We are pleased to announce the detailed playing schedule for the 7th Mind Sports Olympiad, which will take place in the Manchester Conference Centre at UMIST, between Saturday 16th August 2003 and Monday 25th August 2003. Spectators are welcome and there will be no charge made.
All prizes and entry fees are in pounds sterling (£) per player. Note that the first entry fee given is for adults and the concessionary entry fee (in brackets) is for junior entrants (under 19 on August 16th), and for entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities. All new entries now attract a £5 late Penalty Fee surcharge.
For those who wish to take part in several tournaments we will have a special entry fee of £100 (£50 for juniors, entrants over 60, unemployed entrants and entrants with disabilities) for which you may enter as many events as you wish, excluding any invitational or pre-qualification tournaments, provided the schedules do not conflict.
Almost all of the tournaments at the Mind Sports Olympiad are run on the Swiss system. This means that you do not get knocked out of a tournament if you lose a game - you continue to play against opponents who have approximately the same score as yourself and you continue to play every round no matter what your score may be.
The total guaranteed prize fund currently stands at more than £15,000 (i.e. more than $25,000 or 25,000 Euros). We hope and expect to attract additional sponsorship so that the value of the prizes can be increased. From time to time we will update the prize information on this site, so please visit us again if you want to know the latest information on prizes.
We will make an entry form available on this web site very soon. Printed entry forms may be obtained by sending a large self-addressed envelope to:
Mind Sports Olympiad,
51 Borough Way,
Potters Bar,
Herts EN6 3HA,
England.
Tel: 01707 659080 (or +44 1707 659080 from outside the UK)
Fax: 01707 661160 (or +44 1707 661160 from outside the UK)
E-mail: entries@msoworld.com
BRAIN POWER ACADEMY (in collaboration with EIC Manchester)
- Five one-day courses, in each of which we teach: Memory Skills, Mind-Mapping and Speed Reading.
- Each day ends with a Mind Mapping contest.
- (The same course is repeated on all five days.)
- Monday Session
- Monday 18, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Tuesday Session
- Tuesday 19, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Wednesday Session
- Wednesday 20, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Thursday Session
- Thursday 21, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Friday Session
- Friday 22, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10)
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
- Mind Mapping, Speed Reading and Memory Skills
- Brain Power Academy Championship
- Monday 25, 10am-5pm
- Free entry for attendees of any Brain Power Academy session
- Three tournaments (Memory Skills, Mind-Mapping and Speed Reading).
BRAIN POWER ACADEMY STUDY GROUPS
- Four one-day study group events, for those who have already attended the teaching sessions.
- Make rapid progress by working more closely with our Mental Skills experts (Memory Skills, Mind-Mapping and Speed Reading.)
- Tuesday 19 - Friday 22, 10am-5pm
- Entry fee: £20 (£10) per day
- For juniors who live within the Manchester postcode area there is an extra discount to £5 per day
CREATIVE THINKING
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 24, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
INTELLIGENCE
(Prize fund £300)
- Olympiad Championship (In association with the Daily Express)
- Saturday 23, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- There is a special reduced entry fee of £7 (£3.50) for those who enter via a "Daily Express" intelligence test, to be published inside the newspaper on June 13th and June 27th.
- Prize fund of £300 for this event
SCHOOLS' INTELLIGENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Sponsored Prizes to be Announced)
- UK Schools' Team Championship
- Monday 25, 2pm-5pm
- Entry fee: £40 per team
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
- Please note that additional qualifying competitions will be held in Manchester on Sunday August 24th for those who have not already qualified
- Sponsored prizes for this event to be announced
- The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship.
- UK Schools' Individual Championship
- Monday 25, 2pm-5pm
- Entry fee: £10
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- For further information on the Schools' Intelligence Championships please e-mail: schoolsintelligence@msoworld.com
- First prize is a £1,000 scholarship to the university or college of the winner's choice
MEMORY SKILLS
(Prize fund £500)
- Olympiad Championship
- Saturday 23 - Sunday 24, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £22 (£11)
- Prize fund of £500 for this event
- Events on Saturday 23 will be Binary Number, Random Words and 1 Hour Cards.
- Events on Sunday 24 will be 1 Hour Number, Names and Faces and Speed Cards.
- Schedules for the days and rules for each of the six contests are now available online.
- Organised in association with the World Memory Sports Council.
MENTAL CALCULATIONS
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Saturday 23, 2pm-6pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
MIND MAPPING
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Sunday 17, 10am-6pm
- Entry fee: £18 (£9)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
BRITISH QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Questions set by the British Quiz Association)
(Prize fund £1,000 plus prizes in kind)
- British Individual Championship - Qualifying Round (In association with the Daily Express)
- Saturday 23, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £20
- There is a special reduced entry fee of £10 for those who enter via a "Daily Express" quiz, to be published inside the newspaper on June 6th and June 20th.
- British Individual Championship - Final (In association with the Daily Express)
- Saturday 23, 3pm-6pm
- No extra fee for qualifiers from the morning qualifying round
- Entry fee: £20 to invited contestants
- Open to invited contestants and qualifiers from the morning qualifying round only
- Prize fund of £1,000 plus prizes in kind split between British Individual Championship and British Team Championship
- British Team Championship (In association with the Daily Express)
- Sunday 24, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £40 per team
- Prize fund of £1,000 plus prizes in kind split between British Individual Championship and British Team Championship
UK SCHOOLS' QUIZ CHAMPIONSHIPS (Questions set by the British Quiz Association)
(Sponsored prizes to be announced)
- UK Schools' Team Championship - Qualifying Round
- Sunday 17, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £40 per team
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- Please note that additional qualifying competitions will be held in Manchester on Friday August 15th for those who have not already qualified
- The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship.
- UK Schools' Team Championship - Final
- Sunday 17, 3pm-6pm
- No extra fee
- Open to qualifiers from qualifying round only
- The results of the Team Championship will be determined within the Individual Championship.
- UK Schools' Individual Championship - Qualifying Round
- Sunday 17, 10am-2pm
- Entry fee: £10
- The procedural details of the tournament are now available
- UK Schools' Individual Championship - Final
- Sunday 17, 3pm-6pm
- No extra fee
- Open to qualifiers from qualifying round only
- First prize is a £1,000 scholarship to the university or college of the winner's choice
SPEED READING
(Prize fund £100)
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Wednesday 20, 10am-1pm
- Entry fee: £14 (£7)
- Prize fund of £100 for this event
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