LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON & EALING SCHOOLS JUNIOR/SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- UJCCNewsTeam
- May 8
- 3 min read
London Borough of Hillingdon & Ealing
Schools Junior /Senior Chess Championships
Finals
Uxbridge Junior Chess Club
Chess Tournament
Capacity is 100 so Advisable to Enter Early
Sunday 15th June 2025
St Catherine's School, Money Lane, West Drayton UB7 7NX
Junior schools UNDER 8, UNDER 10, UNDER 12#
Plus, team competition
Senior Schools UNDER 14 and UNDER 18
Plus, team competition
SECTIONS
Age limit sections
Under 8 / Under 10 / Under 12 / Under 14 /Under 18 Sections
This is worked out on year groups, Players must have been under the section age on 31.8.2025
For juniors or adults. ECF Rapidplay Grades will be used.
Which section should I enter?
All results will be submitted to the ECF for grading. Most juniors enter the age limit sections.
These correspond to School Years, i.e. Under 8 is for Year 3 or below, Under 10 for Year 4 or 5, Under 12 for Year 6 or 7 and Under 14 for Year 8 or 9.
The best local Juniors will be invited to compete for LB of Hillingdon Chess teams in National events.
ENTRY FEES
All sections £10 if paid in advance, ECF silver member or higher. £12 if paid on the day or not ECF members.
You can sign up for free junior silver membership in the first year at https://www.englishchess.org.uk/ecf-membership-rates-and-joining-details/
ENQUIRIES
For further information or to check on an entry please contact
Tournament Secretary: Daniel Knight,
or phone: 07834 267109
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Each player will be allowed 25 minutes no increments.
Help will be given to those not used to clocks.
This is not a knockout tournament.
Swiss pairings will be used.
All competitors play in every round.
All sections will be played to ECF Rapid play rules using chess clocks.
The ECF publishes the Grading list on their website. If you wish to have your Grading details (Grading Reference Number, Name, Club(s), Grade(s), Grading Category) withheld from the website version please contact the ECF, www.englishchess.org.uk.
The organisers reserve the right to merge sections in the event of a section receiving insufficient entries.
Parents and friends are welcome to stay, but should note that only stewards and players will be allowed in the playing areas. We do not provide any supervision of children between rounds so you must stay to look after your own children or arrange for another adult to be responsible for your children.
Parking/seating areas
We have free school parking spaces & library area for parents, plus outside seating & access to playground.
Please can everyone collect, bin their litter.
TIMETABLE
10.40am | Doors open |
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| 12:40 | Round 3 |
10.50pm | Introduction |
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| 1:30pm | Round 4 |
11am | Round 1 |
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| 2:20pm | Round 5 |
11:50am | Round 2 |
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| 3:10pm | Round 6 |
Will be awarded at the end of the competition, around 4pm
School Team Previous Champions
Junior Schools
St Helens School, Hillingdon Jan 2025
St Catherine's School, West Drayton July 2024
St Catherine's School, West Drayton Jan 2024
Whiteheath School, Ruislip July 2023
Senior Schools
Ruislip High School July 2024
York House, Croxley Green July 2023
Individual Borough champions Jan 2025
living/school in London Borough of Hillingdon & Ealing area
U8 Winner: Oscar Tse-Fong-Tai 5/6
U10 Winner: Soham Bellary 5.5/6
U12 Winner: Aadhya Parikh, Joshua Sutherland 5/6
Seniors Winner: Elijah Akinrotimi 5.5/6
PRIZES
Individual trophies, medals will be awarded to the top 3 players in each age group.
Plus, top girl in each age group section.
Certificates will be awarded to entrants.
School Team Champions Trophies will be awarded to the top Junior, Senior School with medals also awarded to players.
Ties: If there is a tie, it will be broken by sum of progressive scores.
REFRESHMENTS
Hot and cold refreshments will be on sale at reasonable prices: hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, crisps etc.
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