NCCU Club Championship

I am no longer controller of this event - current details should be found on the NCCU website -  NCCU Site

Archive material below - I'll update this for the final results of the 2009/10 event over the weekend of 16th / 17th July 2011.

 

2008/09 Event

The report to the NCCU AGM is here -

NCCU_Club_Championships_2008_09.pdf

2008/09

Open

Atherton ½ - 3½ Heywood

Major

Quarter Finals

Atherton 1½-2½ Atticus

Barrow 2-2 Wallasey (Wallasey win on board count)

Heywood 1-3 Aigburth

Rochdale 2½-1½ Bradford

Semi Finals

Aigburth 1½-2½ Rochdale

Wallasey 2½-1½ Atticus

Final

Rochdale 2-2 Wallasey (Wallasey win on board count)

Intermediate

Quarter Finals

Penrith 1-3 Atherton

Skelmersdale 1½-2½ Crusaders

Heywood v Waterloo - Heywood through by default

Rochdale 1-3 Wallasey

Semi Finals

Crusaders 3-1 Atherton

Wallasey 1-3 Heywood

Final

Crusaders 1½-2½ Heywood

Minor

Quarter Finals

Crusaders  v Hartlepool - Hartlepool through by default

Heywood 2-2 Skelmersdale (Heywood win on board count)

Knights A 3-1 Waterloo B

Waterloo A 2-2 Knights B ( Waterloo win on board count)

Semi Finals

Heywood 2½-1½ Waterloo A

Knights A 1-3 Hartlepool

Final

Hartlepool 1-3 Heywood

 

 

2007/08 Event

Open

Preston 2½ v Heywood 1½ 

Major

 
¼-finals
Atherton - bye
Rochdale 1-3  Alwoodley
Crusaders defaulted to Barrow
Wallasey ½-3½ Heywood

½-finals  -

    Alwoodley 2-2 Atherton (Atherton won on Board Count)

    Heywood 2½ v 1½ Barrow 

Final

Heywood 2½ - 1½ Atherton

 

Intermediate

 
Prelim    Penrith 3-1 Waterloo
 
¼-finals
Heywood ½-3½ Hartlepool
Skelmersdale beat Windermere (no details)
Crusaders 2-2 Penrith (Crusaders win on grades)
Austin Friars 2 v 2 Wallasey (Wallasey win on board count)
 
½-finals
    Hartlepool 3-1 Crusaders
    Wallasey 1½-2½ Skelmersdale

Final

Skelmersdale 1½ v 2½ Hartlepool 

Minor

 
¼-finals
Heywood 1-3 Wallasey
Austin Friars v Darlington (defaulted)
Hartlepool 2½-1½ Crusaders
Waterloo 3-1 Rochdale
 
½-finals
Austin Friars  1-3 Hartlepool
Wallasey 3-1 Waterloo

Final

Hartlepool 2½ v 1½ Wallasey

NCCU Site

 

2006/07 Competition

Three of the finals took place at Heywood on 26th May -

In the Open, Durham won 3-1 against Heywood

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In the Major Atherton beat Heywood by 3-1

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In the Intermediate Atherton won 3-1 against Waterloo

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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 -

Open

Major

Intermediate

Minor

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 Wallasey ½

In the Major Heywood Wallasey ½

In the Intermediate Southport 3 Preston  1

In the Minor Heywood  2½ Waterloo ½

Open

Major

Intermediate

Minor

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 -

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Runners-up Aigburth

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 Intermediate -

Winners Elmwood -

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Runners-up Preston

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Minor -

Winners Heywood

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Runners-up Waterloo

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Here are the routes to the final -

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 The Newsletter for last year's tournament, can be downloaded here - (it should be printed double sided - it then looks fine!)

Newsletter

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

Open

Major

Intermediate

Minor

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.

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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.

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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  -

NCCU Open

NCCU Major

NCCU Intermediate

NCCU Minor

2001/2 Championships

All results are here -

Open  Section

Major Section

Intermediate  Section

Minor  Section