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Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments
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Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments
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NEW SOUTH WALES JUNIOR CHESS LEAGUE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ INCORPORATED Website: www.nswjcl.org.au ABN 17 542 019 398 24 Bancroft Avenue Roseville NSW 2069 Phone: (02) 9412 4579 Fax: (02) 9410 0609 Email: RichardGH@bigpond.com 12 August 2009 Dear Principal or Chess Coordinator, Primary Schools One-Day Chess Teams Tournaments North-West Sydney The NSW Junior Chess League is pleased to invite your school to participate in any one of the following One-Day Chess Teams Tournaments we are conducting in the North-West Sydney and Blue Mountains areas.
TIMES: 9.15 a.m. until 2.30 p.m. TEAMS: Three players per team ENTRIES: Enter online or by fax or mail at least three school days before each tournament The tournaments are part of a series of primary schools tournaments which we are holding around the state and will be similar to the six North-West Sydney tournaments we conducted last year.
Our one-day tournaments are particularly suitable for schools and players new to competitive chess, although those that have been taking part in our weekly interschool teams competition are of course welcome too. There is no entry fee thanks primarily to the generous support of Accor Asia Pacific and members of the Accor group. Playing Standard: Your players do not have to be experts! They will, however, need to understand the basic rules of chess and competitive play. The rules of competitive play are on our website, www.nswjcl.org.au (click on Schools and then click on Rules under the heading Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments). Number of Teams: The number of teams will be limited by the size of the venue, so we suggest you send in your entry quickly to ensure a place. Multiple teams from the one school will be accepted, if numbers and space permit. From past experience we expect to be able to accommodate four or five teams from schools wishing to enter them, and more in the larger venues – provided that entries are received by the closing date. Supervision, etc.: It is not necessary for you to provide an adult to stay with the players all day, although many schools do so as a matter of policy (and we strongly recommend it where teams contain younger children – Year 3 or below). In previous years our tournaments have attracted interest from the media. Please ensure that your players have media permission to be photographed or interviewed for television and newspapers (or let us know which do not). Why Chess? The educational benefits of teaching chess to young children are now well recognised, having been demonstrated by research carried out in many countries. A paper summarising this research (Dr Peter Dauvergne: A Case for Chess as a Tool to Develop our Children’s Minds) may be found on our website. Chess is becoming increasingly popular in schools throughout NSW. Last year 1152 teams from 297 schools took part in the 33 district tournaments of the One-Day series. This year approximately 1000 teams (of four players) are competing in our weekly Primary Schools Competition, including teams from 54 schools in the Metropolitan West Region. How to Enter: Please either enter online via our website or use the entry form below and fax or mail it as soon as possible (no later than three school days before the tournament). To enter online go to our website www.nswjcl.org.au – click on Schools in the menu on the home page and then on Entry Details under the heading Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments. (You may enter teams in any of the tournaments, and even in more than one tournament if you like, but we ask that these be different teams, with each player participating in only one tournament.) Enquiries: Richard Gastineau-Hills, phone (02) 9412 4579 or email RichardGH@bigpond.com. (Please note that I shall be away running tournaments in the north of the state from 7 to 12 September; for enquiries during that week please phone 0403 962 442.)
Yours sincerely, Richard Gastineau-Hills Primary Schools Coordinator NSW Junior Chess League
Members of the Accor group – sponsors of the Primary Schools One-Day Tournaments %.....................................................................................................................................
ENTRY FORM* Primary Schools One-Day Chess Teams Tournaments * Alternatively, you may enter online via our website, www.nswjcl.org.au (click on “Schools”) Tick one:
Blacktown School: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuesday 15 September
Nepean Contact: (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Dr) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monday 21 September
Hawkesbury Contact’s Role: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday 23 September (Teacher, Parent, etc.)
Hills District Contact’s Thursday 24 September Email Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blue Mountains Monday 28 September Number of Teams: . . . . . . . . . . .
Cumberland Thursday 1 October Signature: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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