The Junior Club is aimed at junior players (usually aged 14 and under) who are interested in playing chess. The games are fast and exciting. There’s a lecture included, so kids would do a bit of learning too.
We start our sessions at 5pm, usually with a short tutorial (for about 20-25 mins), then we will do practice until we finish at around 6:15pm.
If you are interested in the format of our sessions. Here is a playlist of our some of our previous Friday recordings (no further recordings will be made): ACC Junior Club Lecture Recordings: Link
Please reserve your spot in our club sessions via Trybooking ($40/term):
Term 2 2026 Booking: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BDFA
The ACC Junior Chess Club Calendar Term 2 2026
Apr 25 **Closed ANZAC DAY 2026**
May 02 Play Session 1
May 09 **Online Only** Play Session 2
May 16 **Online Only** Play Session 3
May 23 Play Session 4
May 30 **Online Only** Play Session 5
(King's Birthday Weekend)
Jun 06 Play Session 6
Jun 13 Play Session 7
Jun 20 Play Session 8
Jun 27 Play Session 9
Jul 04 Play Session 10
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Term 2 Ends. Term 3 starts Jul 25th (TBC)
Disclaimer: Our tickets (for our junior club registration via Trybooking) are NOT refundable. If you would like to try out our sessions, that is totally fine, but if you register a ticket via Trybooking, we don’t give refunds if you suddenly don’t want to come any more.
*Due to chess events held at our chess centre, there are some events that are run via online only. Instructions for our online Zoom sessions will be sent via email to our registered members prior to that day (please register via Trybooking). You will need a Lichess account to participate in our online chess games. Please register a Lichess account before joining online. You can register on Lichess here: https://lichess.org/
If you’re new to our event, please txt Alex at O21-O543891 (TXT ONLY) before coming along for the first time.