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This year's event has started -
Matches to be completed by the end of April.
Minor - 8 Teams
Heywood v Wallasey
Austin Friars v Darlington
Hartlepool v Crusaders
Waterloo v Rochdale
Intermediate - 9 Teams
Heywood v Hartlepool
Austin Friars v Wallasey
Skelmersdale v Windermere
Crusaders v Penrith / Waterloo
Major - 7 Teams
Atherton (the holders) Bye
Rochdale v Alwoodley
Crusaders v Barrow
Wallasey v Heywood
Open - start awaited
2006/07 Competition Three of the finals took place at Heywood on 26th May - In the Open, Durham won 3-1 against Heywood In the Major Atherton beat Heywood by 3-1 In the Intermediate Atherton won 3-1 against Waterloo Thanks to Steve Fanning of Atherton for the photos. The Minor took place in Penrith on 3rd June and Crusaders won against Hartlepool All the results are in these links - Prize Fund £1,200! Following the success of the Northern Membership Scheme and a reinvestment in the Club Championship of some of the additional income that was generated, this year's prize money was doubled. For each section the winners will receive £200 and the runners-up £100. Here are the contact details for the captains - Contacts And the Rules - The Rules Results sheet - Results Sheet The details of the previous events are below. 2005/06 Competition The Finals all took place in Heywood at the Freemasons Arms on Saturday, 27th May. In the Open Preston 3½ Wallasey ½ In the Major Heywood 3½ Wallasey ½ In the Intermediate Southport 3 Preston 1 In the Minor Heywood 2½ Waterloo ½ The Newsletter of the 2004/05 tournament, is here in pdf format - Newsletter Print it double sided to make it look right! 2004/05 Competition The Winners were - Open - Durham 3 -1 Preston. Major - Sheffield 3 - 1 Aigburth Intermediate - Elmwood 2½ -1½ Preston. Minor - Heywood 2½ - 1½ Waterloo. Photos from the three finals that took place at Heywood - Presentations by Bill O'Rourke - President of the NCCU Major - Winners Sheffield - Runners-up Aigburth Intermediate - Winners Elmwood - Runners-up Preston Minor - Winners Heywood Runners-up Waterloo
Here are the routes to the final - The Newsletter for last year's tournament, can be downloaded here - (it should be printed double sided - it then looks fine!) If you haven't got the software to read the Newsletter, then you can download it for free from here - http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readermain.html 2003/04 Competition In the Open Waterloo are the Champions after a 3-1 victory over Burnley. In the Major, Swinton beat Rochdale.3-1 In the Intermediate, Wallasey had a walkover win against Elmwood In the Minor, Elmwood won by 2½-1½ against Wallasey 2002/03 Competition OPEN - Preston 2½ v Rochdale 1½ MAJOR - Sheffield 1½ v Wallasey 2½ INTERMEDIATE - Hunts Cross 2 v Preston 2 (Hunts Cross win on board count) MINOR - Chorley 3 v Waterloo A 1 The Open final took place on 21st May and resulted in a victory for Preston by 2½-1½ over the holders, Rochdale. Congratulations to Preston after being runners-up in the previous 2 years. The Major was won by Wallasey for the 4th time in a row. Sheffield were again the unlucky victims in a close match. Below are Andy Legge, the Wallasey Major Board 1 receiving the trophy from Bill O'Rourke, the NCCU Secretary, and then the Wallasey Team, with Captain Stef McLoughlin on the left. Hunts Cross had a narrow board count victory against previous winners Preston. Here we have Steve Lee, the Hunts Cross Intermediate Captain, receiving the trophy and then the Hunts Cross Team. Chorley and Waterloo played in the Minor final on 1st June and the winners were Chorley by 3-1 and they deserved their success after several years of trying. All the results 2002/03 competition are at - 2001/2 Championships
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