The Peguis First Nation, as part of their Treaty Day Celebrations, held a chess tournament on Friday July 18, 2008. The format of the event was an elimination type tournament and it attracted 28 participants, 16 adults and 10 youths. The tournament was split into two divisions, one for the adults and the other for the youths.
At the end of the day, Isiah Sutherland came 1st; BJ Therien came 2nd; and Wayne Einarsson came in 3rd in the youth section.

 

The participants for the adult section were as follows:
William Sutherland, Oliver Flett Jr, Winston Sutherland, Ryan Mallett, Allen Churchill, Dwayne Sutherland, Cory Sanderson, Mitchell Flett, Ken Einarsson, Jeremy Thompson, Richard Manningway, Aaron Wilson, Justin Wilson, Wendell Sutherland, Geanine Wilson and Tom Wilson Jr.

 

The particiants for the youth section were as follows:
Isiah Sutherland, Brandon Sutherland, Zack Spence, Wayne Einarsson, Ian Sutherland, Cory Flett, BJ Therien, Dyland Bird, Ashley Sutherland and Jessi Flett.

Ken Einarsson

P.S.   Ken was the organizer of the event, and brought the giant chess set to the school as well.   Ken reports that Peguis will be bringing a team to the High School Chess Tournament to be held next spring.   Blair