BCCF Sanctioned Events
Definitions
The following are BCCF sanctioned tournaments. Organizers of these
tournaments require approval of the BCCF before proceeding:
- BC Championship/BC Closed
- BC Women’s Championship
- BC Junior Championship
- BC Senior Championship
- BC Youth Chess Championship
- BC Open Championship
- BC Active Championship
- Paul Keres Memorial
- The annual BC vs Washington junior challenge (intermat), the annual
BC vs Washington team challenge and the annual BC vs Alberta team
challenge are normally organized by the BCCF Executive but proposals
from other organizers will be considered.
Funding
The BCCF will provide grants for sanctioned events except for the BC
Open and Paul Keres Memorial which are fully self-funding. The amounts
will be determined annually at the AGM.
Event Proposals (Bids)
Anyone wishing to organize a BC sanctioned tournament must submit an
event proposal (see link below) to the BCCF Tournament Co-ordinator.
Deadlines
The Tournament Co-ordinator will maintain and regularly distribute
deadlines for event proposals. A common deadline is six months prior to
the usual date for the event. Event proposals that are submitted earlier
or later will be considered as outlined below.
Process
- Bids that are received 0-30 days prior to the deadline will be
reviewed for completeness by the Tournament Co-ordinator then forwarded
to the President. The President will present the bids to the Executive
on the day of the deadline. If more than one bid has been received, the
Executive will be given time to discuss (5-10 days) than a vote will be
called. If only one bid has been received a vote will not normally be
required and the time to discuss will be less (3-5 days).
- Bids that are received more than 60 days prior to the deadline will
be held for 60 days while other BCCF organizers are invited to submit
competing bids. After that period, the process in para a. will be
followed. Bids more than one year prior to an event will not normally be
considered.
- Bids that are received after the deadline will be handled in the
same way except that a vote will not normally be required and the time
to discuss will be less (3-5 days).
Documents
Proposal Form: BCCF Event Proposal
Form v1.1.docx
Sanctioned events proposal deadlines: BCCF
Sanctioned Events Proposal Deadlines.pdf