The Leinster Chess Union announced a new team event for novices and juniors, to be called The Mick Germaine Cup in recognition of Phibsboro Chess Clubs long serving club secretary for his contribution to the LCU and Irish Chess. Congratulations to Mick on this acolade. Details of the competition are below.
Mick Germaine Cup - team event for juniors / novices
03-Apr-2011
The Leinster Chess Union (LCU) is pleased to announce a new competition for teams of juniors / novices that will take place on Saturday 28th May 2011 in the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. Registration is from 10am to 11am with round 1 starting promptly at 11am. The event is for teams of 4 players who have no ICU rating or have an ICU rating of 900 or less (by reference to the May 2011 rating list) and who are under 16 years of age on 1st May 2011. It will be a swiss tournament with 5 rounds of matches with a break for lunch for one hour at around 1pm. The time control is 30 minutes per player per game. All equipment will be provided by the LCU.
Entry fee is 16 euro per team which can be paid on 28th May at registration. Teams from schools can also enter the tournament. Teams will be competing for the "Mick Germaine Cup".
For entries and / or further enquiries email Pat Fitzsimons at [email protected], or by phone at 087 4195253.
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