Juniors

Leicestershire &
Rutland
Chess
Association

Juniors

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Junior Chess Committee

Alan Jex, Brian Foreman, Paul Findley, Stan Parsons.

Vision Statement

To promote, encourage and coordinate the growth of Junior Chess within Leicestershire with the aim of easing the transition between junior chess and the clubs of the LRCA for young players.

So Far

Since the beginning of the Autumn term 2007, many new lunchtime and after-school chess clubs have been created in Leicesterhire primary schools through the "Chess in Schools" programme.
Added to the already successful school chess clubs run by Alan Jex, Leicestershire now has a wide base of primary school players to develop.
We have reformed our county squad training – selecting players from county primary chess clubs, inviting then to weekly Saturday training sessions to expand their ability and provide the opportunity for them to represent Leicestershire in inter-county events.
One-day interschool championships for both primary and secondary schools teams in Leicestershire have been planned for the Spring term 2008 and we are already receiving a positive response from schools.
We are currently liaising with schools, the education authority and the EMBC to create online chess for schools in Leicestershire to play each other and twinned schools in Europe … WATCH THIS SPACE!
The successful primary school chess programme is being extended into secondary schools to provide a similar structure for the continuation of lunchtime and after school chess as young players move through the education system.

Junior Training

Training sessions are open to players of all abilities and you are welcome to join us at any stage throughout the season, but spaces are limited.

Friday Evenings

Location: Holywell primary school, Berkeley Road, Loughborough LE11 3SJ (Map)
4:30pm – 6:00pm for primary school children
6:00pm – 7:30pm for secondary school children
Cost: £2.50 per child per session.

To register an interest, please contact Caroline Mulvany 01509 567478.

Saturday Afternoons

Location: St Paul's Church, Hamble Road, Oadby LE2 4NX (Map)
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Cost: £4.75 per child per session.

Results

Atkins Leicester Junior Championships

A successful one-day tournament ran alongside the Atkins Congress on Saturday 22 September 2007.

Under 9 Leicester Champion: Shivani Patel
Under 11 Leicester Champion: Rinay Kotetcha
Under 14 Leicester Champion: Laurence Findley
Under 18 Leicester Champion: Alexander Ling

LPSCA Individual Chess Championships

Results of the competition held 26 January 2008:

Group	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
Under 8	James Low	William Nijjer	Oliver Mance
Under 9	Shivani Patel	Kushal Parmar	Lauren Hill
Under 10	Savreet Virk	Jonathan Berry	Davida Mottram-Epson
Under 11	Toby Williams	Sameer Kohli	Alex Hunter
Under 14	Laurence Findley/Barnaby Thomas		David Robertson/Alex Hutchinson

Link

ECF Online Chess Club