Next Junior Event (5th October)

Note – Change of venue to the parish centre which is a quarter mile away from the original school venue


Lancashire Chess – 12 and under coaching session

Please register below

Date: Saturday 5th October 10:00 till 15:00

Venue: Our Lady and St Edward’s Parish Centre, 4 Marlborough Drive, Preston PR2 9UE.

NOTE: There will be no catering facilities on the day. Please bring your own packed lunch and refreshments.

Lancashire junior chess is running a coaching day for primary age children who are keen to improve their chess. To attend, your child should be able to play basic chess, i.e. Understand the pieces, their moves and know of castling, stalemate and checkmate. The Lancashire Chess Association supports the event as part of their plans to promote chess in primary schools across our county.

It is an informal and fun day, with a mixture of coaching and some match play.

This event will restart the process of regular coaching, tournaments and assessment sessions. Our goal is to work towards selecting under 9 and under 11 teams for county matches and to encourage primary schools to teach children through Chess in Schools and Communities.

We will announce the format of the event closer to the day. The day will comprise a mixture of chess coaching and playing games with clocks. There will be a lunch-break between 12:30 and 13:00, we expect to wrap up between 15:15 and 15:30.

Aims of the event

  • To encourage more children to play more chess
  • To allow children to play over the board chess in a fun environment
  • To highlight the opportunities to play chess for Lancashire junior teams
  • To identify children for Lancashire junior teams
  • To increase the visibility of Lancashire junior chess across Lancashire

Timetable

09:45 Arrival, sign in and assign the children to groups

10:00 Welcome meeting and overview

10:10 Parent guardians asked to leave the hall

10:10 Break out session in the social area to show parent guardians what they can do help their children improve at Chess. 10 minutes max.

10:10 Coaches run a mini tournament for each group with coaching throughout

12:30 Lunch break

13:00  Continue the mini tournament and coaching

15:00 Wrap up with certificates, trophies

15:10 Leave

Prizes

Coaches will decide the best player in each section over the day and award trophies to them.

Entry Form

The entry form is below. Make sure you fill out all the sections and tick all the boxes and then submit. We should receive an e-mail, and we will then get back to you as soon as possible.