Free chess sets for every school in England (merged)

InfamyInfamy

Had this email today:
Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> You will be pleased to read the statement which can be found by clicking
> this link
> http://www.englishchess.org.uk/chess4schools/jan-update_jan09.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Majer
> ECF CEO

InfamyInfamy

Had an update / press released emailed today...in amongst it, it said:

During the first year of the project it is planned to provide approximately 100,000 free chess sets to those schools that have registered. The proposed method of distribution is to hold regional launch days during which the recipients of the sets will collect their sets. Three or four small preliminary events in Surrey, Hampshire and Oxfordshire will be held in May and June 2009. Further details will be published in due course. The events will officially start in September 2009 and the chess sets will be manufactured by Holloid Plastics.
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