Counties Chess
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Counties
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Updated 14 March
The first two matches ares in: a narrow win for Manchester and a clear win for Staffs. Staffs pull further ahead with an away win over Derbyshire. At the end of January, with all their fixtures completed Mick Norris reports Staffordshire are unassailable as new MCCU County Team Champions after a nailbiting wait for the final game at Holmes Chapel. In February, Warks beat Derbys to claim second place. Congratulations to Staffordshire becoming MCCU County Team Champions!
| Position | Teams |
Pl |
W |
D |
L |
GPD |
Pts |
| 1 | Staffordshire | 3 |
3 |
0 | 0 | +7 |
6 |
| 2 | Warwickshire | 3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
+5 |
4 |
| 3 | Greater Manchester | 3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
-3 |
2 |
| 4 | Derbyshire | 3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
-9 |
0 |
| Date | Match |
Result |
| 10 Oct | Staffs - Warks | |
| 10 Oct | Derbys - Greater Manchester | |
| 21 Nov | Derbys - Staffs | 7 - 9 |
| 30 Jan | Warks-Derbys | 11 - 5 |
| 30 Jan | Staffs - Greater Manchester | 8½ - 7½ |
| 13 Mar | Greater Manchester - Warks | 6½ - 9½ |
Contrary to the published webmaster's interpretation of
MCCU's rule 13 for nominating teams for the ECF stages of the Minor Counties
competition, it turns out that the rules published at the start of the
season were in error, in that they did not reflect
a change arising
out of the 2005 AGM. The precise course of events that led to this is
unclear, but the 2005 AGM decided that the winner & runner up of the
lower (minor) division of the Open should go through to the National
stages.