ECF Schools event 10th Feb 2013, Eton College

[Neill Cooper]

National Schools Championship ‘Last Chance Saloon’ and ‘Elite Team Rapidplay’
Sunday 10th February 2013 Eton College, Berks.

Teams who by 9th February have reached their zone final in the U19 National Schools Championship will play in the Elite Rapidplay event.
Teams who have not reached a zone final will play in the National Schools Championship “Last Chance Saloon”. This is a one day zone in the National Schools Championship.

Time: Registration from 10.15am, play start 11am, finish about 5pm
Event Format: 5 round Swiss rapid play tournament.
Teams: Teams will consist of 6 players. Schools can enter one or more teams. Squads can have up to 7 players with 6 playing in any match.
Cost: £10 payable on the day

More details: http://englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/nati ... rapidplay/

[Neill Cooper]

Entries so far received from:

Abingdon School A
Bristol Grammar School
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amersham
Eton College
Hampton School A
Hampton School B
King Edwards School, Birmingham
Queen Elizabeth School Barnet A
Queen Elizabeth School Barnet B
Radley College A
Reigate Grammar
RGS Guildford
Sevenoaks School A
Sevenoaks School B
Wilson's School, Wallington A
Wilson's School, Wallington B
Wilson's School, Wallington C

Maximum capacity 30 teams, so already over half full.

[Neill Cooper]

Now up to 22 teams

[Neill Cooper]

27 teams have now entered so that is over 150 mainly secondary school chess players.
Eton College have found a larger hall for the event. Entries so far are:
Abingdon School A
Bristol Grammar School
Dame Alice Owen’s School, Herts
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amersham
Eton College
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys B
Hampton School A
Hampton School B
King Edwards School, Birmingham
King’s School, Grantham A
King’s School, Grantham B
Meden School, Mansfield
Oaks Park High School A
Oaks Park High School B
Queen Elizabeth School Barnet A
Queen Elizabeth School Barnet B
Radley College A
Reigate Grammar
RGS Guildford
Sevenoaks School A
Sevenoaks School B
Wellington College
Westminster Under School
Wilson's School, Wallington A
Wilson's School, Wallington B
Wilson's School, Wallington C
Worth School, West Sussex

[Peter D Williams]

27 teams have now entered so that is over 150 mainly secondary school chess players.
Eton College have found a larger hall for the event. Entries so far are:
Abingdon School A
Bristol Grammar School
Dame Alice Owen’s School, Herts
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Amersham
Eton College
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys B
Hampton School A
Hampton School B
King Edwards School, Birmingham
King’s School, Grantham A
King’s School, Grantham B
Meden School, Mansfield
Oaks Park High School A

That is a
Oaks Park High School B
Queen Elizabeth School Barnet A
Queen Elizabeth School Barnet B
Radley College A
Reigate Grammar
RGS Guildford
Sevenoaks School A
Sevenoaks School B
Wellington College
Westminster Under School
Wilson's School, Wallington A
Wilson's School, Wallington B
Wilson's School, Wallington C
Worth School, West Sussex

That is very good to know that so many pupils of secondary school age will be taking part in this event and what a fine venue to be playing in it is very good of Eton college to be supporting chess in this way. I had draw with a lad form Eton last year very good player he was to. Are most of the school teams from private schools? Hopefully some state schools have entered?

[Neill Cooper]

Peter - So far 9 teams from 5 state schools, 18 teams from 15 independent schools

[Peter D Williams]

Peter - So far 9 teams from 5 state schools, 18 teams from 15 independent schools

Nice to see some state schools have entered this event it will be interesting to see how well they do.

[Graham Borrowdale]

Takes me back - one of my first ever school matches was playing for Windsor Grammar School just over the river at Eton College - I played one JJ Cox. A pity Windsor don't have a team entered.
Good luck for the event!

[Neill Cooper]

One of my first ever school matches was for Maidenhead Grammar School at Windsor Grammar School. MGS went comprehensive just after I left, changed its name to Desborough School.

[Neill Cooper]

The event was open to all teams that had been knocked out of their Zone without qualifying for the national stage; also to teams that had not played at the Zonal stage.

1 Eton College A 5/5: qualify for Championship place
2 K Edward's School Birmingham 4/5: qualify for Championship place
3= Hampton School B 3½: qualify (on tie-break) for Plate place
Abingdon School 3½: qualify (on tie-break) for Plate place
Dr Challoner's GS 3½
Wellington College 3½
7= Westminster Under School 3
Hawthorns School 3
Kings Grantham A 3
10= Langley GS 2½
Wilson's C 2½
12= Kings Grantham B 2
Reigate GS 2
Wilson's B 2
Worth School 2
16= Eton College B 1½
Wilson's E 1½
18= Wilson's D 1
Wilson's F 1
20 Meden School 0


Elite Event
There was to have been a separate elite event for teams that had already qualified through their Zones. It was cancelled for lack of numbers.
(Taken from http://www.nationalschoolschess.org.uk/ ... aloon.aspx)