News Archive
2021
Graham Whitfield
We are saddened to announce that Graham Whitfield has died at the age of 57. Graham acted as assistant to Traci Whitfield during her time as controller of the National Schools’ Championship, supporting her at many Pontin’s and Bristol Grammar events. He prepared all the competition accounts as well. Our thoughts are with Traci and all Graham’s family and friends.
Andrew Davies
We regret also to report the death of former EPSCA Council member Andrew Davies who passed away in December 2020. As well as major contributions to chess at county and national level, Andrew was responsible for a major upgrade to the EPSCA website.
Inter-Association Championships 2020: The last events held before the pandemic put a stop to our over the board activities were the zones of the Inter-Association Championships. The winners were as follows:
Under 11 South - Sussex
Under 11 East - Kent
Under 11 North - Cheshire & North Wales
Under 9 South - Wey Valley
Under 9 East - Kent and Barnet
Under 9 North - Cheshire & North Wales
It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of the Semi Finals and Finals of the 2020 National Primary Schools competition.
We thank all participants in the competition and this year we recorded our highest entrance since we took over.
We do sincerely hope that you all stay safe during this very difficult time and look forward to welcoming you back to participate in 2021.
With very best wishes from Glynis Purland and Ian Burford, National Primary Schools Chess Competition Controllers. All the zones were completed. Zone results