20-04-2014, 11:15 AM
Hi Matthew
National schools competition
Not sure about this - a physical competition is always going to run into problems with travelling distances and Internet based tournaments are fraught with difficulties from School firewalls and the like. Yes2Chess is trying to organise one with the backing of Barclays, so why not accept that someone else is doing this and let them get on with it?
There are enough schools to have these tournaments locally and schools tend to encourage the use of technology whenever they can especially if its cheap. As a guiding hand Chess Scotland would have a high profile
Matthew Turner Wrote:1. Fundraising tournament with trophies rather than prize money. That is a decent idea, but surely this is more appropriate at a local level rather than a national level. Wouldn't it have more appeal to fundraise for a local junior going to the world Youth in India rather than raising funds to go into a big potI was thinking on local congress or open level rather than national level
National schools competition
Not sure about this - a physical competition is always going to run into problems with travelling distances and Internet based tournaments are fraught with difficulties from School firewalls and the like. Yes2Chess is trying to organise one with the backing of Barclays, so why not accept that someone else is doing this and let them get on with it?
There are enough schools to have these tournaments locally and schools tend to encourage the use of technology whenever they can especially if its cheap. As a guiding hand Chess Scotland would have a high profile
Matthew Turner Wrote:Inter-regional league - isn't that the SNCL?no the SNCL comprises of individuals teams from differentm leagues and is not a chess Scotland event . I was thinking of a setup with composite teams from each league. In other words a completely different setup from the SNCL