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The Championship
is open to all schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland
and has been witness to chess excellence in schools from all across
the UK since 1958.
The championship's
unique age-handicap system allows
primary school teams to compete against and sometimes triumph
over 6th form college teams.
The National
Schools Championship is fought in several stages.
It starts with the local zonal stage,
and then progresses to a national knock-outs phase, for zone champions
and runners-up.
It then reaches a fantastic climax, when the 4 remaining zone
champions compete for the National Title
and the 4 triumphant runners-up battle it out for the Plate Championship.
Another
Way to Qualify for the National Knock-Out Stage!
Ideal for those who miss out on zone qualification
and those who were unable to enter the zone stage.
A NEW ONE DAY EVENT
Any school can enter this event, whether or not they have
already entered the championship,
whether or not they have been knocked out by the 1st March.
Click
here
for the results of the 2008 tournament.
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Running
a Local Zone
If you are a chess teacher who coaches in a number of schools
or your school is in close contact with other local schools,
it may be possible next year for you to run a local zone.
You may be able to organise this on a league or one day tournament
basis.
Claire Summerscale
ran a 2008 London one day zone,
You can see the full results here.
Please contact Richard
Haddrell if you are interested in running a zone next year.
You can also
contact
Claire Summerscale, ECF Director of Junior Chess for further
information.
The 2006-7
Championship saw 93 schools competing for the National Schools
title.
The Grand Final was held at Uppingham School.
2007
Results
Additional
Information
Format
of Zones - Some, if not all, of the Zones will be split
initially into groups. Groups will be leagues or knockouts according
to schools’ preference. In a league, everybody plays everybody
(with half the matches home and half away). Leagues will have
a maximum of six teams, more likely four or five. An obvious advantage
of a league is that no one gets knocked out in round 1. It is
also more flexible than a knockout, in that matches can be played
at any time and in any order, and arranged well in advance. However,
in some areas travelling distances may rule it out. In others,
schools may already have a local league and prefer to play the
ECF as a knockout. Every effort will be made to meet schools’
preferences. However, it will not be possible to suit everybody.
If
you are entering more than one school team - Teams from
the same school will be entered as “A” and “B”
and so on. They will normally be placed in different Zones or
groups where travelling distances permit. If you do not wish this,
you can say so on the entry form. It can still be done, at a school’s
request, even if travelling distances are large. But in this case
the team in the “distant” Zone would have to undertake
to play all matches away from home. If you would wish to consider
this, put a note on the back of the entry form. The Controller
will contact you before proceeding.
Details about matches - Who is home and who is
away will always be laid down in advance. The date and time of
a match are by agreement between the two sides. Matches are usually
played after school, but there is no rule about it. Schools must
provide their own equipment. Chess clocks should be used where
available and are important for stronger players.
If
you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact
Richard Haddrell, the Chief Conductor:
Telephone 01892-532-361 or email
