Applications for the 2021 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) has been delayed due to a lack of reliable, recent, crossboard tournament results for most players. Potential applicants are advised to compete as much as possible over the board in the early months of 2021.
JETS 2020
The 2020 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad camp was successfully completed this year between July 7 and 10 – online. The 2020 squad included 30 Australian juniors and two New Zealanders, selected from more than 80 applicants. JETS online lecturers for 2020 were Grandmasters Judit Polgar, Darryl Johansen, Moulthun Ly and Zhao Zong Yuan….
Jets 2020… Is back on!
May 27th 2020 After a previous email notifying everyone that the 2020 Johns-Putra Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) has been cancelled for 2020 because of COVID-19, a decision has been made by the organisers to run JETS this year as an online training event! The squad will be held from Tuesday July 7 (starting in…
JETS 2020 Applications as of 23 February 2020
Applications will close for JETS on 01 March 2020. Vihaan Anup Kumar NSWIsaac Chai VicJoshua Cooper QLDHamish De Livera VicShaheel Faizal NSWAngela Feng VicElizaveta Gratchev QLDEkaterina Gratchev QLDIker Hernandez Mendez WAToby Huey NSWChelsea Huey NSWMia Jigando Balan NSWArchit Kannan VicAdeepa Keerthirathne QLDAdeepa Keerthirathne QLDSravan Konattu Renjith QLDBenjamin Leong QLDJoel Leong QLDDewmi Liyanage SAJonathan Lo QLDAlexavier…
Applications open for 2020 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad
2020 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Applications are now open for the 2020 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra. We are pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18) for the 2020 Australian Junior Elite Training Squad – JETS. The JETS Squad is Australia’s premier development squad, aimed at encouraging and…
International Junior Selections
All selections for national and international junior events – except JETS – are now being run by the Australian Chess Federation. Please direct all enquiries to: Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au
JETS 2019
Apologies for the wait! The 2019 JETS Squad is: Matthew Arthur VIC Damaris Augustine VIC George Bartley SA Nikita Boldyrev SA James Boyd-Norman SA Chao Xin Cheng VIC Kundan Dharmapuri WA Sri Krishna Kousel Dharmapuri WA Anthony Fikh NSW Oscar Gao WA Sean Hawkins VIC Toby Huey NSW Chelsea Huey NSW Chathula Kiripitige SA Jonathan…
JETS application list
Applications for the 2020 JETS Squad are open and will close on Sunday 1 March 2020. Applicants will be updated here approximately twice a week.
Applications Open for 2019 Junior Elite Training Squad
2019 Johns-Putra Australian Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Application for the Australia Junior Chess League’s 2019 JETS Training Squad sponsored by Geraldine Johns-Putra may be made via the Apply section of this site. The closing date has been extended to March 1. Johns Putra JETS is pleased to invite applications from talented Australian juniors (U/18)…
Applications for International Events Can No Longer Be Made Via This Site
Now that the Australian Chess Federation has taken all junior matters in-house, all applications by Australian juniors for international events which require selection – see the AJCL calendar – should apply to the ACF’s Selection Coordinator Tom Saltmarsh selections_junior@auschess.org.au 0499 996 559