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

Tammy Wolffs
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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). NSW regional schools should check Gungahlin, South Canberra and Tuggeranong zones for details, and home-schooled students compete in the South Canberra zone.

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

ACTJCL has arranged all the competitions to match the PSSA & SSSA zones with some exceptions in North Canberra and Belconnen due to the consistent high demand for places. Please check our zone listing if you are not sure. We hope this will make things less confusing and easier for schools to share supervision & transport.

• Find your school zone here
• School Entry Pack here
• Made the Finals? Find the finals & playoff info here
• Running an event? Check the how to guide here
• Want to know the benefits of Chess in Education? Find some of the benefits here
• List of Past ACTJCL Schools Champions here

Term One Events - Girls Primary & Girls Secondary Championships

Event	Date	Venue	Entries Close
Nth Canberra Girls Primary Zone Championship (incorporates Gungahlin, North Canberra & Belconnen Zones)	Monday 21 March	Campbell High School Treloar Crescent, Campbell	14/3/2011
Sth Canberra Girls Primary Zone Championship (incorporates Woden/Weston, South Canberra, Tuggeranong & Murrumbidgee Zones)	Friday 18 March 2011	Curtin Primary School Theodore Street, Curtin	11/3/2011
Girls Secondary School Championship FINAL (no zones)	Monday 11 April 2011	Campbell High School Treloar Crescent, Campbell	4/04/2011
Girls Primary School Championship - FINAL (for teams qualifying through the Zone events)	Monday 11 April 2011	Campbell High School Treloar Crescent, Campbell	N/A
Girls Primary & Secondary Playoff Weekend (for those eligible teams wishing to compete for Australian Schools Teams Championship honours)	Saturday 7 May 2011	Campbell High School Treloar Crescent, Campbell	11/04/2011

Term Two Events - Open Primary & Open Secondary Championships

Event	Date	Venue	Entries Close
South Canberra Open Secondary Zone Championship	Friday 20 May 2011	Canberra Grammar School Monaro Crescent, Red Hill	13/05/2011
Gungahlin Open Primary Zone Championship	Friday 27 May 2011	Amaroo School Katherine Avenue, Amaroo	20/05/2011
Tuggeranong/Murrumbidgee Open Primary Zone Championship	Friday 3 June 2011	Wanniassa Hills Primary School Langdon Avenue, Wanniassa	27/05/2011
Woden/Weston Open Primary Zone Championship	Friday 17 June 2011	Curtin Primary School Theodore Street, Curtin	10/06/2011
South Canberra Open Primary Zone Championship	Tuesday 21 June 2011	Jerrabomerra Public School Coachwood Ave, Jerrabomerra	14/06/2011

Term Three Events - Open Primary & Open Secondary Finals & ANU Schools Championship

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.

Event	Date	Venue	Entries Close
North Canberra Open Primary Zone Championship	Tuesday 26 July 2011	North Ainslie Primary Majura Avenue, Ainslie	19/07/2011
Belconnen Open Primary Zone Championship	Monday 1 August 2011	Aranda Primary Banambila Street, Aranda	25/07/2011
North Canberra Open Secondary Zone Championship	Monday 1 August 2011	Radford College College Street, Bruce	25/07/2011
ANU Secondary Schools Chess Championship	Tuesday 9 August 2011	Great Hall, University House, ANU Balmain Crescent, Acton	22/07/2011
ANU Primary Schools Chess Championship	Wednesday 10 August 2011	Great Hall, University House, ANU Balmain Crescent, Acton	22/07/2011
Open Primary Championship - FINAL (for teams qualifying through the Zone events)	Monday 15 August 2011	Campbell High School Treloar Crescent, Campbell	N/A
Open Secondary Championship - FINAL (for teams qualifying through the Zone events)	Monday 22 August 2011	Lanyon High School Heidelberg St, Conder	N/A
Open Primary & Secondary Playoff Weekend (for those eligible teams wishing to compete for Australian Schools Teams Championship honours)	TBA	TBA	N/A

Term Four Events - Australian Schools Teams Championship

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 & Three.

The 2011 ASTC will be held on December 3 and 4 in Sydney at Knox Grammar School, 7 Woodville Avenue Wahroonga. The event website can be found here.