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updated 5.7.15

ECF NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIP: U19
2014-15

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We report the U19 results here because we always have. Or, because the controller finds it easiest. They will also appear on the Championships' dedicated website. The other sections (U19 Girls, U11 and U11 Girls) will appear on the dedicated site only.

The U19 section has two first-time Champions: Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' (Championship) and Eltham College (Plate).
    Play got under way in late October with a modest entry of 101 teams. The local Zones and Last Chance Saloons (see further down) were concluded by 1st March. The National Stage completed its first two rounds in early May, then went on hold until the end of the examination period. It reached its climax on 2-3 July with the semi-finals and finals at the traditional venue of Uppingham School.


NATIONAL STAGE 2014-15
The draw, with summary results, is below. DETAILED MATCH RESULTS are in a separate page.

CHAMPIONSHIP
     Round 1 (by 21st March)
Manchester Grammar School (16.6) 5½ ½ RGS Newcastle (12.8); King Edwards School Birmingham (16.6) 1½ 4½ Nottingham High School (15.0); Hampton School (15.0) 4 2 North London Collegiate School (12.6); Haberdashers' A v Dr Challoner's GS (Dr Challoner's concede because their commitments do not permit them to proceed in the next round); Q Elizabeth Barnet (15.3) 4½ 1½ Haberdashers' B (13.8); Wilson's School (16.6) 6 0 Westminster School (15.11); Eton College (15.5) 2½ 3½ St Olave's GS (15.8); Millfield School (14.6) 1 5 Reading School (15.4)
     Quarter-finals (by 8th May)
Nottingham High School (14.1)* 3 3 Manchester Grammar School (16.3); Reading School (15.6)* 3 3 Wilson's School (16.5); Hampton School (14.8) 4 2 QE Barnet (15.4); St Olave's GS (15.10) ½ 5½ Haberdashers' A (15.5)
     Semi-finals 2.7.15
Haberdashers' Aske's (15.7) 5½ ½ Hampton School (14.10); Nottingham High School (15.5) ½ 5½ Reading School (14.10)
     Third-place Playoff 3.7.15
Hampton School (14.10) 3 3 *Nottingham High School (15.5): Nottingham HS won on bottom board elimination
     Final 3.7.15
Haberdashers' Aske's (15.7)* 3 3 Reading School (14.10): Haberdashers' won on board count

PLATE
     Round 1
Bolton School (Boys' Division) w/o def St Johns, Bishops Auckland; King's School Chester (12.9) 5 1 King's School Grantham (16.5); Woodbridge School w/o def Stamford School; Abingdon School (15.4) 3½ 2½ Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucester (14.9); Mill Hill County High School (13.2) 5 1 Forest School (17.4); King's School Canterbury (17.0) 1½ 4½ Dulwich College(15.10); Eltham College (14.5) 5 1 RGS Guildford B; RGS Guildford A (15.11) 6 0 Aylesbury GS (16.9)
     Quarter-finals (by 8th May)
King's School Chester (12.10) 3½ 2½ Bolton School (Boys' Division) (15.3); Mill Hill County High School (13.4) 4 2 Abingdon School (15.1); Dulwich College (15.11) ½ 5½ RGS Guildford (16.1); Eltham College (14.8) 3½ 2½ Woodbridge School (17.1)
     Semi-finals 2.7.15
Mill Hill County High School (14.8) 2½ 3½ Kings Chester (13.2); Eltham College (15.5) 3½ 2½ RGS Guildford (15.4)
     Third-place Playoff 3.7.15
RGS Guildford (15.4) 5 1 Mill Hill County High School (14.8)
     Final 3.7.15
Eltham College (15.5) 4 2 Kings Chester (13.3)


LOCAL ZONES 2014-15
(Summary results appear in red)

Zone 1: The North East
Knockout Group
Royal Grammar School Newcastle upon Tyne Zone champion
St Johns Catholic Academy & Sixth Form College, Bishop Auckland Zone runner-up
Geography dictated the size of this Zone.

Zone 2: Yorks, Notts, Lincs & Derbys
Knockout Group
Grammar School at Leeds
Nottingham High School A Zone Champion
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Wakefield
League Group
Kings School Grantham A
Kings School Grantham B
Heanor Gate Science College, Heanor
Nottingham High School B
Stamford School Zone runner-up
The Group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 3: Cumbria, Lancs & Greater Manchester
League Group
Bolton School Girls Division
Smithills School, Bolton
Bolton School Boys’ Division (A team) Zone runner-up
Bolton School Boys’ Division (B team)
Kirkbie Kendal School, Kendal
Knockout Group
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Cheadle Hulme School
Manchester Grammar School Zone Champion
Stockport Grammar School
Urmston Grammar School KO semi-finalist
The Group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 4: Cheshire, North Staffs & the West Midlands
League Group
Kings School Chester (A team) Zone runner-up
Kings School Chester (B team)
St Edwards Academy, Leek (A team)
St Edwards Academy, Leek (C team)
Newcastle under Lyme School
Knockout Group
Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth
St Edwards Academy, Leek B
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys Birmingham
King Edwards School Birmingham Zone Champion
The Group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 5: M25 North, largely
Brentwood School
Dame Alice Owens School, Potters Bar (A team)
Dame Alice Owens School, Potters Bar (B team)
Haberdashers' Aske's (A team) Zone Champion
Ormiston Rivers Academy, Burnham on Crouch
Q Elizabeth Boys' School, Barnet semi-finalist
Southend High School for Boys semi-finalist
St Albans School
Woodbridge School Zone runner-up
This is a Knockout Zone.

Zone 6: London North
League Group A
Haberdashers' Aske's School (B team)
North London Collegiate School Zone Champion
Claremont High School Academy, Harrow
League Group B
Mill Hill County High School (A team) Zone runner-up
Jewish Free School, Harrow
Enfield Grammar School
St John's Senior High School, Enfield
The group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 7: London North/Central
League Group A
Fortismere School, Muswell Hill
St Mary Magdalene Academy (B team), Islington
Forest School E17 Zone runner-up
League Group B
St Mary Magdalene Academy (A team), Islington
University College School
Westminster School Zone Champion
The group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 8: London South
Dulwich College
Eltham College Zone runner-up
Graveney School London SW17
Hampton School Zone Champion
Kings College Junior School Wimbledon semi-finalist
St Olave's Grammar School, Orpington (B team)
Sutton Grammar School
Wilson's School, Wallington (A team) semi-finalist
Wilson's School, Wallington (B team)
Wilson's School, Wallington (C team)
This is a Knockout Zone.

Zone 9: Kent & Surrey
League Group
St Catherine's School, Bramley
Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells
St Andrew's Catholic School, Leatherhead
Sevenoaks School
St Olave's Grammar School, Orpington (A team) Zone Champion
Knockout Group
Blue Skies School, Chatham
Kings' School, Canterbury Zone runner-up
Maidstone Boys' Grammar School KO runner-up
Beech Grove Academy, Nonington
The group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 10: Beds, Bucks & Hants
League Group A
Aylesbury Grammar School Zone runner-up
The Piggott School, Wargrave, Reading
Khalsa Secondary Academy (A team), Stoke Poges
Khalsa Secondary Academy (B team), Stoke Poges
League Group B
Amery Hill School (A team), Alton
Amery Hill School (B team), Alton
Yateley Manor School (A team)
Yateley Manor School (B team)
Eton College Zone Champion
The group winners will meet in the Zone Final.

Zone 11: Oxon, Berks, Hants, Surrey, Wilts & Dorset
Abingdon School (A team)
Abingdon School (B team
Bedales Schools, Petersfield, Hants
Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury
Highcliffe School, Christchurch
Magdalen College School (A team), Oxford
Magdalen College School (B team), Oxford
Reading School Zone Champion
Royal Grammar School, Guildford Zone runner-up
Winchester College (A Team)
Winchester College (B Team)
This is a Knockout Zone.

Zone 12: The West
Bristol Grammar School
Cathedral School, Llandaff
Clifton College
Hereford Cathedral School
Millfield School Zone Champion
Monmouth School semi-finalist
Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucester Zone runner-up
Torquay Grammar School for Boys semi-finalist
This is a Knockout Zone.


LAST CHANCE SALOONS

(1) AT KING'S SCHOOL GRANTHAM
Saturday 7th February 2015
Rate of play: all moves in 20 minutes, with increment of 5 seconds per move
1  Queen Elizabeth Boys' School, Barnet 2/2 (GP 11½/12) Qualify for National Championship
2  King's School Grantham A 1 (5½) Qualify for Plate Championship
3  King's School Grantham B 0 (1)
Newcastle under Lyme School withdrew.


(2) AT ETON COLLEGE
Sunday 1st March 2015
5-round Swiss, 17 teams
Rate of play (top 5 matches) all moves in 20 minutes, with an added 5 seconds per move. Remainder: all moves in 25 minutes
Where match points are equal, teams are in tie-break order

1   (5)   2   (4½)   3   (4)   4   (3½)   5= (3) 10= (2) 15= (1)

Wilson's School A Qualify for National Championship Dr Challoner's GS A Qualify for National Championship Haberdashers' Aske's B Qualify for National Championship Dulwich College Qualify for Plate Championship Abingdon School Qualify for Plate Championship RGS Guildford B Qualify for Plate Championship Wilson's School B Sevenoaks School Dr Challoner's GS B Dame Alice Owen's School RGS Guildford C Hampton School B Wilson's School C Clifton College Beech Grove School Churchill Academy Blue Skies School

Previous years' results are in the Archive.

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