1. CHESS in Schools CHESS SA

2. Structure of Chess Present structure NationalNo provincialRegional/Unions Proposed structure NationalProvincialRegional, UnionsSchool districtsClubs, Schools

3. CHESSA Executive Board 13 people

4. Youth Chess Juniors Tertiary Inst SCHOOLS Privately organised chess= Clubs, Unions Campus Clubs USSA Champs Regulated by School Sport of DOE & SRSA 1 National Committee for Schools chess 9x Provincial Committees for Schools chess 86 (?) x District Committees for Schools chess Should be org. by:

6. Structure No provincial structures yet No demarcation of Unions yet No cooperation yet (prov., mun. sport) Grass roots Clubs – few and far between Cooperation with District Offices ? CIS-Plan - teacher chess training priority CHESSA workforce= volunteers Work only in own community 95% Tournaments privately organised Do not trust School District Organisers Challenges for the CHESSA structure & governance

14. Same programme in the second semester (if funding is available)

16. CISP : CHESS IN SCHOOLS Plan of CHESSA

17. LevelDatesOrganiser CHESSA support (Unions or CHESSA Nat Development Committee) Intra school Whole year Chess Facilitator of the school Training seminars in district, free information. Area/circuit Second Term District/Cluster Committee Training seminars in district if requested by District Committee District/ Region Fin by 6 Aug (All Districts) District Chess Committee Training seminars and or technical assistance if requested. Provincial Champs 13 Aug (All Provinces) Provincial Chess Committee Training seminars and or technical assistance if requested from Provincial Chess Council or Nat Dev. Committee of CHESSA National Champs Top School Teams Championship 1-3 Oct 2011 Eunice School for Girls Bloemfontein & Free State Schools Committee CHESSA Youth Commission if support is required by the Nat Schools Comm. for chess. Nat Schools Committee to make the rules for this championship. SCHOOLS LEAGUE Projected time lines for 2011

18. Chess Tournaments ages 6-19 (CHESSA) Individuals In clubs & unions- open rated tnts No Provincials Dec: Junior Nat.Ch. –all invited April: Jun Nat. Closed Ch. – top ten per age & gender Internationals – 5-6 different occasions in Africa & Europe Team Tournaments Inter-Unions (not rated) May-Nov – no fixed structure Union Teams National Junior Championships (Dec) No provincials

19. Thank you ! Tshepang Tlale (14)