2025 has come and gone in a flash, it was so busy that I never posted anything here…
Anyways, onwards and upwards, and a Happy New Year to you all. May 2026 be an awesome year.
A quick look at 2025 from my side:
- continued to coach – 23 students in all in 2025
- did a month of sessions at Enrich@ILT in Invercargill
- was appointed national director of training by the New Zealand Chess Federation
- was an arbiter at the Bob Wade Memorial Masters in Auckland in January 2025
- was awarded the School Instructor title by FIDE
- passed the International Arbiter’s exam
- played in the NZ Rapid & Blitz Championships in Auckland
- played in the South Island Chess Championships and Rapid Champs in Dunedin in September
- played in the Arie Nijman Memorial in Christchurch in May
- ran competitive chess at the Invercargill-Southland Chess Club.
- ran a number of junior tournaments
- ran the Southland Intermediate and Secondary Schools Interschools at James Hargest College
- did a coaching session at and helped run the school chess champs at Verdon College
- continued in my role as admin officer, secretary and federation rating officer for the New Zealand Chess Federation
I should probably stop there, I am sure there is alot more and I may add to the list at some point! But it gives you some idea of what I do in the chess world!