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As the other thread has been hijacked somewhat

inals are being played on Saturday 6 July

Minor – Sussex v Lincolnshire at Whittlesford
U2050 – Greater Manchester v Cleveland at Bradford Latvian Club
U1850 – Hertfordshire v Greater Manchester at Coventry (Warwick University)
U1650 – Greater Manchester v Yorkshire at Bradford Latvian Club
U1450 – Middlesex v Essex at Whittlesford

Prior to joining the NCCU< G Man generally has only 2 teams, sometimes only 1, so to get 3 teams through to the finals is impressive, albeit the logistics aren't easy

Good luck to all the teams on Saturday

Extremely impressive of GM I'd better stay neutral on both of those matches in Bradford though!

Hope they all go well for everyone.

Good luck to everyone this afternoon

Congratulations to all the winners today

First time G Man have won 2 titles in 1 day I think, pity Yorkshire were too strong in the other

Just want to say a big thanks to all the teams at Bradford yesterday for making our jobs as arbiters very easy. Also a big thanks to Yorkshire for sorting the venue and the equipment. Aside from having to wear "posh" clothes (not worn them since before COVID) it was a very straight-forward day.

Thanks for giving up your time to make it happen

Glad to hear there were no sightseeing incidents

Just finished typing up the games today and with only minimal occurrences of the inputter's dilemma:
-what white wrote
-what black wrote
-what the inputter thought happened
-what the computer says is the best move
-what actually happened
with all five being a different move

"Just finished typing up the games today and with only minimal occurrences of the inputter's dilemma:"

You omitted the players not knowing what colours they had or whom they were playing, on which board, in which section.

It's always fun when you have overseas players - I usually managed with French, German and Russian scoresheets, then Howard Williams totally confused me with Welsh algebraic (which he had every right to use).

ECF photo report

Minor Counties – Sussex on 1st tie-break (having won the semi-final also on tie break), last won in 1996
U2050 – Greater Manchester (also NCCU Champions) , last won in 1993 (U175)
U1850 – Greater Manchester on first tie break (also NCCU Champions) last won in 2012 (U160)
U1650 – Yorkshire (also NCCU Champions), retain their title.
U1450 – Middlesex (also SCCU Champions), a first in this section.