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National Schools Chess Tournament Semi Finals – June 2025
Nottinghamshire were represented by two schools in the EPSCA National Schools Semi Finals, on 8th June 2025, by Fernwood Primary School in the Under 11s and Nottingham High Infant and Junior School in the Under 9s. Only the top two schools in age group would go to the National Finals. Both schools did remarkably well…
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Under 9 Teams Tournament
The Association arranged a tournament for Year 4 pupils or younger, on Thursday 5th June at the Nottingham Girls High School. The aim was to give younger players a chance to play some competitive games in a learning environment. It was intended for children new to the game and to give them a chance to play chess…
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League Meeting – May 2025
The third session of league matches took place at the Elm School at the end of May. We had a great turn out with seven schools and seventeen teams. There were 68 children in attendance. Two rounds of chess were played. This was followed by a prize giving to successful schools, and for the final…
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2025 Nottingham Megafinal Results
Held at Nottingham High School on 24th May 2025. The first three in each age group plus those who scored 3.5 or more points qualified for the Gigafinals. View full results on chess-results.com. Under 7s Girls1st Ada Etchells Under 7s Boys1st Samuel Neaga 2nd Jack Stanley3rd Syed Muhib Under 8s Boys1st Leonardo Condran 2nd Albert Bierman3rd…
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Newark Schools Chess League Update
Over 50 local children took part in the second round of the Newark primary schools chess competition held at Donald Bailey academy. The seven schools involved were Barnby Road, John Blow Collingham, Donald Bailey, Farndon, Highfields, Holy Trinity and Sutton on Trent. The 13 teams each comprised four players and each child played three games…
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Under 11 Inter-Association Championship Final Results
English Primary Schools Chess Association 58th Under 11 Inter-Association Championship Final on Saturday 29th March 2025 The Under 11 Nottinghamshire County Team played in the premier primary chess tournament in the country. All the best players of their age take part in three rounds of chess. The time limit was forty minutes with a ten…
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Under 11 Inter-Association Championship Final
Following our success at Market Bosworth in the Midlands Zone Qualifier, the English Primary Schools’ Chess Association 58th Under 11 Inter-Association Team Championship 2025 Final will be held on Saturday 29th March. Although I was unable to be at the Midland Zone I heard a very good report from Mr Swain and Mr Bevan. It…
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Under-11s Progress to Inter Association Championship Finals
Market Bosworth, Saturday 15th March 2025 Congratulations to the whole under 11 squad who qualified for the Final at Bolton School on 29th March! Only two teams were able to qualify. We expected a tough competition, especially from last year’s winners of this event, Warwickshire who scored 56/60 in 2024. We had a nail-biting 10-10 draw with…
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England Under 11 Trials Qualifier
Our recent Individual County Championships incorporated an Under 11 England Trial Qualifier on 1st March 2025. More information on the England trials can be read on the EPSCA website. Sixteen pupils took part in the England Qualifier Rapidplay held at Nottingham. Six rounds of chess were played and six players achieved a half norm and the…
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League Meeting – Mar 2025
Our second NPSCA league meeting of the year took place on 4th March 2025 at Gotham Primary School. It was a great turn out with seven schools and seventeen teams. There were 68 children in attendance. Two rounds of chess were played. Please pass on my congratulations to them all. Their behaviour and manners were…