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The J4NCL's second weekend of the 2016/2017 season is currently taking place at St John's Hotel Solihull.

39 teams have entered - a record number since the J4NCL was restructured a few years back, and justifying the investment we've made in engaging three coaches rather than the usual two.

Full results for the weekend are now available on the 4NCL website. Congratulations to Midland Monarchs South (Division 1) and Leicester Reds (Division 2)!

Good weekend enjoyed by the Watford contingent. For those thinking about entering the April J4NCL weekend at the same venue, it's a decent hotel with helpful staff - recommended. Plenty of room for all and, I'm told by our youngsters, the best swimming pool of any J4NCL venue to date. Only small issue was that hotel management seem to have under-estimated numbers (perhaps because of the record entry to which Mike refers) with the result that the hotel was somewhat under-staffed. Also thanks to the arbiting team for running things smoothly.

Roger Lancaster wrote:Only small issue was that hotel management seem to have under-estimated numbers (perhaps because of the record entry to which Mike refers) with the result that the hotel was somewhat under-staffed.

To be fair, the hotel weren't the only people who underestimated numbers and were somewhat under-staffed.

Roger Lancaster wrote:Also thanks to the arbiting team for running things smoothly.

But I'm glad it apparently didn't come across that way!

2017-18 J4NCL commences 30 September/1 October at Wokefield Park. Full rules and information at http://www.4ncl.co.uk/jn_entry.htm. Oh, um, wait a moment ..........

Roger Lancaster wrote:2017-18 J4NCL commences 30 September/1 October at Wokefield Park. Full rules and information at http://www.4ncl.co.uk/jn_entry.htm. Oh, um, wait a moment ..........

I'm afraid I was rather pre-occuped with the County Championship Finals, the Gigafinals, the British Championships, just for the last month or so.

They should be up on the website in a couple of days.

No intention of embarrassing anyone - but, quite apart from team selection issues, we estimate that 4NCL and J4NCL are together likely to account for around 20% of club expenditure. Our club committee meets early August when it will make recommendations to September's AGM as to subscription levels, when a question mark over the J4NCL costs wouldn't exactly help matters. I imagine one or two other clubs/teams are in broadly similar positions.

Entry guidelines and rules now up on the 4NCL website.

Mike Truran wrote:Entry guidelines and rules now up on the 4NCL website.

http://www.4ncl.co.uk/j4ncl/jn_entry.htm