EPSCA Under 9 Inter-Association Championships South West Zone

The Under 9 Zone for South East England will be held on Saturday 28th February 2025
A team shall consist of twelve (12) players plus up to four (4) reserves.
U11 is 1/9/14 or later; U9 is 1/9/16 or later
The organiser of the South zone is Maha Chandar, who will circulate further details.
The venue is: St. Swithun’s School, Alresford Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1HA
The six teams competing will be Hampshire and Somerset, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Barnet & Richmond
EPSCA rules can be found on the website http://www.epsca.org.uk/rules/rules.html
Parents or approved adults are responsible for their children outside the playing hall.
Please note the following rules, which have recently been altered or clarified: –
There will five (5) rounds.
The rate of play is all moves in 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move from the start. If digital clocks are not available, the rate of play is all moves in 40 minutes.
If either player has less than five minutes left on the clock and an illegal move is made, the Arbiter may award the opponent two minutes for the first offence, and two minutes for a second offence. Three illegal moves during the game by the same player will lead to the loss of the game.
The timetable is as follows:
Arrival – by 11.00am
Board Stewards Meeting – 11.15am
First Round – 11.45am
Second Round – 1.25pm
Third Round – 3.05pm
Fourth round –
Fifth round –
Prize Giving – 4.50pm
If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds.