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Entry is now open for the above event

Info plus online entry here:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/NSCC/gi ... hips-2025/

There have been some enforced changes to the entry structure this year, as St Catherine’s has had to reduce the sponsorship.

Nevertheless, the cost of entry still offers outstanding value. I hope you will continue to support us as you have in the past.

Flyer to follow as usual and I will be keeping a list of entries here as we go along.

Entries:

Southern semi-final

U11

St Catherine’s Bramley 8 teams
Guildford High School 7 teams
Eltham College 1 team
St Nicholas, Fleet 2 teams
St Helens, Northwood 2 teams
Northwood College 2 teams
St.Hilda’s, Bushey 1 team
The Royal Masonic School 1 team
St.Aubyn’s, Woodford Green 1 team
Bancroft's Prep, Woodford Green 3 teams
Abbey Junior School, Reading 2 teams
Woodford Green Prep 1 team
Sutton High 1 team
Wimbledon High 3 teams
Putney High 1 team
Notting Hill and Ealing High School 1 team
North London Collegiate 4 teams
Bute House 4 teams
St Joseph’s,Oxford 1 team
City Juniors 3 teams
Highgate School 4:teams
Jacques Prevert School 1 team
Habs U11 2 teams
Latchmere 2 teams
Devonshire 1 team
St James RC 2 teams.
(61)


U19

St Catherine’s Bramley 3 teams
Denmark Rd, Gloucester 2 teams
Brentwood School 3 teams
Henrietta Barnett School 4 teams
Northwood College 1 team
Stroud High School 2 teams
Nonsuch 2 teams
St Paul’s Girls School 5 teams
Bancrofts School, Woodford Green 2 teams
The Abbey School, Reading 4 teams
Eltham College 1 team
Harris Westminster Sixth Form 2 teams
Westminster School 1 team
Sir William Borlase Grammar School, Marlow 2 teams
North London Collegiate 4 teams
King Edward VI High School for Girls Edgbaston 2 teams
St Marylebone CE School 3 teams
Tiffin Girls 1 team
Notre Dame, Cobham 1 team
Dr Challoners High School 1 team (46)

More details, as promised.

Corrected flyer

Entries are building up nicely. Why not sign up your school?

The northern event deserves support.

Teams of three.

Just a small nudge to everyone to get your entries in. The closing date for the Southern event will be 12th Jan, a way off, but it helps the organisers not to have to deal with last-minute entrants.

The northern event may have to be recalibrated as an online event only. We have always had difficulty populating that side of the championships. I will chat with Alex Holowczak about the best way to take that forward.

Hi Andrew - how is it looking for the northern semi-final? I'm coordinating the Rainow team (NB we are only one team, not two as listed above). Thanks!

Not looking promising at all. We may have to make the northern event online only. Hanging on waiting to see if it picks up. I’m sorry I can’t be more optimistic

Rainow entered one team twice. Check your finances!

I will correct.

Thanks

Thanks Andrew - it can't be helped! You may not have got this far yet, but do you expect that you would try to keep the team format the same if it was online, or move to one of the lichess formats? And do you think it might also involve a change of date?

(On the entry front - I think the issue was that I tried to enter without having the right payment card to hand - it must have 'accepted' the first entry anyway even though I didn't pay for it. So I think I've only paid once. If I'm wrong about that, consider it a donation!)

To keep track of the entries as they arrive you can see them at


Under 11: https://chess-results.com/tnr1079089.as ... turdet=YES

and

Under 19: https://chess-results.com/tnr1079109.as ... turdet=YES

We are heading for a record turnout at the Southern event with 85 teams currently entered. Fantasic!

The closing date for entries is nominally Jan 12th, but I am not sure if we can take more than 100 teams. A sheer question of space!

To avoid disappointment, enter as soon as you can.

Now 98 entries. If and when we get past 100 a reserve list will be created. Don’t let that put you off entering , as a team or teams have pulled out in the past for all manner of reasons; mostly illness.

I will do my best to find a solution for the reserve teams with no promises.

Hi Andrew - is there any more clarity on what's likely to happen with the northern semi final?

Without entries, there cannot be a tournament. Will make a final decision very early in the New Year. Still time to switch to the south. I have made space and can take up to 102 teams; now at 98.

Thanks Andrew - I don't have visibility of the entries. Unfortunately the logistics of the southern event are not feasible for us.