Welcome to this year's Australian School Teams Championship, to be held in Perth on 7-8 December 2024. This event pits the winning schools of each state against each other to determine the Australian Schools Team Champion in various divisions. This event is organised by the Chess Association of Western Australia (CAWA). We are excited to hold this event and look forward to welcoming all our top school teams and their players from around the country into our beautiful state. 

The competition has 4 sections:

• The Australian Secondary Schools Open Team Championship

• The Australian Secondary Schools Girls' Team Championship

• The Australian Primary Schools Open Team Championship

• The Australian Primary Schools Girls' Team Championship. 

This competition is open to selected schools from each state. If you are interested in knowing about the qualification process for your state, please contact your local organisers. 

ACT:  ACTCA 

Queensland: Chess Association of Queensland 

New South Wales: NSWCA 

Western Australia: CAWA 

Tasmania: TCA 

Victoria: Chess Victoria 

South Australia: SAJCL

This website is run by the CAWA. For general enquires about this event, please contact Andrew Hardegen (andrewhardegen4@gmail.com). 

The website for the 2025 Australian Chess Championships can be found here: https://sites.google.com/view/2025-ao-chess-championships/, while the 2025 Australian Junior Chess Championships link is: https://sites.google.com/view/ajcc-perth-2025