Wiltshire Chess Social Event

Wiltshire Team-Rapidplay Tournament 2017 Sunday 26th November 2017 at Nationwide Head Office, Pipers Way, Swindon, Wiltshire

The format of the tournament will be as follows: . Latest time for booking in 10.00am. . All Wiltshire players must be an ECF bronze or higher level registered member. All non-Wiltshire players must be an ECF silver or higher level registered member. . Individual Swiss with 3 players aggregated into a team score:- 1)Team already formed or 2)Parents and 'youngsters' (10-14) or School team or 3)Other teams will be made up of the remaining players 'listed' with the strongest player at the top going down to the lowest followed by any ungraded players who will be listed in alphabetical order. The list will be divided into equal thirds i.e.”top”, ”middle” and “bottom”. The first player for the first “Other team” in the “top” will have the bottom player in the “bottom” as their team member and so on. With the second player for each team being chosen from the bottom up from the “middle”. . In the event of a tie the prizes will be shared. . 30 minutes per player per game. . The entry fee is £3 per player and £1.50p per junior player (CASH ONLY, NO CHEQUES). All the entry fees will be returned as prizes for 1st in individual over 160, 1st in individual 131-160, 1st in individual Under 130, 1st youngster, 1st and 2nd team and there will also be a trophy for the winning team.

There are no shops nearby. The only facilities on site are free hot/cold drink vending machines and pay as you go sandwich and soup vending machines.

Round Times (this may be subject to change, depending on the number of entries) 10.30am - 11.30am round 1 11.45am - 12.45pm round 2 1.30pm - 2.30pm round 3 2.45pm -3.45pm round 4 4.00pm - 5.00pm round 5

Entries to be received by Tuesday 21 st November 2017. Please send to: Tony Ransom, 4 Pound Farm Close, Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 7PZ Tel: (01225) 774538 or E-Mail to [email protected]

Club ……………………………………… Name ……………………...... Phone No ………………………..

Players in your team if not entering as an individual1:

1 Please advise the names of the players in your team, where possible, as this means that security passes can be made out in advance of the day, thus saving time on arrival.