Final Burroughs Chess Tournament Info and Registration

The last tournament of the year for the Burroughs Chess Club will be Saturday March 6th, starting at 8:00 (non-registered) or 9:00 (pre-registered) and ending about 3:30. It will be at Metcalf Jr. High in Burnsville.

I expect this tournament to be more competitive than the Check It Out tournament, but not quite at the level of the Capitol Hill tournament. It has two grade classes, K-3 and 4-6. It is conducted at the same time and place as a Jr. High Championship tournament, though we obviously won't be competing against that group.

I don't see any mention of this being a tournament where they give out awards for chess teams, or at least not at the K-3 and 4-6 level.

REGISTRATION
To pre-register, you start at http://schoolchess.org/registration/player_status.php. If you're a new player, you will choose "I'm a new player - never played in an SCA tournament" which takes you to http://schoolchess.org/registration/new_player_01.php . Calling it 'online' registration is stretching it a bit for new players, since you need to mail a form into the address listed, but the process is pretty painless. Basically you need to:

1. Print out a form from the page
2. Include a check for $18. This includes registering for SCA and for the tournament.
3. Mail it to them at the address listed.

The mail must be postmarked by the Tuesday before the tournament (the 2nd of March) to make sure they get it in time. If you can't mail it by then, you just bring the form and payment directly to the tournament and they'll process you there.

Once you register, you'll get a card with a number on it and you can use that to truly register (and pay) online for future tournaments, which I think is just $16.

If you previously registered with the SCA (for the Capitol Hill tournament), it'll ask you for your SCA number and you'll be able to register and pay online (through Paypal).

GIVE IT A TRY!
This will be our final tournament, and a chance for the kids to see what all the practices has done for them. We will have one more practice the week folowing to let them play one more time and give out some gifts for their participation.