Diepsloot girls play at the national chess championship

Two Grade 5 girls from Diepsloot, who started playing chess through the Tsogo Sun Moves for Life Chess programme in 2015, made such excellent progress in the sport that they were selected to be part of the Johannesburg Metro Chess Union team at the SA Junior Chess Championship in Boksburg in December. Montecasino has been sponsoring the Tsogo Sun Moves for Life programme in Diepsloot for three years in five primary schools, accommodating 3 791 children. The girls, Lindiwe Ranko, aged 12, and Puledi Seema, aged 11, attend the Musenga Vhadzimu Primary School in Diepsloot. They qualified for the SAJCC through participation at school as well as at the Johannesburg Metro Trials, playing in the U14 and U12 sections respectively.