The Under 9 Zone for South East England will be held on Saturday 28^th 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.