Logan Park High School A team player Eshaan Atre, 14, won all six games he played at the Otago secondary school teams championship on Saturday.
He helped his team comfortably win the tournament and his school qualify for the national interschool finals in Christchurch in September for the second year in a row.
Team captain Tyne Grant, 17, said it felt pretty good to win the tournament.
He said the school had some strong players and there was a chance they would do well at nationals.
With experience on their side, the team felt a lot less intimidated competing at tournaments.
"When I was year 9 and year 10, playing against year 13s was always quite intimidating.
"Now I guess we’ve taken on that role a little bit."
His message to the other teams at nationals was "watch out".
"We’re going to try our best and not go down without a whimper," he said.
But this year, the team was confident it would do better or at least be the best from the South Island.
After catching up with a bit of school work, they would begin training by playing against each other and online.
Eshaan said the team was probably the best it had ever been.
"If one person loses a game, we are confident with the other three people."
Although he won every game he played in the tournament, Eshaan said he was not the best player in the team and there was some luck involved.
During the tournament, he gained a lot of confidence after winning his first two games.
The confidence helped him secure wins against King’s and Otago Boys’.
"I think that is the greatest achievement, rather than the score itself, playing against the top-tier schools."
