Barnet Knights Chess ClubBSCA Individual Championships, 24 January 2010
sponsored by the London Chess Centre
Online entry available now!
Sunday 24th January 2010UNDER 7, UNDER 9, UNDER 11, UNDER 12, UNDER 14, UNDER 16 and UNDER 19 SECTIONS
VENUE - Queen Elizabeth's School, Queen's Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4DQ.
Click here to enter online - preferred and easier - pay by NoChex online (quick and easy - no membership necessary) or post your cheque.-MAP AND DIRECTIONS
-ENTRY FORM in PDF format (if entering by post, print and send to Angela Eyton, BSCA Individual, 47 Brent Place, Barnet, EN5 2DR.)
-SECTIONS
-ENTRY FEES
-PRIZES
-TOURNAMENT DETAILS
-TIMETABLE
-VENUE
-REFRESHMENTS
-BARNET SCHOOLS CHESS ASSOCIATION TEAM SELECTION
SECTIONS (back to top)
Age limit
Under 7 / Under 9 / Under 11 / Under 12 / Under 14 / Under 16 / Under 19
Players must have been under the section age on 31.8.2009 so an Under 9 means Year 4 or younger.
Which section should I enter?
The sections correspond to School Years, i.e Under 7 is for Year 2 or younger, Under 9 is for Year 3 or 4, Under 11 is for Year 5 or 6, Under 12 is for Year 7, Under 14 is for Year 8 or 9, Under 16 is for Year 10 or 11 and Under 19 is for Year 12 or 13. But you are allowed to enter an older age group if you wish.
ENTRY FEES (back to top)
£12 per entry if paid in advance.
(ECF direct members may claim back game fee on the day.)
Payment on the day - £20.
You may pay online using Nochex or by cheque payable to BSCA posted to BSCA Individual, 47 Brent Place, Barnet, EN5 2DR.
Please note entries are not normally acknowledged unless a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Online entries will be acknowledged by email.PRIZES (back to top)
There will be
-trophies for the top girl and top boy in each section.
-prizes for scoring more than 3½ points or more out of 6
-a certificate for each competitor.
The top Barnet player in each age group up to and including Under 16 will be designated Barnet champion and will hold the appropriate trophy for one year. (A Barnet player is one who lives or goes to school in the London Borough of Barnet.) Players tied for a trophy will be separated by Sum of Progressive scores.
Ties
Cash prizes will be shared. If there is a tie for a trophy, it will be broken by sum of progressive scores.
Prize giving
Small prizes and certificates can be collected as soon as your last game is finished, trophies and cash prizes as soon as possible after the end of Round 6.
TOURNAMENT DETAILS (back to top)Swiss pairings will be used. This is not a knock-out tournament. All competitors play in every round.
All sections will be played to ECF Rapidplay rules using chess clocks. Each player will be allowed 30 minutes per game. Help will be given to those not used to clocks. All sections will be graded for the ECF Rapidplay list. The ECF intend to publish the Grading list on their website. If you wish to have your Grading details (Grading Reference Number, Name, Club(s), Grade(s), Grading Category) withheld from the website version please contact the ECF.
The organisers reserve the right to merge sections in the event of a section receiving insufficient entries.
Parents and friends are welcome to stay, but we regret that only stewards and players will be allowed in the playing areas.
We do not provide any supervision of children between rounds so you must stay to look after your own children or arrange for another adult to be responsible for you child.
TIMETABLE (back to top)
9.00am
Doors open
2.00pm
Round 4
9.45am
Introduction
3.15pm
Round 5
10.00am
Round 1
4.30pm
Round 6
11.25am
Round 2
6.00pm
Prize giving
12.45pm
Round 3
VENUE (back to top)
Queen Elizabeth's School, Queen's Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4DQ.
Plenty of car parking space on side. We hope you enjoy your day at this superb venue. Please leave everything as you find it in the school.
MAP AND DIRECTIONS
REFRESHMENTS
Hot and cold refreshments will be on sale at reasonable prices: hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, crisps etc.BSCA TEAM SELECTION (back to top)
Barnet Schools Chess Association enters teams for the English Primary Schools Chess Association Inter-Association Championships. They compete with teams from all over the country, e.g. Sussex, Somerset and Yorkshire. Players living or going to school in Barnet and neighbouring boroughs are eligible for the 3 teams: Under 11, Under 9 and Girls Under 11. This tournament is the final part of the selection process for these teams. For details of the other tournaments being used click here.
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