The Chairman ; Five-Year-Old Shane Can't Read or Write but He Taught Himself How
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AT JUST five years old, little Shane Melaugh can't yet read or write. His life is filled with the simple pleasures that all small boys enjoy cuddles from his mummy, play fights with his younger brother Gavin and afternoons whiled away making his army of toy soldiers march diligently across his living room floor.
And then there's his other hobby: chess. At which Shane, despite his tender years, has become really rather good. In fact, despite having no formal training at all, so good is young Shane at chess that he is able to reduce other aspiring young chess players into floods of tears with a few carefully calculated moves, and last week, travelled to Dublin to represent Ireland at an under-12s international tournament.See the full content of this document
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The Chairman ; Five-Year-Old Shane Can't Read or Write but He Taught Himself How
He was the youngest player to ever represent the country at such a prestigious event and as a result, has become known as 'the little chairman of the board'.
Back at his home in Killea on the Derry-Donegal border, his mother Linda, a medical technician and father Edmond, a lorry driver, are still trying to take in their son's success and his new found notoriety.'Everyone seems to have heard of Shane now,' says Linda, clearly both proud and flabbergasted.'He's been on the radio ...See the full content of this document
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