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We run the National Primary Schools’ Chess Championships (NPSCC), an England Under 11 Team and the Inter-Association Championships.

National Primary Schools’ Championships 2025

The EPSCA National Primary Schools Championships 2025 will run over the board next year with the familiar format of Zones in the Spring term and Semi-Finals and Finals in the Summer term. More details here.

If you are willing to host a Zone, please let the NPSCC controller, Angela Eyton, know urgently.

EPSCA England Under 11 Team 2025

From Peter Purland, EPSCA England U11 Team manager:

The trial for the team will take place at Liverpool College L18 8BG

You must qualify for this event and there are various qualifying events around the country. The first is the Scarborough Junior event on October 26th. You enter online.

There will be other events later in the school year and a full list will appear on the website as soon as I can confirm these events.

My contact is petepurland@btopenworld.com  You can  try telephone (0151 639 1797) but I am out a lot but check emails at least twice daily.

For rules and regulations of our competitions click here. For a list of our officers click here.