Our reigning club champion (Vishal Bhat) is one of 5 players for Australia who will represent Australia at the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, which will be held in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia, from 21-30 July 2016. Best wishes for this tournament Vishal, from everyone at the Hobsons Bay Chess Club. Looking forward to hearing how it goes.

A fundraising page has been setup for the entire team, see here. Please feel free to donate anything and support Vishal and also forward this link to anyone, who wish to support the chess passionate youngsters.