U19 Open- National Schools Championship

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Andrew Martin
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U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Andrew Martin » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:02 pm

Entries are now invited for the U19 Open section, which is sponsored by Winchester College and excellently controlled by Richard Haddrell

Information may be sought here :

http://andreww.myzen.co.uk/NSCC14/national-schools-u19/

and entries made here:

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC14/e ... ships/u19/

We look forward to your entry!

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Re: U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:55 pm

Andrew Martin wrote:Information may be sought here :
Are the rules unchanged from last year?

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Re: U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Neill Cooper » Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:09 pm

It is now only three weeks now to this year's finals on 3rd and 4th July.
This year half the schools taking part are state schools:

UNDER 19 CHAMPIONSHIP
Hampton School
Manchester Grammar School
Reading School
RGS Guildford

UNDER 19 PLATE
Newcastle under Lyme School
Queen Elizabeth School, Barnet
Torquay Grammar School
Wilson’s School, Wallington

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Re: U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Neill Cooper » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:17 pm

Championship
Manchester GS beat RGS Guildford 5 - 1
Reading School beat Hampton 3.5 - 2.5

If Manchester win the final it will be the first time a school has won the National Championship 4 years running.
If Reading win they will be the first state school to win since Methodist College, Belfast in 1995

Plate
QE Barnet beat Newcastle under Lyme School 6 - 0
Wilson's beat Torquay Grammar School 5 - 1

QE Barnet were plate runners up in 2013, Wilson's plate runners up in 2012.

I will be tweeting scores tomorrow on @EcfSchools

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Re: U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Neill Cooper » Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:27 pm

Congratulations to Reading School beat Manchester Grammar 3 -3 (they won on age handicap, but would have won on board count otherwise).
RGS Guildford beat Hampton 4.5 - 1.5 for third place

Wilson's beat QE Barnet 4 - 2 to win the plate.
Torquay Boys GS beat Newcastle under Lyme School 5.5 - 0.5 for third place.

Reading School are the first English state school to win the tournament in almost 30 years

This is the first time that state schools have won both the National Championships and the plate in the same year.

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Re: U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:51 pm

Congratulations to the winners, but a continued great performance by MGS and credit to the (mainly 3Cs) coaching they receive
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Re: U19 Open- National Schools Championship

Post by Neill Cooper » Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:55 am

Mick Norris wrote:Congratulations to the winners, but a continued great performance by MGS and credit to the (mainly 3Cs) coaching they receive
Similarly Reading have benefited from the active Berkshire Junior Chess Association. School chess is more likely to thrive where there is external support for enthusiastic players.

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