12/06/2022
ECF
County Championship Semi-Finals
11th
– 12th June 2022
The weekend of 11th
& 12th June was the one scheduled for the semi-finals of the ECF County
(OTB) Championships in which there are an Open section, 4 rating-capped
sections (Under-2050, U-1850, U-1650 and U-1450), and the
average-rating-limited Minor County Championship (historically broadly for
counties who had not won anything for a long time, but now
rating-limited). Saturday is the “default” day for matches, though
teams in 4 of the 12 matches had agreed to play on the Sunday. Although
one team in a pairing is designated to play “at home”, the “away” team can
insist on a midway venue.
Yorkshire was
represented in 3 of the 6 sections: Open (captained by Peter Ackley), U-1850
(captained by Rupert Jones) and U-1650 (captained by David Mills).
Neighbouring NCCU rivals Lancashire were in 2: U-2050 and U-1650 (in parallel
with Yorkshire). Fellow NCCU county Northumberland was in the Open in
parallel with Yorkshire, though they were playing over only 12 boards.
Thus, in theory, two NCCU-only finals were on the cards, though only one of
these actually materialised.
In the Open, Yorkshire
were away to Greater Manchester, while Northumberland were away to Kent,
though a midway venue will have been chosen.
In the U-1850,
Yorkshire were away to Essex, playing at a midway venue, Syston and
District Social Club, Syston, Leicestershire.
In the U-1650,
Yorkshire were away to Warwickshire, playing at the same Syston venue,
while Lancashire had arranged to play Surrey on the Sunday.
Sunday was particularly
disappointing for Lancashire, who lost their U-2050 and U-1850 semi-final
matches 7-9 to Surrey.
Yorkshire now
progresses to the finals on 2nd July (venue as yet to be announced) with the
matches
Northumberland
v Yorkshire in the Open final,
and
Yorkshire v Middlesex in the U-1850 final.
Semi-final results
were as follows. Ratings given appear to be the June 2022 ones.
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ECF Open
Semi-Finals
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11/06/2022
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Bd
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Rating
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Greater Manchester
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4-12
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Yorkshire
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Rating
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1
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2119
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Mike J Surtees
(W)
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0-1
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Oskar
A Hackner
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2364
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2
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2186
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Niklas Geue
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˝-˝
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M
Paul Townsend
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2231
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3
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2071
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Ethan Norris
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0-1
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Peter Shaw
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2219
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4
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2008
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Tim Hilton
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0-1
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Chris C
W Shephard
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2189
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5
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1986
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Damian
M McCarthy
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˝-˝
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Alan
J Walton
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2178
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6
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1978
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Foivos Patrik Tzortzakos
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0-1
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Phil
R Watson
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2165
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7
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1961
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Marciel
T Flores
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˝-˝
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Jim Burnett
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2148
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8
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1933
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John S Reed
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0-1
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Andrei Ciuravin
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2150
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9
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1899
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Adam Scoular
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˝-˝
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David Latham
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2121
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10
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1874
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James A Murphy
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1-0
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Xiaofeng Zheng
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2126
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11
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1859
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Joel Hutchinson
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0-1
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Leo
A Keely
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2113
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12
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1814
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Martin P Gawne
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0-1
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Adam
R Lang
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2112
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13
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1800
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Chris Jardine
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˝-˝
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Peter J
E Ackley
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2095
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14
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1770
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Simon Wright
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0-1
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Christopher Bak
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2071
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15
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1761
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Paul D Doherty
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˝-˝
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Douglas Vleeshhouwer
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2069
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16
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1496
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Shulin Walia
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0-1
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Miles
D Edwards-Wright
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2066
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Ave.
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1907
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2151
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11/06/2022
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Kent
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5-7
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Northumberland
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ECF U-1850
Semi-Finals
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11/06/2022
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Group photo of both teams
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Bd
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Rating
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Essex
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5˝-10˝
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Yorkshire
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Rating
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1
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1845
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Igor Naumov
(W)
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0-1
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Daniel
W Hill
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1917
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photo
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2
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1828
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Peter
R Laundy
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˝-˝
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Luke Gostelow
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1863
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3
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1802
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Paul
R Barclay
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Steve Westmoreland
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1867
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4
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1794
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Ian
P Morgan
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0-1
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Sammy Benzaira
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1861
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5
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1782
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Alan
E Riddoch
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Zak Tomlinson
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1854
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photo
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6
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1778
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Stephen
W Berkley
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0-1
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Ben Strutt
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1843
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7
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1734
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Ben Harte
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0-1
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Peter
F Mason
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1822
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8
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1722
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Mark Rivlin
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˝-˝
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Randolph
E Donahue
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1802
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9
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1732
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Peter
A Nickals
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0-1
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Paul May
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1817
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photo
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10
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1718
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Alexandr Pereslavtsev
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1-0
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Maksym Kryshtafor
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1781
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photo
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11
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1700
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Trevor
A Dickerson
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Dave Colledge
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1769
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12
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1679
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Mike
J Cresswell
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0-1
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David Booth
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1764
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photo
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13
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1668
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Keith
B Cook
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0-1
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Peter Catt
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1760
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photo
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14
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1685
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Peter D
J McCarron
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0-1
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Nathaniel Holroyd‑Doveton
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1706
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photo
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15
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1658
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Peter
A Burgoyne
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1-0
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John Grasham
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1657
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photo
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16
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1599
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Sergey Pereslavtsev
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1-0
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Vivien Webster
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1627
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photo
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Ave.
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1733
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1794
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12/06/2022
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Devon
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5˝-8˝
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Middlesex
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ECF U‑1650 Semi‑Finals
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11/06/2022
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Bd
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Rating
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Warwickshire
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10˝‑5˝
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Yorkshire
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Rating
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1
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1654
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Chris
W Pitt (W)
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1-0
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Mark Shelmerdine
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1646
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photo
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2
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1618
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Fred
S Dickson
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˝-˝
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Rob Lockwood
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1625
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3
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1613
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Peter Stiff
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˝-˝
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Steve Harrington
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1609
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4
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1597
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Sam Hughes
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1-0
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John
G Taylor
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1606
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5
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1594
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Jon
A Asbury
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Colin Weller
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1600
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photo
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6
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1546
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Roy
G Watson
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˝-˝
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Norman
G Andrews
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1592
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7
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1540
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Alex Kagkalis
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1-0
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Graham
W Matthews
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1582
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8
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1515
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Philip Bennett
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˝-˝
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Robert Dennington
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1568
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9
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1515
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John
B Hall
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1-0
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Jacob Smith
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1566
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photo
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10
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1486
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Malcolm
S Harding
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0-1
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Richard White
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1552
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11
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1485
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Paul Davies
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Angelica Rowe
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1532
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12
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1393
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Peter
J Hughes
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1-0
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Colin Frank
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1524
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photo
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13
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1326
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Michael Wheeler
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1-0
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Daniel Meredith
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1486
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14
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1284
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Richard Simpson
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1-0
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Brendan Briggs
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1452
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15
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1218
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Simon
L Payne
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David Kilmartin
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1450
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16
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1169
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Geoffry
G Blissitt
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0-1
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Daniel Czerniuch
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1328
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Ave.
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1472
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1545
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12/06/2022
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Lancashire
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7-9
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Surrey
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Results could be
followed on LMS, most game results being entered there more or less as soon
as they occurred. For this we have John Reyes of Greater Manchester to
thank regarding the Open match, similarly the county championship controller,
Mark Murrell, for the U-1850 match, and Richard Buxton of Warwickshire for
the U-1650 match. Other worthies were elsewhere in the country
reporting on other matches. (Colours given on LMS for these matches
have been found to be wrong in the past.)
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