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Elementary Team League 2025-26 Matchday 5 Results

After our most recent meeting at St. Luke’s this past Saturday, February 7, the Elementary Team League is past the halfway mark for the season.  Perhaps due to the cold, windy weather this weekend, a few of the team lineups were missing students, and those schools that did show with full teams took full advantage to gain ground in the standings.

 

Round 9:

White Oaks 4-0 Willow Springs
Colvin Run 2.5-1.5 Orange Hunt
Ravensworth 0-4 Kent Gardens 
Churchill Road 3-1 Greenbriar West
Spring Hill 3-0 Oakton

Round 10:

Willow Springs 0-4 Churchill Road
Kent Gardens 2.5-1.5 Colvin Run
Oakton 1-1 Ravensworth
Orange Hunt 0-4 White Oaks
Greenbriar West 0-3 Spring Hill

Standings after Matchday 5 of 8:
 
Kent Gardens 139
Spring Hill 133
Colvin Run 109
White Oaks 106
Churchill Road 105
Greenbriar West 74
Orange Hunt 72
Oakton 56
Ravensworth 46
Willow Springs 28

Elementary Team League 2025-26 Matchday 4 Results

Just before all the snow fell, the Elementary Team League with its ten participating school teams gathered at St. Luke’s for another day of play last Saturday.  The two matches saw some shuffling amongst the leaderboard, with Kent Gardens now sitting atop the overall leaderboard ahead of Spring Hill, and Colvin Run moving up to third place with a big day.  With four Saturdays remaining in the season and eight matches yet to be played, the competition is set to go down to the wire.

Round 7:

Oakton 2-0 Willow Springs
Colvin Run 4-0 Ravensworth
Kent Gardens 4-0 Greenbriar West
Orange Hunt 0.5-2.5 Churchill Road
White Oaks 2-2 Spring Hill

Round 8:

Willow Springs 0-2 Ravensworth
Churchill Road 1.5-2.5 Kent Gardens
Ravensworth 0-2 White Oaks
Spring Hill 3-1 Orange Hunt
Greenbriar West 1-1 Oakton

Standings after Matchday 4 of 8:
 
Kent Gardens 110
Spring Hill 107
Colvin Run 89
Churchill Road 76
White Oaks 74
Greenbriar West 68
Colvin Run 57
Orange Hunt 61
Oakton 52
Ravensworth 40
Willow Springs 26

2025 Virginia State Scholastic Championships

For our Virginia students, there is nothing bigger than the annual State Scholastic Championships, this year held in Charlottesville. About 350 kids came to play, enough to make the championships fun and challenging without being overwhelming.

The U.S. Chess Center was happy that a few dozen of our students played. It was a wonderful experience for all of them, whether they won trophies or not. Seeing students from all parts of the state reinforced the knowledge that there is no typical chess player. Kindergartners and college students all played (in different sections) and, of course, the demographics were as varied as befits a state as large as Virginia.

New friends were made, and students made plans to see each other in upcoming chess tournaments.

Kent Gardens Elementary repeated as K-5 Champions, and also took second place honors in the K-8 Championships.