Welcome

Welcome to the homepage of the English Primary Schools Chess Association. Further information about the association, including a list of current council members, can be found here. Dates for 2009/10 and 2010/11 are here. Questions or comments can be addressed to the secretary of E.P.S.C.A. via the contact page.

News

National Primary Schools' Championships results including the finals are here.

Congratulations to Nottinghamshire who won the 2010 Inter-Association Under 11 Championship in a tense and very close competition hosted by Manchester Junior Chess on 8th May. Results here.

The cross-table for the England Under 11 trial is here.

Wey Valley won the 2010 Inter-Association Under 9 Championship in a thrilling day of chess hosted by Sussex on 24th April. Congratulations! Result here.

Congratulations to Kent, winners of the 2010 Inter-Association Girls' Under 11 Championship held at Barnet on 17th April. Result here.

Results of the Inter-Association Under 11 zones are here.

Results of the Inter-Association Under 9 zones are here.:

Zone results for the National Primary Schools Chess Championships are here.

Updated summary of results from pre-trial tournaments (including Swindon) here. PQ indicates part-qualification for the EPSCA Under 11 team trial, Q indicates full qualification.

Results from the EPSCA rapidplay are here.

Details of the 2010 National Primary Schools Chess Championship Plate competition are here.

Dates for the Gibraltar and Homefield heats of the 2010 National Primary Schools Chess Championship are now available. Click here for the updated entry form.

Details of the Winton Capital Junior British Chess Solving Championship
2009-2010 are here. If you solve the starter problem you progress to the next round. Entry is free.

The finals of the EPSCA National Primary Schools’ Chess Teams Championships and the National Small Schools Championship took place on Tuesday 30th June and Wednesday 1st July 2009 at Pontins, Brean Sands. Congratulations to Homefield School, Under 9 Champions, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Under 11 Champions and Blagdon School, Small Schools Champions. Click here for more.

The 2009/10 list of pre-trial tournaments for the EPSCA England Under 11 team has been issued. Click here.

London & South East beat the Rest of England 24-18 in a high quality match featuring most of the EPSCA England Under 11 team at North London Collegiate School on Saturday 27th June. Click here for a spreadsheet showing the full result.

The EPSCA England squad played two matches against the Wales Under 12 team on the last weekend of May. On the Saturday South East England beat Wales 17.5-6.5 (click here for results). On the Sunday Wales beat South West England 12.5-11.5 (click here for results).

Congratulations to Nottinghamshire, the winning team in the Under 11 Inter-Association Championships 2009! Results of zones and final are here. Spreadsheet showing final results in detail here. Reserve tournament result here.

In a thrilling match, with the result hinging on the last game, East of England Girls Under 11 defeated West of England Under 11 by 13-11. Click here for more, including photos.

The results of the EPSCA England Under 11 team trial are here.

More congratulations to Kent who won the 2009 Inter-Association Under 9 Championships! Results of zones and final are here.

Congratulations to Kent who won the 2009 Inter-Association Girls Under 11 Championships. The result of the final is here.

The results of the Inter-Association Championships Under 11 zones are here.