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Updated 30.6.99
NATIONAL CLUB

We give all results nationally. Can't place some of the teams anyway (who on earth are The Hen and Chickens?). We've got one list of addresses and have lost, or never had, the others.
     Finals 27.6.99: most of the results appear in detail on Neil Graham's site http://members.xoom.com/neilgraham

OPEN
Entry: 12 teams
Round 1 Bedford w/o def Barnet; Charlton 3 3 *Bristol & Clifton; Mushrooms 1½ 4½ Maidstone; Hounslow 1 5 Ilford; The Hen and Chickens 4 2 Guildford; Wood Green 4 2 Hastings & St Leonards
Round 2 (by 21.2.98) Bristol & Clifton 4 2 The Hen and Chickens; Ilford 5 1 Bedford; rest byes
Semi-finals (by 2.5.99) Ilford 4 2 Bristol & Clifton; Maidstone ½ 5½ Wood Green
Final Wood Green 4 2 Ilford
OPEN PLATE
Round 1 (by 21.2.99) Hastings & St Leonards 2 4 Hounslow; rest byes
Semi-finals (by 2.5.99) Hounslow beat Guildford; Mushrooms 1½ 4½ Charlton
Final Charlton* 3 3 Hounslow

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MAJOR U175
Entry: 18 teams
Round 1 Undercliffe 4½ ½ Huddersfield; Crusaders 2 3 Radbroke Hall; Northampton* 2½ 2½ Ashfield; Milton Keynes 3 2 Writtle; Cardiff4 1 Reading; Guildford 3 2 Slough; Maidstone 1 4 Wanstead & Woodford; Southbourne 3½ 1½ Cosham; Eastbourne 3 2 Southampton
Round 2 (by 14.2.99) Guildford 3½ 1½ Cardiff; rest byes
Round 3 (by 4.4.99) Radbroke Hall 3½ 1½ Undercliffe; Wanstead & Woodford* 2½ 2½ Northampton; Milton Keynes 2 3 Guildford; Southbourne 2 3 Eastbourne
Semi-finals Radbroke Hall 1 5 Guildford; Eastbourne 3½ 1½ Wanstead & Woodford
Final Guildford 3 2 Eastbourne
MAJOR PLATE
Round 1 (by 14.2.99) Ashfield 3 2 Huddersfield; rest byes
Round 2 (by 4.4.99) Ashfield w/o scr Crusaders; Writtle 1½ 3½ Maidstone; Reading w/o scr Slough; Cosham 2 3 Southampton
Semi-finals Southampton* 2½ 2½ Reading; Maidstone 2½ 2½ *Ashfield
Final Southampton* 2½ 2½ Ashfield

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INTERMEDIATE U150
Entry: 26 teams
Round 1
Basingstoke 2½ 2½ *Reading; Bedford 3 2 London Deaf; Bourne End* 2½ 2½ Cosham; Cardiff 4½ ½ Thornbury; Crusaders 3 2 Great Lever; Gambit 3 2 Prescot & Knotty Ash; Grimsby 3½ 1½ Rose Foregrove; Hereford 1 4 Walsall Kipping; Kings Head 1½ Basildon I; Maidstone 4½ ½ Hastings & St Leonards; Syston 1 4 Northampton YMC; Basildon w/o scr Waltham Forest; Hammersmith w/o scr Tunbridge Wells
Round 2 (by 14.2.99) Basildon I ½ 4½ Hammersmith; Northampton YMC 1 4 Bedford; Basildon II 1½ 3½ Maidstone; Reading 2 3 Bourne End; Walsall Kipping 1½ 3½ Gambit; rest byes
Quarter-finals (by 12.4.99) Bedford 4 1 Grimsby; Bourne End 2 3 Cardiff; Crusaders 2 3 Gambit; Hammersmith 2½ 2½ *Maidstone
Semi-finals Gambit 1½ 3½ Bedford; Maidstone* 2½ 2½ Cardiff
Final Maidstone 3 2 Bedford
INTERMEDIATE PLATE
Round 1 (by 14.2.99) London Deaf 3 2 Basingstoke; Thornbury 1 4 Hereford; Rose Foregrove 3½ 1½ Syston; Waltham Forest 1½ 3½ Kings Head; rest byes
Quarter-finals (by 12.4.99) Cosham 3 2 Hastings & St Leonards; Gt Lever 3 2 Prescot & Knotty Ash; Hereford 1 4 Rose Foregrove; Kings Head 4 1 London Deaf
Semi-finals Cosham 3 2 Kings Head; Rose Foregrove 4 1 Gt Lever
Final Cosham 3 2 Rose Foregrove

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MINOR U125
Entry: 28 teams
Round 1 Cardiff 1½ 3½ Aberystwyth Town; Walsall Kipping ½ 4½ Ashfield; Yorks Copperworks 3 2 Crusaders; Heywood 2 3 Alwoodley; Rose Foregrove 5 0 Rotherham Juniors; Whitstable 2½ 2½ *Powdermill; Basildon 3 2 Maidstone; Kings Head 3½ 1½ Eastbourne; Hastings & St Leonards 3 2 Capablanca; Coulsdon & Purley 2 3 Tunbridge Wells; Bourne End* 2½ 2½ Waltham Forest; Totnes* 2½ 2½ Reading; Basingstoke B 2 3 Cowley; Hesperides ½ 4½ Basingstoke A
Round 2 (by 21.2.99) Aberystwyth 1½ 3½ Yorks Copperworks; Ashfield 3½ 1½ Rose Foregrove; Powdermill 3 2 Hastings & St Leonards; Cowley 4½ ½ Basildon; Tunbridge Wells* 2½ 2½ Totnes; Basingstoke A 4½ ½ Kings Head; rest byes
Quarter-finals (by 11.4.99) Yorks Copperworks 2½ 2½ *Ashfield; Alwoodley 2½ 2½ *Basingstoke A; Powdermill 2 3 Cowley; Tunbridge Wells 2 3 Bourne End
Semi-finals (by 30.5.99) Basingstoke 3 2 Cowley; Ashfield 3½ 1½ Bourne End
Final Ashfield 3 2 Basingstoke
MINOR PLATE
Round 1 (by 21.2.99) Rotherham Juniors* 2½ 2½ Walsall Kipping; Waltham Forest 3 2 Basingstoke B; Eastbourne w/o scr Hesperides; rest byes
Quarter-finals (by 11.4.99) Crusaders 3 2 Rotherham Juniors; Reading 3 2 Eastbourne; Capablanca 0 5 Coulsdon & Purley; Maidstone 1 4 Waltham Forest
Semi-finals (by 30.5.99) Coulsdon & Purley 1½ 3½ Crusaders (Blackburn); Waltham Forest w/o scr Reading
Final Crusaders 3 2 Waltham Forest

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UNDER 100
Entry: 11 teams
Round 1 Ashtead w/o def Maidstone; Basingstoke 2½ 2½ *Magdalen College School; Cowley 3 2 Musketeers; Coulsdon & Purley* 2½ 2½ Reading
Round 2 (by 28.2.99) Magdalen College School 3 2 Cowley; Eastbourne 2 3 Ashtead; rest byes
Semi-finals Ashtead 3½ 1½ Coulsdon & Purley; Magdalen College School 4 1 St Marys Cannock
Final Magdalen College School 4 1 Ashtead
UNDER 100 PLATE
Round 1 Reading 1½ 3½ Basingstoke; Musketeers 2 3 Syston
Final Basingstoke 4 1 Syston

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HANDICAP RAPIDPLAY
Entry: 19 teams ("numbers less each subsequent year")
     Grading Stronger  
     difference team needs  
       6 - 15 4½ This has nothing on the Chiltern
     16 - 25 5 League of the 70s. See Ragbag
     26 - 35 5½  
     36 - 45 6  
     46+ 6½  
No one ever seems to have a fractional average grade. Don't know what the rounding rule is.

We're not very up to date in the Handicap Rapidplay, but we have a few odd results.
Round 1
Poulton le Fylde (157) 1 7 Bolton (188); Rotherham Juniors (144) ½ 7½ White Swan (182); Darnall & Handsworth (133) 7 1 Syston (86); Bedford (202) 5½ 2½ Mushrooms (190); Southbourne (174) ½ 7½ Cardiff (189); Maidstone (187) 5½ 2½ *The Holt (122); Guildford (193) 8 0 London Deaf (128); Basildon (120) 1½ 6½ Milton Keynes (167); Rainham (136) 2 6 Guildford B (141); Aberdare bye
Round 2 (by 7.2.99)
Cardiff v Aberdare; Milton Keynes v Bedford; rest byes
Round 3 (by 28.3.99)
Bolton beat Darnall & Handsworth; White Swan v Milton Keynes or Bedford; Guildford B (160) 3 5 Cardiff (164); Guildford v The Holt
Semi-Finals unknown, except Cardiff & Bolton must have won
Final Cardiff* (154) 2½ 5½ Bolton (190)
HANDICAP PLATE
Round 1 (by 7.2.99)
Maidstone v Rainham; rest byes
Round 2 (by 28.3.99)
Rotherham Juniors lost to Poulton le Fylde; Syston 0 8 Mushrooms; Southbourne v Maidstone or Rainham; Basildon beat London Deaf
Semi-Finals Mushrooms 5½ 2½ *Poulton le Fylde; and (presumably) Basildon beat Southbourne or Maidstone or Rainham
Final Poulton le Fylde (153) 8 0 Basildon (120)

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