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2024 National Stages
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:27 am
by Mick Norris
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24 March – Close of nominations
27 April – U1850 Preliminary Round
11 May – Open, Minor Counties, U1850 & U1450 Quarter Finals
18 May – U2050 & U1650 Quarter Finals
08 June – Semi Finals of all championships
06 July – Finals of all championships
A decision as to the finals being held at one or more central/regional venues has not yet been taken.
The 1st September monthly standard Official Original list (Blue September 2023) categories A and K determines eligibility for the purposes of the rating limited sections and team average in the Minor Counties. Eligibility for players without such a rating will be assigned a competition rating according to their first published category K or A rating in subsequent Official Original standard lists (blue) and otherwise by the allocation of a competition estimate by the National Controller.
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:14 pm
by Mick Norris
LMS with details of nominations which close today; 4 NCCU matches underway as I type this
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:43 am
by Mick Norris
Union nominations for 2024 championships - deadline 24/3/2024
Event EACU1..EACU2..MCCU1..MCCU2..NCCU1..NCCU2..SSCU1..SCCU2..WECU1..WECU2
Open ........................................................Nland....Yorks..Surrey..Kent...................................
Minor Nfolk....Beds.....Lincs......Worcs..................................Sussex.................Somerset..Devon
U2050 ....................................................G Manc..Cleve'd......Essex...Surrey.................................
U1850 Sfolk....Herts....Lincs.......Staffs.....G Manc..Yorks..........Kent.....Msex........Hampshire..........
U1650 ..........................Lincs......Worcs...Yorks....G Manc......Kent.....Surrey.................................
U1450 ..........................Staffs..... Worcs..Yorks....G Manc......Msex... Essex...................................
Preliminary round only in the u1850
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:07 am
by Mick Norris
The draw is available on the LMS
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:47 pm
by Mick Norris
Yorks beat Staffs in the u1850 preliminary round
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 10:53 am
by Mick Norris
Quarter finals started yesterday, 3 matches today, more next weekend
Yorkshire u1850 won again but the u1450 lost
Greater Manchester campaign starts today in Syston
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Mon May 13, 2024 5:03 pm
by Mick Norris
Minor Counties semi-finals are Sussex v Norfolk and Lincs v Somerset
u1850 are Yorks v Herts and G Man v Lincs
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2024 4:50 pm
by Mick Norris
Semifinals being played today, the Open match between Northumberland and Kent only over 12 boards
U1450 final will be Middlesex v Essex
Open Northumberland v Surrey
u2050 G Man v Cleveland
u1850 Herts v G Man
u1650 G Man v Yorks
Minor Sussex v Lincs
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2024 10:40 pm
by KMcCarthy
So 2 Northern 'Derbies' and 1 Southern
1850,Minor and Open are all 200 miles plus apart so much to be discussed on either 5 mid-points or 1 central venue given there is only 4 weeks to organise venues/transport/accomodation
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:00 am
by Mick Norris
Yes, G Man play Yorks home or away in the NCCU, and Cleveland at York, we played Herts at Water Orton a few years back
I assume Middlesex and Essex can sort themselves out
Not sure there's an obvious choice of neutral venue to be a fair place for more than 1 match
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 12:44 am
by KMcCarthy
Yeah harsh on Sussex if we went Cov/Brum neutral venue for all 3 of the distant ones ..presume Cambridge venue for Lincs vs Sussex as about 105 miles each
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:07 am
by Mick Norris
Yes, Cambridge and Saffron Waldron
Northumberland and Surrey might be Chesterfield or Worksop
G Man and Herts maybe Coventry
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:12 am
by Kevin Thurlow
The venue for Lincs vs Somerset was very good. According to AA Route, Brighton to Bearley is about the same time/distance as Grimsby to Bearley. A North-South mid-point is probably achievable, although there are not so many motorways there.
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:29 pm
by David Sedgwick
Congratulations to the Surrey Open Team and Commiserations to the Surrey U2050 Team.
I note that in the Final Surrey will be playing Northumberland. I hope that a central venue can be found which both Counties can reach.
Re: 2024 National Stages
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:32 pm
by Graham Alcock
Surrey played Northumberland in both Open and U-2050 last year. Both matches were played in Newark although at different venues.
Of more concern is the clash of the final with the World Senior Teams, which will affect a substantial proportion of the Surrey players.