Patrons: Mr P. Mlotshwa, Mr P. Ngwenya
Chess has been successfully adopted as a sport, and some of our learners have earned recognition and selected into the ATS team.
Friendlies
Only one friendly was played against Wonderpark Primary School. These have become our friends and have constantly offered formidable opposition. They have consistently won all friendly games against their high school counterparts . We have also engaged St Columbus and CBC for friendlies in third term.
Southern Region Chess League
Due to problems in aligning club activities among schools, only one fixture was fulfilled against CBC. The League Catch up day scheduled for MCC on 31/05/2025 was rescheduled to Girls College on 02/08/2025. Unfortunately, we were unable to attend due to delay in communication with parents and transport logistics. This means that we forfeited our games and opponents were awarded walkovers on a 6-0 scoreline. In future, it is our wish to avoid such unnecessary situations.
Tournaments
- Arundel Chess Tournament Results
Senior Team – Ranked second place and won 3 chess boards.
Junior Team A – ranked 6th out of 12 teams.
Junior Team B – ranked 8th out of 12 teams.
2. Gateway Chess Tournament Results.
Senior Team – Ranked 4/13
Sibusiso Ntini won a medal for Best Player on Board 2
Junior Girls
A ranked 5/11
B ranked 9/11
3. Dominican Derby Chess Tournament Results
Senior Team – Winners. Awarded Gold Medals.
4. Lomagundi Chess Tournament
Junior Girls
A ranked 3/11
B ranked 10/11
C ranked 9/11
Tour of South Africa
4 ladies were selected into the ATS team. These are Sibongumusa Ncube, Sibusiso Ntini, Mpho Mpofu and Danielle Machisi. Only Sibongumusa and Danielle were be part of the travelling party with Sibongumusa as the Ladies Captain. The ladies took part in the FIDE-rated Western Cape Women’s Chess Championships taking place at Club Mykonos in Langebaan, South Africa, from 8 – 10 August 2025.
FIDE Ratings
3 of our players are playing in private individual tournaments and have earned their FIDE IDs. These are Sibongumusa Ncube, Linrose Nyoni and Sibusiso Ntini. By continuing to attend and play in these tournaments , it is only a matter of time before we have our first FIDE rated Chess player at Convent.
Officiating and Arbiter duties
Mr Mlotshwa, a licenced Provincial Chess Arbiter was Deputy Chief Arbiter at the Gateway Tournament. He was also Chief Arbiter at the Dominican Derby. Mr Ngwenya will attend upcoming arbiter training workshops so that the school has more chess officials.
2nd Juniors Chess Tournament
We are hosting the 2nd Juniors Chess Tournament on the 22nd November 2025. Invitations have already gone out and a lot of schools have expressed interest. This year’s tournament will be bigger and better as we are in the process of securing sponsorship for our tournament budget.
Chess Training Camp
Mr Tapiwa Jele, 2025 CBZ Chess Champion, was engaged to coach our players from the 13th to the 20th August 2025. This training helped our players move to a higher dimension.
Sports Honours
The ladies who were selected into the ATS Team were awarded badges at the Sports Honours Assembly. They were also awarded full colours as well at the Annual Awards Ceremony where for the first time in the history of the school. Sibongumusa Ncube and Linrose Nyoni were chosen as Captain and Vice-Captain respectively.
Gratitude
On behalf of all patrons, coaches, players and chess parents, we wish to extend our gratitude to the Sports Department and the School Administration for supporting all our endeavours and promise to continue raising the Convent flag high.