EOM End of Month

26 April - It is the last Sunday of the month. Spring is well underway, Easter Break has come and gone and the schools have started again. It is the last Sunday of the month - that can only mean one thing: it's time to kick off the last EOM cycle of the 25/26 school year. Can the promovendi from last cycle confirm their progress, are there newcomers who might surprise us, who will claim the Spring Cycle after the last leg on 14 June? Let's delve into the results of the first

22 March was the day of the final leg of the EOM Winter Cycle 2026. The third leg always is extra special as we're not only handing out the day prizes, but the entire cycle gets decided! This adds an additional layer of stress for some students, but it was as fun as always nonetheless. Assistant Lolly watching the games Group C/D We started with our C/D players. Ernest Ye and Davey Chung both raced to 4/5. This gave us a dream pairing in the final round, because both player

For the second leg of the Winter Cycle, the action moved to our Discovery Bay Center. Traditionally, we always have somewhat less players making it all the way over there, but now many people were also traveling for Chinese New Year. The result was a smaller and cozy tournament, but no less fun or excitement! In the C/D group, Josh Au didn't hand out any gifts and raced to a perfect 5/5. Lorenzo Beebe and Alston Liao followed in second and third place with 3.5/5 each. No less

One week before the C/D group the players from the A and B groups played the final leg of the EOM Cycle. Why is that? Well, on the originally scheduled date, the HK Juniors were also taking place. Many of our stronger students wanted to play both tournaments, hence the reviewed date. Let’s delve into the results of the final leg! Newcomer Jotham Fu wasn’t playing around and made his presence known with a perfect 5/5. After winning the first round against Sha Tin classmate Can

The second leg of an EOM cycle is traditionally held in Discovery Bay, this time was no different. Somewhat less players join this leg because of the distance, but the fun and excitement is as guaranteed as always. C/D Coach Sunny and his army of assistant arbiters! Let’s first go through the C/D group. With only 14 players, everything was going to be super close at some point. For the C-group and overall winner, the critical round came as early as round 3. Yau Ning Chan won

After the summer break the EOM (End of the Month) is finally back on the agenda! The EOM has grown from a (small) practice tournament for our students to a true Caissa classic. So although many of our students already got back into competitive play in the Back to School rapid, the EOM is really coming home. Let’s dive into the results! C/D Looking at the results, you would think that Jovi Ngai won the tournament in a smooth fashion. The people who were present know better. In

Two weeks after the second EOM held in Discovery Bay it was already time for the final leg of the 2025 Spring Cycle. In the C/D group...