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Teaching positions held:

Vinehall School, Robertsbridge, East Sussex. 2000 - 02.
Claremont School, Baldslow, St.Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex. 2001 - 02.
Hastings and St.Leonards Chess Club. 1997 - 2010.
Dulwich College Preparatory School 2010 - 2011

Prizes:

Winner of the Hastings New Year Tournament 2-5 Jan 2012
Won the Hastings and St Leonards Club Championship in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2014.
Greater London Amateur Championship 1987: 1st Prize
Welsh Championship 1996: 2nd Prize.
Leuven, Belgium 2001: 3rd Prize.
Leipzig 2006: 4th Prize.
Ilford Open Tournament 2006: 1st Prize.
Portsmouth Open Tournament 2004: 1st Prize.
Third equal at Scarborough Open Congress, October 2015.

Represented Wales in five Olympiads: Novi Sad 1990, Manila 1992, Bled, Slovenia 2002, Majorca 2004, and Tromso, Norway 2014.
Also played for the Welsh team in two European team championships: Haifa 1989 and Debrecen, Hungary 1993.

He achieved his first International Master norm at the Hastings Masters tournament, 2012-13.

Regularly coaches Sussex Juniors on Training Days.

Former pupils:

David Howell, British Champion 2009 - 10 and a Grandmaster.
Thomas Rendle, now a strong International Master.