Surrey Junior Chess Association?

[John Upham]

Kent, Sussex and Berkshire are highly successful (in my opinion) for their provision of SE junior events via their County Junior Chess Associations.

I was hoping to find a similar organisation as an adjunct to the Surrey County Chess Association but am struggling to do so.

I cannot find a coordinated list of junior events for the Surrey area.

There appear to be non-County based events such as those run by Wey Valley, CCF and David Archer.

Can anyone please help as I have a bunch of keen primary school children / students itching to play chess on Saturdays / Sundays.

Thanks!

[Michael Flatt]

The Surrey County Chess Association website section for Junior Chess has 4 sub-headings (Junior Clubs, County Teams, Library Chess, Schools Chess) of which Library Chess is only one with content (last updated by Richard Tillett on 4 June 2016). The other pages are under construction but with no dates as to when content will be added.

1. Wey Valley[6] is affiliated to EPSCA[2] and compete in its U9, U11 and U11 Girls competitions.
2. Several Surrey schools compete in the ECF Secondary School Rapidplay Chess Tournament[3] and the Briant Poulter Chess League[4]
3. Last competed in ECF (u18/u13) County Team Jamborees in 2014[13*].
3a*. Surrey compete in the SCCU U14/130 matches[10*] and SCCU (u18/u14) Jamboree[11*].
4. Coulsden[7] appear have a chess Calendar of Surrey Junior Events[5] which one might mistake as having been posted by the Surrey Junior Chess Association. It does not include any events organised by Wey Valley.
5. A further option is Guildford Chess Academy[8].
6. Finally, I've come across a good summary on the organisation of Junior Chess in Surrey posted on UK Chess Challenge[9].
7*. Richmond Junior Chess Club[12*]

Evidently there is much Junior Chess activity in the county.

[1] Surrey Junior Library Chess: http://www.scca.co.uk/jun/jun_index.html
[2] EPSCA affiliated Junior Associations: http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/Associati ... overed.pdf
[3] ECF Secondary School Rapidplay Chess Tournament: http://englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/coun ... /counties/
[4] Briant Poulter Chess League: http://www.cchess.org.uk/SCCAJ/bp.html
[5] Surrey Junior Chess: http://www.surreyjuniorchess.co.uk/
[6] Wey Valley Chess - Surrey: http://www.weyvalleychess.org.uk/index.shtml
[7] Coulsden Junior Chess: http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Junior%20 ... mepage.htm
[8] Guildford Chess Academy: https://www.guildfordchess.com/
[9] Junior Chess in Surrey: http://www.ukchesschallenge.com/images/ ... rrey.shtml
[10*] SCCU u14/130http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/jun.htm
[11*] SCCU u18/u14 Jamboree http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/junjam.htm
[12*] Richmond Junior Chess Club: http://rjcc.org.uk/richard/
[13*] ECF U18/U13 Jamboree http://englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/coun ... /counties/

*Edits:
1. earlier omission of SCCU competitions & Richmond Junior Chess Club corrected
2. added information on ECF U18/U13 Jamboree

[John Upham]

Thanks Michael: most helpful!

[Nick Grey]

In your first instance put your query to Neill. As list on SCCA site

SCCA AGM is on 26/06 & this list may change. The junior managers are excellent letting us know availability for County Chess etc.
Nice to see Brian poulter league as strong as ever - that's where I first got my experience.

Junior Team Managers:
Neill Cooper
[email protected]

Kim Darby
[email protected]

Brigitte King
[email protected]

Susan Lalic
[email protected]

Christine Golding
[email protected]

Daniel Young
[email protected]

[Nick Grey]

Also looking at SCCU site plenty of Surrey Junior Chess. This season.
Surrey hosting a number too.
Plenty of other successes in congresses & representative teams.

[Richard James]

There's also Richmond Junior Club, although it currently meets in Middlesex. Your players would also be very welcome to attend our Rapidplays, Holiday Chess Camps etc..

[John Upham]

This is all very helpful. What I am really after is tournaments suitable for school chess club players who have yet to obtain a grade / rating.

[Roger Lancaster]

John, I have received favourable feedback from the less experienced Watford juniors about the Maidenhead rapidplay tournaments on Saturday mornings. Next one is on 9 July with two sections, under-110 (ECF graded) and beginners (ungraded), where almost all the Watford juniors are encouraged to enter the under-110 section. It's nothing too elaborate but serves the purpose of giving newer juniors experience and the opportunity to obtain rapidplay grades.

[David Shepherd]

If you look on the Wey Valley site there is a fixtures tab with tournaments listed, which are not just Wey Valley tournaments - they will not include Coulsdon tournaments- to say the two organisations do not get on would be an understatement . The tournaments operated by Coulsdon will be listed on their website. The Mike Basman make me a champion tournaments (normally on the Wey Valley website - although there is a separate website also ) are suitable for players just starting out, as too are the Wey Valley & Coulsdon tournaments.