Tucson Scholastic Warm-Up Results

Thanks to all who attended the Tucson Scholastic Warm-Up on Saturday and thank you to Warren Elementary School, Principal Robin Dunbar, and Coach Mitch Shacter for hosting! 

The tournament has been rated, and results can be found here:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201309281492-14347301
Tournament results are as follows:

Section A
1st: Quinn Hudson 
2nd: Brian Belakovsky
3rd: Michael Simon 
4th: Yulia Savine
5th: Robert Leenhouts

Section B
1st: Derek Liang
2nd: Ryan Zou
3rd: Kennedy Warrilow
4th: Trey Allen
5th: Drew Smith

Section C
1st: Kesav Chandran
2nd: Hunter Holt
3rd: Annelise Allen
4th: Damien Hardin
5th: Nghishawn Nguyen

Section D
1st: Isabelle Simon
2nd: Reece Cain
3rd: Gregory Allen
4th: Austin Rigg
5th: Alexander Hoover

Section E
1st: Francesca Pieroni
2nd: Anthony Somohano
3rd: Ray Xiang
4th: Nitish Bhamidipati
5th: Ulysse Worrall

Section F
1st: Aaron Steele
2nd: Connor Belakovsky
3rd: Eleonore Worrall
4th: Alexander Yee
5th: Lucas Dent

Non-Rated Section
1st: Natay Buss
2nd: Allan Chavarin
3rd: Cipriano Herrera
4th: Armen Moomjian
5th: Mical Clark

Register for the Tucson Scholastic Warm-up! Saturday, September 28th

Don't forget to register for the Tucson Scholastic Warm-up! Hope to see you this Saturday at Warren Elementary School. Registration is available online at:http://www.events4chess.com/events.php?event_ID=385

The Warm-up is a USCF-rated, 4-round Swiss System tournament with 12-16 player groups determined by rating. Open to students in grades K-12.

A non-rated section for K-5, U500 players is also available.

Please visit events4chess.com to register or to download the flyer for more information!

SACA Board Meeting

SACA's next board meeting will be held next Monday, 9/30. Below are the meeting details:

Date: Monday, September 30 at 7pm.
Location: SOREO Training Office, 2475 E Water Street

Volunteer Webmaster Needed

SACA is seeking a volunteer webmaster to maintain and update our web page.  If you have the skills and are willing to help the organization, please send an email to Troy Oberg, SACA President. 

Scholastic Clinic - Sunday, September 8th, 1-3pm

There will be a scholastic clinic on Sunday, September 8th, from 1-3pm, to discuss the upcoming SACA scholastic season.

The clinic will take place in the conference room of the Murphy-Wilmot Library, located at 520 N. Wilmot Rd.  

Please refer to the tentative SACA scholastic schedule at: http://www.sazchess.org/events/events.php and bring your questions and comments to the clinic.

Tucson Scholastic Warm-up - Saturday, September 28, 2013

SACA will kick off its scholastic year on Saturday, September 28th, 2013! Please join us at Warren Elementary School for the Tucson Scholastic Warm-up! Registration is available online at: http://www.events4chess.com/events.php?event_ID=385

The Warm-up is a USCF-rated, 4-round Swiss System tournament with 12-16 player groups determined by rating. Open to students in grades K-12. USCF membership is required. USCF Membership (annual membership) may be purchased online at the USCF website.

Please visit events4chess.com to register or to download the flyer for more information!

SACA Annual Meeting - Sunday, July 21, 2013

The SACA annual meeting will be held this Sunday, July 21st at 3pm.  The meeting will take place at the Holiday Inn - Palo Verde. All SACA members are encouraged to attend!

Ye Olde Pueblo Open & Scholastics - July 19-21

Ye Olde Pueblo Open & Scholastics is coming up on July19-21 at the Holiday Inn - Palo Verde, near the Tucson airport.

Register for the Open at the following link: http://www.events4chess.com/events.php?event_ID=356

Register for Scholastics at the following link: http://www.events4chess.com/events.php?event_ID=359

Open, Reserve (U2000), and Booster (U1400): 5/SS. 3-day or 2-day schedule is available. 

Scholastic I (K-6 / U1000) and II (K-6 / U600):Two separate 1-day tournaments with two sections each day (Saturday and Sunday); 4/SS.

All players must be in grade K-6 and rated under 1000 or 600 (USCF) as of July Supplement.

SACA Voting Process

Registered members may vote on-line between July 1 and July 14, 2013. Voting may also be done in person at the Ye Old Pueblo chess tournament during the weekend of July 20-21, 2013. Voting shall be closed one hour prior to commencement of the club’s annual meeting to be conducted on Sunday 7/21. You must be 13 years old or older to vote and a registered SACA member to participate in the voting.  

Call for Nominations and SACA Elections

SACA board elections will be held during June and July with the results announced at the Ye Old Pueblo Tournament on July 21, 2013. The SACA board consists of the following officers:

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

(4) Directors at Large

Terms are one year commencing immediately after the results are announced. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please send an email to the current SACA president via this website. Nominations will close June 15, 2013. You must be a member in order to run for office or to vote in the election.