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Published Feb 2011

2005-6 County Championships

1 July. Warwickshire in the Under-125 Championship were the only Midllands team to make it to the National finals, but they lost narrowly to Bedfordshire.

11 June. Leicestershire lost to Surrey in the Minor Counties and Warwickshire to Yorkshire in the u150 with Warwickshire under125 being the only Midlands side going to the finals.

20 & 21 May. All three of MCCU nominations for the Open fell. In the Minor Counties, Leicestershire were successful. In the u150, both Midlands sides won, but by the narrowest of margins.

29 April. In the national preliminary round, Nottinghamshire A beat Sussex on board count.


English County Team Championship
Date Match Result
  National Champions were Essex  
20 May Quarter Final: Shropshire - Essex 6 - 10
? May Quarter Final: Greater Manchester - Yorkshire 12 - 4
21 May Quarter Final: Warwickshire - Sussex 6 - 10
Minor Counties Championship
Date Match Result
  Minor County Champions were Norfolk  
11 June Semi Final: Leicestershire - Surrey 5½ - 10½
? May Quarter Final: Leicestershire - Wiltshire 9½ - 6½
22 May Quarter Final: Norfolk - Derbyshire 9½ - 6½
Under-175 Championship
Date Match Result
  Under-175 National Champions were Sussex  
- Quarter Final: Leicestershire - Sussex 0 -16 default
Under-150 Championship
Date Match Result
  Under-150 National Champions were Yorkshire  
17 June Semi Final: Yorkshire - Warwickshire 11½ - 4½
20 May Quarter Final: Nottinghamshire* - Sussex 8 - 8
20 May Quarter Final: Essex - Warwickshire 7½ - 8½
Under-125 Championship
Date Match Result
  Under-125 National Champions were Bedfordshire  
1 July Final: Bedfordshire - Warwickshire 8½ - 7½
? June Semi Final: Warwickshire - Lancashire 10 - 6
20 May Quarter Final: Nottinghamshire A - Bedfordshire 7 - 9
29 April Preliminary: Nottinghamshire A * - Sussex 8 - 8
Under-100 Championship
Date Match Result
  Under-100 National Champions were Kent  
11 June Semi Final: Norfolk - Nottinghamshire 8 - 4
20 May Quarter Final: Essex - Nottinghamshire* 6 - 6
13 May Quarter Final: Shropshire - Kent 4 - 8

 

Information was taken from the Middlegame Results Supplements 22 and 23.