The college has long been fielding representative teams in NSW Junior Chess League Inter-Schools competition. This competition begins in Term 2 and runs for an average of 7 rounds.

The competition is divided in firstly Geographical regions and we are in the Metropolitan-East Region and then into Divisions according to year level.

There are 3 levels:

• Junior teams – Years 7 & 8
• Intermediate teams – Years 9 & 10
• Senior teams – Years 11 & 12

Depending on demand, the college has in the past fielded teams in all divisions, for example, last year we fielded 3 Junior, 2 Intermediate and 2 Senior teams.

Each team consists of 4 team members seeded into boards with Board 1 being the highest rated player and board 4 the least.

Each team plays in a division within the Metropolitan-East Region and competes against other teams on a home and away schedule.

We are currently running qualifying and ranking matches for this season, the students who are interested need to be aware that games take place on Friday afternoons after school. Generally Junior games finish by 5 -5.30 pm but all matches are required to be completed by 6pm.

If your son is interested in representing the College in this endeavour he needs to attend training sessions after school on Thursdays or Fridays and also attend lunchtime meetings on Tuesdays or Thursdays in W11.

Graeme Downward
Mathematics Department