NCCU Club Championship
Matches to be completed by the end of April.
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
All results are here -