ACTJCL Interschool Chess Competitions

Welcome to the home page for ACT school chess competitions. We hope you will find all the information you need to promote and develop chess at your school and to enter all the fun & exciting interschool competitions this year. If you don’t find all you need, or have any difficulty navigating the site, please contact our Interschool Coordinator –

ACTJCL Interschool Chess Competitions are open to all ACT Primary & Secondary schools as well as to home-schooled students. NSW regional schools are also very welcome to enter our events at all levels but cannot represent the ACT at the Australian Schools Teams Championship (ASTC).

Primary competitions are open to students in years K-6 and secondary events to students in years 7-12.

For 2008, ACTJCL has arranged all the competitions to match the PSSA & SSSA zones. We hope this will make things less confusing and easier for schools to share supervision & transport.

· Kick start chess at your school with our helpful guide (under construction)

Term One Events - Girls Primary & Girls Secondary Championships

All events will be held at Campbell High School

Event

Date

Entries

Close

Nth Canberra Girls Primary Zone Championship

(incorporates Gungahlin, North Canberra & Belconnen Zones)

Thursday

6 March

4/3/08

Sth Canberra Girls Primary Zone Championship

(incorporates Woden/Weston, South Canberra, Tuggeranong & Murrumbidgee Zones)

Friday

7 March

5/3/08

Girls Primary School Championship – FINAL

(for teams qualifying through the Zone events)

Friday

4 April

n/a

Girls Secondary School Championship – FINAL

(no zones)

Friday

4 April

2/4/08

Girls Primary & Secondary Playoff Weekend

(for those eligible teams wishing to compete for Australian Schools Teams Championship honours)

Saturday 16 &

Sunday 17 August

4/4/08

Term Two Events - Open Primary & Open Secondary Championships

All events to be held at Campbell High School

Event	Date	Coordinator	Entries Close
North Canberra Open Primary Zone Championship	Monday 19 May	Rebekah Gupte	15/5/08
Woden/Weston Open Primary Zone Championship	Tuesday 20 May	Libby Smith	16/5/08
Belconnen Open Primary Zone Championship	Wednesday 21 May	Rebekah Gupte	19/5/08
South Canberra Open Primary Zone Championship	Thursday 22 May	Rebekah Gupte	20/5/08
Gungahlin Open Primary Zone Championship	Friday 23 May	Rebekah Gupte	21/5/08
Tuggeranong/Murrumbidgee Open Primary Zone Championship	Monday 26 May	Rebekah Gupte	22/5/08
North Canberra Open Secondary Zone Championship	Thursday 29 May	Rebekah Gupte	26/5/08
South Canberra Open Secondary Zone Championship	Friday 30 May	Rebekah Gupte	27/5/08
Open Secondary Championship - FINAL (for teams qualifying through the Zone events)	Thursday 26 June	Rebekah Gupte	n/a
Open Primary School Championship – FINAL (for teams qualifying through the Zone events)	Friday 27 June	Rebekah Gupte	n/a
Open Primary & Secondary Playoff Weekend (for those eligible teams wishing to compete for Australian Schools Teams Championship honours)	Saturday & Sunday 16-17 August		26/6/08 (secondary) 27/6/08 (primary)

Term Three Events

The ANU Chess Festival committee usually host interschool events in July. There is a one-day event for primary schools and a one-day event for secondary schools. More information will be communicated directly to schools by the ANU committee.

Term Four Events

The Australian Schools Teams Championship (ASTC) is held in Term 4 with the top performing schools from each state competing in Open Primary, Open Secondary, Girls’ Primary & Girls’ Secondary divisions. Teams wishing to participate must have qualified through the appropriate ACTJCL events in Term One & Two.

The location and dates for this year’s ASTC are still to be decided.