Towards the end of 2024, Union High School chess player ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ was selected by the Department of Education to represent the Eastern Cape u/18 team at a tournament from 16 to 20 December in Polokwane – an event that served as national trials.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐’๐ด (๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด).
Neelon has previously attended the South African Union Chess Championships twice in Johannesburg.
Through hard work and dedication he has improved his chess skills, to a level that is enabling him to compete with confidence against his opponents.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป!
