The organiser of the South West zone is Chris Strong (Somerset), who will circulate further details.

The venue is:  Taunton Preparatory School, Staplegrove Road, Taunton, TA2 6AD

A team shall consist of twelve (12) players plus four (4) reserves.

U11 is 1/9/14 or later; U9 is 1/9/16 or later

Our team will be managed by Maha Chandar.

The 8 teams competing will be Hampshire plus Oxfordshire, Barnet, Richmond(2), Sussex(2), Somerset and Buckinghamshire and ?

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 be four rounds most likely paired according to Swiss team pairings.

The rate of play is all moves in 25 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 – 1.10pm

Third Round – 2.35pm

Fourth Round – 4pm

Prize Giving – 5pm

If play is running late, there will be at least 10 minutes between rounds.