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Primary School Pupils win National Speaking Event:

Kemnay Primary School pupils have won £10,000 for their school by debating the problem of youth crime at a national public speaking competition.

Kemnay Primary School entered, and won, the longest running chess event for juniors in the North East, the Primary Schools team tournament. This competition has been held annually for 33 years and this time the event was run jointly by Aberdeen Chess Academy and the North-East Junior Chess Association at Northfield Academy on May 10^th. Nine of the top teams from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire joined battle in a 5-round Swiss event, where winners play winners and losers play losers.

The 4-player teams from Smithfield and Kemnay Primary set the early pace with victories in the first two rounds but when they met in round 3 the Aberdeenshire side emerged victorious in a titanic struggle. In the next round they were given a real scare, however, by Muirfield who won on the top boards to ensure a drawn match. Going into the last round any of 3 teams could still take the trophy and with 7 sides in contention for second and third spot. Kemnay held their nerve to defeat Tullos and move into an unassailable 9 match points and 15 game points (boards won). St Joseph's overcame Smithfield to move into second spot with 6 match points but they could be passed by Quarryhill if they could gain a clean sweep against Kinellar, but in the end they could only win 3-1 and so had to settle for the third prize.

Garioch commit to Schools for 4th term - Scottish Rugby - Garioch RFC based in Inverurie Aberdeenshire has just decided to commit to continue giving free rugby coaching to local primary and secondary schools in its catchment area. This ...

Computer games pilot will be tried out in primaries

Alehousewells Primary, at Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, will be getting consoles on Monday. Acting head teacher Irene Duncan said: “It is very exciting because this is another way of supporting children with mental math strategies to help raise attainment. I am all for that.”

[Press and Journal]

Public 'may hold key' to killing (BBC News) - Police investigating a 29-year-old murder in Dundee believe Aberdeenshire locals have vital clues.

"Detectives have received information from Aberdeenshire in the last two weeks which have allowed them to open up a particular line of inquiry."

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Man's body discovered after fire (BBC News) - Police investigate the death of a man whose body was found after a fire in a caravan. [Yahoo News]

Det Sgt Neil Cameron said it was not known how the fire started and added that Grampian Police were treating the death as "unexplained".

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First smoke ban trial man cleared - A man believed to be the first in Scotland to be taken to court accused of smoking in a public place is cleared.
[BBC Kemnay News]

John Wraith, 67, denied committing the offence at the Burnett Arms Hotel in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.

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