Porter Scholastic V
Submitted by
Vtan on Thu, 02/26/2009 at 11:21am.
Unrated Scholastic Chess in Prince William County
Start Date/Time: Mar 21, 2009 at 9 AM
End Date/Time: Mar 21, 2009 at 5 PM
Location:
Porter Traditional School
15311 Forest Grove Drive
Woodbridge, VA, 22191
United States 
WHO: All Elementary, Middle, High, or Home School Students.
WHAT/WHERE: Scholastic chess tournament @ Porter Traditional School (15311 Forest Grove Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191) for directions use www.mapquest.com.
WHEN: SATURDAY, March 21st.
REGISTRATION: Register via e-mail with name, grade and school to: loudounchess64@gmail.com. There will be NO registeration at the school on March 21st. Deadline for registration is 6:00 pm on March 20th. (Please do not wait until the deadline to register.) You can check for registration confirmation at www.loudounchess.org at the Porter Scholastic Registration page.
TIMES: Players should arrive no later than 8:45am. Roll Call for players will begin promptly at 9:00 am. 1st Round will begin upon completion of Roll Call. (Players arriving after 9:00 am will miss 1st Round.)
SECTIONS:Primary (K-3), Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8), & High School (9-12)
AWARDS: Top Individuals and Top Teams in each section will receive trophies.
Other players will receive medals or certificates.
COST: None. The tournament is sponsored by Porter Traditional School and
C. D. Hylton High Chess Clubs in the interest of promoting scholastic chess.
INFORMATION/ORGANIZER:Dick Stableford. Phone: 703-670-5887; (do not call after March 20th) or e-mail: o6usmc@comcast.net.
RULES/PROCEDURES: Time Control: G/30. Touch move and other standard United States Chess Federation (USCF) tournament rules will be explained briefly at the start, and will apply. The top four scores of a school team will be used to determine the winning team. Any student may enter and does not have to be part of a school team, but at least two students from the same school must participate to constitute a team. No one is eliminated. All participants are expected to play 4 rounds unless withdrawal is required for medical or other emergency reasons. In each round students will play an opponent who has a similar record of wins/losses/draws within the section to that point in the tournament. Chess sets will be provided.
CONCESSIONS: A ‘parent-volunteer’ food concession will provide hotdogs, pizza, nachos, and other snack food and drinks. (Concession proceeds will be used to defray tournament costs.)
A good and experienced Chess Coach whose unique style of coaching gets fast results is available in Prince Wm County. email: pawnpower@msn.com to contact Bruce George. Fully retired now (civil Service and US Army Reserves), he guides children's parents on coaching techniques.