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CONSEIL SCOLAIRE CATHOLIQUE NOUVELON
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Over 300 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Wednesday, May 28, for the ninth Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament.
Hosted by École Saint-Joseph in Wawa, the competition will bring together Francophone students from several local elementary and secondary schools, including École Ste-Marie (Azilda), École Sacré-Cœur (Chapleau), ÉSC Trillium (Chapleau), École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), École Notre-Dame (Hanmer), École Saint Nom de Jésus (Hornepayne), École St-Paul (Lively), École catholique Val-des-Bois (Marathon), École Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault-Ste-Marie), École Écho-des-Rapides (Sault-Ste-Marie), ÉS Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault-Ste-Marie), École Sainte-Anne (Spanish), École St-Denis (Sudbury), École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse), École l’Escalade (Wawa), École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) et ÉS Saint-Joseph (Wawa).
This year, students from nearly 20 French-language Catholic and public schools are taking part in this competition.
The tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Michipicoten Memorial Community Centre (3 Chris Simon Drive, Wawa). All participants will be able to play five games. Competing players will be divided in four categories: grades 3 and 4, grades 5 and 6, grades 7 and 8, and grades 9 to 12. Prizes will be awarded to winning teams and top students in each category.
Students from École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) have acquired a reputation for their passion for chess, a discipline that calls upon strategic finesse, memory, and problem-solving skills. By hosting this friendly francophone tournament, the school aims to allow more students from Northwestern Ontario and beyond to discover chess and improve their skills in this discipline.
For more information, please contact René-Guy Nobert, teacher at École Saint-Joseph (Wawa), at 705-856-2003 or reneguy.nobert@nouvelon.ca.
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