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NEWS
Australian Junior
Championships, Cranbrook School,
Sydney
13-25 January 2008
www.nswjcl.org.au/AustralianJunior/2008/index.htm
It's not too late to join the party!
Mrs Justine
Jule will be the group leader
for this tournament, accompanied by her husband Rey
(providing much support and driving the Gardiner Chess
bus)
and their children. Their daughter WIM Alexandra Jule,
back from her world travels, is one
of our coaches for the group along with IM Peter
Froehlich.
Details: The
group will leave the Gold Coast on the morning
of Saturday 12th January and return on the
evening of Saturday 26th January. There will be
at least
two private cars travelling in convoy with the chess bus.
We are happy to pay all petrol costs of any further
vehicles able to take extra people.
Our group will be
staying right next to the beach at Coogee Beach
Backpackers in shared accommodation. It'll be basic,
affordable and we're convinced it'll be a lot of fun
- especially for our juniors. The website is
www.surfsidebackpackers.com.au/index.cfm (Coogee
Beach).
The cost is $1,300 for adults, and $1,700 for
juniors. This
includes transport, accommodation, all meals, all
entertainment, insurance, entry fees and coaching. As
mentioned, IM
Peter Froehlich and WIM Alexandra Jule will be our
two coaches, with more to be added if required. Each
coach will have a maximum of 8 juniors.
If you do not wish to
be part of our group, but would like to come along each
day for coaching, please register your interest by emailing
Graeme Gardiner
at
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com. Or contact him if you need further
info.
Young
Queenslanders Abroad!
After Grandmaster-to-be David Smerdon and WIM
Alexandra Jule complete their chess-playing sojourn
in Europe, they will be heading for Turkey later this
week for the
World
Junior Championships,
which runs from
17 to 29 November. David will be
in the coaching team and Alex will be joining Jess
Kinder, Gene Nakauchi, Leteisha
Simmonds, Abbie Kanagarajah and Callum Gray to play
for Australia. We wish these talented young chess players the
very best of luck! Follow their progress at
http://wycc2007.tsf.org.tr/.
Young talent
Twelve-year-old Gene
Nakauchi showed he was in top form by defeating
IM Gary Lane and FM Jesse Sales in the Surfers
Paradise Open.
Over the weekend
of 3 & 4 November, as a warm up for the world juniors,
Gene played some serious chess. He scored 1-1 against
FM Jonathan Humphrey, and then
lost 2-0 to his coach, IM Peter Froehlich.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-
Rounds 7 & 8 - Wednesday 14
November
-
Rounds
9 &
10
- Wednesday 5 December
-
Rounds 11 & 12 - Wednesday 12
December
November Weekender - see
flier here
17 &18 November
Grand Prix Cat 2 event ($500, $400, $300 plus ratings prizes)
Entry Fee: $50 everyone, $40 everyone if paid by 1st November.
Venue: O'Callaghan Park, ZILLMERE
Licensed club next door to air-conditioned playing area.
All facilities available.
Inquiry / registration to Gail Young: 3372 8077 or 0411 704 815 or
qwcl@hotmail.com
Gold
Coast Transfer & Lightning Championships
25 November 20077
at the Gardiner Chess Centre
The Transfer tournament starts at 9 am and the
Lightning at 1.30 pm.
All welcome!
Australian Schools Teams Finals
Somerville House
Saturday & Sunday, 1 & 2 December
Congratulations to the four winning Queensland teams
competing in the national finals: Open Secondary:
Kings Christian College (Gold Coast), Open Primary:
All Saints Anglican School (Gold Coast), All
Girls Secondary: Somerset College (Gold Coast),
All Girls Primary: Somerville House (Brisbane).
Full results at:
www.gardinerchess.com/schools/2007/state%20finals/qldschoolfinals.htm.
It was
very gratifying to have teams from every region of
Queensland, with 20 primary teams and 16 secondary teams
competing in the open competition. We now look forward
to seeing the first regional team to win a Queensland
Schools Final. The website for the Australian Schools
Teams Finals is at
www.caq.org.au/astc/index.htm
University
Rapidplay -
Sydney University
3-4 December 2007
Information from
Tomek Rej, SU
chess club president: This tournament is open
to all undergraduate and post graduate students in
Australian universities. Last year the tournament
was a great success and with your support it will be
even better this year.
Queensland Lightning Championship
Saturday 8 December
The Queensland Lightning Championship will be held the day
before the Q Club Teams Championship (see below), at the same venue.
More information, click on title above.
Last year received 29 entries and winner was Stephen
Solomon. We would like to see many more entries than
this, so roll up
everyone! All that is required is a
couple of hours of your time as it is blitz and 11
rounds. Entry fee is $10.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any further
questions regarding either event. Hope to see you
there.
Garvin Gray
CAQ Tournament Officer
Queensland Clubs Teams Championship
Sunday 9 December
December is
approaching and this means that it is time
for the Queensland Club Teams Championship
and Qld Lightning Championship. All the
relevant information is shown at the link
above.
Venue this
year is Logan City Chess Club,
Springwood High School, Dennis Road,
Springwood. This event always has a good
turnout and I would like to see 100 adults
and juniors playing.
This year, the
CAQ council has decided to add a third
section to the traditional adult and junior
sections. It will be a four board adult
division and is for clubs that struggle to
field an eight board adult club team and for
the clubs that have players under 1600 who
would ordinarily miss out.
Reminder that
all players must be members of the club they
are representing and members of the CAQ.
Also, teams must be representing one of the
CAQ affiliated clubs. CAQ affiliated clubs
can field more than one team in a division
if they able to. This is strongly
encouraged.
Garvin
Gray
CAQ Tournament Officer
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UPCOMING EVENTS, continued
Australian Chess Championship
2 to 11 January 2008
Hosted by
Parramatta RSL Chess Club
www.parramattachess.org/auschamps2008/index.html
Holiday Chess
Do your children
get bored towards the end of the summer holidays?
We can solve this problem for you by
providing a two-week programme of chess. From 14 to
18 January we hold the Summer Rapids, a very
inexpensive way to keep young chess players amused
at only $25 for the full day, or $95 for the whole
week. There is no teaching component in this
tournament, but all games are sent for ratings. It runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm
- half
days are available too.
Our ever-popular
day-time chess camp, from 21 to 25 January,
provides expert instruction and tournaments for all
levels of ability and is a fast-track way for keen
players to get onto the ratings ladder. The cost is
$175 (or $155 if paid early) for the full week, or
$45 ($40 early bird) per day.
As usual, the third
and subsequent child in the same family is free of
charge.
Click on this link
for the
Summer programme
RESULTS
Click on the event for results:
Adult Club at the Chess Centre
in Mudgeeraba
Sebastian Jule
has continued his spectacular season of success at adult
club with a win in the Black and White Cup -
congratulations Seb!
The remainder of the
adult club activities for 2007 comprise: the final rounds of the
Humble Pawn Teams event on Wednesdays 14 November, 5 and
12 December, and the club lightning championship on
Wednesdays 21 and 28 November.
NEW CHESS CLUBS
Kings of Chess Club
http://www.kingsofchess.biz/
Please support
Amir Karibasic's new club which meets on the
first Tuesday of each month, from 6-10pm at the Italo-Australian
Soccer Club, 18 Fairway Drive, Clear Island Waters
QLD 4226. More info can be found at:
www.italoaustralianclub.com.au.
Southport Chess Club
Alf Stubbs has
taken the initiative and formed this club, which meets
at the old Trumps Restaurant
- Southport Workers Club, Scarborough Street every
Saturday from 10 am to 12 noon. For information, call
Alf on 5532 9942. He has some good ideas to promote
chess in his region.
JOBS
IQ Chess
Franchise Opportunities
Our aim is to provide schools throughout
Queensland with ongoing chess coaching services.
David Cowland-Cooper is already running an excellent
franchise in Cairns.
If you are passionate about chess, can teach primary
students, have good communication and business skills,
then an IQ Chess franchise might be for you. Please
contact Graeme Gardiner to discuss. Email
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com or phone 5522 7221.
Chess
Coaches Required
Leaving school and
going to uni? Need part-time income whilst studying?
Consider working for Gardiner Chess as a coach in
schools in your region. Contact us by phone or
email. We need coaches in all areas, but particularly in the Southern areas and Northern
areas of Brisbane - ie Redcliffe, Caboolture, Samford, Logan
and Forest Lake areas.
Gardiner Chess employs many coaches (mainly casual
part-time) around South East Queensland and Northern
NSW. Because increasing numbers of schools are keen to
introduce chess programmes we always are on the lookout
for more coaching staff. While many of our staff are uni
students, others are older and just want to supplement
their income. Generally quite strong players are
required for high schools, but the playing strength for
primary students is not so important, because the vast
majority are beginners. The ability to teach and relate
well to young people is the most important attribute we
are looking for. We provide our coaches with extensive
resources plus assistance in training methods and
support. Additionally, we hold professional development
seminars twice a year. Please contact Graeme Gardiner
if you are interested:
ggardiner@gardinerchess.com or 5522 7221.
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All
the very best in chess
Graeme and Wendy Gardiner
Gardiner Chess
11 Hardys Road Mudgeeraba Qld 4213
Phone +61 7 5522 7221
Fax +61 7 5522 7760
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