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BCF NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP
2001-2002
NATIONAL FINALS
at the Nottingham Moat House, Saturday 22nd June 2002

The season is completed. The National Champions are Hampton School, who won the Plate last year; and the new Plate Champions are Bluecoat Oldham who had never even played in the competition before. Hampton took home a silver trophy going back nearly fifty years and secured a cheque for £500 as first prize. Bluecoat took a more modest clock prize (plus trophy) and have every right to be pleased with their first year in the competition.
The detailed results are below.

By long tradition the last four teams in the Championship meet at a prestigious central venue to contest the semi-finals and Final, with a play-off match for third place. This year, for the first time, the event was expanded to include the last four in the Plate Championship. For the first time but not the last, because it added hugely to the atmosphere and brought in some very strong teams.
So 48 juniors, plus reserves and teachers and assorted coaches and parents, converged on Nottingham on Friday evening, some of them (the players anyway) having sat A Level exams that afternoon. No one said this wasn't a tough event. They left on Sunday morning after an extremely full Saturday comprising two four-hour games of chess, a Presentation Dinner afterwards, and, in one team's case, a late-night cinema outing to Spiderman after that.

Dave Welch, BCF Chief Arbiter, officiated in his inimitably firm but friendly style, and there weren't any disputes. Peter Turner, BCF Junior Director, was a tower of strength. The BCF's President and CEO both attended the Prizegiving Dinner, as did Cynthia Gurney who holds the BCF together from the Office at Battle. Various BCF Directors popped in from time to time, seeking refuge no doubt from the Management Board meeting that was going on at the same time in a distant part of the hotel.

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PLATE CHAMPIONSHIP

SEMI FINALS

	Bluecoat Oldham		Torquay GS
1 2 3 4 5 6	Stephen Gordon 171 (W) Nathan Butterworth 134 Katie Martin 106 Robyn Smith 88 Jason Wright 95 Christopher Martin 95	1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0	Paul Grist 116 Scott O'Reilly 102 Richard Crampton 115 Barnaby Stannard 104 Tom Marsden 83 Chris Tozer
(13.10)		4½ 1½	(16.7)

	St Olaves GS Orpington		Camp Hill Birmingham
1 2 3 4 5 6	Richard Cheeseman 149 Jonathan Marrow 124 Edmund Birkhamshaw 131 Michael Muttiah 133 Michael Marrow 72 Zubin Siganporia	½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1	Simon Williams 135 (B) Luke Boynton 132 John Emanuel 128 Andrew Moxley 110 Matthew Eaton 107 Oliver Anderton 97
(15.8)		2½ 3½	(16.6)
THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF
	St Olaves GS Orpington		Torquay GS
1 2 3 4 5 6	Richard Cheeseman 149 Jonathan Marrow 124 Edmund Birkhamshaw 131 Michael Muttiah 133 Michael Marrow 72 Zubin Siganporia	1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0	Paul Grist 116 (B) Scott O'Reilly 102 Richard Crampton 115 Barnaby Stannard 104 Tom Marsden 83 Chris Tozer
(15.8)		4½ 1½	(16.7)
FINAL
	Camp Hill Birmingham		Bluecoat Oldham
1 2 3 4 5 6	Simon Williams 135 Luke Boynton 132 John Emanuel 128 Andrew Moxley 110 Matthew Eaton 107 Oliver Anderton 97	0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½	Stephen Gordon 171 (B) Nathan Butterworth 134 Katie Martin 106 Robyn Smith 88 Jason Wright 95 Karen Bradley 86
(16.6)		3½ 2½	(14.0)
Bluecoat won on age handicap.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

SEMI FINALS

	Oakham School		Hampton School
1 2 3 4 5 6	Alexander Yastrebov 191 Zhanna Lazhevskaya 180 William Bennet 165 (W) Adam Eckersley-Waites 142 Andrew Foster-Yeow 132 Matthew Moore 119	0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0	Murugan Thiruchelvam 203 Nick Kingston-Smith 158 Ross Mooring 163 Nicholas Moon 93 Eric Pollitt 106 Graham Hantman 89
(15.7)		2½ 3½	(15.5)

	Manchester Grammar		RGS Guildford
1 2 3 4 5 6	David Shaw 186 (W) John Tompson 173 Jonathan Fish 172 Chris Statter 123 Jonathan Perrin Ben Moody 89	1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1	Christopher Rawlinson 145 Samuel Williams 154 Matthew Harborne 145 Matthew King 132 Andrew Bell 102 Nicholas Fordham
(17.3)		2 4	(16.8)
THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF
	Oakham School		Manchester Grammar
1 2 3 4 5 6	Alexander Yastrebov 191 Zhanna Lazhevskaya 180 William Bennet 165 (W) Adam Eckersley-Waites 142 Andrew Foster-Yeow 132 Matthew Moore 119	1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0	David Shaw 186 (W) John Tompson 173 Jonathan Fish 172 Chris Statter 123 Jonathan Perrin Ben Moody 89
(15.7)		5 1	(17.3)
FINAL
	Hampton School		RGS Guildford
1 2 3 4 5 6	Murugan Thiruchelvam 203 Nick Kingston-Smith 158 Ross Mooring 163 Nicholas Moon 93 Eric Pollitt 106 Graham Hantman 89	½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0	Christopher Rawlinson 145 Samuel Williams 154 Matthew Harborne 145 Matthew King 132 Andrew Bell 102 Nicholas Fordham
(15.5)		4½ 1½	(16.8)

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NATIONAL STAGE: earlier rounds
An asterisk indicates a team that won on age handicap (or board count, or elimination). Failing an asterisk, the team with more points won. The older team has to win by a points margin at least equal to the age difference in years, taking the difference as a whole number (by truncation if necessary).

CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 1 (by 11th March)
Greenwood Academy Irvine (16.1) 2 4 Lancaster Royal Grammar School (14.9); Southend HS (15.3) 4 2 Bedford Modern School A (14.4); Queen Elizabeths Barnet (14.3) 2 4 Dr Challoners GS Amersham (16.2); City of London School (13.6) 1½ 4½ Royal GS Guildford A (16.4)
Round 2 (by end of spring term)
Calday Grange GS Wirral (14.3) ½ 5½ Manchester Grammar School; Nottingham HS A (16.1) 1½ 4½ Oakham School A (15.4); Hampton School (15.1) 4 2 Yateley Manor School (12.9); Millfield School (13.3) 3½ 2½ Monmouth School (13.5); Lancaster Royal Grammar School (14.5)* 3 3 Queen Elizabeth GS Wakefield A (15.4); Southend HS (15.3)* 3 3 K Edwards Birmingham (16.8); Dr Challoners GS Amersham (16.2) 1½ 4½ St Pauls School (16.3); Royal Grammar School Guildford A (16.5) 4½ 1½ Judd School Tonbridge (17.2)
Quarter-finals (by 6th May)
Manchester Grammar School (17.0) 4 2 Lancaster Royal Grammar School (14.6); Oakham School A (15.6) 4½ 1½ Southend High School (15.3); St Pauls School (16.4) 2 4 Hampton School (15.3); Royal Grammar School Guildford A (16.6) 6 0 Millfield School (13.5)

PLATE CHAMPIONSHIP for Zone runners-up
Round 1
Bluecoat School Oldham (14.3)* 3 3 St Bedes GS Bradford (15.10); Oakham School B (15.6) 1 5 Nottingham HS B (13.6); Twyford Prep School Winchester (11.10) 0 6 Wallington County GS (15.0); Abingdon School (15.9) 3 3 *Commonweal School Swindon (12.11)
Round 2
St Columbs College Londonderry w/o scr Blue Coat School Liverpool; Bedford School (16.1) 3 3 *Temple Sutton Primary Southend (10.3); Latymer School (14.0) 1½ 4½ St Olaves GS Orpington (15.4); Maidstone GS scr w/o Dorothy Stringer HS Brighton; Bluecoat School Oldham (13.5)* 3 3 Yarm School A (15.7); Nottingham HS B (13.4) 0 6 K Edward Camp Hill Birmingham (15.6); Wallington County GS (15.8) 3 3 *Haberdashers Askes Elstree (12.7); Commonweal School Swindon (13.0) 1½ 4½ Torquay Boys GS A (16.4)
Quarter-finals
Bluecoat School Oldham (13.9) 6 0 St Columbs College Londonderry (15.11) (played at Stranraer); K Edward Camp Hill Birmingham (16.4) 6 0 Haberdashers Askes Elstree (12.8); Temple Sutton Primary Southend (10.4) ½ 5½ St Olaves GS Orpington (15.6); Torquay Boys GS A (16.5) 4 2 Dorothy Stringer HS Brighton (14.9) (played at Salisbury)

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ZONE WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP
Zone 1 (N Ireland/Scotland)
     1 Greenwood Academy Irvine; 2 St Columbs College Londonderry
Zone 2 (North/Lancs)
     1 RGS Lancaster; 2 Yarm A
Zone 3 (Yorks)
     1 Queen Elizabeths GS Wakefield (A team); 2 St Bedes GS Bradford
Zone 4 (Greater Manchester)
     1 Manchester Grammar; 2 Bluecoat Oldham
Zone 5 (Wirral)
     1 Calday Grange GS Wirral; 2 Blue Coat Liverpool
Zone 6 (W Midlands)
     1 K Edward Edgbaston Park Rd Bitmingham; 2 K Edward Camp Hill Birmingham
Zone 7 (E Midlands)
     1 Oakham School A; 2 Oakham School B
Zone 8 (Notts/Lincs)
     1 Nottingham HS A; 2 Nottingham HS B
Zone 9 (Beds/Herts)
     1 Bedford Modern A; 2 Bedford School
Zone 10 (Berks/Bucks/Oxon)
     1 Dr Challoners GS Amersham; 2 Abingdon School
Zone 11 (Glos/Hereford/Worcs/Wilts)
     1 Monmouth School; 2 Commonweal School Swindon
Zone 12 (Essex/E Anglia)
     1 Southend HS; 2 Temple Sutton Primary Southend
Zone 13 (London NW)
     1 Queen Elizabeths Barnet; 2 Haberdashers Elstree
Zone 14 (London NE)
     1 St Pauls School; 2 Latymer School
Zone 15 (London SW)
     1 Hampton School; 2 Wallington County GS
Zone 16 (London SE)
     1 City of London School; 2 St Olaves GS Orpington
Zone 17 (Kent)
     1 Judd GS Tonbridge; 2 Maidstone GS
Zone 18 (Surrey/Sussex)
     1 RGS Guildford A; 2 Dorothy Stringer Brighton
Zone 19 (Hants)
     1 Yateley Manor Prep School Yateley; 2 Twyford Prep School Winchester
Zone 20 (West)
     1 Millfield School; 2 Torquay Boys GS A

Results 2000-1 are in the Archive.

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At the start of the season we published a complete list of who was in it. There's no obvious reason to remove it now, and this is it. At least one of the Zones got re-arranged a bit afterwards.

Zone 1
Zone 1A: N Ireland
Conductor: Graham Murphy
1. Methodist College Belfast (A team)
2. Methodist College Belfast (B team)
3. Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Belfast
4. St Columbs College, Derry

Zone 1B Scotland
Conductor: Stephen Taylor
1. Greenwood Academy (A team), Dreghorn, Irvine
2. Greenwood Academy (B team)
3. Kirkland High School, Fife
4. Mearns Academy, Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire
5. St Margarets High School, Airdrie

Zone 2
Zone Conductor: Michael Burn
Zone 2A: North
1. Austin Friars School, Etterbury Scaur, Carlisle
2. Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
3. Seaham Technology College, Co Durham
4. Stanley School of Technology, Durham
5. Yarm School (A team), Stockton on Tees
6. Yarm School (B team)

Zone 2B: Lancs
1. Lancaster Royal Grammar School
2. Lytham St Annes High Technology College (A team), Lytham St Annes
3. Lytham St Annes High Technology College (B team)
4. Queen Katherine School, Kendal
5. Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe

Zone 3: Yorks
Zone Conductor: David Matthews
League Section
1. Leeds Grammar School (A team)
2. Leeds Grammar School (B team)
3. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield (A team)
4. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Junior School
5. Tapton Secondary School, Sheffield

Knockout Section
1. Ampleforth College, York (A team)
2. Ampleforth College (B team)
3. Bradford Grammar School
4. Hymers College, Hull
5. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield (B team)
6. St Bedes Grammar School, Bradford

Zone 4: Gtr Manchester
Zone Conductor: Michael Burn
League Section
1. Bluecoat School, Egerton St, Oldham, Lancs
2. Bolton School Boys Division: Junior School
3. North Chadderton School (A team), Chadderton Hall Rd, Chadderton, Oldham, Lancs
4. North Halifax Grammar School

Knockout Section
1. Bolton School Boys Division
2. Bowling Green Junior School, Stainland, Halifax, W Yorks
3. Manchester Grammar School
4. St Marys College (B team), Wallasey, Wirral
5. North Chadderton School (B team), Chadderton, Oldham, Lancs

Zone 5: Wirral
Zone Conductor: Dave Welch
League Section
1. Calday Grange GS, Grammar School Lane, West Kirby, Wirral
2. Ellesmere College (A team), Ellesmere, Shropshire
3. St Marys College (A team), Wallasey, Wirral
4. Wirral Grammar School, Bebington

Knockout Section
1. Blue Coat School, Liverpool
2. Ellesmere College (B team), Ellesmere, Shropshire
3. Ladymount RC Primary School, Pensby, Wirral
4. Lymm High School, Lymm, Cheshire

Zone 6: W Midlands
Zone Conductor: David Matthews
League Section
1. Arden School, Solihull
2. King Edwards School, Edgbaston Park Rd, Birmingham
3. Moseley Park School, Bilston, West Midlands
4. Solihull School

Knockout Section
1. King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Birmingham
2. Queen Marys Grammar School, Walsall
3. St Anselms School, Bakewell, Derbys
4. St Edwards Middle School, Westwood Rd, Leek, Staffs
5. Westwood High School, Leek, Staffs

Zone 7: E Midlands
Zone Conductor: Ian Davison
League Section
1. Northampton Prep School
2. Oakham School (B team)
3. Oundle School
4. Rushey Mead Secondary School, Leicester

Knockout Section
1. Oakham School (A team)
2. Our Ladys Convent School, Kettering, Northants
3. Uppingham School, Uppingham, Rutland
4. Bishop Veseys Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield

Zone 8: Notts/Lincs
Zone Conductor: Andrew Leadbetter
Zone Conductor
1. Kings School, Grantham, Lincs
2. Nottingham High School (A team)
3. Nottingham High School (B team)
4. Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, Alford, Lincs
5. Spalding Grammar School, Spalding, Lincs
6. Stamford School, Stamford, Lincs
7. Worksop College, Notts

Zone 9: Beds/Herts
Zone Conductor: Lionel Hart
League Section
1. Bedford School
2. Bishops Stortford High School
3. Dame Alice Harpur School, Bedford
4. Saffron Walden County High School

Knockout Section
1. Bedford Modern School (A team)
2. Magdalen College School, Oxford (C team)
3. Ridgeway School, Maidenhead Thicket (B team)
4. Roundwood Primary School, Harpenden, Herts (A team)
5. Roundwood Primary School (B team)
6. St Marys Catholic School, Bishops Stortford, Herts

Zone 10: Bucks/Berks/Oxon Zone Conductor: Lionel Hart
League Section
1. Abingdon School, Oxon
2. Magdalen College School, Oxford (A team)
3. Magdalen College School (B team)
4. St Edwards School, Oxford
5. Ridgeway School, Maidenhead Thicket (A team)

Knockout Section
1. Bedford Modern School (B team)
2. Chesham Prep School, Chesham, Bucks
3. Dr Challoners Grammar School, Amersham
4. Hamilton Primary School, High Wycombe
5. Royal Grammar School, Amersham Rd, High Wycombe

Zone 11: Glos/Hereford/Worcs/Wilts
Zone Conductor: John Place
League Section
1. Bristol Grammar School
2. Commonweal School, Swindon (A team)
3. Katharine Lady Berkeleys School, Wotton-Under-Edge, Glos
4. King Edwards School, Bath

Knockout Section
1. Commonweal School, Swindon (B team)
2. Fitzalan High School, Leckwith, Cardiff
3. Hereford Cathedral Junior School
4. Hereford Cathedral School
5. Monmouth School, Almshouse Street, Monmouth

Zone 12: Essex/E Anglia
Zone Conductor: Peter Walker
League Section
1. Beauchamps High School, Wickford, Essex
2. Moulsham High School, Brian Close, Chelmsford, Essex
3. Orwell Park School, Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk
4. Royal Hospital School, Ipswich
5. Temple Sutton Primary School, Southend
6. Woodbridge School, Suffolk (A team)

Knockout Section
1. Colchester Royal Grammar School
2. Ipswich School
3. King Edward VI School, Chelmsford, Essex
4. Leigh North Street Junior School, Leigh on Sea, Essex
5. Southend High School for Boys
6. Woodbridge School (B team)

Zone 13: London NW
Zone Conductor: Michael Sergeant
League Section
1. Chancellors School, Hatfield, Herts
2. Haberdashers Askes School, Elstree, Herts
3. Merchant Taylors School, Northwood, Middx
4. Watford Grammar School for Boys

Knockout Section
1. Christs College, Finchley
2. Haberdashers Askes School Elstree, Herts (B team)
3. Highgate Junior School, London N6
4. Highgate School, London N6
5. John Lyon School, Harrow, Middx
6. North Bridge House School, London NW1
7. North London Collegiate School, Edgware, Middx
8. Queen Elizabeths Boys School, Barnet, Herts

Zone 14: London NE
Zone Conductor
League Section
1. Chigwell School, Chigwell, Essex
2. Chingford CE Junior School London E4 (A team)
3. Chingford Foundation School, Chingford, London E4
4. Connaught School for Girls, Leytonstone, London E11
5. Latymer School, Edmonton, London N9

Knockout Section
1. Chingford CE Junior School (B team)
2. King Fahad Academy, London W3
3. King Solomon High School, Ilford, Essex
4. Moat School, Fulham, London SW6
5. St Pauls School, London SW13
6. Valentines High School, Ilford

Zone 15: London SW
Zone Conductor: Alec Webster
1. Hampton School, Hampton, Middx
2. Heathland School, Hounslow, Middx
3. John Fisher School, Purley, Surrey
4. Kings College School, Wimbledon
5. Royal Grammar School Guildford (B team)
6. Sutton Grammar School for Boys
7. Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames
8. Wallington County Grammar School, Surrey
9. Whyteleafe School, Whyteleaf, Surrey

Zone 16: London SE
Zone Conductor: Richard Haddrell
League Section
1. James Allens Girls School, Dulwich, London SE22
2. St Josephs Academy, Blackheath, London SE9
3. Thomas's Prep School, Clapham, London SW11
4. Westminster School, London SW1
5. City of London School, London EC4

Knockout Section
1. Dulwich College Prep School, Dulwich, London SE21
2. Dulwich College, Dulwich, London SE21
3. Eltham College, London SE9
4. St Francis RC Primary School, London SE15
5. St Olaves Grammar School, Orpington

Zone 17: Kent
Zone Conductor: Richard Haddrell
1. Hilden Grange Prep School, Tonbridge, Kent
2. Hilden Grange Prep School (B team)
3. Judd School, Tonbridge, Kent
4. King Ethelbert School, Birchington, Kent
5. King Ethelbert School (B team)
6. Kings School, Rochester
7. Maidstone Boys Grammar School
8. Maidstone Girls Grammar School
9. Nonington CEP School, Nonington, Dover, Kent

Zone 18: Surrey/Sussex
Zone Conductor: David Matthews
1. Christs Hospital School, Horsham
2. De Stafford College, Caterham, Surrey
3. Dorothy Stringer High School, Brighton
4. Downlands Community School, Hassocks, West Sussex
5. Kingswood House School, Epsom
6. Royal Grammar School Guildford (A team)
7. Yateley Manor School, Yateley, Hants (B team)

Zone 19: Hants
Zone Conductor: Dave Welch
League Group
1. King Edward VI School, Southampton
2. Mountbatten School, Romsey, Hants (A team)
3. Twyford Prep School, Winchester
4. Winchester College

Knockout Group
1. Kempshott Junior School, Kempshott, Basingstoke, Hants
2. Mountbatten School, Whitenap Lane, Romsey, Hants (B team)
3. West Hill Park School, Titchfield, Hants
4. Yateley Manor School, Yateley, Hants (A team)

Zone 20
Zone Conductor: David Woodruff
Zone 20A: West
1. Allenbourne Middle School, Wimborne, Dorset
2. Baden Powell & St Peters Middle School, Parkstone, Poole
3. Kings Bruton Prep School (Hazelgrove House), Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset
4. Lytchett Matravers Primary School, Lytchett Matravers, Poole, Dorset
5. Millfield Prep School, Glastonbury
6. Millfield School, Street, Somerset

Zone 20B: Cornwall/Devon
Zone Conductor: David Woodruff
1. Devonport High School for Boys, Plymouth (A team)
2. Devonport High School for Boys (B team)
3. Penair School, St Clement, Truro
4. St Margarets CE Junior School, Northam, Devon
5. Torquay Boys Grammar School (A team)
6. Torquay Boys Grammar School (B team)
7. Truro School

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