BCF STAGE MATCHES

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Open Minor U175 U150 U125 U100

updated 9.7.01
COUNTY MATCHES
BCF STAGE 2001

Preliminary Round 28th April
Quarter Finals 19th May
Semi Finals 9th June
Finals 7th July at Uppingham School

This page is complete, barring late corrections.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS
Results in red are given in full further down. Results in blue are not. The red ones are all the matches with SCCU involvement. Plus, for good measure, the two Finals without. They were Finals after all.
Open
Preliminary Essex (S3) w/o scr Leics (M3)
Quarter-finals (A)Warwicks (M1) 12 4 Cornwall (W2); (B)Yorks (N) 7½ 8½ Essex (S3); (C)Cambs (S1) 8½ 7½ Gtr Manchester (M2); (D)Dorset (W1) 4 12 Sussex (S2)
Semi-finals Cambs* (S1) 8 8 Essex (S3); Sussex (S2) 8½ 7½ Warwicks (M1)
Final Cambs 8½ 7½ Sussex

Minor Counties
Quarter-finals (A)Worcs (M1) 3½ 12½ Herts (S3); (B)Surrey (S1) 7½ 8½ Norfolk (E2); (C)Suffolk (E1) 11 5 Derbys (M2); (D)Wilts (W) 6 10 Oxon (S2)
Semi-finals Suffolk (E1) 7½ 8½ Norfolk (E2); Oxon (S2) 7 9 Herts (S3). The devil got into the draw here.
Final Norfolk 4½ 11½ Herts

U175
Quarter-finals (A)Essex (S1) v bye (see note at foot of page); (B)Warwicks (M1) 11 5 Sussex (S2); (C)Devon (W1) 10½ 5½ Leics (M2); (D)Yorks (N) 7½ 8½ Cambs (E)
Semi-finals Devon (W1) 7 9 Warwicks (M1) (played 16th June); Cambs (E) 6 10 Essex (S1)
Final Warwicks 10 6 Essex

U150
Preliminary (1)Notts (M3) scr w/o Sussex (S2); (2)Dorset (W2) 6½ 9½ Norfolk (E2)
Quarter-finals (A)Warwicks (M1) 8 8 *Norfolk (E2); (B)Devon (W1) 6½ 9½ Sussex (S2); (C)Yorks (N) 8 8 *Gtr Manchester (M2); (D)Cambs (E1) 5 11 Essex (S1)
Semi-finals Gtr Manchester (M2) 9 7 Sussex (S2); Essex* (S1) 8 8 Norfolk (E2)
Final Essex 5½ 10½ Gtr Manchester

U125
Preliminary (1)Surrey (S2) w/o scr Lincs (M3); (2)Norfolk (E2) w/o scr Shropshire (M2)
Quarter-finals (A)Herts (S1) 5½ 10½ Merseyside (N2); (B)Cambs (E1) 11½ 4½ Staffs (M1); (C)Lancs (N1) 9½ 6½ Surrey (S2); (D)Hants (W) 10 6 Norfolk (E2)
Semi-finals Lancs (N1) 10½ 5½ Cambs (E1); Hants (W) 9 7 Merseyside (N2)
Final Hants 6½ 9½ Lancs

U100 Preliminary (1)Essex (S2) 8 4 Beds (E2); (2)Shropshire (M3) 5 7 Lancs (N2)
Quarter-finals (A)Cleveland (N1) 7½ 4½ Essex (S2); (B)Kent (S1) 4 8 Warwicks (M2); (C)Norfolk (E1) 3½ 8½ Lancs (N2); (D)Leics (M1) 5 7 Devon (W)
Semi-finals Lancs (N2) 7 5 Warwicks (M2); Devon (W) 3½ 8½ Cleveland (N1)
Final Cleveland 6½ 5½ Lancs

OPEN

FINAL
	Cambs	7.7.01	Sussex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Jonathan Parker 241 (W) Brian Kelly 228 Karl Mah 225 Mark Ferguson 220 Eddie Dearing 203 James Vigus 210 Joe Conlon 202 Demis Hassabis 202 Martin Walker 197 Lloyd Retallick 179 Ben Morgan 179 Oswaldo Dieguez Ola Winfridsson 172 Mark Campbell 159 Konrad Scheffler 163 Nick Pyper 160	1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1	DB Graham 201 MD Nicholas 201 FJ Kwiatkowski 190 M Broom 198 B Cafferty 194 LE Rutherford 203 TE Rendle 181 SJ Newman 189 KI Norman 184 GH James 180 MR Stott 183 JA Dodgson 178 JIP Simpole 171 BP Donnelly 173 PG Farr 175 RJ Almond 175
		8½ 7½
Congratulations to Cambs on regaining their title, in the face of sterling resistance from a Sussex team not noticeably different from the one that turned out all through the season in the SCCU stage. Sussex I is among the most consistent of teams, in terms of player loyalty.

SEMI FINALS
	Sussex*	9.6.01	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	DB Graham 201 (W) MD Nicholas 201 FJ Kwiatkowski 190 M Broom 198 B Cafferty 194 TE Rendle 181 SJ Newman 189 KI Norman 184 GH James 180 CI Howell 181 MR Stott 183 JA Dodgson 178 JIP Simpole 171 MO Costley 179 RJ Almond 175 BP Donnelly 173	0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½	C Baker 220 S Dighton 193 N Thomas 191 K Van Drunen 189 I Galloway 188 P Holt 187 S Fishburn 190 A Lloyd 183 R Wildig 181 P Webster 168 P Davies 175 K Escott 171 K Ingram 172 M Hunt 164 M Smyth 173 A Baruch 175
(Holmer Green Bucks)		8½ 7½

	Cambs*	9.6.01	Essex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	J Mestel 232 (W) J Parker 241 H Hunt 233 M Ferguson 220 D Moskovic 207 D Hassabis 202 M Walker 197 J Conlon 202 P Kemp 189 D Hodge 188 N Moloney 185 R Churm 185 L Retallick 179 O Dieguez O Winfridsson 172 P McMahon 171	½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1	J Rogers 221 O Ganbold 2417 R Webb 219 D Sands 196 L Trent 191 J Manley 191 J Hodgson 200 J Goldberg 198 R White 191 M Rich 187 J Moore 174 P Fallon 177 R Parker 177 W Saunders 175 I Myall 173 L Marden 169
(Emmanuel College)		8 8
Cambs won (49-53) on board count.

QUARTER FINALS
	Dorset	19.5.01	Sussex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	GA White 194 (B) AJ Pleasants 179 AJ Dommett 178 GJ Willetts 174 A Footner 170 D Reddie 169 PM Kemp 169 LJ Laker 166 CB Jenks 165 SC Crisp 164 S Giraud e159 KA Sarahs 152 R Burton 151 HD Needham 150 A Harman-Bishop 151 MG Bond 147	0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½	DB Graham 201 MD Nicholas 201 FJ Kwiatkowski 190 B Cafferty 194 TE Rendle 181 SJ Newman 189 KI Norman 184 GH James 180 MR Stott 183 CI Howell 181 JA Dodgson 178 JIP Simpole 171 MO Costley 179 RJ Almond 175 PG Farr 175 RTF Williams 136
(Kinson Bournemouth)		4 12

	Cambs*	19.5.01	Gtr Manchester
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Matthew Turner 238 (B) Brian Kelly 228 Harriet Hunt 233 Mark Ferguson 220 Graham Burgess 210 David Moskovic 207 Joe Conlon 202 Martin Walker 197 Aron Cohen 190 Paul Kemp 189 Nathan Alfred 191 David Hodge 188 David Garner 180 Lloyd Retallick 179 Ola Winfridsson 172 Paul McMahon 171	1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1	PL Macklin 207 VL Knox 191 DI Hulmes 198 RA Beach 192 W Ilecki 197 MJ Surtees 196 A Longson 188 AA Smith 194 AJ Walton 184 RM Lothian 182 DA Shaw 181 AK Reeve 176 H Lamb 180 DA Knox 130 GP Burton 180 A Tyton 155
(Solihull)		8½ 7½

	Yorks*	19.5.01	Essex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	RJD Palliser 208 (W) CN Dunworth 218 PM Gayson 201 DM Adams 198 MP Townsend 204 AW Potts 198 I Gourlay (188) (1) J Burnett 196 GCB Jones 182 SA Fraser 184 ML White 180 R Van Kemenade 185 LM Wooldridge 173 P Cumbers 176 PB Blackman 165 I Lewyk	0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1	JW Rogers 221 RM Webb 219 N Carr *199 L Trent 191 JP Manley 181 JH Hodgson 200 JA Goldberg 198 RP White 191 MC Rich 187 R Heppinstall (r) 158 PS Fallon 177 R Parker 177 IBN Smith 174 AL Charity 178 WL Saunders 175 IJ Myall 173
(Gaddesby Leics)		7½ 8½
Yes, we really got this result from both sides. ¹Bd 7: Brackets Yorkshire's. A Yorks footnote, referring most likely to this player, says "Yorkshire grade". He isn't in the BCF master list.

MINOR COUNTIES

FINAL
	Norfolk	7.7.01	Herts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Michael Harris 204 (W) Michael Gough 200 Zalfikar Sali 200 David Lemoir 190 Owen Hindle 201 Roderick Calindas 180 Stephen Orton 184 Ken McEwan 178 Paul Smith 178 Roy Hughes 171 David Hall 168 Andy Hartland 159 Steven Moore 154 John Allison 152 Paul Badger 149 Mark Hindle 145	½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½	Simon JB Knott 220 Gary Kenworthy 198 Costas Harris 204 Steve Swanson 199 Paul V Byway 186 Bill P Somerset 180 Jerry F Rudge 185 Howard L Tebbs 176 Philip J Gregory 176 Kevin R Clark 173 JN Fraser-Mitchell 170 John R Denton 164 Chris E Majer 157 Caius Turner 150 Barry Morris 160 Steven Weston 154
(mean 176)		4½ 11½	(mean 178)
This is Herts's third Minor Championship on the trot.

SEMI FINAL
	Oxon*	9.6.01	Herts*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Matthew Rose 202 (W) Jochen Wittmann 199 Paul Cooksey 183 Jon Lappage 165 Tim R Dickinson 187 Stephen Willetts 180 Dave G Hackett 181 Dave J Bruce 173 Jim N Stayt 171 Graham W Chapman 169 Mark Nightall e160 Will Burt 162 Peter Lipman e160 Ray J Starkie 164 Peter Hastings 147 Nick Kenrick 137	0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1	Simon JB Knott 220 Gary Kenworthy 199 Costas Harris 205 Steve Swanson 198 Paul V Byway 186 Bill P Somerset 180 Howard L Tebbs 178 Philip J Gregory 176 Kevin R Clark 173 Steve J Tovey 174 John R Denton 164 Chris E Majer 157 Barry Morris 160 Caius Turner 150 Steven Weston 154 Brian Judkins 149
(Long Hanborough)		7 9

QUARTER FINALS
	Surrey*	27.5.01	Norfolk
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Paul Barnard 140 (r) Peter Sowray 210 Kevin Richardson 198 Peter Kemp 196 Alan Punnett 184 Julien Shepley 174 David Sedgwick 178 Mike Smart 170 Phil Stimpson 169 Chris Clegg 167 Dan Erichsen 166 Roy Reddin 166 Neil Maxwell 165 Paul Dupré 162 David Spearman 159 Joe Skielnik 156	0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½	Mike Harris 204 (W) Mike Gough 200 David LeMoir 188 Roderick Calindas e185 Steve Orton 185 Ben Collinson 183 Paul Smith 176 Ken McEwan 178 Roy Hughes 171 Alec Toll 171 Andy Hartland 159 Steven Moore 154 Paul Badger 149 James Heppell 141j Alex Niedzwiedzki 143 Nick Gorvin 139
(Wanstead House)		7½ 8½

	Worcs	20.5.01	Herts*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	def (B) P Kitson 180 J Edge 180 R Thomas 171 E Myers 164 A Taylor 156 M Bethel 155 M Bissell 153 G Herbert 151 K Hurney 151 I Truscott 150 E Horwill 149 R Pinder 145 D Jackson 141 J Heath 138 J Wilson 124	0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0	Simon JB Knott 220 Gary Kenworthy 199 Costas Harris 205 Steve Swanson 198 Bill P Somerset 180 Howard L Tebbs 178 Philip J Gregory 176 Kevin R Clark 173 JN Fraser-Mitchell 170 John R Denton 164 Barry Morris 160 Chris E Majer 157 Neil Rughwani 156 Caius Turner 150 Steven Weston 154 David E Bower 152
(Long Hanborough)		3½ 12½

	Wilts	19.5.01	Oxon*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	C Cobb 214 (B) S Zeidler 205 R Haydon 198 P Richmond 200 T Headlong 192 J Bourne 178 A Cooper 173 N Wingfield 165 C Phoutsady 150 F Headlong 140 D Tomboline 139 D Ward 136 A Champion 134 T Woodward 132 J Chase 128 A Webb 120	0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0	Matthew Rose 202 Jochen Wittmann 199 Paul Cooksey 184 Jon Lappage 165 Tim R Dickinson 187 Stephen Willetts 180 Dave G Hackett 185 Dave J Bruce 173 Jim Stayt 171 Graham W Chapman 169 Will Burt 162 Peter Lipman e160 Nick J Hepworth 158 Ray J Starkie 162 Peter B Hastings 147 def
(Swindon)		6 10

UNDER 175

FINAL
	Warwicks	7.7.01	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Keith Escott 171 (W) Richard Millward 173 Martyn Smyth 173 Andrew Talbot 172 Chris Charman 174 Paul Webster 168 A McCumskey 161 Li Wu 165 Malcolm Hunt 164 Alistair Dawson 164 Bob Walker 162 Tony Hickey 166 David Cooper 158 Will Harwood 158 Alan Rogerson 156 Karl Forman 155	½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½	Tim Hebbes 174 John Moore 174 Larry Marden 169 Ivan Myall 173 Howard Grist 173 Martin McCall 170 Paul Williamson 172 Neville Twitchell 168 Peter Doye 164 Terry Whitton 164 David Millward 165 John White 166 George McNally 163 Julian Winkworth 163 Ian Hunnable 159 Colin Ramage 158
		10 6

SEMI FINAL
	Cambs	10.6.01	Essex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Chris Dorrington 172 (B) Ola Winfridsson 172 Paul McMahon 171 Nigel Holroyd 166 Alan Downham 165 Konrad Scheffler 163 Martin Pinner 162 Richard Lamont 161 Andrew Walkingshaw 160 Mark Szymanski 160 Mark Campbell 159 Bjorn Holzhauer e159 Brian Panter e156 Moses Kanduko e155 Ray Illett 155 Philip Turp 148	0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½	Tim Hebbes 174 John Moore 174 Larry Marden 169 Ivan Myall 173 Howard Grist 173 Martin McCall 170 Paul Williamson 172 Neville Twitchell 168 Peter Doye 164 Terry Whitton 164 David Millward 165 George McNally 163 Julian Winkworth 163 Paul Barclay 163 (r) Ian Hunnable 159 Colin Ramage 158
(Whittlesford)		6 10

QUARTER FINAL
	Warwicks	19.5.01	Sussex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Keith Escott 171 Richard Millward 173 Martin Smyth 173 Sophie Tidman 170 Paul Webster 168 Andrew McCumiskey 161 Li Wu 165 Matthew Fletcher 161 Bob Walker 162 Tony Hickey 166 Colin Green 159 Derek Price 159 Will Harwood 158 Alan Rogerson 156 Karl Forman 155 Lee Collier 152	½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0	Brian Donnelly 173 James C Mansson 170 James P Munday 169 Paul A Barchelor 167 Stephen ON Hawes 165 Ian G Kelly 161 Michael J Reddie 160 Stephen Blewitt 159 Adrian O Pickersgill 158 Alan H Palmer 157 Chris N Hann 147 Andrew SJ Fleming 151 David S Hall 141 Gino Scamardella 150 L John Cannon 145 Brian J Izzard 150
(Holmer Green Bucks)		11 5

UNDER 150

FINAL
	Essex	7.7.01	Gtr Manchester
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Oliver Froom 148 (B) Kevin White 149 Stan Harwood 148 John A Philpott 146 Richard J Weeber 147 Bobby Payne 145 Michael Bridger 140 Jason Roberts 136 Dave Cannan 140 Tony Drake 142 Philip Zammit 135 Dave Rawlings 135 Thomas G Winter 135 David FC Bird 135 Steve Collins 130 Ian P Morgan 127	½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1	TR Brown 139 I Thompson 120 P Plant 125j A Dekker 145 D Onley 128 D Sheppard 140 T Vout 116 C Jardine 145 J Jip 141 D Beedle 136 MI Connor 127 R Sumner 128 D Pardoe 121 M Crowther 128 C Statter 105 D Kierman 135
		5½ 10½
The Greater Manchester team order has excited comment elsewhere on this page as well as in Open Forum. But no one would begrudge them their convincing victory.

SEMI FINALS
	Essex*	9.6.01	Norfolk
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Oliver Froom 148 (B) Kevin White 149 Richard J Weeber 147 John A Philpott 146 Bobby Payne 145 Tony Drake 142 Michael Bridger 140 Jason Roberts 136 Dominic Allen 134 Dave Rawlings 135 Thomas G Winter 135 David FC Bird 135 Dave Burke 134 Steve Collins 130 Ken Groce 129 Ian P Morgan 127	½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0	J McEvoy 147 M Hindle 145 G Blowers 144 R Wood 143 J Heppell 141 C Tuffin 140 T Mantripp 139 J Dawson 139 Alex Niedzwiedzki 137 D Lubbock 131 I Gladwell 130 G Tebble 130 J Wickham 129 B Hollyoak 120 A Donnelly 120 P Heppell 108
(Maldon)		8 8
Essex won on board count.

	Gtr Manchester	9.6.01	Sussex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	TR Brown 139 (B) I Thompson 120 P Plant 125j D Onley 128 D Sheppard 140 T Vout 116 D Pardoe 121 J Jip 141 M Connor 127 R Sumner 128 J Clissold 126 R Mistry 116 J Wain 129 M Crowther 128 A Beresford 134 C Statter 105	0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0	John L Bryant 149 Chris N Hann 147 L John Cannon 145 WH Partridge 145 Paul R Selby 143 David L Roberts 142 David S Hall 141 Jeremy LA Stone 138 PN Kington 137 Ray TF Williams 136 David J Cork 135 Keith Davies 131 Timothy J Woods 131 Marc A Bryant 119 Ray Hunt 119 Peter Helliwell 107
(Gaddesby Leics)		9 7
"The apparently higgledy-piggledy order of the Manchester team was due to the late arrival of their captain. A member of his team produced a note with a team list which turned out to be not what he actually wanted...." That's given rise to some correspondence in Open Forum. Then the (regular) Sussex captain tells us 26.9.01, only three and three-quarter months late, that we have the Sussex order wrong on boards 8-10. His stand-in had it wrong as well, then. We have moved Mr Williams down two boards as requested, with consequent upshuffling for Stone and Kington. There seems to be no disagreement about the results on those boards, it's just that different people have got them now.

QUARTER FINALS
	Devon	19.5.01	Sussex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	S Pope 143 (B) PM Rogers 144 J Gorodi 141 DR Rogers 141 DJ Adams 135 S Boniface 133 S Wingrove 130 C Deakin 131 KJ Bloodworth 127 RH Jones 125 M Stinton 123 MD Hamon 121 T Stephenson 119 AL Therrien 95 W Sapiecha 109 BR Wilkinson 110	0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0	JL Bryant 149 PR Selby 143 DL Roberts 142 JLA Stone 138 SC Howell 137 PN Kington 137 DJ Cork 135 K Davies 131 TJ Woods 131 MR Hickman 130 MA Bryant 119 RK Hunt 119 A Bradbury 118 M Plume 105 ER Lamb 106 DJ Opie -
(Kinson Bournemouth)		6½ 9½

	Cambs	19.5.01	Essex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	P Turp 148 (B) R Newman 146 P Ribbands 143 T Donaghay 141 C Watkins 141 J Daugman 140 T Bramley 140 M Misson 137 M Connelly 137 P Barkas 136 S Pride 136 A Gregory 135 G Ward 132 P Henaghan 137 M Tuplin 131 F Jones 129	0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1	Oliver Froom 148 Kevin White 149 S Harwood 148 John A Philpott 146 Richard J Weeber 147 Bobby Payne 145 Michael Bridger 140 Tony Drake 142 Jason Roberts 136 Dominic Allen 134 Thomas G Winter 135 Dave Rawlings 135 David FC Bird 135 Ken Groce 129 Steve Collins 130 Ian P Morgan 127
(Whittlesford. Don't ask.)		5 11
John Philpott fills us in. "An extremely pleasant village within five minutes of Junction 10 to the M11. It admirably fulfilled the criterion of being close to the border between the two Counties referred to in Neville Belinfante's letter of yesterday to Open Forum. Indeed for at least three members of the Essex team from the Metropolitan end of the County considerably easier to get to than Maldon where the Essex U150s staged their home matches this season."

UNDER 125

FINAL
	Hampshire	7.7.01	Lancashire
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Stephen D Lefevre 124 Peter T Roberson 123 James I Chilton 124 Majid Manzouri 122 Peter Dallas 119 David Rogers 120 Brian Grant 112 David A Eland 115 Brian E Gale 114 Paul Siddaway 115 David Fields 113 David O Drew 111 Martin R Garrod 113 Martin Baxter 104 Paul R Flack 108 Mathew Gregory 102	0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0	L Stojnich 124 (B) C Tillotson 124 P Howarth 123 S Flaherty 122 C Carey 121 G Hughes 117 C Hazlehurst 117 P Horam 114 H Praeger 113 G Jones 111 C Lythgoe 114 B Tinton 110 D Bower 108 A Dickinson 107 SM Fanning 102 A Rigby 99
		6½ 9½

QUARTER FINALS
	Lancs	20.5.01	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	John McBride 123 Laza Stojnich 124 Carl Tillotson 124 Peter Howarth 123 Steve Flaherty 122 Con Carey 121 Joe Royle 119 Cory Hazlehurst 117 Paul Horam 114 Craig Lythgoe 114 Harry Praeger 113 Geoff Jones 111 Bruce Tinton 110 Daniel Bower 108 Steve Fanning 102 Tony Rigby 99	½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0	David Hodgson 124 Fred Manning 123 Chris Dixon 122 Tim Chapman 120 Sarah Hegarty 116 Sagar Deva 116 Julian Pardoe 113 Jerry Pol 112 Mathew Taylor 106 Mike Gunn 105 Keith Lovell 104 Mike Bolan 100 Richard Davey 92 Mike Adams 89 Sandy Smyth 84 Len Black 79
(Nottingham)		9½ 6½
Bds 3, 5: Lancs claim draws on ground that opponent cannot win by normal means. On 5 they have B v N + P. 3 is 6K1/6P1/7k/3Q4/5q2/8/8/8: White (Surrey) to move, and Lancs have submitted lengthy computer analysis demonstrating a draw. (If they think it takes lengthy computer analysis, isn't that close to an admission that it's winnable by normal means?) 27.5.01. So we thought. In fact both positions came back as draws. Board 3 did look drawn, and the computer was probably an irrelevance. It's just that it was possible for Black to go wrong. It was the sort of position where an on-the-spot arbiter would probably have said "draw" as soon as Black had demonstrated that he wasn't going to go wrong. But that's a "making no progress" claim, and this wasn't one. We conclude that the arbiter thought Black's correct defence so obvious as not to need demonstrating.

	Herts*	19.5.01	Merseyside
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	P Bunce 122 (B) R Kearns 123 G Howard 122 L Hyland e120 K Griggs 123 D Price 120 G Lane 108 P Laskier 116 B Edwards 118 T Rixon 115 K Woodhouse 110 C Byrne 106 J Lanaway 108 J Leake 104 R Harrison 101 Q Latif 100	½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1	JM Wiseman 119 S Digwood 117 S Lee 115 T Morley 115 A Charles 114 T Murphy 105 P Rimmer 104 C Swallow 102 B McHugh 83 S Burge 92 C Burr 106 B Holmes 85 G Solomon 85 M Worrall 80 M Johnson 50 B McLean -
		5½ 10½

UNDER 100

FINAL
	Cleveland	7.7.01	Lancashire
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Carl Shuttleworth 97 (W) Will Place 98 Suresh Keswani 99 Matthew Gee-Smith 89 Paul Gorley 89 David Gorley 93 Matthew Jackman 74 Graham Shuttleworth Brian Norman 89 Norman Cole 83 Ian Peden Nick Webb 80	1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½	Steve Gardner 96 David Gillespie 98 Peter Dirs 97 Dennis Davies 98 Michael Horne 84 Toby Greenwood 99 Simon Rogers 98 Charles Cooper 89 David Hart 75 Robert Hart 54 Chris Walker 75 Daniel Zajac 66
		6½ 5½
Cleveland seem to have supplied no grades for the Final. The Cleveland Secretary, once more called into action, confirms that the ones we looked up seem to be right. He also confirms two amendments to names which the captain got wrong.

QUARTER FINALS
	Cleveland	20.5.01	Essex*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	C Shuttleworth 97 M Gee-Smith 89 P Gorley 89 D Gorley 93 S Keswani 99 N Huntley 68 S Fraser 91 N Cole 83 P Whittingham 93 N Webb 80 I Peden R(?) Perrett ?58 (1)	1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1	T Garrett 96 R Prickett 96 J Luck 94 P Brander 89 L Whittaker 92 A Murphy 89 B Nisbet 91 K Murray 87 J Tuitt 83 A Charles 81 T Field 75 T Winkworth 74
(Church Hall)		7½ 4½
Board 7: Essex score this as a win for both sides. We print 0-1 because it fits the totals given, but can't vouch for it. We've not actually looked for Church Hall on our road map. We have "corrected" two of the Essex names, and the Cleveland Secretary has helped 18.6.01 with some of the Cleveland ones we'd had trouble with. He has not queried our board-7 score so we guess it's right. ¹ Said to be R Perrett of Middlesbrough, graded probably 58. No R Perrett found, but there is a C Perrett of Middlesbrough with that grade. John Philpott and the Cleveland Secretary inform us that Church Hall is a locality in Syston.

	Kent	5.5.01	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Errol Campbell 99 Jacques Tivillier 98 Peter Platts 98 Terry Matthews 96 Sue Farrington 94 Elwyn Isted 92 Conor Cormican 90 Neil Lang 89 Alan Fraser 88 Tom Stevens 88 Laurie Jones 87 John Spink 85	0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0	M Humphries 98 A Bullock 94 R Turner 92 D Welsh 91 P Woodward 89 D McCarthy 89 D Rowe 82 J Packenham 81 D Young A Fowkes J Fahy P Bull
		4 8

PRELIMINARY ROUND
	Essex*	21.4.01	Beds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Dana Hawrami 98 Ron Prickett 96 Teresa Garrett 96 Jim Luck 94 Len Whittaker 92 Bill Nisbet 91 Peter Brander 89 Ken Murray 87 John Tuitt 83 Alex Charles 81 Terry Field 75 Thomas Winkworth 74	0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1	Michael Botteley (1) Brian Cunningham 94 Nigel Walker Neville Stimson 94 David Phillips 90 Des Welton 83 David S Jones 80 Tom Pritchard 77 Kevin Jones 72 Matthew Puffett Jacqui Thomas Adam Georgiou
(Wanstead House)		8 4
^{1 Bd 1. Originally given as Broadley. This was our best attempt at a name not entirely clear in the Essex captain's result sheet. We have now heard from Kevin Williamson, Beds match captain, saying it's Botteley. He should know, and we thank him.}

Some notes, migrated from further up the page.

23.3.01: Essex U175 had been drawn against E2 in the Quarter Final. But there wasn't an E2. Cambridgeshire, who were going to be E2, had been promoted to E1 replacing Bedfordshire who decided not to proceed. There was no one to replace Cambridgeshire because Cambridgeshire came bottom.
Yes, EACU is the Union that gets to nominate a team that came bottom. They actually didn't have an U175 qualifying competition. Their U175 nominees came from the Open competition. There were four teams in it, and everybody got a prize. Top two got Minor nominations, bottom two U175. This was simply illegal. The only way a Union can get two qualifiers is to hold a competition. No reason why it shouldn't be incorporated in something else, but the fact remains that teams that come bottom in it can't qualify. As it's worked out, everything's legal again. Any Union can make one nomination. Cambs never came bottom, because there wasn't an U175 event.

A Note about Northerners. The NCCU qualifying competition was a match between Yorkshire and Lancashire. Yorks won 9-7. These two were also the only NCCU entrants at U175 and U150. In the U125 and U100 the Northern entries were a respectable 6 and 5.

Note 1.4.01. It has just been announced that the Finals, previously 7th July, are brought forward by one week to allow the Times Finals to be played at the same venue. We have no word yet of a changed date for the Semi Finals.
Note 2.4.01. Oh dear, this seems to have been a hoax. The Finals are on the 7th July.