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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 29 January 2010 METROPOLITAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHESS TEAMS COMPETITION Dear Principal or Chess Coordinator, We are pleased to invite your school to enter teams in the 2010 Metropolitan Secondary Schools Chess Teams Competition. The competition is for state and private schools in the Sydney metropolitan and surrounding areas and is conducted by the NSW Junior Chess League, a not-for-profit organisation. Matches are held after school on Fridays in second term on a home-and-away basis. To minimise travel, teams are divided into regions and further into divisions. Teams which win their divisions proceed to knock-out regional finals and, if successful, to the overall competition finals. The finals take place in third term. The competition is played in three separate grades: JUNIOR Years 7 and 8 only Players must compete INTERMEDIATE Years 9 and 10 only in the grade appropriate SENIOR Years 11 and 12 only for their school year. A team consists of four players for each match, but there is no limit on the number of players who may play in different matches. However, players in the finals must have played in at least 50% of the preliminary rounds. Players must be students at the school they represent. Participating schools are required to nominate a coordinator (usually a teacher or member of ancillary staff, but may be a parent), and for home matches a supervising adult must be present throughout the match. Home teams are to provide the chess equipment – four standard (Staunton pattern) competition size chess sets. The entry fee is $33 per team (including GST). Trophies are awarded to successful teams and players. Detailed information will be sent out in time for the first round, which will be on Friday 30 April (for most schools this is the second Friday of second term). Entries close on Friday 5 March. An entry form accompanies this letter. Last year's competition attracted 283 teams from 88 schools. Chess has become increasingly popular in recent years. Our Primary Schools Competition in particular has grown enormously (last year there were over 1000 teams from 376 schools) and many of these players have now entered secondary school. We hope you will be able to encourage them to continue developing their chess skills by playing in our Secondary Schools Competition. If you would like further information, please phone the undersigned (day or evening) or visit our website (www.nswjcl.org.au). The website contains the rules for the competition (under “Schools” and then “Secondary Schools Competition”). Also on the website (under "Resources") is a paper which you may find of particular interest: it summarises the educational benefits of teaching chess to young people. Yours sincerely, Richard Gastineau-Hills Secondary Schools Coordinator NSW Junior Chess League
CHESS TEAMS COMPETITION THE SCHOOLS THAT TOOK PART IN 2009 Metropolitan East Region: Alexandria Park Community School, Ascham School, Canterbury Boys High School, Conservatorium High School, Cranbrook School, Fort Street High School, Holy Spirit College Lakemba, Homebush Boys High School, Kingsgrove High School, Marcellin College Randwick, Meriden School, Newington College, Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, Randwick Boys High School, Rose Bay Secondary College, St Andrew's Cathedral School, St John Bosco College, St Patrick’s College Strathfield, Sydney Boys High School, Sydney Girls High School, Sydney Grammar School, Sydney Secondary College – Leichhardt Campus, Sydney Technical High School, The Scots College, Trinity Grammar School, Waverley College. Metropolitan North Region: Abbotsleigh School, Asquith Girls High School, Barker College, Chatswood High School, Epping Boys High School, Holy Cross College Ryde, Hornsby Girls High School, Killara High School, Knox Grammar School, Marist College Eastwood, Marist College North Shore, Marsden High School, Normanhurst Boys High School, North Sydney Boys High School, North Sydney Girls High School, Northern Beaches Secondary College – Manly Selective Campus, Oxford Falls Grammar School, Redlands, Shore, St Aloysius' College, St Augustine's College, St Ignatius' College Riverview, St Joseph's College, St Paul's College Manly, St Pius X College Chatswood. Central Coast: Gosford High School, Green Point Christian College, Terrigal High School. Metropolitan South-West Region: Airds High School, Bankstown Grammar School, Broughton Anglican College, Cabramatta High School, Fairfield High School, Holsworthy High School, John Edmondson High School, La Salle Catholic College Bankstown, Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield, St Gregory's College Campbelltown. Metropolitan West Region: Australian Islamic College of Sydney, Baulkham Hills High School, Blaxland High School, Blue Mountains Grammar School, Cherrybrook Technology High School, Cranebrook High School, Crestwood High School, Evans High School, Girraween High School, Holroyd High School, James Ruse Agricultural High School, Mamre Anglican College, Nepean High School, Oakhill College, Pacific Hills Christian School, Penrith High School, Plumpton High School, St Andrew’s College – Holy Family Campus, St Dominic’s College, St Mark’s Catholic College, St Paul's Grammar School Penrith, The King’s School, Toongabbie Christian School, Tyndale Christian School. A separate competition for NSW Country Secondary Schools was contested by 145 schools. AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS The Australian Schools Teams Championships will be held at the beginning of December. In most states the secondary schools competitions produce overall winners which thereby qualify to represent those states in the national event. In NSW, however, our Secondary Schools competition is divided into three separate grades based on school year and there is no single winning secondary team. A separate selection process is therefore necessary to select the NSW Secondary Open team, which may contain players from any secondary year (7 to 12). To be eligible for selection all members of the team must have played in our Secondary Schools Competition and, further, in at least 50% of the preliminary (pre-finals) rounds. If necessary, a play-off match or matches will be conducted between nominated teams. A similar procedure will be used to determine the school to represent NSW in the Secondary Girls division of the championships. Schools wishing to nominate a team to be considered for selection as either the NSW Open or NSW Girls team should make their interest known to the Secondary Schools Coordinator before the end of second term. The selection (including any play-offs) should be completed by the end of third term to enable the selected teams to make their travel arrangements and prepare for the national championships.
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