The ECF National Schools Girls Team Championships 2022

[Andrew Martin]

Entry to the southern semi is now CLOSED

[Andrew Martin]

Seven teams in each age group qualified for the final in April 2023.

U11

1st = Bancroft School A Woodford Green. 12. Winner on tie break
City Junior School A. ( on tie break)
. Putney High
4th = Haberdashers A. 11
North London Collegiate B
Sutton High
7th Latchmere School, Kingston Upon Thames 10.5


U19

1st. North London Collegiate A 11.5
2nd St Paul’s Girls School 11
3rd NLC B. 10.5
4th=. Beaumont School
Denmark Rd
James Allen’s Girls School. 10
7th. SPGS B 9.5

Entry is still open for the Northern semi final to be held at Nottingham High School on November 20th. At present only one qualifying place is available , but if 10 more teams enter in each section, I will bump this up to three places and have a larger final.

Teams who did not qualify from the south can try again in the north. Entry in the usual way via the ECF National Schools webpage:


https://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/gi ... hips-2022/

[John Upham]

It was wonderful to see so many keen teams with a total of 250 girls yesterday in Bramley all of whom behaved impeccably.

Arbiting was never so easy!

The venue was tremendous and the support from the school and its staff was amazing.

The event was a huge credit to yourself and St. Catherine's School.

Amusingly enough, the most challenging aspect was not dealing with the children but coping with one or two team managers who hoped to win games for their team players not be letting them play chess but by logging illegal moves from beginners on their busy clipboards!

[Alex McFarlane]

It was wonderful to see so many keen teams of 250 girls yesterday

Amazing to have one team of 250 girls, but to have many of them is incredible!!!

I may have read the post too literally.

[A.Kluckova]

80 girl's teams is amazing . l was at St. Catherine's School with girls in 2014, more less than 100 girls l think.
Big congratulations to Andrew Martin and to all of you !! Was Mrs. Director for Women Chess there also ?

[John Upham]

Was Mrs. Director for Women Chess there also ?

No-one "from the ECF" (whatever that means) was either present or part present during the event.

Notably Lorin D'Costa and Nick Pert were managing their teams and Lorin helped to promote

https://www.sheplaystowin.co.uk/ which generated much interest.

[Roger Lancaster]

Was Mrs. Director for Women Chess there also ?

No-one "from the ECF" (whatever that means) was either present or part present during the event.

Maybe the fact that this was merely one of the semi-finals had something to do with that ...

[Andrew Martin]

Some info for Sunday from Ed Jones, who is organizing the Northern semi-final.:

Dear all,

Many thanks for entering the ECF Girls Championships for Under 19s and Under 11s on Sunday 20th November at Nottingham High School.

We hope you have an enjoyable and successful day.

Hopefully the following information will help you enjoy the day more.

The venue is Venue: Nottingham High School, Forest Road East, Nottingham NG1 4HH

Parking is available in the playground at the Forest Road East entrance.

Enter the High School building through the double glass doors which is directly ahead of the vehicle entrance.



Start time: 10:00am

Round 1: 10:15am Round 2: 11.15am Round 3: 12.15pm

Round 4: 13.45pm Round 5: 14.45pm



Finish and Prize-giving: 15.45pm



Time control: 20 minutes for all moves, plus 10 seconds per move.



The event is a five round tournament

Refreshments

Sadly no refreshments are available, however there is a Sainsbury’s on the corner nearby and a local cafe is only seven minutes walk away.



Supervision.

No children are allowed outside the building on their own.

No ball games are allowed on the school premises.



Prizes

There will be trophies for the winning schools in each age group.

Should you have any questions please do get in touch.

My mobile number is 07711 948033.

Kind regards,

Ed Jones

Nottingham High School.

[Andrew Martin]

Some words from Ed Jones who kindly organised the Northern event.



It was a very pleasant day, a few hiccups, when some teams didn’t arrive and others brought more than they said.

We played an all play all in the Under 11s and a Swiss five round tournament in the Under 19s.


Nottingham High won in both age groups.


U19

1st NHS 15
2nd= St Catherine's Bramley, KIng Edward's 8
4th NHS B 7
5th Cotswold A 6
6th Cotswold B 1


U11

1st NHS 7.5
2nd Hallfield 6
3rd NGHS A 4
4th NGHS B 0.5


It is a source of frustration that this event continues to be under-subscribed.

[John Upham]

Can you post a reminder of the details of the final so as I can plumb them into my diary?

[Andrew Martin]

15/16 April 2023

[Andrew Martin]

The finals took place this weekend 15/16 April 2023, well-contested and among a great atmosphere

Results:

U19

1st North London Collegiate A 17.5/21

2nd St Paul’s A 14.5

3rd. Beaumont 12.5

4th Nottingham High 12

5th NLC B 10

6th =. James Allen Girls School
Denmark Rd. 8.5. JAGS 6th on tie break

8th St Paul’s B 0.5


U11

1st Bancroft 15

2nd =. City Junior. ( 2nd on tie break)
Nottingham High 14

4th Putney High 13.5

5th NLC 9

6th Haberdashers Aske’s 8

7th Sutton High 5.5

8th Latchmere 5


Congratulations to all who took part and supported the players

[Andrew Martin]

More detailed results here:

https://chess-results.com/tnr748055.aspx?lan=1