ECF U18 / U13 County Championships 2012

[Jim Wadsworth]

Just over a week to go and counting. Thanks to those many counties who have already entered (and sent their entry fees ).

[Alex Holowczak]

Just over a week to go and counting. Thanks to those many counties who have already entered (and sent their entry fees ).

Is there a current list of entrants?

Did our treasurer get around to sending the entry fee?

[Jim Wadsworth]

Numbers of teams by age group entered to date (including those which we are told are "in the post" *):

County U18 U13

Berkshire 1 3
Sussex 1 2
Kent 1 2
Warwickshire 1 0
Devon 1 0
Greater Manchester 1 2
Northamptonshire 1 1
Middlesex 1 1
Essex 0 1
Cambridgeshire 1 1
Lincolnshire 1 1

TOTALS 10 14

The above would imply over 200 players participating, which is already a slight increase on 2011. In addition to the above we have had varying levels of interest expressed by 8 further counties.


*To answer Alex's question - the cheque from Warwickshire is one of those "in the post".

[Alex Holowczak]

Thanks.

Looks like I'd best get chasing players/treasurers up!

[Neville Belinfante]

Can the Under 13 figures be broken down into Open and Minor? Buckinghamshire shall be entering an Under 18 and Under 13 Minor team.

[Jim Wadsworth]

latest confirmed entries (with the breakdown requested by Neville):

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams Total players

Berkshire 1 1 2 30
Devon 1 0 0 12
Sussex 1 1 1 24
Manchester 1 2 0 24
Kent 1 1 1 24
Middlesex 1 1 0 18
Lincolnshire 1 1 0 18
Essex 0 1 0 6
Warwickshire 1 0 0 12
Norfolk 1 0 3 30
Hertfordshire 1 1 0 18


Total 10 9 7 216


Two days to go for further entries (and cheques) to be received to avoid the additional late entry fee. Look forward to seeing Bucks' (and others') entries.

[Jim Wadsworth]

More entries received overnight, thanks to Surrey and Bucks organisers respectively. Latest status set out below.

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams Total players

Berkshire 1 1 2 30
Devon 1 0 0 12
Sussex 1 1 1 24
Manchester 1 2 0 24
Kent 1 1 1 24
Middlesex 1 1 0 18
Lincolnshire 1 1 0 18
Essex 0 1 0 6
Warwickshire 1 0 0 12
Norfolk 1 0 3 30
Hertfordshire 1 1 0 18

Surrey 2 0 0 24
Bucks 1 0 1 18

Total 13 9 8 258

[Jim Wadsworth]

latest update as at a couple of days ago:

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams Total players

Berkshire 1 1 2 30
Devon 1 0 0 12
Sussex 1 1 1 24
Manchester 1 2 0 24
Kent 1 1 1 24
Middlesex 1 1 0 18
Lincolnshire 1 1 0 18
Essex 0 1 0 6
Warwickshire 1 0 0 12
Norfolk 1 0 3 30
Hertfordshire 1 1 0 18
Surrey 2 0 0 24
Herefordshire 1 0 1 18
Buckinghamshire 1 0 1 18
Cambridgeshire 0 1 1 12
Hampshire 2 1 1 36

Total 16 11 11 324

and we are aware of a number more entries that are en route.


Due to the (over recent years anyway) unprecedented demand, and capacity constraints at the venue, we regret to announce that we are no longer able to accept any further entries beyond those who have already been in direct dialogue with Chris Archer-Lock.

Thanks to all those who have entered / are in the process of entering, and apologies to anyone who was considering entering but will now not be able to.

We very much look forward to an exciting, competitive and successful event in a month's time.

[Neill Cooper]

It is fantastic to see the number of entries and range of counties who are going to take part in this event.

[Jim Wadsworth]

Final entries as as follows.

ECF U18 and U13 Championships 2012

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams

Berkshire 1 1 2
Devon 1 0 0
Sussex 1 1 1
Manchester 1 2 0
Kent 1 1 1
Middlesex 1 1 0
Lincolnshire 1 1 0
Essex 0 1 0
Warwickshire 1 0 0
Norfolk 1 0 3
Hertfordshire 1 1 0
Surrey 2 2 1
Herefordshire 1 0 1
Buckinghamshire 1 0 1
Cambridgeshire 0 1 2
Hampshire 2 1 1
Northamptonshire 0 0 1

Total 16 13 14


So that is 17 different counties and more than 350 players. Look forward to seeing everyone at Eton in a couple of weeks time.

[Jim Wadsworth]

Stop press - we have just, unfortunately, had a withdrawal. Revised entry as follows:

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams

Berkshire 1 1 2
Devon 1 0 0
Sussex 1 1 1
Manchester 1 2 0
Kent 1 1 1
Middlesex 1 1 0
Lincolnshire 1 1 0
Essex 0 1 0
Warwickshire 1 0 0
Norfolk 1 0 3
Hertfordshire 1 1 0
Surrey 2 2 1
Buckinghamshire 1 0 1
Cambridgeshire 0 1 2
Hampshire 2 1 1
Northamptonshire 0 0 1

Total 15 13 13

[Jim Wadsworth]

Looking forward to next weekend, hope all the players are too.

Hopefully all participants / their parents have already heard this from their team managers: there is a shortage of car parking at Eton as a result of some construction work. As such we urge everyone to share cars / other transport as much as possible.

There are also two excellent railway stations just across the river in Windsor. A very pleasant 15 mins walk from the venue. Windsor and Eton Riverside serves stations into London Waterloo; Windsor and Eton Central links to Slough and from there to both London Paddington and Reading.

[Jim Wadsworth]

One team has switched from U13 Open to U13 Minor.

Revised entries as follows:

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams

Berkshire 1 1 2
Devon 1 0 0
Sussex 1 1 1
Manchester 1 2 0
Kent 1 1 1
Middlesex 1 1 0
Lincolnshire 1 0 1
Essex 0 1 0
Warwickshire 1 0 0
Norfolk 1 0 3
Hertfordshire 1 1 0
Surrey 2 2 1
Buckinghamshire 1 0 1
Cambridgeshire 0 1 2
Hampshire 2 1 1
Northamptonshire 0 0 1

Total 15 12 14


A reminder to team managers that team lists should be submitted via email by no later than 5pm on Thursday 28 June.

[Jim Wadsworth]

some very very last minute changes and another withdrawal (obviously, all after I had finished printing out pairing slips and the like....).

Final (?) entries:

County U18 teams U13 Open teams U13 Minor teams

Berkshire 1 1 2
Devon 1 0 0
Sussex 1 1 1
Manchester 1 1 1
Kent 1 1 1
Middlesex 1 0 0
Lincolnshire 1 0 1
Essex 0 1 0
Warwickshire 1 0 0
Norfolk 1 0 3
Hertfordshire 1 1 0
Surrey 2 2 1
Buckinghamshire 1 0 1
Cambridgeshire 0 1 2
Hampshire 2 1 1
Northamptonshire 0 0 1

Total 15 10 15

[Jim Wadsworth]

many congrats to the various prize winners:

Under 18 champions: Hertfordshire (18.5 pts / 24)
Runners up: Berkshire (18)

Under 18 schools joint prizewinners: Haberdashers & Reading School (1st=)

Under 18 best game prize: Ravi Haria (Herts)


Under 13 Open champions: Sussex (13.5 pts / 18)
Runners up: Cambridgeshire (13)


Under 13 Minor champions: Norfolk 'A' (16 pts / 18)
Runners up: Hampshire (13.5)

Under 13 Minor best game prize: Thomas Bartram (Norfolk 'B')


More details will be published in due course.

Thanks to all participants, to Eton College and to the team of volunteers who made the day such a success.