Snow & Fog Day Plans
It’s Canada. In the winter, snow (and fog!) happens. We will cancel the Windsor Chess Challenge ONLY if the school buses are cancelled in both city and county. If the school buses are cancelled only in the county, the Chess Challenge will be held. About 2/3 of the players are from Windsor, where the buses will still be running. If the school buses are cancelled completely, the Windsor Chess Challenge will be cancelled for that day. We MIGHT be able to re-schedule.
Check the school bus status each day at buskids.ca. We might have to cancel one day, but be able to play the next. And cross your fingers…
Snow Day Issues
If the Windsor Chess Challenge is held, but the county buses are cancelled, there are four issues:
- The kids miss out on the tournament.
- Some kids may miss out on the Playoffs and Provincial Championships.
- What about refunds?
- The organizers have done tons of preparation.
The snow and fog day plans, one issue at a time:
1. Kids miss out on chess
Teachers, hold an in-school tournament, perhaps inviting neighbouring schools to join in. We can supply participation awards and medals (see refunds, below). Call it the “Chess Challenge Fun Event”.
If BOTH the city and county buses are cancelled (as has only happened once…in 2019), we will do our best to actually re-schedule the entire tournament day. There are a lot of considerations to doing this (Ciociaro Club’s availability, volunteer arbiters, high school scorekeepers, busing, etc), but if we can make it work…we will!
2. Players eligible to go to the playoffs if they miss the Chess Challenge
Schools that had less than 50% of their team present at the Windsor Chess Challenge may nominate players to go to the Playoffs.
(a) The player must have missed the event because of transportation problems.
(b) The nominated player(s) must be significantly better than their peers – remember, at the Windsor Chess Challenge only one player in ten goes to the Playoffs. Don’t nominate kids who are going to lose every game!
Consider nominating:
• the player won a gold medal last year;
• a player has been attending practice tournaments, and doing well.
3. Refunds
(a) if the buses are cancelled, and we cancel and cannot reschedule the event, the schools get a full refund, and we supply medals and patches for a consolation tournament at our cost.
(b) if the school boards cancel the county buses, but the event is held anyway (as happened on Tuesday in 2005, and again on Tuesday in 2008), county schools get a 100% refund for any county player that does not attend. We supply medals and patches for a consolation tournament at our cost.
4. All the organizers’ work is wasted
It’s disappointing, but enjoy the day outside in the fresh air shoveling your driveway!
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