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Tournament Schedule 20092010

Below are OCBCF and other local, statewide, or national scholastic tournaments as we anticipate they will be held in the coming year as well as holiday dates and school calendars that might affect the scheduling.

Effective January, 2009, information for new and renewing memberships processed with OCBCF tournaments must be reported on the Membership Form.

Upcoming Tournaments

(See the bottom of the page for completed tournaments)

• May
  • 1: Coastal Bend Grades Tournament at Del Mar College/Collegiate High School flier
  • 8: Oso Park Tournament at Oso Park Recreation Center, Corpus Christi flier
  • 29: Oak Park Tournament at Oak Park United Methodist Fellowship Hall, Corpus Christi flier

• Other Possible Tournaments to be scheduled
  • Luther Jones Elementary

Completed Tournaments

• September
  • 19: Beginner's Tournament at Oak Park Methodist Church flyer
  • 26: OCBCF Fall Tournament at Del Mar College flyer

• October
  • 3: Texas Girls Region VII Chess Championship in Laredo flyer
  • 24: Texas Girls Scholastic Chess Championship in Laredo flyer
  • 31: Oak Park Halloween Bash (Scholastic Non-Rated, with Open Section) flyer
  • (There will be no Wynn Seale Academy of Fine Arts Tournament this year)

• November
  • TBA: Kingsville Shootout Alternative
  • 14: Chula Vista Academy of Fine Arts Tournament flyer <----- Second Change of Date!
  • 20-22: Texas Grade K-12 Grades and Collegiate (Location?)

• December
  • 5: Share Your Christmas hosted by Windsor Park flyer
  • 12: Santa's Workshop Tournament at Oak Park flyer

• January
  • 23: Texas Region VII Scholastic Chess Championship in Corpus Christi flyer. Online registration available at this site

• February
  • 6: Collegiate High School Royal Tournament flyer
  • 20-22: Texas Scholastic Championship, Dallas

• March
  • 6: Shamrock Classic at St. Patrick's School PDF flyer rtf flyer

• April
  • 10: Primary-Elementary-Secondary Coastal Bend Championships to be hosted by Seashore Middle Academy, Corpus Christi. flier

To request a tournament at your school, contact the OCBCF President

Note the following when scheduling tournaments:

• First Day of School: CCISD: August 24
• First Day of School after new year: CCISD: January 5
• Good Friday: April 2 (needs confirming)
• Easter: April 4
• Valentines Day: February 14.
• Science Fair: First Weekend in May