Residential Chess Camp - Alexandra Adventure Resort!
June 28 - July 1, 2016
4-day Intensive Camp, 28 June - 1 July, 2016
We have put together an awesome program for this camp.
Prices include:
CostsStudents $695
Accompanying adults $350 Optional return transport At cost (see below) Discounts
Payment in full required at time of registration. Accompanying adults may bring very young non-participating children by arrangement. Please email tim@chesskids.com.au with your requirements! Return transport from Ormond to Alexandra will be provided to students and adults for an additional fee. It is expected that we will hire a bus for this purpose. Final transport price is subject to numbers and will be a simple sharing of actual costs. Parents may drive their kids separately if they prefer. |
Coaching from at least one International Master! And all our other top coaches!
Immerse yourself in chess for 4 days with other like-minded and equally talented and dedicated students and many brilliant chess coaches (including at least one International Master!).
We have booked exclusive use of Alexandra Adventure Resort, just outside Alexandra in North Central Victoria, an hour an hour and 45 mins North of Melbourne. Nutritious full catering is included in the price and the camp will give us access to an exciting range of team-building camp activities in addition to our chess program. Accommodation is in heated cabins with ensuite facilities. Students need to bring a pillow, bedsheet, doona/sleeping bag and towel. Students have the option to attend with parents or be supervised by our group leaders. Alexandra Adventure Resort is situated on the Goulburn River in a picturesque part of central Victoria. It has excellent recreational facilities including:
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Coaches at the camp include...
IM Robert Jamieson
Plus our headline coaches such as Carl Gorka, Smari Teitsson, Frank Meerbach, Tim Broome, Daniel Holten, Axel Ahmer and Anthony Hain. All students rotate and get to work with various coaches. It is very important for players to get different perspectives and ideas from different players with different strengths, this makes students more well-rounded and ultimately, better players.
- Twice Australian Chess Champion, once Australian Open Champion and twice Doeberl Cup winner
- FIDE Rating of 2444
- (October 1983) Jamieson's play was equivalent to a rating of 2622
- July 1983 ranking #79 in the world is second best Australian ranking of all time (Ian Rogers reached #62 in Feb 1999)
- Extensive coaching experience over the past 40 years - having coached almost every top player in the country at some point!
- RJ Shield tournament named after him!
Plus our headline coaches such as Carl Gorka, Smari Teitsson, Frank Meerbach, Tim Broome, Daniel Holten, Axel Ahmer and Anthony Hain. All students rotate and get to work with various coaches. It is very important for players to get different perspectives and ideas from different players with different strengths, this makes students more well-rounded and ultimately, better players.
Camp Itinerary (tbc)
Overview
The expectation is to run 6 x small group coaching sessions (streamed according to ability) plus 1 or 2 hours of one-on-one coaching. We will also do post-game analysis and pre-game preparation for the tournament games. There will be a 7 round tournament (25min games, recording moves) and a Blitz Tournament (5 minute games). We will break up the program with an appropriate level of non-chess activities, including a selection of the great team-building exercises offered at Lyrebird Park, and will also run a variety of fun and educational evening activities
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