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Northern Counties Chess Union

Established 1899

A constituent unit of the English Chess Federation

 

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15/03/2026

Final NCCU County Match Weekend

 

Sunday 15th of March 2026 was set to see the three final matches in the Northern Union stage of the ECF County Championships, with Gr. Manchester with home matches against Lancashire in both the Under 2050 and Under 1650 sections at the Fletcher Hall, Vicarage Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 OWA, and Yorkshire at home to Merseyside in the Under 1850 section at the Stumble Inn, 116 Woodhead Rd, Holmbridge, Holmfirth, HD9 2NL.

 

In the event, Merseyside was unable to raise a team and so conceded the match: Yorkshire U-1850 12-0 Merseyside U-1850.

 

The U-2050 match was won by Greater Manchester.  Results were as follows.

 

Greater Manchester CCA U2050

7-5

Lancashire CA U2050

B

Alannah Ashton

0-1

Max Fyson

W

David Burgess

1-0

George Fishwick

B

Adam Tyton

1-0

Andrew A Clarkson

W

Leo Cheung

½-½

Om Reddy Jayar

B

Christopher Hodgson

1-0

Scott Riley

W

Michael I Connor

0-1

Andrew Jaques

B

Ondrej Chalupa

½-½

Phil M Taylor

W

Nathan Harvey-Jones

1-0

Matthew Grimley

B

Stephen Katona

0-1

Kevin Shaw

W

Aram Marsh

1-0

Philip N Raynor

B

Jason Wildgoose

1-0

George Bland

W

Mohammed Andeel

0-1

T Ben O'Rourke

 

The U-1650 match was won by Greater Manchester as follows.

 

Greater Manchester CCA U1650

9½-2½

Lancashire CA U1650

W

Jake Howard

1-0

Dave S Almond

B

Edward Chu

1-0

David E Aspinall

W

Chris Gallagher

1-0

Steve Jones

B

Matthew Heritage

1-0

Richard Smith

W

Paul Leonard

1-0

Gordon L Glover

B

Yavuz Aydin Kocak

1-0

Natalie Haydock

W

Steven White

½-½

Simon Hickey

B

Ian D Lamb

1-0

Anthony Jones

W

Anthony Jinks

0-1

Leon Kesiak

B

Robert Willans

0-1

John Moxham

W

Mohammed Rohman

1-0

Eric Green

B

Charlie Locke

1-0

Mark Haydock