sev-
eral ranking competitions, including the
recent U14 Thailand Junior Champion-
ships where took the Blitz title, and
came second in the standard games.
As part of the 10 year celebrations ,
InIn (4GA) and Pam (8CW), were
invited to perform at the 2,800-
seat Isaac Stern Auditorium / Perel-
man Stage at Carnegie Hall, New
York; outstanding performances
A keen strategist, Choochoo is inspired that yielded standing ovations from
by players such as Magnus Carlsson and a clearly very appreciative audience. Both girls were also
hopes to leap an age division to play at awarded the Gold prize in their own category of Golden Key Mu-
U16 level next year. His simple advice to sic Festival, and were invited to perform at Carnegie Weill Recital
an others interested in taking up chess; Hall on 11th June 2017. Shrewsbury applauds you both!
“Get your game on!”
KEY STAGE 3 BUZZWORDS!
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 held a fun-filled festival of
all things orthographical in April and May with the first
ever Shrewsbury Spelling Bee! The event marked the
culmination of a series of formidable spelling tests
across all three year groups, with vocabulary consisting
of key words from subjects across the school.
The grand final was held in the Memorial Hall on the 11 th
May, with eighteen of the most supreme spellers facing
off for the right to claim the coveted Spelling Bee Trophy for their House. The competition was fierce,
with some fiendishly ferocious words, but the students remained intrepid and undaunted, with superla-
tive performances across the year-groups. Congratulations go to the eventual champions, Nong Tae
(7GD), Sumit (8IL) and Pun (9AT) of Suu Kyi House, but huge credit should also go to all competitors. A
stupendous slice of spelling skills!
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