FIDE RATED County Tyrone Junior Championships 2026

Location Washingbay Centre, 92 Ballybeg Road, Aughamullan, Coalisland, County Tyrone, BT71 5DX
Start date 2026-10-10
End date 2026-10-10
Contact Brendan Jamison
Category Irish
FIDE Rated? Yes
Time Control(s) Rapid
Notes

Entry list

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1545 Seren Winstanley (Bangor Chess Club) UNDER 16

1510 Rory Miller (Bangor Chess Club) UNDER 16

Provisional entries (awaiting payment)

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1861 Bohdan Prokopenko (Lisburn Chess Club) UNDER 16

1643 Aharshi Banerjee (Lisburn Chess Club) UNDER 16

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Entry list correct, as at 20:58 on April 28, 2026

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IMPORTANT

If travelling from Republic of Ireland, postcodes in Northern Ireland are different from Eircodes. A postcode covers an entire road and this is a very rural location. To get to venue, you must copy and paste this entire address into SatNav:

Washingbay Centre, 92 Ballybeg Road, Aughamullan, Coalisland, County Tyrone, BT71 5DX

Format: Open swiss tournament with top 3 in each age band awarded engraved trophies

Tournament details:

FIDE RATED County Tyrone Junior Championships 2026

Saturday 10 October 2026

Check-in opens at 10:30 and closes 10:45

Please take seats at 10:55

Rounds 1-4 will be played back-to-back from 11:00 to 13:00

Lunch break: 13:00 to 14:00

Round 5-9 will be played back-to-back from 14:00 to 16:30

Prize-giving at 16:45

Type: Swiss pairings

Number of Rounds: 9

Time Control: 10+5

FIDE rules will apply. Remember mobile phones must be switched off and no food allowed in playing hall.

Tournament entry fees:

30 Euro or 24 GBP for anyone paying cash on the day (if space is still available).

15 Euro of 12 GBP for players paying in advance by bank transfer, Revolut, PayPal.

Reduced to 6 GBP for members of the host chess club: Washingbay Chess Club if paid in advance by bank transfer, Revolut, PayPal or by cash at a prior event.

Max capacity = 40 players.

Book and prepay to secure a place.

15 trophies will be awarded as prizes:

U18 CHAMPION

U18 Second Place

U18 Third Place

U16 CHAMPION

U16 Second Place

U16 Third Place

U14 CHAMPION

U14 Second Place

U14 Third Place

U12 CHAMPION

U12 Second Place

U12 Third Place

U10 CHAMPION

U10 Second Place

U10 Third Place

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The tournament file will appear on FIDE website here: awaiting link .

Chief Arbiter: Brendan Jamison (FIDE licenced)

Deputy Arbiter: Paul O'Connor (FIDE licenced)

Chief Organizer: Jelmer Hania (Director of Washingbay Chess Club)

Tie Break order: Buchholz, Progressive, TPR Mixed

Pairing Software: Swiss Master 5.7

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Registration deadline: 21:00 on Saturday 3 October 2026. Email:

  1. Child's full name

  2. Child's FIDE ID (if they have one)

  3. Child's DOB (trophies will be awarded based on the age of the child on day of tournament)

to Chief Arbiter Brendan Jamison [email protected]