Information about the E.P.S.C.A. Under 11 South East Tournament - 19th March 2005

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Date: Saturday 19th March 2005

Round Times: 11.45am, 1.45pm, 3.45pm. Prizegiving will be immediately after the end of the last round.

Venue: Kemnal Technology College, Sevenoaks Way, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5AA
Map of the venue can be found here.

The Under 11 South East Zonal will be held on Saturday 19 March 2005 at Kemnal Technology College, Sevenoaks Way, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5AA. The Tournament Controller/Chief Steward is Peter Bayliss, Guildables Farm Cottage, Guildables Lane, Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6QU, phone: 01732 866556, mobile on day of event: 07742 547908, email: kim.peter.bayliss@btopenworld.com.

It will be a three round jamboree with 50 minutes each on the clock. Details are in the 'Notes for Team Managers', 'Rules and Regulations of the EPSCA Team Championships ', 'EPSCA Quickplay Rules' and 'EPSCA Associations and their Catchment Areas 2004-5 South East Zone' enclosed. The reserves will play in a Reserve Tournament.

Each team must provide a Board Steward and a Room Steward, one of whom may be the Team Manager. On arrival, the Team Manager should hand a Team Sheet to the Tournament Controller, who will then ask him/her to draw a code letter to allocate the team its place in the jamboree.

The timetable is as follows:
Arrival - by 11.00am
Board Stewards' Meeting - 11.15am
First Round - 11.45am
Second Round - 1.45pm
Third Round - 3.45pm
Prize Giving - 5.35pm

Hot snacks (bacon rolls, hot dogs and potato wedges) and light refreshments will be on sale and there will be a chess bookshop.
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How to get there
By train and bus: from Charing Cross, take a train to Sidcup. Trains are scheduled to leave Charing Cross at 02 and 32 minutes past the hour with a journey time of 31 minutes. A 51 bus is scheduled to leave Sidcup Station every 10 min-utes to Kemnal Manor with a journey time of 9 minutes. The bus stop is opposite the main entrance to the College.

By road: Sidcup is situated on the A20, 4 miles west of Junction 3 of the M25. Leave the M25 at Junction 3, taking the A20 westbound exit signposted to London (SE) and Lewisham. Continue on the A20 for about 4 miles before taking the A224 slip road signposted to Orpington. Reaching the roundabout at the end of the slip road, take the first exit (Sevenoaks Way). Cars should continue for about ¼ mile, passing through the traffic lights, and take the first turning on the right (Midfield Way) and then proceed for a further ¼ mile before taking the second turning on the right (The Avenue). The rear entrance to the College is about 300 yards along on the right and, once inside, there is plenty of parking on both sides. On joining Sevenoaks Way, coaches should turn right, before the traffic lights, into the main entrance and drop off at the gates. There is no parking for coaches inside the College.